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OADP Self-service troubleshooting

You can use the following sections to troubleshoot common errors when using OADP Self-service.

Error NonAdminBackupStorageLocation not found in the namespace

Consider the following scenario of a namespace admin backup:

  • You have created two NonAdminBackupStorageLocations (NABLs) custom resources (CRs) in two different namespaces, for example, nabsl-1 in namespace-1 and nabsl-2 in namespace-2.

  • You are taking a backup of namespace-1 and use nabsl-2 in the NonAdminBackup (NAB) CR.

In this scenario, after creating the NAB CR, you get the following error:

NonAdminBackupStorageLocation not found in the namespace: NonAdminBackupStorageLocation.oadp.openshift.io

The cause of the error is that the NABSL CR does not belong to the namespace that you are trying to back up.

Error
apiVersion: oadp.openshift.io/v1alpha1
kind: NonAdminBackup
...
status:
  conditions:
  - lastTransitionTime: "2025-02-20T10:13:00Z"
  message: 'NonAdminBackupStorageLocation not found in the namespace: NonAdminBackupStorageLocation.oadp.openshift.io
    "nabsl2" not found'
  reason: InvalidBackupSpec
  status: "False"
  type: Accepted
  phase: BackingOff
Solution

Use the NABSL that belongs to the same namespace that you are trying to back up.

In this scenario, you must use nabsl-1 in the NAB CR to back up namespace-1.

NonAdminBackupStorageLocation cannot be set as default

As a non-admin user, if you have created a NonAdminBackupStorageLocation (NABSL) custom resource (CR) in your authorized namespace, you cannot set the NABSL CR as the default backup storage location.

In such a scenario, the NABSL CR fails to validate and the NonAdminController (NAC) gives an error message.

Example NABSL error
apiVersion: oadp.openshift.io/v1alpha1
kind: NonAdminBackupStorageLocation
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "20...:03Z"
  generation: 1
  name: nabsl1
  namespace: test-nac-1
  resourceVersion: "11...9"
  uid: 8d2fc....c9b6c4401
spec:
  backupStorageLocationSpec:
    credential:
      key: cloud
      name: cloud-credentials-gcp
    default: true (1)
    objectStorage:
      bucket: oad..7l8
      prefix: velero
    provider: gcp
status:
  conditions:
  - lastTransitionTime: "20...:27:03Z"
    message: NonAdminBackupStorageLocation cannot be used as a default BSL (2)
    reason: BslSpecValidation
    status: "False"
    type: Accepted
  phase: BackingOff
1 The value of the default field is set to true.
2 The error message reported by NAC.
Solution

To successfully validate and reconcile the NABSL CR, ensure that the default field is set to false in the NABSL CR.