Backup and Restore

This section answers questions related to backup and restore feature of IBM Storage Fusion.

  1. Can I install the Backup & restore as a day 2 operation?
    Yes, from the Services user interface page of IBM Storage Fusion.
  2. How to verify whether Velero was installed and what gets backed up behind the scenes?
    Velero runs as a pod in the ibm-backup-restore ns namespace. If you are in the OpenShift® Container Platform console, look at the pods in the ibm-backup-restore ns namespace or run the following oc command: 
    oc get pods -n ibm-backup-restore ns

  3. What are the supported backup storage locations?
    You can use IBM Storage Fusion to create both local backups as well as copy data to an external, even offsite, S3 compliant object store.

  4. Does IBM Storage Fusion backs up application data consistently across all the Persistent Volumes (PV)? Which applications are supported in an application consistent backup mode within IBM Storage Fusion?
    Yes, it backs up application data consistently across all the PVs. There are two ways to achieve consistency. One is to quiesce the application. That can be done for virtually any application, but it does imply the willingness to accept some downtime. Another way is crash consistent backup. Not all applications may be able to restore themselves using a crash consistent backup. It depends on the application and how it is designed. For more information about data consistency support in IBM Storage Fusion, see Achieving data consistency for containers.

  5. Will IBM Storage Fusion data protection support ODF remote mount?

    Yes, ODF supports a remote mount. For more information, see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_data_foundation/4.15/html/deploying_openshift_data_foundation_in_external_mode/index