# Percona Backup for MongoDB **URL:** https://forums.percona.com/c/mongodb/percona-backup-for-mongodb/22.md [Latest](https://forums.percona.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.percona.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.percona.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Percona Backup for MongoDB category](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-the-percona-backup-for-mongodb-category/27)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.percona.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-the-percona-backup-for-mongodb-category/27 "2024-04-25T04:17:39Z")
Percona Backup for MongoDB is designed to give you an easy command-line interface to perform a consistent backup/restore of both clusters and non-sharded replica sets. --- ## [Percona Backup for MongoDB Troubleshooting and How to Report a Bug](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb-troubleshooting-and-how-to-report-a-bug/7406)
**Author:** [@lorraine.pocklington](https://forums.percona.com/u/lorraine.pocklington)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb-troubleshooting-and-how-to-report-a-bug/7406 "2020-11-10T08:31:23Z")
We have a separate system for recording and reporting on bugs, for Percona Backup for MongoDB and for other Percona Software. The forum is oriented towards discussion and advice rather than to bug reporting and fixing. T… --- ## [Question About PITR Continuity](https://forums.percona.com/t/question-about-pitr-continuity/41270)
**Author:** [@dasol](https://forums.percona.com/u/dasol)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/question-about-pitr-continuity/41270 "2026-09-17T11:14:24Z")
Hello, We are currently using MongoDB 8.x and Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM). In our production environment, we perform one full logical backup per day with PITR enabled continuously. We are planning to use these ba… --- ## [Make mongodLockTimeout (30-min shutdown-checkpoint wait in physical/external restore) configurable](https://forums.percona.com/t/make-mongodlocktimeout-30-min-shutdown-checkpoint-wait-in-physical-external-restore-configurable/41215)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Osuntoyinbo](https://forums.percona.com/u/Daniel_Osuntoyinbo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/make-mongodlocktimeout-30-min-shutdown-checkpoint-wait-in-physical-external-restore-configurable/41215 "2026-08-27T12:11:52Z")
Environment: PSMDB (mongod 7.0.30-16), 3-node replica set, WiredTiger with directoryForIndexes:true Nodes: r5.16xlarge, data disk gp3 16000 GiB / 40000 IOPS / 1000 MB/s RAM: 248 GB WT cache Dataset: 11 TB on-disk, on… --- ## [Allow configuring S3 request checksum calculation (blocks PBM on NetApp ONTAP S3)](https://forums.percona.com/t/allow-configuring-s3-request-checksum-calculation-blocks-pbm-on-netapp-ontap-s3/41147)
**Author:** [@Ralfo\_Becher](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ralfo_Becher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/allow-configuring-s3-request-checksum-calculation-blocks-pbm-on-netapp-ontap-s3/41147 "2026-08-19T10:58:32Z")
Hi, PBM cannot write to NetApp ONTAP S3. Every PutObject fails with: InvalidArgument: x-amz-content-sha256 must be UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD, STREAMING-AWS4-HMAC-SHA256-PAYLOAD or a valid sha256 value aws-sdk-go-v2 defaults r… --- ## [PBM restore with the possibility to order the collections by size](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-restore-with-the-possibility-to-order-the-collections-by-size/41140)
**Author:** [@craynaud](https://forums.percona.com/u/craynaud)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-restore-with-the-possibility-to-order-the-collections-by-size/41140 "2026-08-11T16:29:24Z")
Hello :), I would like to know if you are considering implementing an option for pbm restore for restoring collections and/or databases based on their size? Here is our use case: PBM Version: 2.10.0 MongoDB Version: … --- ## [Percona backup getting timeout for Mongodb](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-getting-timeout-for-mongodb/41130)
**Author:** [@Anikessh](https://forums.percona.com/u/Anikessh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-getting-timeout-for-mongodb/41130 "2026-08-03T17:37:25Z")
Hi We are using percona backup version as 2.15 and mongodb version as 8.0 and while taking backup through docker we are getting error as follows docker run --rm -v /etc/mongo/ssl/ca-chainv4.cert.pem:/ca-chainv4.cert.p… --- ## [Error: wait for backup status: backup stuck at "starting" status, last heartbeat: 1783492554](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-wait-for-backup-status-backup-stuck-at-starting-status-last-heartbeat-1783492554/41037)
