Defining a regular service level agreement job

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After your MongoDB instances are listed, select and apply an SLA policy to start protecting your data.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation panel, expand Manage Protection > Databases > MongoDB.
  2. Select the MongoDB instance to back up all the data in that instance.
  3. Click Select an SLA Policy to select an SLA policy, and then click Save.
    Predefined choices are Gold, Silver, and Bronze, each with different frequencies and retention rates. Gold is the most frequent with the shortest retention rate. You can also create a custom SLA policy or edit an existing policy. For more information see Creating an SLA policy for databases and file systems.
  4. Optional: To enable multiple backup streams to reduce the time that is taken to back up large databases, click Select Options and enter a number of parallel streams. Save your changes.
    Tips for configuring the option:
    Review the following tips to help you configure the option for the backup job:
    • To set the option for child resources to the same value as the parent, click Set all options to inherit.
    • If multiple resources were selected for the backup job, the option value is indeterminate. If you change a value for the option, that value is used for all selected resources after you click Save.
    • If an option value is changed from the previously saved value, the option is shown in yellow.
    • To close the Options pane without saving changes, click Select Options.
  5. Configure the SLA policy by clicking the icon in the Policy Options column of the SLA Policy Status table.

    For more information about SLA configuration options, see Setting SLA configuration options for your backup.

  6. To run the policy outside of the scheduled job, select the instance. Click the Actions button and select Start. The status changes to Running for your chosen SLA and you can follow the progress of the job in the log shown.

What to do next

After the SLA policy is saved, you can run the policy at any time by clicking Actions for that policy name, and selecting Start. The status in the log changes to show that the backup job is in the Running state.

To cancel a job that is running, click Actions for that policy name and select Cancel. A message asks whether you want to keep the data that is already backed up. Choose Yes to keep the backed up data, or No to discard the backup.

Important: If the backup operation fails with an error, follow the procedure described in Troubleshooting failed backup operations for large Db2, MongoDB, and SAP HANA databases.