Operator scope

The IBM® Netcool® Operations Insight® on Red Hat® OpenShift® operator supports the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform OwnNamespace, MultiNamespace, and SingleNamespace installation modes.

Note: A combination of OwnNamespace and SingleNamespace mode operators on a single cluster is not supported. Similarly, a combination of MultiNamespace and SingleNamespace mode operators on a single cluster is not supported.

For more information about Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform operator installation modes, see Operator groups external icon in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.

OwnNamespace mode

Multiple instances of the operator are allowed per cluster. One operator per namespace is supported.
Note: You cannot convert from OwnNamespace mode to SingleNamespace mode.

SingleNamespace mode

A single instance of the operator is allowed per cluster. This mode is supported in cloud and hybrid deployments that are installed with the oc-ibm_pak plug-in and portable compute or portable storage devices. For more information, see Installing Netcool Operations Insight.
Note: The Advanced Agile Discovery extension is not supported in SingleNamespace mode.
Note: Upgrading from OwnNamespace mode to SingleNamespace mode is not supported.