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You back up Kubernetes resources, internal images, and persistent volumes (PVs) by creating a Backup custom resource (CR).

Prerequisites
  • You must install the OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) Operator.

  • The DataProtectionApplication CR must be in a Ready state.

  • Backup location prerequisites:

    • You must have S3 object storage configured for Velero.

    • You must have a backup location configured in the DataProtectionApplication CR.

  • Snapshot location prerequisites:

    • Your cloud provider must have a native snapshot API or support Container Storage Interface (CSI) snapshots.

    • For CSI snapshots, you must create a VolumeSnapshotClass CR to register the CSI driver.

    • You must have a volume location configured in the DataProtectionApplication CR.

Procedure
  1. Retrieve the backupStorageLocations CRs by entering the following command:

    $ oc get backupstoragelocations.velero.io -n openshift-adp
    Example output
    NAMESPACE       NAME              PHASE       LAST VALIDATED   AGE   DEFAULT
    openshift-adp   velero-sample-1   Available   11s              31m
  2. Create a Backup CR, as in the following example:

    apiVersion: velero.io/v1
    kind: Backup
    metadata:
      name: <backup>
      labels:
        velero.io/storage-location: default
      namespace: openshift-adp
    spec:
      hooks: {}
      includedNamespaces:
      - <namespace> (1)
      includedResources: [] (2)
      excludedResources: [] (3)
      storageLocation: <velero-sample-1> (4)
      ttl: 720h0m0s
      labelSelector: (5)
        matchLabels:
          app: <label_1>
          app: <label_2>
          app: <label_3>
      orLabelSelectors: (6)
      - matchLabels:
          app: <label_1>
          app: <label_2>
          app: <label_3>
    1 Specify an array of namespaces to back up.
    2 Optional: Specify an array of resources to include in the backup. Resources might be shortcuts (for example, 'po' for 'pods') or fully-qualified. If unspecified, all resources are included.
    3 Optional: Specify an array of resources to exclude from the backup. Resources might be shortcuts (for example, 'po' for 'pods') or fully-qualified.
    4 Specify the name of the backupStorageLocations CR.
    5 Map of {key,value} pairs of backup resources that have all the specified labels.
    6 Map of {key,value} pairs of backup resources that have one or more of the specified labels.
  3. Verify that the status of the Backup CR is Completed:

    $ oc get backups.velero.io -n openshift-adp <backup> -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}'