Permissions

The following table lists the required permissions for user accounts to restore MongoDB data.

Operation	Required Roles and 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. The account must have the Veeam Backup Administrator or Veeam Restore Operator role on the backup server.
Restore	When restoring collections, 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.

Operation

Required Roles and 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.
The account must have the Veeam Backup Administrator or Veeam Restore Operator role on the backup server.

Restore

When restoring collections, 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.