# Percona Backup for MongoDB **URL:** https://forums.percona.com/c/mongodb/percona-backup-for-mongodb/22.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forums.percona.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.percona.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.percona.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [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… --- ## [Exclude collection in mongodb backup](https://forums.percona.com/t/exclude-collection-in-mongodb-backup/38352)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Devresse](https://forums.percona.com/u/Mike_Devresse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/exclude-collection-in-mongodb-backup/38352 "2025-12-10T05:48:20Z")
Hi, I have a collection which weights couple of Go that can be generated from a program. Today, it is being backup, but it takes a lot more time to execute the backup with this collection included. I know that there is… --- ## [Pbm oplog-replay skips entire endpoint second; --end timestamp behaves inconsistently (PBM 2.12.0) | failing reconciliation tests](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-oplog-replay-skips-entire-endpoint-second-end-timestamp-behaves-inconsistently-pbm-2-12-0-failing-reconciliation-tests/39816)
**Author:** [@Henryx](https://forums.percona.com/u/Henryx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-oplog-replay-skips-entire-endpoint-second-end-timestamp-behaves-inconsistently-pbm-2-12-0-failing-reconciliation-tests/39816 "2025-12-02T19:50:56Z")
Hello there, I’m running PITR restore tests on one of our clusters and I’ve hit behaviour in pbm oplog-replay that looks wrong, or at least very unexpected. I’ll try to describe it as clearly as I can. The goal here is… --- ## [Question: oplogOnly removal in PBM 3.0 ? Is that for real or joke?](https://forums.percona.com/t/question-oplogonly-removal-in-pbm-3-0-is-that-for-real-or-joke/39819)
**Author:** [@Henryx](https://forums.percona.com/u/Henryx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/question-oplogonly-removal-in-pbm-3-0-is-that-for-real-or-joke/39819 "2025-12-02T17:29:42Z")
Hello there, suddenly I noticed following ticket: Jira where it’s said: Solution proposal We agreed to deprecate oplogOnly . To remove that in PBM 3.0 This also needs to be deprecated on the operator side And … --- ## [\`pbm delete-backup\` stuck due to locks in Mongodb](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-delete-backup-stuck-due-to-locks-in-mongodb/39630)
**Author:** [@xiaobao\_wen](https://forums.percona.com/u/xiaobao_wen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-delete-backup-stuck-due-to-locks-in-mongodb/39630 "2025-11-21T13:36:04Z")
Deleting external backups gets stuck pbm.log (528.5 KB) ~/xiaobao/mongodb/mongodb-operator/percona-server-mongodb-operator/deploy (deeproute/dev ✗) kubectl exec dev-rs-mdb-rs0-0 -it -n default -c backup-agent – bash \[… --- ## [Percona backup for mongodb support](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb-support/39700)
**Author:** [@shankarchidirala](https://forums.percona.com/u/shankarchidirala)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb-support/39700 "2025-11-20T09:11:21Z")
Hello Everyone, Currently, I am trying to take a backup of MongoDB and restore it using Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM). In our setup, MongoDB is running on an AWS EKS cluster as a StatefulSet with two MongoDB pods. I… --- ## [Mongod-failure-after-restore](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongod-failure-after-restore/39588)
**Author:** [@hemanth](https://forums.percona.com/u/hemanth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongod-failure-after-restore/39588 "2025-11-20T09:01:07Z")
Hello Ivan, Just a follow-up on this ticket. Mongod-failure-after-restore - #2 by Ivan\_Groenewold I attempted to perform a restore on the secondary instance despite the Mongo service failure. The PBM status has been me… --- ## [PBM-agent on docker running into "storage is not initialized"](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-on-docker-running-into-storage-is-not-initialized/37534)
