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      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.1.0 (2023-04-18)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.0.5 (2023-03-23)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.0.4 (2023-02-21)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.0.3 (2023-01-11)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.0.2 (2022-10-27)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.0.1 (2022-10-12)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.0.0 (2022-09-21)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.8.1 (2022-07-12)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.8.0 (2022-06-09)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.7.0 (2022-04-18)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.6.1 (2021-11-04)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.6.0 (2021-08-16)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.5.0 (2021-05-10)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.4.1 (2021-01-28)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.4.0 (2020-12-24)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.3.4 (2020-11-19)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.3.3 (2020-11-04)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.3.2 (2020-10-14)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.3.1 (2020-09-03)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.3.0 (2020-08-26)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.2.1 (2020-07-27)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.2.0 (2020-05-13)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.1.3 (2020-04-14)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.1.1 (2020-01-31)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.1.0 (2020-01-16)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.0.0 (2019-09-19)
      • Percona Backup for MongoDB 0.5.0 (2019-06-17)
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    Backup and restore types¶

    You can use several types of database backups and restores to develop your backup strategy. The following table provides an overview of each type

    Type Status Version added Supported deployments Percona Server for MongoDB MongoDB Community /Enterprise Edition
    Logical GA 1.0.0 Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets Yes Yes
    Physical GA 2.0.0 Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets Yes (starting with 4.2.15-16, 4.4.6-8 and higher, 5.0.x, 6.0.x) No
    Selective Tech preview 2.0.0 Sharded clusters (starting with version 2.0.3) and non-sharded replica sets. Sharded collections are not yet supported. Yes Yes
    Incremental GA 2.1.0 (Supported for PSMDB versions 4.2.24-24, 4.4.18-18, 5.0.2-1, 6.0.2-1 and higher) Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets Yes No
    Point-in-time recovery GA (automatic for logical backups, manual for physical backups) 1.3.0 Sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets Yes Yes

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    Created: May 31, 2023
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