# Restore PBM backup onto only one node (for initial sync)

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-pbm-backup-onto-only-one-node-for-initial-sync/34821>\
**Category:** Percona Backup for MongoDB\
**Created:** [November 6, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-pbm-backup-onto-only-one-node-for-initial-sync/34821 "2024-11-06T18:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ezee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ezee](https://forums.percona.com/u/ezee)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-pbm-backup-onto-only-one-node-for-initial-sync/34821/1 "2024-11-06T18:52:00Z")

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Hi folks, can we restore a PBM backup onto only one node in a replica set? This is to perform a full resync/initial sync one node that is part of a replica set that has been down for a while and oplog does not exist in primary to catchup.  
Thanks for your ideas!  
Ez

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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:** [November 7, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-pbm-backup-onto-only-one-node-for-initial-sync/34821/2 "2024-11-07T11:47:32Z")

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Hi, at the moment is not possible but feel free to provide some comments and subscribe to [[PBM-1172] - Jira](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PBM-1172)

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**Author:** ![ezee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ezee](https://forums.percona.com/u/ezee)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-pbm-backup-onto-only-one-node-for-initial-sync/34821/3 "2024-11-07T14:51:13Z")

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Thank you for the response. I will follow up on the other JIRA ticket. Thanks for your support.