Permissions

Veeam Explorer for MongoDB launch

The account used to run Veeam Explorer for MongoDB must meet the following requirements:

• The account must be a member of the local Administrators or Users group on the machine where Veeam Explorer for MongoDB is running.

• The account must have one of the following roles on the backup server:

• The Veeam Backup Administrator or Veeam Restore Operator default roles.
• A custom role with at least the Manage restores permission and the Veeam Explorer for MongoDB restore option, with access to the target server and the backup. For more information, see Configuring Roles.

Restore, Publish

When restoring collections and publishing instances make sure to configure user accounts as follows:

• The account used to authenticate to the target MongoDB replica set must have the root MongoDB role. For more information, see the MongoDB Manual.
• The account used to authenticate to the primary node of the MongoDB replica set must be a Linux user with root privileges on the target machine.

When restoring an entire instance, the account used to authenticate to the target Linux machine with MongoDB must be a Linux user with root privileges on the target machine.