Create an environment-wide backup
Data Recovery Service (DRS), a microservice in CDP Private Cloud Data Services, enables you to create an environment-wide backup of Kubernetes namespaces and resources on Embedded Container Service (ECS) and OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) in CDP Private Cloud Data Services Management Console.
Cloudera recommends that you create a backup of your Kubernetes namespace before a maintenance activity, before you upgrade, or in general, as a best practice.
Role Required: PowerUser
- Kubernetes resources associated with the cdp namespace and the embedded vault namespaces of the Control Plane in CDP Private Cloud Data Services. The resources include deployment-related information, stateful sets, secrets, and configmaps.
- Data used by the stateful pods, such as the data in the embedded database and Kubernetes persistent volume claim.
The data recovery service can back up and restore Kubernetes namespaces behind Cloudera Data Warehouse (CDW) entities (for example, Database Catalogs and Virtual Warehouses) on demand.
By default, the data recovery service is located in the [***CDP_INSTALLATION_NAMESPACE***]-drs namespace. For example, if the CDP Private Cloud Data Services installation is located in the cdp namespace, the data recovery service namespace is automatically named cdp-drs. If you have multiple CDP Private Cloud Data Services installations (as in OCP), the data recovery service is named accordingly.
The Data Recovery Service requires CSI snapshots to back up and restore Kubernetes namespaces and resources. The CSI snapshots are enabled on ECS by default. You might require an additional license to enable CSI snapshots in Red Hat ODF storage on OCP.
You can choose one of the following methods to back up and restore namespaces:
- Backup and Restore Manager in the CDP Private Cloud Data Services Management Console
- CDP CLI options