**Author:** [@miwalk](https://forums.percona.com/u/miwalk)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-on-docker-running-into-storage-is-not-initialized/37534 "2025-11-07T11:05:35Z")
Hi, I’ve tried to go trough docs, but didn’t find correct information. I’ve selected to build a image on which I will be able to run PBM backups. Guide in Run in Docker - Percona Backup for MongoDB, contains wrong inf… --- ## [PBM Physical restore is not working for sharded cluster](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-physical-restore-is-not-working-for-sharded-cluster/39684)
**Author:** [@Aayushi1](https://forums.percona.com/u/Aayushi1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-physical-restore-is-not-working-for-sharded-cluster/39684 "2025-11-07T06:09:41Z")
Hello Team, We need to perform physical backup and restore in order to setup new similar cluster. Destination: MongoDB - Percona : 5.0.28 PBM version: 2.6.0 OS: VERSION=“24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)” 3 Shards (3 repl… --- ## [Streaming oplog: no starting point defined](https://forums.percona.com/t/streaming-oplog-no-starting-point-defined/39675)
**Author:** [@Magzhanova](https://forums.percona.com/u/Magzhanova)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/streaming-oplog-no-starting-point-defined/39675 "2025-11-06T09:55:22Z")
We have mongodb community 6.0 server and PBM 2.4.1. PITR is enabled every 10 minutes. During backup we got error: PITR incremental backup: ======================== Status \[ON\] ! ERROR while running PITR backup: 202… --- ## [Possible issue during the backup a large MongoDB database](https://forums.percona.com/t/possible-issue-during-the-backup-a-large-mongodb-database/39600)
**Author:** [@rscotto](https://forums.percona.com/u/rscotto)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/possible-issue-during-the-backup-a-large-mongodb-database/39600 "2025-10-23T06:55:59Z")
Hi srs, I’m perfoming a MongoDB database backup using PBM. The database has 7.6 TB. The is the configuration: pbm config storage: type: filesystem filesystem: path: /data/mongo-backup/ pitr: enabled: false compr… --- ## [Restoring Percona Backup's on Containerized MongoDB via PBM](https://forums.percona.com/t/restoring-percona-backups-on-containerized-mongodb-via-pbm/39472)
**Author:** [@vishnu](https://forums.percona.com/u/vishnu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restoring-percona-backups-on-containerized-mongodb-via-pbm/39472 "2025-10-13T06:04:59Z")
I’m currently working on restoring backups in a containerized MongoDB environment. The issue I’m facing is that when I initiate the restore process, it starts, but after running the describe restore command, the status s… --- ## [Enhancement in documentation confirmation for Percona distribution for MongoDB](https://forums.percona.com/t/enhancement-in-documentation-confirmation-for-percona-distribution-for-mongodb/36557)
**Author:** [@Yash\_Pal](https://forums.percona.com/u/Yash_Pal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/enhancement-in-documentation-confirmation-for-percona-distribution-for-mongodb/36557 "2025-02-10T13:13:26Z")
Hello Community members, I have been looking around to setup PBM locally and I came across the installation page for mongodb version 7.0 latest and I saw that there is no copy button for the commands in bash shell as op… --- ## [Percona Backup for MongoDB failing to work on GCS](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb-failing-to-work-on-gcs/38571)
**Author:** [@FabricioPedrosoJorge](https://forums.percona.com/u/FabricioPedrosoJorge)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb-failing-to-work-on-gcs/38571 "2025-09-10T19:41:08Z")
Hello. I have a MongoDB 7 with 3 nodes in a replicaset configuration, but while trying to configure PBM to interact with a GCS bucket, I am getting the below error: mongodb-replica-set: - 10.0.1.11:27017 \[S\]: pbm-age… --- ## [PBM sharded cluster 100 TB](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-sharded-cluster-100-tb/38867)
**Author:** [@ezee](https://forums.percona.com/u/ezee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-sharded-cluster-100-tb/38867 "2025-09-10T19:36:43Z")
Hi team, we are exploring PBM for a 100TB database that will be sharded in PSMDB. The backup would go to S3. Our POC on a 10TB database with different uploadPartSize and maxUploadParts settings on these EC2 instance typ… --- ## [PBM backup not connectiong to GCS error Forbidden](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-backup-not-connectiong-to-gcs-error-forbidden/39289)
