# \#psmdb-operator **URL:** https://forums.percona.com/tag/psmdb-operator/34.md [Latest](https://forums.percona.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.percona.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.percona.com/tags.md) --- ## [How to restore to a different collection using PerconaServerMongoDBRestore CR](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-restore-to-a-different-collection-using-perconaservermongodbrestore-cr/40327)
**Author:** [@psamagal](https://forums.percona.com/u/psamagal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-restore-to-a-different-collection-using-perconaservermongodbrestore-cr/40327 "2026-03-03T16:25:48Z")
Hello everyone, I am trying to determine whether it is possible to restore a single MongoDB collection to a specific point in time using the Percona Operator for MongoDB on Kubernetes, specifically through the PerconaSe… --- ## [PSMDB pod placement while doing scheduled node maintenance](https://forums.percona.com/t/psmdb-pod-placement-while-doing-scheduled-node-maintenance/39813)
**Author:** [@eboyaci](https://forums.percona.com/u/eboyaci)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/psmdb-pod-placement-while-doing-scheduled-node-maintenance/39813 "2025-12-15T14:22:39Z")
We are running mongodb clusters with local persistent volumes using PSMDB. Because of these local volumes DBAs often view specific pods as being tied to specific physical nodes. We can manage this using the standard kube… --- ## [PerconaServerMySQL Fails to Start Up after Restore](https://forums.percona.com/t/perconaservermysql-fails-to-start-up-after-restore/38592)
**Author:** [@KSDreams](https://forums.percona.com/u/KSDreams)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/perconaservermysql-fails-to-start-up-after-restore/38592 "2025-11-30T16:31:49Z")
Description: Attempting to migrate a PerconaServerMySQL from one k8s cluster to another using a PerconaServerMySQLRestore. The PerconaServerMySQLBackup is run on an older version of the operator (0.4.0) with the Restore … --- ## [Retention for PITR data](https://forums.percona.com/t/retention-for-pitr-data/39506)
**Author:** [@horihel](https://forums.percona.com/u/horihel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/retention-for-pitr-data/39506 "2025-10-07T07:11:43Z")
Description: As far as my understanding of the docs go, if you configure PITR storage, retention policies will automatically keep PITR data for every snapshot regardless of storage logation (main/secondaries). So what i… --- ## [Restore to new environment with Operator 1.16.0 and mongo v7](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-to-new-environment-with-operator-1-16-0-and-mongo-v7/31209)
**Author:** [@Vivek\_Shinde](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vivek_Shinde)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-to-new-environment-with-operator-1-16-0-and-mongo-v7/31209 "2025-07-08T09:35:01Z")
HI All, I am facing an issue when trying to restore backup of psmdb v7 (with operator 1.16.0) on new kubernetes setup. (with same secret of psmdb users). Same backup works well when restore on same setup where backup is… --- ## [Percona DB with helm chart stuck in "stopping"](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-db-with-helm-chart-stuck-in-stopping/38300)
**Author:** [@ciel](https://forums.percona.com/u/ciel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-db-with-helm-chart-stuck-in-stopping/38300 "2025-06-19T11:49:59Z")
Hi there There was some issue when i try applying helm chart. (some image was amd64 whereas my machine is arm) So I deleted pod from “perconaservermongodb” (that was ‘force’ action because i deleted the namespace..) B… --- ## [Controlling mongod shutdown during PBM incremental restore](https://forums.percona.com/t/controlling-mongod-shutdown-during-pbm-incremental-restore/38021)
**Author:** [@nir-elk](https://forums.percona.com/u/nir-elk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/controlling-mongod-shutdown-during-pbm-incremental-restore/38021 "2025-05-22T19:17:55Z")
Hello everyone, I’m working with Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) on a Percona Server for MongoDB (PSMDB) cluster and I’d like to use incremental backups and restores. In one of the forum threads I saw that the restore … --- ## [Physical restore never finish](https://forums.percona.com/t/physical-restore-never-finish/36543)
