# Incremental backup support in logical backup type
**URL:** https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backup-support-in-logical-backup-type/21194
**Category:** Percona Backup for MongoDB
**Tags:** percona
**Created:** [April 5, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backup-support-in-logical-backup-type/21194 "2023-04-05T06:24:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@shrishail](https://forums.percona.com/u/shrishail)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backup-support-in-logical-backup-type/21194/1 "2023-04-05T06:24:13Z")
In pbm 1.8 version, I could see Incremental backups are supported in logical type but in pbm 2.0.5 version, I am seeing incremental backups are not supported in logical type and it is supported only in the physical. May I know the reason?
Also, Can I use 1.8 version still for production deployment?
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### Author:  [@Ivan\_Groenewold](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ivan_Groenewold)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backup-support-in-logical-backup-type/21194/2 "2023-04-05T11:38:00Z")
Hi, 1.8 is very old, I suggest you migrate to a newer release and start using physical backups, which are much faster. You can still do incrementals with physical backups
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### Author:  [@shrishail](https://forums.percona.com/u/shrishail)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backup-support-in-logical-backup-type/21194/3 "2023-04-05T11:46:52Z")
Thanks Ivan. I am going through the physical type now.
I could see we have to use psmdb to work with pbm physical type, can we make use of existing mongodb server cursors?
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### Author:  [@Ivan\_Groenewold](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ivan_Groenewold)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backup-support-in-logical-backup-type/21194/4 "2023-04-05T11:56:23Z")
Yes, you will need to use psmdb for that. Luckily it is a drop-in replacement so should be easy to migrate 😉
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### Author:  [@shrishail](https://forums.percona.com/u/shrishail)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backup-support-in-logical-backup-type/21194/5 "2023-04-05T12:13:48Z")
I have a production setup with mongodb enterprise edition and I am trying to use pbm utility for backup and restore. For physical type in pbm, it requires psmdb, so if I install psmdb, will it conflict mongodb enterprise edition?
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### Author:  [@Ivan\_Groenewold](https://forums.percona.com/u/Ivan_Groenewold)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/incremental-backup-support-in-logical-backup-type/21194/6 "2023-04-05T12:24:14Z")
I understand. In that case you are limited to the logical backup for now, as you cannot run both MongoDB Enterprise and Percona distribution together. I suggest you give Percona a shot. There are no license costs and it provides similar feature set to Mongo Enterprise.