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Hi All,

We are currently discussing how to handle backups for OpenShift/MAS, and I am curious about how other members of this forum manage backups when hosting OpenShift themselves.

In my opinion, there are two options:

Option 1:
Backup the etcd to restore the cluster to its original state in case of a disaster. Additionally, back up the DB2/MongoDB databases and restore MAS using a predefined MAS install command along with the restored database backups.

Option 2:
Backup the entire cluster, including workloads, using a tool like Kasten or Velero.

What is your preferred method? Also, does anyone know which backup method IBM recommends?

#Infrastructure

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Jesper Veldhuijsen
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Got anything on the backup jesper..?

Hi All,

We are currently discussing how to handle backups for OpenShift/MAS, and I am curious about how other members of this forum manage backups when hosting OpenShift themselves.

In my opinion, there are two options:

Option 1:
Backup the etcd to restore the cluster to its original state in case of a disaster. Additionally, back up the DB2/MongoDB databases and restore MAS using a predefined MAS install command along with the restored database backups.

Option 2:
Backup the entire cluster, including workloads, using a tool like Kasten or Velero.

What is your preferred method? Also, does anyone know which backup method IBM recommends?

#Infrastructure

------------------------------
Jesper Veldhuijsen
------------------------------

No unfortunately not, still looking into how to do this...

I do have a open support ticket @ibm for this.

Got anything on the backup jesper..?

Hi All,

We are currently discussing how to handle backups for OpenShift/MAS, and I am curious about how other members of this forum manage backups when hosting OpenShift themselves.

In my opinion, there are two options:

Option 1:
Backup the etcd to restore the cluster to its original state in case of a disaster. Additionally, back up the DB2/MongoDB databases and restore MAS using a predefined MAS install command along with the restored database backups.

Option 2:
Backup the entire cluster, including workloads, using a tool like Kasten or Velero.

What is your preferred method? Also, does anyone know which backup method IBM recommends?

#Infrastructure

------------------------------
Jesper Veldhuijsen
------------------------------

No unfortunately not, still looking into how to do this...

I do have a open support ticket @ibm for this.

Got anything on the backup jesper..?

Hi All,

We are currently discussing how to handle backups for OpenShift/MAS, and I am curious about how other members of this forum manage backups when hosting OpenShift themselves.

In my opinion, there are two options:

Option 1:
Backup the etcd to restore the cluster to its original state in case of a disaster. Additionally, back up the DB2/MongoDB databases and restore MAS using a predefined MAS install command along with the restored database backups.

Option 2:
Backup the entire cluster, including workloads, using a tool like Kasten or Velero.

What is your preferred method? Also, does anyone know which backup method IBM recommends?

#Infrastructure

------------------------------
Jesper Veldhuijsen
------------------------------

Hi All,

We are currently discussing how to handle backups for OpenShift/MAS, and I am curious about how other members of this forum manage backups when hosting OpenShift themselves.

In my opinion, there are two options:

Option 1:
Backup the etcd to restore the cluster to its original state in case of a disaster. Additionally, back up the DB2/MongoDB databases and restore MAS using a predefined MAS install command along with the restored database backups.

Option 2:
Backup the entire cluster, including workloads, using a tool like Kasten or Velero.

What is your preferred method? Also, does anyone know which backup method IBM recommends?

#Infrastructure

------------------------------
Jesper Veldhuijsen
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