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Supported setups for MongoDB backups

PMM supports the following actions for MongoDB backups:

Docker limitations

MongoDB instances running in Docker containers are not supported for backup operations.

Replica set setups

The following backup operations are supported for replica sets:

  • Storing backups on Amazon S3-compatible object storage, and on mounted filesystem
  • Creating and restoring Logical snapshot backups
  • Creating and restoring Physical snapshot backups
  • Creating logical PITR backups both locally and on S3-compatible object storage. Restoring logical PITR backups from S3-compatible object storage.

Sharded clusters

PMM 3 supports backing up sharded clusters. However, restoring for sharded cluster configurations is only supported from the CLI, and is handled via Percona Backup for MongoDB.

  • Storing backups on Amazon S3-compatible object storage, and on mounted filesystem
  • Creating Logical snapshot backups
  • Creating Physical snapshot backups
  • Creating logical PITR backups both locally and on S3-compatible object storage

For a detailed overview of the supported setups for MongoDB, check out the Support matrix.