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Scheduling backups using Schedule CR

Schedule backup operations by creating a Schedule custom resource (CR) with a Cron expression. This helps you to automate recurring backups of your application data at regular intervals.

You schedule backups by creating a Schedule custom resource (CR) instead of a Backup CR.

Leave enough time in your backup schedule for a backup to finish before another backup is created.

For example, if a backup of a namespace typically takes 10 minutes, do not schedule backups more frequently than every 15 minutes.
Prerequisites

  • You must install the OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) Operator.

  • The DataProtectionApplication CR must be in a Ready state.

Procedure

  1. Retrieve the backupStorageLocations CRs:

    $ oc get backupStorageLocations -n openshift-adp
    NAMESPACE       NAME              PHASE       LAST VALIDATED   AGE   DEFAULT
openshift-adp   velero-sample-1   Available   11s              31m

  2. Create a Schedule CR, as in the following example:

    $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: velero.io/v1
kind: Schedule
metadata:
  name: <schedule>
  namespace: openshift-adp
spec:
  schedule: 0 7 * * *
  template:
    hooks: {}
    includedNamespaces:
    - <namespace>
    storageLocation: <velero-sample-1>
    defaultVolumesToFsBackup: true
    ttl: 720h0m0s
EOF

    where:

    schedule: 0 7 * * *

    Specifies the cron expression to schedule the backup, for example, 0 7 * * * to perform a backup every day at 7:00.

    To schedule a backup at specific intervals, enter the <duration_in_minutes> in the following format:

      schedule: "*/10 * * * *"

    Enter the minutes value between quotation marks (" ").
    <namespace>

    Specifies an array of namespaces to back up.

    <velero-sample-1>

    Specifies the name of the backupStorageLocations CR.

    defaultVolumesToFsBackup: true

    Optional: In OADP version 1.2 and later, add the defaultVolumesToFsBackup: true key-value pair to your configuration when performing backups of volumes with Restic. In OADP version 1.1, add the defaultVolumesToRestic: true key-value pair when you back up volumes with Restic.

Verification

  • Verify that the status of the Schedule CR is Completed after the scheduled backup runs:

    $ oc get schedule -n openshift-adp <schedule> -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}'