**Author:** [@fabien.hannecart](https://forums.percona.com/u/fabien.hannecart)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/physical-restore-never-finish/36543 "2025-04-13T22:21:21Z")
Hi everyone Here is my configuration of a test cluster for backup/restore/update: Kubernetes : 1.29.10 Helm chart psmdb-operator : 1.18.0 (1.19.0 impossible to deploy) Helm Chart psmdb-db : 1.18.0 (1.19.0 impossible … --- ## [Adding custom user to repsets psmdb](https://forums.percona.com/t/adding-custom-user-to-repsets-psmdb/36852)
**Author:** [@Henry\_Smearman](https://forums.percona.com/u/Henry_Smearman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/adding-custom-user-to-repsets-psmdb/36852 "2025-02-24T16:31:11Z")
I am trying to add a custom user to mongoDB database. I am not using sharding only using repsets. Can this be done ? Below is a snippet from my values file. So far I have no luck. Thanks for any insight. ( my spacin… --- ## [PerconaServerMongoDBRestore selective not possible in K8s with psmdb-db 1.18.0](https://forums.percona.com/t/perconaservermongodbrestore-selective-not-possible-in-k8s-with-psmdb-db-1-18-0/36529)
**Author:** [@fabien.hannecart](https://forums.percona.com/u/fabien.hannecart)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/perconaservermongodbrestore-selective-not-possible-in-k8s-with-psmdb-db-1-18-0/36529 "2025-02-18T13:26:14Z")
Hi everyone, Here is my configuration of a test cluster for backup/restore/update: Kubernetes: 1.29.10 Helm chart psmdb-operator: 1.18.0 (1.19.0 impossible to deploy) Helm Chart psmdb-db: 1.18.0 (1.19.0 impossible to … --- ## [Metadata empty when creating a PVC for sidecar in MongoDB](https://forums.percona.com/t/metadata-empty-when-creating-a-pvc-for-sidecar-in-mongodb/36535)
**Author:** [@Henry\_Smearman](https://forums.percona.com/u/Henry_Smearman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/metadata-empty-when-creating-a-pvc-for-sidecar-in-mongodb/36535 "2025-02-12T09:47:41Z")
I am trying to create a PVC and mount to my sidecar using MongoDB cr version 1.19.0. When I look at the STS the metadata is empty. Below is an insert from the sts and the sidecar config. Im not sure why the metadata i… --- ## [Add mount to psmdb rep set for auditing](https://forums.percona.com/t/add-mount-to-psmdb-rep-set-for-auditing/36586)
**Author:** [@Henry\_Smearman](https://forums.percona.com/u/Henry_Smearman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/add-mount-to-psmdb-rep-set-for-auditing/36586 "2025-02-10T20:07:39Z")
I have psmdb server helm chart ( 1.19.0 ). I am trying to add an additional mount in order to have audit logs write to it. I am not sharding, only using the replica set. Is this allowed? I have tried several methods … --- ## [PerconaServerMongoDBBackup | psmdb operator | server selection error](https://forums.percona.com/t/perconaservermongodbbackup-psmdb-operator-server-selection-error/35213)
**Author:** [@hparikh](https://forums.percona.com/u/hparikh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/perconaservermongodbbackup-psmdb-operator-server-selection-error/35213 "2024-12-12T18:51:20Z")
Hello, psmdb-backup-status.txt (3.1 KB) We are having a single shard mongodb cluster deployed in kubernetes with psmdb-operator-1.16.2. We have the backups enabled and I notice backups run successful for small data siz… --- ## [Unable to replace the crd perconaservermongodbs.psmdb.percona.com on v1.17.0](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-replace-the-crd-perconaservermongodbs-psmdb-percona-com-on-v1-17-0/34862)
**Author:** [@raj28](https://forums.percona.com/u/raj28)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/unable-to-replace-the-crd-perconaservermongodbs-psmdb-percona-com-on-v1-17-0/34862 "2024-11-13T09:29:44Z")
Description: We upgraded the mongodb from version 6 to 7 and I’m unable to apply the crd perconaservermongodbs.psmdb.percona.com from tag v.1.17.0 Steps to Reproduce: k replace -f psmdb.percona.com\_perconaservermongodbs… --- ## [Monitor PerconaServerMongoDBBackup with Prometheus on Kubernetes](https://forums.percona.com/t/monitor-perconaservermongodbbackup-with-prometheus-on-kubernetes/34690)
**Author:** [@Julien\_Senzier](https://forums.percona.com/u/Julien_Senzier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/monitor-perconaservermongodbbackup-with-prometheus-on-kubernetes/34690 "2024-11-04T08:44:58Z")
Description: I want to monitor my PerconaServerMongoDBBackup CRD on Kubernetes to check the status of the backup Steps to Reproduce: I can see my PerconaServerMongoDBBackup CRD, but I can’t receive any alerts if the bac… --- ## [MongoDB Cluster cannot failover when down time all pods and using mode External (NodePort and LB)](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-cluster-cannot-failover-when-down-time-all-pods-and-using-mode-external-nodeport-and-lb/29842)