**Author:** [@bacnt2](https://forums.percona.com/u/bacnt2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-wait-for-backup-status-backup-stuck-at-starting-status-last-heartbeat-1783492554/41037 "2026-07-10T12:24:49Z")
Hi everyone, I use PBM to create backups in MongoDB community 8.0.24 and usually got this error: \[root@mongo-transaction-observation-01 ~\]# pbm backup Starting backup "2026-07-08T06:35:31Z"............................… --- ## [PBM Restore vs mongorestore Restore Options (drop, preserveUUID, bypassDocumentValidation)](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-restore-vs-mongorestore-restore-options-drop-preserveuuid-bypassdocumentvalidation/41006)
**Author:** [@svas](https://forums.percona.com/u/svas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-restore-vs-mongorestore-restore-options-drop-preserveuuid-bypassdocumentvalidation/41006 "2026-07-01T09:20:17Z")
Hi Percona Team, We are currently evaluating Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) as a replacement for our existing MongoDB backup/restore solution. Environment MongoDB Community Edition 8.2.1 MongoDB Community Kubernetes… --- ## [How to restore data on a single member in replica set by PMM](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-restore-data-on-a-single-member-in-replica-set-by-pmm/40942)
**Author:** [@Alvin\_Ma](https://forums.percona.com/u/Alvin_Ma)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-restore-data-on-a-single-member-in-replica-set-by-pmm/40942 "2026-06-26T09:07:35Z")
Dear All, Today, I found an issue from a UAT MongoDB server with version 7.0.24 hosted on rhel8, the service is died down around 10 months (last active is 2025 August), and the database is not actually big which is not … --- ## [PITR restore performance](https://forums.percona.com/t/pitr-restore-performance/40877)
**Author:** [@Adraen](https://forums.percona.com/u/Adraen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pitr-restore-performance/40877 "2026-06-09T07:34:35Z")
A follow up from Restore on a local docker deployment - #7 by Adraen I’m opening up a new thread because that’s a different discussion (hope that’s okay) So I have a large-ish DB (~20GB compressed) that heavily uses tim… --- ## [Questions Regarding PBM 2.14 Backup Cleanup and PITR Behavior](https://forums.percona.com/t/questions-regarding-pbm-2-14-backup-cleanup-and-pitr-behavior/40878)
**Author:** [@dasol](https://forums.percona.com/u/dasol)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/questions-regarding-pbm-2-14-backup-cleanup-and-pitr-behavior/40878 "2026-06-08T09:07:40Z")
Hello, I have a few questions regarding PBM version 2.14. We are using PBM in both MongoDB replica set (Primary-Secondary-Arbiter) and sharded cluster environments. We perform a logical backup once per day and run PITR… --- ## [Restore on a local docker deployment](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-on-a-local-docker-deployment/40875)
**Author:** [@Adraen](https://forums.percona.com/u/Adraen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-on-a-local-docker-deployment/40875 "2026-06-05T18:46:50Z")
Hi, I’ve setup Percona Server for MongoDB on a bare metal kubernetes cluster and things are mostly working fine. I’ve enabled storage on an S3 compatible storage and use SSE-C to encrypt the backups. On the cluster i’v… --- ## [PBM external snapshot restore: oplogTruncateAfterPoint, stableTimestamp clamp, and TTL handling](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-external-snapshot-restore-oplogtruncateafterpoint-stabletimestamp-clamp-and-ttl-handling/40800)
**Author:** [@Henryx](https://forums.percona.com/u/Henryx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-external-snapshot-restore-oplogtruncateafterpoint-stabletimestamp-clamp-and-ttl-handling/40800 "2026-05-21T10:56:15Z")
Hi Percona team, I would like to kindly ask for clarification about the correct restore procedure for PBM external snapshots + PITR replay. Environment: PBM: 2.12.0 PSMDB: 8.0.4-2 Topology: single-node replica sets St… --- ## [PITR nomination can be empty for one shard even when all agents are healthy](https://forums.percona.com/t/pitr-nomination-can-be-empty-for-one-shard-even-when-all-agents-are-healthy/40776)
**Author:** [@wanglong](https://forums.percona.com/u/wanglong)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pitr-nomination-can-be-empty-for-one-shard-even-when-all-agents-are-healthy/40776 "2026-05-11T12:40:45Z")
!!!Pemisssion Denied to create a issue at pbm jira page，fallback to report a issue here. PITR nomination can be empty for one shard even when all agents are healthy Summary In a sharded cluster, PBM can start PITR norma… --- ## [Restoring a backup without the psmdb-backup resource](https://forums.percona.com/t/restoring-a-backup-without-the-psmdb-backup-resource/40751)
