Operator scope
The IBM® Netcool® Operations Insight® on Red Hat® OpenShift® operator supports
the Red Hat
OpenShift Container Platform
OwnNamespace installation mode and the SingleNamespace
installation mode.
Note: A combination of
OwnNamespace 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 
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 regular
hybrid and air-gapped hybrid deployments. The
oc ibm-pak plug-in is not used for a
SingleNamespace mode installation. Instead, cloudctl commands are
used. For more information, see Installing cloud native Netcool Operations Insight components in an air-gapped environment (offline) with cloudctl and a portable storage device.Note: Upgrading from version 1.6.7 to
version 1.6.8 is not supported in
SingleNamespace mode.