From 9a522e362e0fa2b0f8b5f668ad18eb15cbcfd6c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Apurva Bhide Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 23:50:09 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] OADP-1791: Added suggestions for the backup types --- .../backing_up_and_restoring/backing-up-applications.adoc | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/backing_up_and_restoring/backing-up-applications.adoc b/backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/backing_up_and_restoring/backing-up-applications.adoc index d54f70d5d16e..ba9dac0ffa72 100644 --- a/backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/backing_up_and_restoring/backing-up-applications.adoc +++ b/backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/backing_up_and_restoring/backing-up-applications.adoc @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Because all taken backup remains until expired, also check the time to live (TTL You can back up applications by creating a `Backup` custom resource (CR). For more information, see xref:../../../backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/backing_up_and_restoring/oadp-creating-backup-cr.adoc#oadp-creating-backup-cr-doc[Creating a Backup CR]. +The following are the different backup types for a `Backup` CR: ifdef::openshift-rosa,openshift-rosa-hcp[] The `Backup` CR creates backup files for Kubernetes resources and internal images on S3 object storage. @@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ endif::openshift-rosa,openshift-rosa-hcp[] ifndef::openshift-rosa,openshift-rosa-hcp[] * The `Backup` CR creates backup files for Kubernetes resources and internal images on S3 object storage. + +* If you use Velero's snapshot feature to back up a persistent volume data, only snapshot related information is stored in the s3 bucket along with the Openshift object data. ++ +If the underlying storage or the backup bucket are part of the same cluster, then the data might be lost in case of disaster. + * If your cloud provider has a native snapshot API or supports CSI snapshots, the `Backup` CR backs up persistent volumes (PVs) by creating snapshots. For more information about working with CSI snapshots, see xref:../../../backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/backing_up_and_restoring/oadp-backing-up-pvs-csi-doc.adoc#oadp-backing-up-pvs-csi-doc[Backing up persistent volumes with CSI snapshots]. For more information about CSI volume snapshots, see xref:../../../storage/container_storage_interface/persistent-storage-csi-snapshots.adoc#persistent-storage-csi-snapshots[CSI volume snapshots].