**Author:** [@antonio\_pbilby](https://forums.percona.com/u/antonio_pbilby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restoring-a-backup-without-the-psmdb-backup-resource/40751 "2026-05-07T07:30:08Z")
What are the steps to restore a backup created by percona (either task or manual backup) on a external storage when that backup does not exist as a psmdb-backup resource in kubernetes? I haven’t run in to this scenario … --- ## [🚀 New Release: Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.14.0](https://forums.percona.com/t/new-release-percona-backup-for-mongodb-2-14-0/40730)
**Author:** [@radoslaw.szulgo](https://forums.percona.com/u/radoslaw.szulgo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/new-release-percona-backup-for-mongodb-2-14-0/40730 "2026-04-29T18:07:00Z")
We are excited to announce the release of PBM 2.14.0! This update brings significant performance boosts for Minio-compatible remote storage, smoother encryption workflows, and a key safety update for restore operations. … --- ## [Percona backup working but restore is not working on a mongo sharded cluster](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-working-but-restore-is-not-working-on-a-mongo-sharded-cluster/40700)
**Author:** [@Anikessh](https://forums.percona.com/u/Anikessh)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-working-but-restore-is-not-working-on-a-mongo-sharded-cluster/40700 "2026-04-23T11:28:02Z")
Hi We have setup pbm-agent configured on 3 config nodes and 3 shard servers and we have 2 mongos routers configured and its configured on Amazon Linux 2023. We have 3 config nodes with pbm-agent as cfgsvr1.snb.internal … --- ## [Backup-agent container in MongoDB pod holds ghost disk usage until killed](https://forums.percona.com/t/backup-agent-container-in-mongodb-pod-holds-ghost-disk-usage-until-killed/40071)
**Author:** [@AptiraSina](https://forums.percona.com/u/AptiraSina)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/backup-agent-container-in-mongodb-pod-holds-ghost-disk-usage-until-killed/40071 "2026-04-09T09:57:17Z")
Hi, We received an alert yesterday for one of our MongoDB pods having disk 90% full. When we compare the df -h output it doesn’t match the du output for the mountpoint: df -h /data/db Filesystem Size Used Avail … --- ## [Pbm agent internal cleanup incomplete post restore of physical backup](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-internal-cleanup-incomplete-post-restore-of-physical-backup/40156)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Osuntoyinbo](https://forums.percona.com/u/Daniel_Osuntoyinbo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-internal-cleanup-incomplete-post-restore-of-physical-backup/40156 "2026-03-26T13:23:28Z")
I performed a pitr restore of a physical backup on three nodes. From all indication it appears the restore completed successfully as i observed the size of /data on the three nodes are equivalent after the restore. The b… --- ## [Unable to restore databases or collections from PBM logical backup](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-restore-databases-or-collections-from-pbm-logical-backup/40400)
**Author:** [@MoosEsooM](https://forums.percona.com/u/MoosEsooM)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-restore-databases-or-collections-from-pbm-logical-backup/40400 "2026-03-25T09:41:16Z")
\# Selective restore with --ns does nothing - collections silently skipped (PBM 2.13.0) Hello, I have a 4-node MongoDB replica set: Node 1: Primary Node 2: Secondary Node 3: Secondary Node 4: Hidden (PBM CLI runs here… --- ## [Error during restore "get metadata: parse physical restore status: read ts from rs.csrs/node.eis-mongo-test03:26001.hb: strconv.ParseInt: parsing "": invalid syntax"](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-during-restore-get-metadata-parse-physical-restore-status-read-ts-from-rs-csrs-node-eis-mongo-test03-26001-hb-strconv-parseint-parsing-invalid-syntax/40332)
**Author:** [@Magzhanova](https://forums.percona.com/u/Magzhanova)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-during-restore-get-metadata-parse-physical-restore-status-read-ts-from-rs-csrs-node-eis-mongo-test03-26001-hb-strconv-parseint-parsing-invalid-syntax/40332 "2026-03-04T21:57:41Z")
We have sharded mongodb cluster with one shard: 4 config servers (2 community and 2 Percona Server for MongoDB) 4 nodes with data (2 community and 2 Percona Server for MongoDB) Major version is 7. I tried to restore … --- ## [All data deleted when restore external snapshot on psmdb](https://forums.percona.com/t/all-data-deleted-when-restore-external-snapshot-on-psmdb/39957)
