how to take a backup for an Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB?

Question

Hi team,

We have a resource group that more than likely is going to be deleted as is no longer in use, but we would like to take a backup of the existing Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB and store it on a different RG or location. How we can achieve this? Any ideas?

Best Regards

Rubén

Answer 1

Reyes Monsalve, Ruben Dario

Apologies for the misunderstanding.

I understood that your current situation is that you would like to take a backup and delete the resources of the RG.

Backup of Cosmos DB database is not exportable/movable, you will need to extract your data using a mechanism like adf/spark to remote location of your choice.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/connector-mongodb?tabs=data-factory

Please let me know if this helps by commenting below.

Regards,

Oury

Answer 2

Hi @Reyes Monsalve, Ruben Dario

You can first restore an account as a backup within the same resource group, then use the Move feature to relocate the account to a new resource group or subscription.

Or, you can directly move your current account to a different resource group using the Move feature.

Hope this help! Let me know if you have any questions.