Error Code: [7:253] Description: Failed to recover MongoDB servers at the end of data restore phase. Bring up the servers manually and resume the job to apply oplog dumps.

A MongoDB restore operation fails to bring up the nodes during recovery.

Symptoms

A MongoDB restore operation fails to bring up the nodes during recovery with the following error message:

Error Code: [7:253] Description: Failed to recover MongoDB servers at the end of data restore phase. Bring up the servers manually and resume the job to apply oplog dumps. Source: mongo-0002, Process: MongoDB

Causes

• Configuration issue
• Corrupt data backups
• Insufficient permissions and/or privileges to perform the restore operation

The exact cause will be printed in the application logs.

Resolution

Bring the cluster online manually as explained in the following documentation pages, and resume the restore operation to continue with log restores:

• Performing a Manual MongoDB Restore Operation for a Replica Set
• Performing a Manual MongoDB Restore Operation for a Sharded Cluster