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.. _database-dumps:
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Binary Import/Export Formats
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Binary Dump/Restore Formats
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This section describes the process for exporting the entire contents
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of your MongoDB instance, to a file in a binary format. This command
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This section describes the process for writing the entire contents of
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your MongoDB instance, to a file in a binary format. This command
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provides the best option for full system database backups if
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disk-level snapshots are not available.
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If your system has disk level snapshot capabilities, consider the
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backup methods described :ref:`above <block-level-backup>`.
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Database Export with :program:`mongodump`
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Database Dump with :program:`mongodump`
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The :program:`mongodump` utility performs a live backup the data, or
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can work against an inactive set of database
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Additionally, the ":option:`--host <mongodump --host>`" and
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":option:`--port <mongodump --port>`" options allow you to
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specify a non-local host to connect to capture the export. Consider
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the following example:
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":option:`--port <mongodump --port>`" options allow you to specify a
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non-local host to connect to capture the dump. Consider the following
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example:
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.. code-block:: sh
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that. If you wish to restore to a non-default host, the
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":option:`--host <mongod>`" and ":option:`--port <mongod --port>`"
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options allow you to specify a non-local host to connect to capture
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the export. Consider the following example:
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the dump. Consider the following example:
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Shard Clusters
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Using Database Exports From a Cluster
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Using Database Dumps From a Cluster
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If you have a small collection of data, the easiest way to connecting
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to the :program:`mongos` and taking a dump or export of the database
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from the running copy. This will create a consistent copy of the data
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in your database. If your data corpus is small enough that:
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to the :program:`mongos` and taking a dump of the database from the
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running copy. This will create a consistent copy of the data in your
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database. If your data corpus is small enough that:
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- it's possible to store the entire backup on one system, or a single
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storage device. Consider both backups of entire instances, and
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incremental exports of data.
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incremental dups of data.
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- the state of the database at the beginning of the operation is
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Using Conventional Backups from All Database Instances
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If you there is no way to conduct a backup reasonably using an export,
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If you there is no way to conduct a backup reasonably with a dump,
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then you'll need to either snapshot the database using the
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:ref:`snapshot backup procedure <block-level-backup>` or create a
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binary dump of each database instance using :ref:`binary export
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systems <database-dumps>`.
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These backups must not only capture the database in a
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consistent state, as described in the aforementioned procedures, but
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the :term:`shard cluster` needs to be consistent in itself. Also,
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disable the balancer process that equalizes the distribution of data
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among the :term:`shards <shard>` before taking the backup.
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You should also all cluster members so that your backups reflect your
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entire database system at a single point in time, even if your backup
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methodology does not require.
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binary dump of each database instance using :ref:`binary dump methods
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<database-dumps>`.
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These backups must not only capture the database in a consistent
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state, as described in the aforementioned procedures, but the
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:term:`shard cluster` needs to be consistent in itself. Also, disable
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the balancer process that equalizes the distribution of data among the
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:term:`shards <shard>` before taking the backup.
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You should also lock all cluster members at once so that your backups
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reflect your entire database system at a single point in time.
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