# Percona restore process stuck in middle **URL:** \ **Category:** Percona Backup for MongoDB\ **Created:** [December 10, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-restore-process-stuck-in-middle/39871 "2025-12-10T12:23:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vikas.bahuguna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@vikas.bahuguna](https://forums.percona.com/u/vikas.bahuguna)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-restore-process-stuck-in-middle/39871/1 "2025-12-10T12:23:48Z")
Hi, I am using below versions of percona & mongodb in GCP Redhat VM 1. pbm-agent version - 2.6.0 2. pbm version - pbm cli - 2.6.0 3. mongod --version - db version v7.0.11-6 4. mongosh --version - 2.2.10 I did a full physical backup of MongoDB which was around 140 GB. Then i created a new similar MongoDB with 2 replicas (1 primary & 1 secondary), and tried to restore the backup. pbm config --force-resync Then tried restore from backups that I created previously from other MongoDB instance. It started the restore process, went about copying 29GB of data & then got stuck post that. I tried multiple times with different scenarios (like taking another fresh backup & then restore), but I’m getting into the same state where the `journalctl -fu pbm-agent` logs are stuck. 1 thing to note that after these 29gb of restore that happens, all of a sudden the CPU spike goes down to almost 0. There are no error logs or disk related issues nor my VM has any CPU or memory related spike. I have no clue on what to do, how to proceed further with my restore process. Can I please get some help on this to find out the RCA? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-restore-process-stuck-in-middle/39871/2 "2025-12-11T12:33:10Z")
Hi, first of all I suggest testing with a newer PBM version. There have been many bugs fixed since 2.6 and extra logging was introduced which might help pinpoint the problem. ---
**Author:** ![vikas.bahuguna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@vikas.bahuguna](https://forums.percona.com/u/vikas.bahuguna)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-restore-process-stuck-in-middle/39871/3 "2025-12-11T13:13:47Z")
Hi, thanks! It did work. I took a fresh backup with upgraded 2.12 version & restored with same version & it worked. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-restore-process-stuck-in-middle/39871/4 "2025-12-11T13:17:49Z")
glad to hear it helped ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-restore-process-stuck-in-middle/39871/5 "2025-12-11T13:17:54Z")