Recovery after cluster delete
Cloud Backups should be recoverable even after a cluster delete otherwise they can't really be considered backups. One way to do this would be to allow for automated backup downloads to customer specified cloud provider storage.
Krisjanis
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Hello,
I am pleased to announce that in Atlas you now have an option to retain all backups when terminating an M10+ cluster.
When you terminated a cluster through the Atlas Ui, on the termination confirmation pop up, you will now see an additional toggle labeled "Keep existing snapshots after termination". If you select this option when terminating your cluster, all of your backups for that cluster will be retained.
You can also choose to retain you backups for a cluster when deleting a cluster through the Atlas Administration API. When deleting a cluster through the API, you can include the retainBackups parameter and this will retain all of your backups after termination as well.
You can view or use the backups from a terminated (or other active) M10+ cluster by selecting the "Backup" tab in the left side navigation of the Atlas UI.
As I mentioned previously, you can also schedule automated exports of your backups to S3 in Atlas.
In addition to these options, if you would like to protect your backups, in all scenarios, from ever being deleted before the designated retention period has ended, please learn more about our new backup feature called Backup Compliance Policy. This ensures your backups are never deleted early.