# How to configure the behavior after a successful backup?

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**Category:** Percona Backup for MongoDB\
**Created:** [June 10, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-configure-the-behavior-after-a-successful-backup/38257 "2025-06-10T06:39:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![huangsijun17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@huangsijun17](https://forums.percona.com/u/huangsijun17)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-configure-the-behavior-after-a-successful-backup/38257/1 "2025-06-10T06:39:31Z")

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For example, sending email notifications, executing scripts to delete historical backups, and using webhooks to send notifications to other channels.

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**Author:** ![Ivan\_Groenewold](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/ivan_groenewold/32/6299_2.png) [@Ivan\_Groenewold](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ivan_Groenewold)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-configure-the-behavior-after-a-successful-backup/38257/2 "2025-06-10T11:42:51Z")

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Hi, there is no built-in functionality for that but you can write your own scripts to run PBM commands and then do something else depending on exit code/status.