**Author:** [@Trinh.Duc.Chung](https://forums.percona.com/u/Trinh.Duc.Chung)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-cluster-cannot-failover-when-down-time-all-pods-and-using-mode-external-nodeport-and-lb/29842 "2024-05-02T10:23:32Z")
Description: MongoDB Cluster cannot failover when down time all pods Steps to Reproduce: Kubectl delete (all pods in replicaset) --force -n namespace or shutdown all nodes in K8s cluster Version: Percona Operator for M… --- ## [MongoDB operator: Support for accessing syslog and mounting additional volumes for audit collection](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-operator-support-for-accessing-syslog-and-mounting-additional-volumes-for-audit-collection/29111)
**Author:** [@Balaal\_Ashraf](https://forums.percona.com/u/Balaal_Ashraf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-operator-support-for-accessing-syslog-and-mounting-additional-volumes-for-audit-collection/29111 "2024-04-17T16:38:21Z")
Description: MongoDB operator: Support for accessing syslog and mounting additional volumes for audit collection Proposal Add the ability to configure syslog and add option to mount additional volumes, so i can use a si… --- ## [Sharded collections not responding to queries after mongodb restore](https://forums.percona.com/t/sharded-collections-not-responding-to-queries-after-mongodb-restore/29459)
**Author:** [@Vivek\_Shinde](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vivek_Shinde)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/sharded-collections-not-responding-to-queries-after-mongodb-restore/29459 "2024-04-09T12:30:17Z")
Hello All, Looking for some help understanding a problem that is happening post psmdb-restore. Setup Details =\> Sharded pmsdb running on K8s cluster with percona mongodb operator v1.15 version and PBM 2.3.0 for daily l… --- ## [Arm support for mongodb](https://forums.percona.com/t/arm-support-for-mongodb/29628)
**Author:** [@ahad\_khan](https://forums.percona.com/u/ahad_khan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/arm-support-for-mongodb/29628 "2024-04-08T19:37:54Z")
Hello, cheers for the great ecosystem and all the prompt help, as far as mongodb is concerned you are probably the only guys doing it, which makes it all the more important. could you please help with following questio… --- ## [Restore failing with error when restoring collection](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-failing-with-error-when-restoring-collection/29396)
**Author:** [@Vivek\_Shinde](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vivek_Shinde)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/restore-failing-with-error-when-restoring-collection/29396 "2024-03-30T18:54:36Z")
Hi, I am using 1.15 operator version to deploy mongodb in sharded mode with daily backup. When I am trying to test percona mongodb restore on new setup(with same secrets). Restore is failing at few collections. The size… --- ## [Certficates created cert-manager with own CA: cluster not starting](https://forums.percona.com/t/certficates-created-cert-manager-with-own-ca-cluster-not-starting/22088)
**Author:** [@rdxmbr](https://forums.percona.com/u/rdxmbr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/certficates-created-cert-manager-with-own-ca-cluster-not-starting/22088 "2024-03-26T06:07:52Z")
Hello, ; TLDR Seems there is something (missing?) in the certificates created by my own issuer and CA, that the mongo do not like… I think the critical log output is this one: {"code":17,"codeName":"ProtocolError","e… --- ## [When operator deletes the backup, an error occurs because the S3 Credential Secret is missing](https://forums.percona.com/t/when-operator-deletes-the-backup-an-error-occurs-because-the-s3-credential-secret-is-missing/29246)
**Author:** [@Case](https://forums.percona.com/u/Case)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/when-operator-deletes-the-backup-an-error-occurs-because-the-s3-credential-secret-is-missing/29246 "2024-03-20T12:01:09Z")
Hi. I’m testing on AWS EKS and using 1.15.0. As shown in the configuration below, IRSA is applied to send backups to S3. So I don’t use the backup.storages.\.s3.credentialsSecret setting and the backup-ag… --- ## [How to build percona server mongodb operator image](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-build-percona-server-mongodb-operator-image/29090)
**Author:** [@Avinash\_Rai](https://forums.percona.com/u/Avinash_Rai)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-build-percona-server-mongodb-operator-image/29090 "2024-03-12T11:52:59Z")
Hi, I am trying to build my CI where we are going to made some changes in the operator and build it, but i don’t see any document regarding building psmdb operator image from scratch I can see a Dockerfile in operator r… --- ## [Cross DC/region replica site of percona mongodb crashing for certificate](https://forums.percona.com/t/cross-dc-region-replica-site-of-percona-mongodb-crashing-for-certificate/28670)
