# Percona backup for MongoDB

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb/29837>\
**Category:** Percona Backup for MongoDB\
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb/29837 "2024-04-25T06:08:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wwe\_Star](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/wwe_star/32/15673_2.png) [@Wwe\_Star](https://forums.percona.com/u/Wwe_Star)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb/29837/1 "2024-04-25T06:08:56Z")

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Hey friends

I’ve been recently using MongoDB for a week and I want to take physical backup in the MongoDB instance. I came across many sites, and finally got that pbm is the best tool for physical backups, but I don’t understand how to use pbm it is very complex in the installation itself, and very confusing so kindly anyone help me in this regard on the installation of pbm

Thanks in Advance

With Regards  
Gousik Rao N

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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:** [April 25, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-backup-for-mongodb/29837/2 "2024-04-25T11:33:51Z")

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Hi, I suggest following the official documentation and also check out [this blog post](https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-backup-for-mongodb-in-action/). Basically pbm runs as an agent on each mongodb node, and stores backups on either S3-compatible or NFS filesystem.