# Not able to take the backup in the pmm dashboard for the mongoDB replicasets

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-take-the-backup-in-the-pmm-dashboard-for-the-mongodb-replicasets/31928>\
**Category:** PMM 2.x\
**Tags:** percona\
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-take-the-backup-in-the-pmm-dashboard-for-the-mongodb-replicasets/31928 "2024-07-31T11:37:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![nagaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@nagaa](https://forums.percona.com/u/nagaa)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-take-the-backup-in-the-pmm-dashboard-for-the-mongodb-replicasets/31928/1 "2024-07-31T11:37:41Z")

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## Description:

not able to take the backup in the pmm dashboard from the containerised configuration eventhogh we can take a backup form pbm from the mongoDB replicasets but not able to do in the dashboard.The error we are getting is given below

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**Author:** ![Roma\_Novikov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/roma_novikov/32/1161_2.png) [@Roma\_Novikov](https://forums.percona.com/u/Roma_Novikov)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-take-the-backup-in-the-pmm-dashboard-for-the-mongodb-replicasets/31928/2 "2024-08-01T08:38:55Z")

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@nagaa check the requirements from [[PMM-9123] - Percona JIRA](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PMM-9123) and especially #5 .  
It looks like PMM can’t detect or control MongoDB in this instance.

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**Author:** ![nagaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@nagaa](https://forums.percona.com/u/nagaa)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-take-the-backup-in-the-pmm-dashboard-for-the-mongodb-replicasets/31928/3 "2024-08-01T10:38:10Z")

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hi @Roma_Novikov here the percona is trying find the mongod in the host but here we are trying to take the backup from the replicasets which running as a containers . the container setup follows as a primary and secondary structure