# Disaster recovery backup restore

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/disaster-recovery-backup-restore/23604>\
**Category:** Percona Operator for MongoDB\
**Created:** [July 13, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disaster-recovery-backup-restore/23604 "2023-07-13T13:02:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![ac\_entrust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/ac_entrust/32/11680_2.png) [@ac\_entrust](https://forums.percona.com/u/ac_entrust)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disaster-recovery-backup-restore/23604/1 "2023-07-13T13:02:06Z")

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Hi,

We’re implementing the Percona MongoDB Operator and are using the built in backups which are working fine, however in a disaster scenario when the Kubernetes cluster is lost, how do we then restore the MongoDB backups into a newly installed Kubernetes cluster? As the Percona operator then does not know about the backups that exist in the S3 bucket.

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**Author:** ![Tomislav\_Plavcic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/tomislav_plavcic/32/9717_2.png) [@Tomislav\_Plavcic](https://forums.percona.com/u/Tomislav_Plavcic)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disaster-recovery-backup-restore/23604/2 "2023-07-13T13:45:07Z")

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Hi @ac_entrust !

In that case you don’t specify the `backup` option in the restore object, but instead specify the `backupSource` option.  
You can find more info here: [Restore backup to a new Kubernetes-based environment - Percona Operator for MongoDB](https://docs.percona.com/percona-operator-for-mongodb/backups-restore-to-new-cluster.html)  
And some example here: [https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/blob/main/deploy/backup/restore.yaml](https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/blob/main/deploy/backup/restore.yaml)  
But just beware that you can specify `backupSource` under `spec`, but also under `spec.pitr` if you need it.

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**Author:** ![ac\_entrust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/ac_entrust/32/11680_2.png) [@ac\_entrust](https://forums.percona.com/u/ac_entrust)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/disaster-recovery-backup-restore/23604/3 "2023-07-13T13:59:38Z")

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Ah thank you! I managed to miss that page in the documentation