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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ CloudPoint Install and Upgrade Guide
  3. Section I. CloudPoint installation and configuration
  4. CloudPoint application agents and plug-ins
  5. MongoDB plug-in configuration notes
Veritas NetBackup™ CloudPoint Install and Upgrade Guide

MongoDB plug-in configuration notes

You can configure the MongoDB plug-in to discover and protect your MongoDB database applications with disk-level snapshots.

Before you configure the MongoDB plug-in, make sure that your environment meets the following requirements:

  • You must be running MongoDB Enterprise Edition 3.6 and 4.0.

  • Discovery of a MongoDB standalone instance is supported.

  • Databases and journals must be stored on the same volume.

  • If you want to create application-consistent snapshots, then journaling must be turned on.

  • Have the following information ready when you configure the plug-in:

Table: Configuration parameters for MongoDB plug-in

CloudPoint configuration parameter

Description

MongoDB configuration file path

The location of the MongoDB conf file.

MongoDB admin user name

A MongoDB user name with administrator privileges.

MongoDB admin user password

The password of the MongoDB admin user account.

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