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MongoDB Backup and Restore support matrix

Creating and restoring MongoDB backups in PMM currently has the following limitations and requirements:

  • Restoring on different Replica set/Cluster is not supported.
  • Physical backups and restores suppoted only for Percona Server for MongoDB
  • Physical restores are not supported for deployments with arbiter nodes. For more information, see the Percona Backup for MongoDB documentation.
  • All types of backups on sharded cluster setups are currently not supported.
  • Retention policy is supported only for snapshot types of scheduled backups and for the S3-compatible storage type.
  • Before restoring, make sure to prevent clients from accessing database.

Support matrix

Backup: Logical

Full or PITR Storage type (S3 or Local) Support level
PITR S3 Full
PITR Local Full
Full S3 Full
Full Local Full

Backup: Physical

Full or PITR Storage type (S3 or Local) Support level
PITR S3 No
PITR Local No
Full S3 Full
Full Local Full

Restore: Logical

Full or PITR Storage type (S3 or Local) Support level
PITR S3 Full
PITR Local No
Full S3 Full
Full Local Full

Restore: Physical

Full or PITR Storage type (S3 or Local) Support level
PITR S3 No
PITR Local No
Full S3 Partial*
Full Local Partial*

* Partial support for non-containerized deployments and NO support for containerized deployments.


Last update: 2023-03-30