[DOCS-4751] Document that backing up a mongod running WiredTiger using FSync+Lock and dbpath copy is not supported in 3.0 Created: 02/Feb/15  Updated: 13/Nov/23  Resolved: 02/Feb/15

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: v1.3.18, Server_Docs_20231030, Server_Docs_20231106, Server_Docs_20231105, Server_Docs_20231113

Type: Task Priority: Critical - P2
Reporter: Ian Daniel Assignee: Sam Kleinman (Inactive)
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: wiredtiger
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

MongoDB running WiredTiger


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related to SERVER-17557 Display warning when running db.fsync... Closed
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Days since reply: 9 years, 2 weeks, 2 days ago

 Description   

Doing a backup by doing an fsyncLock() and then copying the dbpath files is not a supported approach for mongod instances running WiredTiger. We need to document this in:



 Comments   
Comment by Githook User [ 02/Feb/15 ]

Author:

{u'username': u'tychoish', u'name': u'Sam Kleinman', u'email': u'samk@10gen.com'}

Message: DOCS-4751: notes about wt compatibility with fsyncLock
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/docs/commit/423a6d1f8652ca192db25273bc05a6038024a4db

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