Restore Managed DB from Backup

Hey Lyle! 👋

Currently, with DigitalOcean’s Managed MongoDB Databases, when you restore from a backup, it’s designed to restore to a new cluster, and there isn’t a way to restore directly back to the existing cluster without creating a new one. This approach helps ensure that you don’t accidentally overwrite your current data with older backups and provides you with more flexibility to test the restore.

That said, you can follow these steps to restore from a backup to a new cluster:

1. Go to the Databases page in your DigitalOcean dashboard.
2. Select the MongoDB database you want to restore from.
3. Click the Actions button and choose Restore from backup.
4. In the window that opens, select the backup you’d like to restore from.
5. Give the new cluster a name (by default, it’ll append the date of the backup).

Once the new cluster is up and running, you can decide whether you want to switch over to the new cluster or migrate specific data back to the original cluster.

Here’s the detailed guide for reference: How to Manually Restore MongoDB Database Clusters from Backups

Keep in mind that destroying a database cluster will also remove its backups, so make sure to download any crucial data before removing anything.

Let me know if you need further clarification! 😊

- Bobby