Possible issue during the backup a large MongoDB database

Hi srs,

I’m perfoming a MongoDB database backup using PBM. The database has 7.6 TB. The is the configuration:

pbm config
storage:
type: filesystem
filesystem:
path: /data/mongo-backup/
pitr:
enabled: false
compression: s2
compressionLevel: 6
backup:
oplogSpanMin: 0
compression: s2
compressionLevel: 6
numParallelCollections: 8
restore: {}

The description:

pbm describe-backup 2025-10-22T13:53:40Z
name: “2025-10-22T13:53:40Z”
opid: 68f8e1e45a25d31b9f3a01e0
type: logical
last_write_time: “1970-01-01T00:00:01Z”
last_transition_time: “2025-10-22T13:53:43Z”
mongodb_version: 8.0.12-4
fcv: “8.0”
pbm_version: 2.11.0
status: running
size_h: 0 B
size_uncompressed_h: 0 B
replsets:

name: 
status: running
node: 
size_uncompressed_h: “”
last_write_time: “1970-01-01T00:00:00Z”
last_transition_time: “2025-10-22T13:53:41Z”

The logs:

0-22 20:33:43.707928068 +0000 UTC m=+535062.528518070
2025-10-22T20:33:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T20:23:41 - 2025-10-22T20:33:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 20:43:43.703640756 +0000 UTC m=+535662.524230753
2025-10-22T20:43:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T20:33:41 - 2025-10-22T20:43:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 20:53:43.739868275 +0000 UTC m=+536262.560458281
2025-10-22T20:53:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T20:43:41 - 2025-10-22T20:53:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 21:03:43.719191948 +0000 UTC m=+536862.539781950
2025-10-22T21:03:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T20:53:41 - 2025-10-22T21:03:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 21:13:43.707279452 +0000 UTC m=+537462.527869458
2025-10-22T21:13:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T21:03:41 - 2025-10-22T21:13:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 21:23:43.703896335 +0000 UTC m=+538062.524486341
2025-10-22T21:23:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T21:13:41 - 2025-10-22T21:23:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 21:33:43.85731537 +0000 UTC m=+538662.677905372
2025-10-22T21:33:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T21:23:41 - 2025-10-22T21:33:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 21:43:43.925404461 +0000 UTC m=+539262.745994467
2025-10-22T21:43:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T21:33:41 - 2025-10-22T21:43:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 21:53:43.956558924 +0000 UTC m=+539862.777148929
2025-10-22T21:53:44Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T21:43:41 - 2025-10-22T21:53:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 22:03:44.096276226 +0000 UTC m=+540462.916866231
2025-10-22T22:03:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T21:53:41 - 2025-10-22T22:03:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 22:13:43.721582374 +0000 UTC m=+541062.542172379
2025-10-22T22:13:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T22:03:41 - 2025-10-22T22:13:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 22:23:43.771436129 +0000 UTC m=+541662.592026131
2025-10-22T22:23:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T22:13:41 - 2025-10-22T22:23:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 22:33:43.860148171 +0000 UTC m=+542262.680738174
2025-10-22T22:33:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T22:23:41 - 2025-10-22T22:33:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 22:43:43.817557482 +0000 UTC m=+542862.638147484
2025-10-22T22:43:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T22:33:41 - 2025-10-22T22:43:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 22:53:43.82135352 +0000 UTC m=+543462.641943536
2025-10-22T22:53:43Z I [rsShopee/mg-shopee-2:27017] [backup/2025-10-22T13:53:40Z] created chunk 2025-10-22T22:43:41 - 2025-10-22T22:53:41. Next chunk creation scheduled to begin at ~2025-10-22 23:03:43.717354993 +0000 UTC m=+544062.537944999

The backup size is increasing.
Can you tell if the backup is running good?

Hi,

It seems to be continuing since there is no error, and the status shows that it is running. 7.6TB will definitely take time to complete. Is this the first time you have used it? You might increase parallel collections to make it faster in case you have lots of collections.