**Author:** [@xiaobao\_wen](https://forums.percona.com/u/xiaobao_wen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/all-data-deleted-when-restore-external-snapshot-on-psmdb/39957 "2026-02-20T17:49:45Z")
After restore status become StatusCopyDone, pbm agent cleanupDatadir with needFiles. filepath.Walk cannot enter symlink directory. /data/db/journal may be wrongly deleted \[mongodb@dev-rs-mdb-rs0-2 /\]$ ls /data/db/ -l… --- ## [PBM 2.12 list command omits PITR in JSON output](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-2-12-list-command-omits-pitr-in-json-output/40226)
**Author:** [@richardl](https://forums.percona.com/u/richardl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-2-12-list-command-omits-pitr-in-json-output/40226 "2026-02-20T11:44:22Z")
I run a weekly “test backups” workflow. I’ve just updated from PBM 2.10 to 2.12 on my k8s cluster. The workflow uses the pbm list –out json command to extract the latest PITR timestamp. With 2.12 this is now returning an… --- ## [End to end Snapshot-based physical backups](https://forums.percona.com/t/end-to-end-snapshot-based-physical-backups/40157)
**Author:** [@Qing\_Wang](https://forums.percona.com/u/Qing_Wang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/end-to-end-snapshot-based-physical-backups/40157 "2026-02-05T10:42:22Z")
Do we have timeline for end to end Snapshot-based physical backups? --- ## [PBM physical backup/restore for Open Source Mongo DB](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-physical-backup-restore-for-open-source-mongo-db/40109)
**Author:** [@Qing\_Wang](https://forums.percona.com/u/Qing_Wang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-physical-backup-restore-for-open-source-mongo-db/40109 "2026-01-28T11:00:04Z")
Want to add feature in PBM to support physical backup/restore for open source mongo db --- ## [PITR stuck after full backup](https://forums.percona.com/t/pitr-stuck-after-full-backup/40008)
**Author:** [@sailleacha\_sailleach](https://forums.percona.com/u/sailleacha_sailleach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pitr-stuck-after-full-backup/40008 "2026-01-09T09:17:51Z")
Hey, I’ve got 3 hosts each containing container with mongo, and container of pbm. Full backups are working perfectly but PITR is getting stuck and stops working “randomly” after full backup. Logs looks like this: Main h… --- ## [Percona oplog-replay is not working after physical base snapshot restore was completed](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-oplog-replay-is-not-working-after-physical-base-snapshot-restore-was-completed/39889)
**Author:** [@vikas.bahuguna](https://forums.percona.com/u/vikas.bahuguna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-oplog-replay-is-not-working-after-physical-base-snapshot-restore-was-completed/39889 "2025-12-30T06:14:59Z")
Hi, I had 1 MongoDB instance with 3 replicase, I’d setup latest pbm-agent to that instance. (My MongonDB is running in VMs, self managed, community edition). Below are versions in source MongoDB: pbm-agent version -… --- ## [PBM 2.12 on MongoDB 8.0 Sharded Cluster – “storage is not initialized” + “get epoch: lookup: element not found”](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-2-12-on-mongodb-8-0-sharded-cluster-storage-is-not-initialized-get-epoch-lookup-element-not-found/39822)
**Author:** [@Akshayrg09](https://forums.percona.com/u/Akshayrg09)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-2-12-on-mongodb-8-0-sharded-cluster-storage-is-not-initialized-get-epoch-lookup-element-not-found/39822 "2025-12-17T10:37:36Z")
I have a sharded MongoDB 8.0 cluster with 2 mongos + 3 config nodes and 2 shard replica sets (3 nodes each). PBM 2.12 is installed on every mongod node and each PBM agent connects to its local mongod using the correct U… --- ## [Percona restore process stuck in middle](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-restore-process-stuck-in-middle/39871)
**Author:** [@vikas.bahuguna](https://forums.percona.com/u/vikas.bahuguna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-restore-process-stuck-in-middle/39871 "2025-12-11T13:17:49Z")
Hi, I am using below versions of percona & mongodb in GCP Redhat VM pbm-agent version - 2.6.0 pbm version - pbm cli - 2.6.0 mongod --version - db version v7.0.11-6 mongosh --version - 2.2.10 I did a full p… [Next page](https://forums.percona.com/c/mongodb/percona-backup-for-mongodb/22.md?page=1)