# Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.3.0

| Release date | August 26, 2020  |
|------------- | ---------------|
| Installation | [Installing Percona Backup for MongoDB](../installation.md) |


Percona Backup for MongoDB is a distributed, low-impact solution for consistent backups of MongoDB
sharded clusters and replica sets. This is a tool for creating consistent backups
across a MongoDB sharded cluster (or a single replica set), and for restoring
those backups to a specific point in time.

## New Features


* [PBM-455](https://jira.percona.com/browse/PBM-455): Add oplog archiver thread for PITR

* [PBM-491](https://jira.percona.com/browse/PBM-491): Modify “pbm restore” to accept arbitrary point in time when PITR oplog archives available

## Improvements

* [PBM-526](https://jira.percona.com/browse/PBM-526): Add pbm version information to the backup metadata