**Author:** [@Fetah\_Jusufi](https://forums.percona.com/u/Fetah_Jusufi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-backup-not-connectiong-to-gcs-error-forbidden/39289 "2025-09-10T18:42:59Z")
I need to have server:8.0.8-3 (since I need to join an existing replicaset which runs version 8.0.8) using percona backup 2.10.0 my credentials are like this: kubectl create secret generic gcs-credentials -n percona \\… --- ## [Paritial upload of Backups to GCS when using pbm 2.10.0](https://forums.percona.com/t/paritial-upload-of-backups-to-gcs-when-using-pbm-2-10-0/39213)
**Author:** [@mcrive](https://forums.percona.com/u/mcrive)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/paritial-upload-of-backups-to-gcs-when-using-pbm-2-10-0/39213 "2025-09-05T08:29:06Z")
Hello, recently we’ve upgraded PBM from 2.9.1 to 2.10.0. We’re uploading backups to GCS After the migration we’ve noticed that some objects appear to be partially uploaded, unfortunately there is no errors logged when … --- ## [PBM error on single sharded cluster](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-error-on-single-sharded-cluster/39150)
**Author:** [@Pjotz](https://forums.percona.com/u/Pjotz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-error-on-single-sharded-cluster/39150 "2025-08-29T06:23:35Z")
Hi, We have some single sharded clusters running, and i see some errors in the log as below, everything is running on docker containers. I also have a running 3 node cluster, and it works perfectly with same setup. I ca… --- ## [PMM error: software “mongodb” is not installed: incompatible service](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-error-software-mongodb-is-not-installed-incompatible-service/36451)
**Author:** [@jared1](https://forums.percona.com/u/jared1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-error-software-mongodb-is-not-installed-incompatible-service/36451 "2025-08-06T12:07:15Z")
Hello, We are running Percona for Mongo for the first time. Everything is running using your Docker images. We have installed Percona Server for Mongo version 8.0. We have a replicaset with just one Mongo node (for te… --- ## [Unable to create new Jira issue for proposing new feature](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-create-new-jira-issue-for-proposing-new-feature/38930)
**Author:** [@Imre\_Nagi](https://forums.percona.com/u/Imre_Nagi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-create-new-jira-issue-for-proposing-new-feature/38930 "2025-08-05T14:03:25Z")
Hi, I would like to submit a feature request for PBM Mongodb that I want to contribute on. On the contributing docs, it mentions that: For feature requests and enhancements, we do ask you to create a Jira issue, descri… --- ## [Pbm backup -w did not handle correctly when pbm-agent crashed](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-backup-w-did-not-handle-correctly-when-pbm-agent-crashed/38773)
**Author:** [@huangsijun17](https://forums.percona.com/u/huangsijun17)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-backup-w-did-not-handle-correctly-when-pbm-agent-crashed/38773 "2025-07-23T16:47:52Z")
When the -w/--wait parameter is used to start the backup with the pbm backup -w command, if pbm-agent exits due to a crash or other reasons, bpm-cli will not respond but continue to wait for the backup to succeed. --- ## [PBM Agent failed status](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-failed-status/38764)
**Author:** [@aranjith0](https://forums.percona.com/u/aranjith0)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-failed-status/38764 "2025-07-23T12:59:29Z")
Hi Team, PBM agents are in failed status, even if i start it.. after sometime it went to failed state. I don’t find any error messages in the pbm logs. how to trouble shoot it. \[mongod@tora-pl211 ~\]$ pbm status Clust… --- ## [PBM Physical Restore in K8s Not Working](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-physical-restore-in-k8s-not-working/38704)
**Author:** [@dclark](https://forums.percona.com/u/dclark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-physical-restore-in-k8s-not-working/38704 "2025-07-22T14:22:30Z")
Hey all, So I was having issues with the logical restores in K8s per the post here. I have since got the helm chart 1.20.1 up and running with the operator and pbm agent 2.10.0. This did not resolve the issue per this p… --- ## [PBM Not Selecting Healthy Hidden/Delayed Node for Backup](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-not-selecting-healthy-hidden-delayed-node-for-backup/38766)
