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Edit a Backup's Settings

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  • Backup Settings Available to All FCVs
  • Backup Settings Available to FCV 4.2 and Later
  • Backup Settings Available to FCV 4.0 and Earlier

Available backup settings depend on the FCV value of your MongoDB database.

To edit Backup's settings:

  1. Click Continuous Backup.

  2. Overview tab. Ops Manager lists all available backups.

  3. Click next to each backup to access its settings.

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  1. Enter the following information as needed.

    Tip

    See also:

    To learn about retention values, see Snapshot Frequency and Retention Policy.

    Take snapshots every ... hours and save for ... days
    Sets how frequently, in hours, Ops Manager takes a base snapshot of the deployment and the number of days Ops Manager retains base snapshots.
    Create cluster checkpoint every ... minutes (Sharded Clusters only)

    Sets how frequently, in minutes, Ops Manager creates a Checkpoints in between snapshots of a sharded cluster. Checkpoints provide restore points that you can use to create custom point-in-time snapshots.

    Important

    You may use checkpoints for clusters that run MongoDB with Feature Compatibility Version of 4.0 or earlier. Checkpoints were removed from MongoDB instances with FCV of 4.2 or later.

    Store daily snapshots for
    Sets the number of days that Ops Manager retains daily snapshots.
    Store weekly snapshots for
    Sets the number of weeks that Ops Manager retains weekly snapshots.
    Store monthly snapshots for

    Sets the number of months that Ops Manager retains monthly snapshots.

    Note

    Ops Manager takes monthly snapshots every 28 days, not by calendar month.

    Day of Week for Full Snapshot

    Sets the day of the week when Ops Manager takes a full snapshot. This ensures a recent complete backup.

    Ops Manager sets the default value to Sunday.

    Allow point-in-time restores going back

    Sets the number of days that Ops Manager retains oplogs alongside snapshots.

    Tip

    See also:

    To learn how snapshots and point-in-time restores work, see Restore Overview.

    Reference Time of Day (UTC)

    Sets the time of day at UTC from which the snapshot schedule starts. When you change the Reference Time of Day, snapshots that are in progress remain unaffected. Only snapshots taken after you change the reference time follow the updated schedule.

    Note

    Changing the reference time changes the time of the next scheduled snapshot. You can't make the next scheduled snapshot happen sooner than the current next snapshot time. The current next snapshot time is the current reference time plus the interval between snapshots.

    Tip

    See also:

    To review more examples, see Snapshot Frequency and Retention.

  2. Click Submit.

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On the line listing the process, click the ellipsis icon and click Edit Credentials.

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Enter the following information as needed and click Submit.

Auth Mechanism

The authentication mechanism that the MongoDB host uses.

MongoDB Community options include:

MongoDB Enterprise options also include:

DB Username

For Username/Password or LDAP authentication, the username used to authenticate the MongoDB Agent with the MongoDB deployment.

See Configure MongoDB Agent for Authentication or Configure MongoDB Agent for LDAP.

DB Password
For Username/Password or LDAP authentication, the password used to authenticate the MongoDB Agent with the MongoDB deployment.
Allows TLS for connections

If checked, Backup uses TLS to connect to MongoDB.

See Configure MongoDB Agent to Use TLS.

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On the line listing the process, click the ellipsis icon and click Edit Storage Engine.

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Select the storage engine. See: Storage Engine for more about choosing an appropriate storage engine for your backup.

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Select the Sync source from which to create the new backup. In order to use the new storage engine, Ops Manager must resync the backup on the new storage engine.

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When each snapshot starts, Ops Manager selects a replica set member to run the snapshot. This automatically selected member should have the least performance impact on the replica set. You can override the default selection.

Important

Use default selection whenever possible. This choice ensures backup availability.

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On the line listing the process, click then click Select Preferred Member to Backup.

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Click Select a member manually.

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From the Select an available member drop-down, select the hostname and process port for the desired member.

Note

If the selected member becomes unavailable, an error message appears in the panel. Ops Manager uses a default member until the selected member is available.

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Important

You may use checkpoints for clusters that run MongoDB with Feature Compatibility Version of 4.0 or earlier. Checkpoints were removed from MongoDB instances with FCV of 4.2 or later.

Cluster checkpoints provide restore points in between scheduled snapshots. You can use checkpoints to create custom snapshots at points in time between regular snapshots.

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On the line listing the process, click the ellipsis icon and click Edit Snapshot Schedule.

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  1. Select Create cluster checkpoint every.

  2. Set the interval.

  3. Click Submit.

The Namespaces Filter specifies which databases and collections Ops Manager backs up.

Note

Namespace filtering is supported only for Ops Manager versions 6.0.8 and later. Your MongoDB deployments must have featureCompatibilityVersion values of 4.0 and earlier, or 6.0.1 and later.

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