Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Cloud Pak for Integration

How to configure analytics backups and recover from a disaster in Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Cloud Pak for Integration environments.

The analytics subsystem backup consists of:
  • Analytics infrastructure configuration backup:
    • Backup of your analytics CR YAML file.
    • Backup of any custom certificates you configured. For example, the certificates that secure your communication with your remote object-store, and any certificates used for connecting to third-party systems for analytics offload.

    The infrastructure configuration backup is also referred to as the config backup.

    If you have a disaster, your config backup is essential for restoring your analytics subsystem.

  • Analytics database backup. Analytics database backups are stored locally on a dedicated PVC called data-a7s-warehouse, and can also be configured for periodic transfer to a remote STFP server or S3 compatible object-store (for example, IBM Cloud Object Storage).
    Note: If you are using a self-managed S3 backup server, check that you have a DNS hostname entry and matching TLS certificate for your S3 backup endpoint.

Analytics subsystem backups are intended for restoration in the same environment where they were taken, or a different environment that has the same network configuration, endpoints, and deployment profile.