**Author:** [@frank.pan](https://forums.percona.com/u/frank.pan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-not-selecting-healthy-hidden-delayed-node-for-backup/38766 "2025-07-21T15:04:52Z")
Hello Percona Community, We are facing a persistent issue where Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) is not selecting our hidden, delayed secondary node for backups, even though it appears to be the highest-priority candida… --- ## [The pbm cleanup command cannot output standard json](https://forums.percona.com/t/the-pbm-cleanup-command-cannot-output-standard-json/38732)
**Author:** [@huangsijun17](https://forums.percona.com/u/huangsijun17)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/the-pbm-cleanup-command-cannot-output-standard-json/38732 "2025-07-18T12:36:51Z")
I tried to use -o json when deleting the backup and parsing it with jq. As a result, an error was reported because the output was not standard json. pbm cleanup -y --older-than 3d -o json | jq jq: parse error: Invalid n… --- ## [PBM For Mongo in K8s Restores Failing with Agent \> 2.5.0](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-for-mongo-in-k8s-restores-failing-with-agent-2-5-0/38619)
**Author:** [@dclark](https://forums.percona.com/u/dclark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-for-mongo-in-k8s-restores-failing-with-agent-2-5-0/38619 "2025-07-14T10:52:52Z")
Hey all, Hoping someone can help me as I have exhausted all ideas I can thing of. I have percona for mongodb running in k8s. Taking nightly backups. We want to create a reporting DB and restore our backups into that DB.… --- ## [SSLHandshakeFailed: SSL peer certificate validation failed: self-signed certificate in certificate chain](https://forums.percona.com/t/sslhandshakefailed-ssl-peer-certificate-validation-failed-self-signed-certificate-in-certificate-chain/38560)
**Author:** [@dylan\_moran](https://forums.percona.com/u/dylan_moran)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/sslhandshakefailed-ssl-peer-certificate-validation-failed-self-signed-certificate-in-certificate-chain/38560 "2025-07-04T12:25:51Z")
Hi there ! I’m working with an image of mongodb 7.0 in docker and i wanted to add a pbm-agent on my shared replicaset cluster. To do that i put a role and user with large access in every node Primary mongod and Config … --- ## [retryChunk got copy: context deadline exceeded](https://forums.percona.com/t/retrychunk-got-copy-context-deadline-exceeded/26533)
**Author:** [@aranjith0](https://forums.percona.com/u/aranjith0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/retrychunk-got-copy-context-deadline-exceeded/26533 "2025-06-12T12:03:43Z")
Hi, i am seeing below messages in the logs while restoring the backups to a new cluster on Version2.2.1 Also i think the full cluster restore took ~24hrs whereas restore took 18hrs in older versions (2.0.5) 2023-11-13… --- ## [How to configure the behavior after a successful backup?](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-configure-the-behavior-after-a-successful-backup/38257)
**Author:** [@huangsijun17](https://forums.percona.com/u/huangsijun17)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-configure-the-behavior-after-a-successful-backup/38257 "2025-06-10T11:42:51Z")
For example, sending email notifications, executing scripts to delete historical backups, and using webhooks to send notifications to other channels. --- ## [Percona Backup for MongoDB + MongoDB Community 7.0?](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb-mongodb-community-7-0/38171)
**Author:** [@huangsijun17](https://forums.percona.com/u/huangsijun17)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb-mongodb-community-7-0/38171 "2025-06-04T17:50:40Z")
Hi Percona Community, Simple question: Does Percona Backup for MongoDB fully support backups on MongoDB Community Edition 7.0? Specifically: Physical backups Logical backups Incremental backups Thank you! [Previous page](https://forums.percona.com/c/mongodb/percona-backup-for-mongodb/22.md) [Next page](https://forums.percona.com/c/mongodb/percona-backup-for-mongodb/22.md?page=2)