# Waiting for backup metadata

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/waiting-for-backup-metadata/15987>\
**Category:** Percona Backup for MongoDB\
**Created:** [June 5, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/waiting-for-backup-metadata/15987 "2022-06-05T15:36:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/waiting-for-backup-metadata/15987/1 "2022-06-05T15:36:38Z")

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Hello there,

I am creating backup of my mongodb cluster, but backup never happened:

```auto
$ kubectl get PerconaServerMongoDBBackup
NAME CLUSTER STORAGE DESTINATION STATUS COMPLETED AGE
mongo-ods-bkup-20220604 mongo-ods oci-bucket-ashburn 2022-06-05T15:22:38Z requested 31s

```

As checked the operator log:

```auto
{"level":"info","ts":1654441370.768225,"logger":"controller_perconaservermongodbbackup","msg":"Waiting for backup metadata","PBM name":"2022-06-05T04:03:41Z","backup":"mongo-ods-bkup-20220604"}

```

Helm chart snippet:

```auto
  enabled: false
  restartOnFailure: true
  image:
    repository: percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator
    tag: 1.11.0-backup
  serviceAccountName: percona-server-mongodb-operator
  # annotations:
  # iam.amazonaws.com/role: role-arn
  resources:
    limits:
      cpu: "300m"
      memory: "0.5G"
    requests:
      cpu: "300m"
      memory: "0.5G"
  storages:
    oci-bucket-ashburn:
      type: s3
      s3:
        bucket: lab-db-mongo-ods-bkup
        credentialsSecret: db-backup-bucket-secret
        region: us-ashburn-1
        prefix: ""
        endpointUrl: idpaexxxxxxx.compat.objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com
        repo1-retention-full: 3
        uriStyle: path
        verifyTLS: false    

```

My backup definition:

```auto
apiVersion: psmdb.percona.com/v1
kind: PerconaServerMongoDBBackup
metadata:
  finalizers:
  - delete-backup
  name: mongo-ods-bkup-20220604
spec:
  psmdbCluster: mongo-ods
  storageName: oci-bucket-ashburn

```

In the mongo replicaset, there is no backup sidecar injected.

Could anyone please shed your light on this problem?

Thanks,  
Arthur

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**Author:** ![A\_Niu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/a_niu/32/5518_2.png) [@A\_Niu](https://forums.percona.com/u/A_Niu)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/waiting-for-backup-metadata/15987/2 "2022-06-05T16:21:37Z")

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Just found the backup wasnot enabled.