# How can I use Physical Incremental Backup with mongodb percona operator

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**Category:** Percona Operator for MongoDB\
**Created:** [June 1, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-use-physical-incremental-backup-with-mongodb-percona-operator/22476 "2023-06-01T11:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Avinash\_Rai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/avinash_rai/32/10302_2.png) [@Avinash\_Rai](https://forums.percona.com/u/Avinash_Rai)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-use-physical-incremental-backup-with-mongodb-percona-operator/22476/1 "2023-06-01T11:21:06Z")

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I have mongodb Percona operator setup and I am able to take full physical backup but I am not sure how we can take incremental backup after that.  
PITR is working with logical backup but I am not sure about physical incremental backup

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**Author:** ![Parag\_Bhayani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/parag_bhayani/32/3710_2.png) [@Parag\_Bhayani](https://forums.percona.com/u/Parag_Bhayani)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-use-physical-incremental-backup-with-mongodb-percona-operator/22476/2 "2023-06-01T14:44:42Z")

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Hi @Avinash_Rai ,

As of now, Operator does not support Physical Incremental backups. It should be available in near future releases of operator.  
Also, currently Physical backups are in Technical preview state.

Ref.: [About backups - Percona Operator for MongoDB](https://docs.percona.com/percona-operator-for-mongodb/backups.html)

Regards,  
Parag

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**Author:** ![Avinash\_Rai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/avinash_rai/32/10302_2.png) [@Avinash\_Rai](https://forums.percona.com/u/Avinash_Rai)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-use-physical-incremental-backup-with-mongodb-percona-operator/22476/3 "2023-06-02T05:13:03Z")

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Hi @Parag_Bhayani,  
Thanks for confirming the same

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**Author:** ![Sergey\_Pronin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/sergey_pronin/32/14887_2.png) [@Sergey\_Pronin](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sergey_Pronin)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-use-physical-incremental-backup-with-mongodb-percona-operator/22476/4 "2023-06-02T08:02:56Z")

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@Avinash_Rai ,

incremental backups are on the roadmap though. Meanwhile you can use point-in-time recovery instead - operator stores oplogs in the object storage.