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Existing Members
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- You can use these procedures to add new members to an existing
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- set. You can also use the same procedure to "re-add" a removed
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- member. If the removed member's data is still relatively recent, it
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- can recover and catch up easily.
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+ You can use these procedures to add new members to an existing replica
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+ set.
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+ Restore Former Members
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+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+ You can use these procedures to re-add a node that was removed.
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+ If the data on the removed node is relatively recent, the node recovers
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+ and catches up to the rest of the replica set.
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+ .. important::
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+ Avoid creating new replicated collections on the removed node while
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+ it is in standalone mode. If the standalone node rejoins the replica
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+ set, subsequent operations on the new collection produce an error.
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Data Files
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~~~~~~~~~~
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If you have a backup or snapshot of an existing member, you can move
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- the data files (e.g. the :setting:`~storage.dbPath` directory) to a new system
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- and use them to quickly initiate a new member. The files must be:
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+ the data files (for example, the :setting:`~storage.dbPath` directory)
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+ to a new system and use them to quickly initiate a new member. The files
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+ must be:
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- A valid copy of the data files from a member of the same replica
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set. See :doc:`/tutorial/backup-with-filesystem-snapshots`
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document for more information.
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.. important:: Always use filesystem snapshots to create a copy of a
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member of the existing replica set. **Do not** use
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- :binary:`~bin.mongodump` and :binary:`~bin.mongorestore` to seed a new
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- replica set member.
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+ :binary:`~bin.mongodump` and :binary:`~bin.mongorestore` to seed a
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+ new replica set member.
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- More recent than the oldest operation in the :term:`primary's
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<primary>` :term:`oplog`. The new member must be able to become
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