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Restore a cluster in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

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APPLIES TO: MongoDB vCore

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore provides automatic backups that enable point-in-time recovery (PITR) without any action required from users. Backups allow customers to restore a server to any point in time within the retention period.

Note

The backup and restore feature is designed to protect against data loss, but it doesn't provide a complete disaster recovery solution. You should ensure that you already have your own disaster recovery plan in place to protect against larger scale outages.

Prerequisites

Backups

Backups are performed automatically in the background. Backups are retained for 35 days for active clusters and 7 days for deleted clusters. All backups are encrypted using AES 256-bit encryption.

Note

Backup files can't be exported. They may only be used for restore operations in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore.

In Azure regions that support availability zones, backup snapshots are stored in three availability zones. As long as at least one availability zone is online, the cluster is restorable.

Restore from a backup

The restore process creates a new cluster with the same configuration in the same Azure region, subscription, and resource group as the original. To restore data, customers must create an Azure support request.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. Navigate to the Help + support section and select Create a support request. For more information, see create an Azure support request.

  3. Once the support ticket is submitted, our team guides you through the process of restoring your data from the backup.

Next steps

In this guide, we've covered the backup and restore features for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore.

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