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Start a restore job for your serverless instance.

If you create an automated or pointInTime restore job, Atlas removes all existing data on the target cluster prior to the restore.

To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key that has the Project Owner role.

Syntax

atlas serverless backups restores create [options]

Options

Name	Type	Required	Description
--clusterName	string	true	Name of the cluster.
--deliveryType	string	true	Type of restore job to create. Valid values include: automated, download, pointInTime. To learn more about types of restore jobs, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/backup-restore-cluster/.
-h, --help		false	help for create
--oplogInc	int	false	32-bit incrementing ordinal that represents operations within a given second. When paired with oplogTs, they represent the point in time to which your data will be restored.
--oplogTs	int	false	Oplog timestamp given as a timestamp in the number of seconds that have elapsed since the UNIX Epoch. When paired with oplogInc, they represent the point in time to which your data will be restored.
-o, --output	string	false	Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file.
--pointInTimeUTCMillis	int	false	Timestamp in the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the UNIX epoch that represents the point in time to which your data will be restored. This timestamp must be within the last 24 hours of the current time.
--projectId	string	false	Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.
--snapshotId	string	false	Unique identifier of the snapshot to restore. You must specify a snapshotId for automated restores.
--targetClusterName	string	false	Name of the target cluster. For use only with automated restore jobs. You must specify a targetClusterName for automated restores.
--targetProjectId	string	false	Unique identifier of the project that contains the destination cluster for the restore job. You must specify a targetProjectId for automated restores.

Inherited Options

Name	Type	Required	Description
-P, --profile	string	false	Human-readable label that identifies the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings. To learn about profiles for MongoCLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-configuration-file.

Examples

# Create an automated restore:
atlas serverless backup restore create \
       --deliveryType automated \
       --clusterName myDemo \
       --snapshotId 5e7e00128f8ce03996a47179 \
       --targetClusterName myDemo2 \
       --targetProjectId 1a2345b67c8e9a12f3456de7

# Create a point-in-time restore:
atlas serverless backup restore create \
       --deliveryType pointInTime \
       --clusterName myDemo \
       --pointInTimeUTCMillis 1588523147 \
       --targetClusterName myDemo2 \
       --targetProjectId 1a2345b67c8e9a12f3456de7

# Create a download restore:
atlas serverless backup restore create \
       --deliveryType download \
       --clusterName myDemo \
       --snapshotId 5e7e00128f8ce03996a47179

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