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.. include:: /includes/fact-mongodump-overwrite-files.rst
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- Point in Time Operation Using Oplogs
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- ````````````````````````````````````
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-
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- Use the :option:`--oplog <mongodump --oplog>` option with
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- :binary:`~bin.mongodump` to collect the :term:`oplog` entries to build a
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- point-in-time snapshot of a database within a replica set. With :option:`--oplog
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- <mongodump --oplog>`, :binary:`~bin.mongodump` copies all the data from
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- the source database as well as all of the :term:`oplog` entries from
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- the beginning to the end of the backup procedure. This operation, in
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- conjunction with :option:`mongorestore --oplogReplay <mongorestore --oplogReplay>`,
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- allows you to restore a backup that reflects the specific
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- moment in time that corresponds to when :binary:`~bin.mongodump` completed
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- creating the dump file.
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+ Create Backups Using Oplogs
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+ ```````````````````````````
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+ The :option:`--oplog <mongodump.--oplog>` option with
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+ :binary:`~bin.mongodump` collects the :term:`oplog` entries and allows
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+ you to perform a backup on a live database. If you later restore the
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+ database from the backup, the database will be the same as it was when
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+ the backup process completed.
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+
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+ With :option:`--oplog <mongodump.--oplog>`, :binary:`~bin.mongodump`
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+ copies all the data from the source database as well as all of the
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+ :term:`oplog` entries from the beginning to the end of the backup
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+ procedure. This operation, in conjunction with :option:`mongorestore
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+ --oplogReplay <mongorestore.--oplogReplay>`, allows you to restore a
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+ backup that reflects the specific moment in time that corresponds to
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+ when :binary:`~bin.mongodump` completed creating the dump file.
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.. _backup-from-non-local:
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