Velero

Velero installation

• Create velero namespace:

oc create new-project velero

• Add velero label to your volumesnapshotclass:

oc edit volumesnapshotclass/csi-vsphere-vsc

labels:
  velero.io/csi-volumesnapshot-class: "true"

• Complete values-paas.yaml
• Install velero helm chart:

helm install velero -f values-paas.yaml .

Velero client installation

Folow below instructions to install velero client:

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/download/v1.10.2/velero-v1.10.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xzf velero-v1.10.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
mv velero-v1.10.2-linux-amd64/velero /usr/local/bin/

Backup creation using velero client

velero  backup create $BACKUP_NAME

Some options:

• --include-namespaces
• --exclude-namespaces
• --snapshot-volumes=true

Note: default value for -include-namespaces is *

Restoring backup using velero client

velero restore create --from-backup $BACKUP_NAME

Some options:

• --restore-volumes=true

Schedule backup using velero cleint

velero schedule create $SCHEDULE_BACKUP_NAME --schedule="0 0 * * *"

Some options:

• --include-namespaces
• --exclude-namespaces
• --snapshot-volumes=true

Note: default value for -include-namespaces is *

Some useful velero client commands

velero backup get
velero backup describe $BACKUP_NAME
velero backup logs $BACKUP_NAME

velero restore get
velero restore describe $RESTORE_NAME

velero schedule get