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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.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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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. -
Challenge
Create a Full Copy of Config Instance
Connect to the config server via SSH and make a full backup of the data set.
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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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