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Back Up the Cluster Metadata of a MongoDB Sharded Cluster

In this lab, students are asked to back up the metadata of a MongoDB replica set. The cluster metadata includes all configuration information for the cluster, especially the mapping from chunks to shards. After completing this lab, students will have hands-on experience backing up the metadata of a MongoDB replica set.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Published
Clock icon Mar 31, 2022

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Disable the Cluster Balancer Process

    Connect using mongosh to the mongos query router running on 10.0.0.101:27017 and disable the balancer process.

  2. Challenge

    Create a Full Copy of Config Instance

    Connect to the config server via SSH and make a full backup of the data set.

  3. Challenge

    Re-enable the Balancer

    Connect using mongosh to the mongos query router running on 10.0.0.101:27017 and re-enable the balancer process.

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