# Backup management on PMM **URL:** \ **Category:** MySQL & MariaDB\ **Tags:** pmm, mysql, percona\ **Created:** [December 9, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/backup-management-on-pmm/35540 "2024-12-09T07:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inji\_Aslanbeyli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/inji_aslanbeyli/32/18083_2.png) [@Inji\_Aslanbeyli](https://forums.percona.com/u/Inji_Aslanbeyli)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/backup-management-on-pmm/35540/1 "2024-12-09T07:13:13Z")
Hi dear team, l am confugiring backup on PMM. Mysql db version is 8, xtrabackup is installed (version 8). But l get “qpress is not installed: incompatible service” error. My server does not have Qpress installed. l wonder isn`t it possible to backup db without compression? Do l have to install qpress? ![qpress](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/percona1/original/3X/0/d/0d1617002710580df92341f68929458b8acb31ed.png) ---
**Author:** ![yunus.uyanik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/yunus.uyanik/32/19250_2.png) [@yunus.uyanik](https://forums.percona.com/u/yunus.uyanik)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/backup-management-on-pmm/35540/2 "2024-12-09T10:12:40Z")
Hi @Inji_Aslanbeyli `qpress` is required for the PMM backup, and it is a prerequisite. Here is the doc: [MySQL backup prerequisites - Percona Monitoring and Management](https://docs.percona.com/percona-monitoring-and-management/get-started/backup/mysql_prerequisites.html) ---
**Author:** ![Inji\_Aslanbeyli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/inji_aslanbeyli/32/18083_2.png) [@Inji\_Aslanbeyli](https://forums.percona.com/u/Inji_Aslanbeyli)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/backup-management-on-pmm/35540/3 "2024-12-09T10:15:46Z")
@yunus.uyanik thanks for the reply