Backup and restore requirements

IBM® Software Hub supports several methods for backing up and restoring your installation. Before you install IBM Software Hub, ensure that you identify the backup and restore method that you want to use so that you can install the required software on your cluster.

IBM Software Hub supports both online and offline backup. However, online backup is recommended over offline backup. Offline backup is deprecated unless you use one of the following types of persistent storage:
  • NFS
  • Amazon Elastic Block Store
  • Amazon Elastic File System

The storage that you use and the services that you install determine which backup strategies you can use.

Before you choose a backup strategy, ensure that you review the following information:

Online backup

Online backups occur simultaneously with normal runtime operations. Users and external operations can continue to use IBM Software Hub during an online backup with minimal disruption.

IBM Software Hub supports the following online backup strategies:

  • Back up and restore to the same cluster:
    • To the same namespace
    • To a different namespace

      Tech preview This is a technology preview and is not supported for use in production environments.

  • Back up and restore to a different cluster:
    • To the same namespace
    • To a different namespace

      Tech preview This is a technology preview and is not supported for use in production environments.

Use the following table to determine which online backup strategies are supported based on the persistent storage that you plan to use:

Persistent storage
Same cluster,
same namespace
Same cluster,
different namespace
Different cluster,
same namespace
Different cluster,
different namespace
Red Hat® OpenShift® Data Foundation Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
IBM Fusion Data Foundation Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
IBM Fusion Global Data Platform Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
IBM Storage Scale Container Native Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • IBM Fusion backup and restore service
Portworx Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • Portworx disaster recovery (asynchronous data replication)
 Not supported.
NetApp Trident Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • NetApp Trident Protect
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • NetApp Trident Protect
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • NetApp Trident Protect
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • NetApp Trident Protect
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • NetApp Trident Protect
 Supported.

You must use one of the following backup utilities:

  • OADP
  • NetApp Trident Protect
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • NetApp Trident Protect
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • NetApp Trident Protect
NFS Not supported. Not supported. Not supported. Not supported.
Amazon Elastic Block Store Not supported. Not supported. Not supported. Not supported.
Amazon Elastic File System Not supported. Not supported. Not supported. Not supported.
Nutanix Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
 Not supported. Not supported.
After you identify the backup and restore utility that you will use, review the system requirements for the utility:

Offline backup

Offline backups occur when runtime operations are suspended. During an offline backup, IBM Software Hub services are quiesced bring them to a consistent state. Users and external operations cannot use IBM Software Hub during an offline backup.

IBM Software Hub supports the following backup strategies:

  • Back up and restore to the same cluster
  • Back up and restore to a different cluster

Use the following table to determine which offline backup strategies are supported based on the persistent storage that you plan to use:

Persistent storage Same cluster Different cluster
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
IBM Fusion Data Foundation Not supported. Not supported.
IBM Fusion Global Data Platform Not supported. Not supported.
IBM Storage Scale Container Native Not supported. Not supported.
Portworx Not supported. Not supported.
NetApp Trident Not supported. Not supported.
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Not supported. Not supported.
NFS Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
Amazon Elastic Block Store Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
Amazon Elastic File System Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
 Supported.

You must use the following backup utility:

  • OADP
Nutanix Not supported. Not supported.

Review the system requirements for the OpenShift API for Data Protection.

OpenShift API for Data Protection

If you plan to use the IBM Software Hub OpenShift API for Data Protection backup and restore utility (OADP) for online backups or offline backups, you must install the following software:

OADP

You must install OADP on your cluster.

The required version of OADP depends on the version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform that you are running:

OpenShift Container Platform Version OADP Version
Version 4.16 Version 1.4
Version 4.18 Version 1.4
Version 4.19 Version 1.5
Version 4.20 Version 1.5
Version 4.21 Version 1.5
S3-compatible object storage

You must have S3-compatible object storage where you can store your backups. It is strongly recommended that you use storage that is outside of your cluster.

You can use the following S3-compatible object storage:

  • Amazon S3
  • IBM Cloud Object Storage
  • MinIO
  • Ceph® Object Gateway

IBM Fusion backup and restore service

If you plan to use the IBM Fusion backup and restore service for online backups, you must install the following software:

IBM Fusion backup and restore service

You must install the IBM Fusion backup and restore service on your cluster.

Install the version of the IBM Fusion backup and restore service that is compatible with your IBM Fusion storage:

  • Version 2.11.x with the latest hotfix
  • Version 2.12.x with the latest hotfix
  • Version 2.13.x
S3-compatible object storage

You must have S3-compatible object storage where you can store your backups. It is strongly recommended that you use storage that is outside of your cluster.

You can use the following S3-compatible object storage:

  • Amazon S3
  • IBM Cloud Object Storage
  • MinIO
  • Ceph Object Gateway

Portworx disaster recovery (asynchronous data replication)

If you plan to use Portworx for online backups, you must install the following software:

OADP

You must install OADP on your cluster.

The required version of OADP depends on the version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform that you are running:

OpenShift Container Platform Version OADP Version
Version 4.16 Version 1.4
Version 4.18 Version 1.4
Version 4.19 Version 1.5
Version 4.20 Version 1.5
Version 4.21 Version 1.5
Portworx Enterprise

You must install Portworx Enterprise on your cluster.

Install the version of Portworx Enterprise that is compatible with the version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform that you are running. For more information, see Supported Kubernetes Versions in the Portworx Enterprise documentation.
  • 3.2 or later fixes
  • 3.3 or later fixes
  • 3.4 or later fixes
  • 3.5 or later fixes
  • 3.6 or later fixes
S3-compatible object storage

You must have S3-compatible object storage where you can store your backups. It is strongly recommended that you use storage that is outside of your cluster.

You can use the following S3-compatible object storage:

  • Amazon S3
  • IBM Cloud Object Storage
  • MinIO
  • Ceph Object Gateway

NetApp Trident Protect

If you plan to use NetApp Trident Protect for online backups, you must install the following software:

OADP

You must install OADP on your cluster.

The required version of OADP depends on the version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform that you are running:

OpenShift Container Platform Version OADP Version
Version 4.16 Version 1.4
Version 4.18 Version 1.4
Version 4.19 Version 1.5
Version 4.20 Version 1.5
Version 4.21 Version 1.5
NetApp Trident Protect

You must install NetApp Trident Protect on your cluster.

Use the version of NetApp Trident Protect that is compatible with your NetApp Trident storage. The following versions of NetApp Trident are supported:

  • Version 25.02 or later fixes
  • Version 25.06 or later fixes
  • Version 25.10 or later fixes
  • Version 26.02 or later fixes
NetApp Trident Protect CLI

You must install the NetApp Trident Protect CLI on your client workstation.

Use the version of the NetApp Trident Protect CLI that is compatible with the version of NetApp Trident Protect that you installed.

S3-compatible object storage

You must have S3-compatible object storage where you can store your backups. It is strongly recommended that you use storage that is outside of your cluster.

You can use the following S3-compatible object storage:

  • Amazon S3
  • IBM Cloud Object Storage
  • MinIO
  • Ceph Object Gateway