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Asked: 2026-06-18T00:51:18+00:00

If i want to do a generic backup for all databases in mongodb ,

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If i want to do a generic backup for all databases in mongodb, is it that all i have to do is:

$ mongodump

And if i want to restore the latest dump i’ve created, all i need to do is:

$ mongorestore
  • Where are the backups from the mongodump stored?
  • How to i specify a specific dump for all databases to be restored?
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  1. Editorial Team

    The backups are stored in the directory that you have specified with the –out option in command line. If you do not specify any output dir the backup will be placed to ./dump directory. With the mongorestore you have to specify the directory where you have dumped before as a command line argument.

    On sharded environment the backup will be flattened if you use mongodump through a mongos. After restore you will have to re-shard the collections. so restoring not always effortless. See documentation:
    http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/backup-small-sharded-cluster-with-mongodump/

    You can dump directly the db folders too, check the cli options.

    For sharded clusters you can check the possibilities here: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/administration/backups/#sharded-cluster-backups

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