# Pbm-agent on arbiter node

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-on-arbiter-node/12712>\
**Category:** Percona Backup for MongoDB\
**Created:** [October 25, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-on-arbiter-node/12712 "2021-10-25T11:09:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![redirect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@redirect](https://forums.percona.com/u/redirect)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-on-arbiter-node/12712/1 "2021-10-25T11:09:32Z")

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I have a mongodb replicaset consisting of 3 nodes

```auto
node-01 - primary
node-02 - secondary
node-03 - arbiter node

```

do I need install pbm-agent on the arbiter node?

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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:** [October 25, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-on-arbiter-node/12712/2 "2021-10-25T12:30:22Z")

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Hello @redirect ,

there is no value in having pbm on arbiter.  
But maybe you have some idea or problem that can be solved by that. Can you tell me more?

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**Author:** ![redirect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@redirect](https://forums.percona.com/u/redirect)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pbm-agent-on-arbiter-node/12712/3 "2021-10-26T03:06:00Z")

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no i don’t have idea, just asking 😃