**Author:** [@Shubham\_Harilal\_Saro](https://forums.percona.com/u/Shubham_Harilal_Saro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/cross-dc-region-replica-site-of-percona-mongodb-crashing-for-certificate/28670 "2024-03-01T07:03:52Z")
Hi @Sergey\_Pronin, I have 2 different k8 cluster clusters in 2 different regions which are reachable to each other. I am facing an issue following the document for “Set up Percona Server for MongoDB cross-site replicat… --- ## [Cross DC/region replication of percona mongodb](https://forums.percona.com/t/cross-dc-region-replication-of-percona-mongodb/28133)
**Author:** [@Shubham\_Harilal\_Saro](https://forums.percona.com/u/Shubham_Harilal_Saro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/cross-dc-region-replication-of-percona-mongodb/28133 "2024-02-21T11:46:18Z")
Description: I have deployed 3 replicas of mongodb operator in a specific namespace and I have deployed percona mongodb replicaset of size 3. My requirement is that, I have different clusters in different regions lets a… --- ## [Pods in Pending state - 0/3 nodes are available: pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims. preemption: 0/3 nodes are available: 3 No preemption victims found for incoming pod](https://forums.percona.com/t/pods-in-pending-state-0-3-nodes-are-available-pod-has-unbound-immediate-persistentvolumeclaims-preemption-0-3-nodes-are-available-3-no-preemption-victims-found-for-incoming-pod/27257)
**Author:** [@athreyavc](https://forums.percona.com/u/athreyavc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pods-in-pending-state-0-3-nodes-are-available-pod-has-unbound-immediate-persistentvolumeclaims-preemption-0-3-nodes-are-available-3-no-preemption-victims-found-for-incoming-pod/27257 "2023-12-22T13:55:57Z")
Hi, I am trying to setup a MongoDB cluster on a small Kubernetes cluster using Percona Operator for MongoDB. I have followed the steps in Generic Kubernetes installation - Percona Operator for MongoDB. While the operato… --- ## [MongodbOperator for MongoDb 7 is not working](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodboperator-for-mongodb-7-is-not-working/27095)
**Author:** [@Knaruf](https://forums.percona.com/u/Knaruf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodboperator-for-mongodb-7-is-not-working/27095 "2023-12-12T20:45:10Z")
Description: The mongodb operator does not work with MongoDb 7. I’m trying to update the image from version 6.0.9-7 to version 7.0.4-2 and this error pops up: parsing config with mongo /opt/percona/ps-entry.sh: line 221… --- ## [Invalid control character in URL (newline) error in backup-agent](https://forums.percona.com/t/invalid-control-character-in-url-newline-error-in-backup-agent/26189)
**Author:** [@andi9310](https://forums.percona.com/u/andi9310)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/invalid-control-character-in-url-newline-error-in-backup-agent/26189 "2023-10-30T08:12:55Z")
Description: backup-agent logs errors about invalid character (\\n) in the Azure storage URL. The secret does not contain the newline: and even if we put newline into it, the error is the same (with only one \\n in it, … --- ## [CrashLoopBackOff when install psmdb-operator v1.15.0](https://forums.percona.com/t/crashloopbackoff-when-install-psmdb-operator-v1-15-0/26137)
**Author:** [@psamagal](https://forums.percona.com/u/psamagal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/crashloopbackoff-when-install-psmdb-operator-v1-15-0/26137 "2023-10-26T12:55:35Z")
Description: Hi all! I was trying to deploy the Percona Operator for MongoDB using the helm chart following the instructions on Unfortunately I’m not able to get a stable operator working for long. After a few minutes… --- ## [HA mongodb CE statefulset to percona mongodb with operator](https://forums.percona.com/t/ha-mongodb-ce-statefulset-to-percona-mongodb-with-operator/26037)
**Author:** [@V4x0u](https://forums.percona.com/u/V4x0u)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/ha-mongodb-ce-statefulset-to-percona-mongodb-with-operator/26037 "2023-10-19T13:36:18Z")
Description: Hi, I’ve been tasked to come up with a plan to migrate several mongodb CE replicasets (4.4) to new ones managed by the Percona Mongodb Operator in a HA manner. The old stack does not have anything of author… [Next page](https://forums.percona.com/tag/psmdb-operator/34.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=psmdb-operator)