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Restoring a backup of Control Plane

The Backup and Restore Manager in the CDP Private Cloud Data Services Management Console helps you to restore Kubernetes namespaces and resources on Embedded Container Service (ECS) and OpenShift Container Platform (OCP). When you start the restore a backup, Data Recovery Service (DRS) initiates the restore event based on the chosen backup, assigns an ID called restoreCrn to the restore event, deletes the existing resources and data, and restores the resources and data from the backup.

Ensure that the following prerequisites are complete:
  • You must have the PowerUser role.
  • For OCP, ensure that a VolumeSnapshotClass is installed with a CSI driver that matches the CSI driver for the storage class used.
  1. Go to the CDP Private Cloud Data Services Management Console > Dashboard > Backup Overview section.
  2. Click View Details.
    The sample image shows the backup CRN as CRN on the Backups tab in Backup and Restore Manager.
  3. Go to the Backup and Restore Manager > Backups tab.
  4. Click Actions > Restore, and then click OK in the Restore modal window to acknowledge that you want to restore the backup.
    The sample image shows the Restore option on the Backup details modal window.
    The sample image shows the modal window where you acknowledge to restore the backup.
  5. Alternatively, click the CRN of the required backup, click Restore on the Backup [***NAME OF BACKUP***] modal window, and then click OK to acknowledge that you want to restore the backup.
    The sample image shows the Restore option on the Backup details modal window.
  6. Go to the Restores tab to view the CRN for the restore event and other details about the restore event.
    The sample image shows the Restore Details modal window after you click the CRN for a restore event on the Restores tab.
  7. Click the CRN for a restore event to see its details on the Restore Details modal window.
    The sample image shows the Restore Details modal window after you click the CRN for a restore event on the Restores tab.