Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.12.0.1 Kubernetes User Guide

Update the Velero or OADP version used by PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance

When PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance is configured to protect Kubernetes clusters, Velero is used for backing of Kubernetes resources. In an OpenShift environment, PowerProtect Data manager uses OADP to deploy Velero. Each PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance release uses a specific version of Velero by default, which can be obtained by running the command data-manager cloud-native configure version in the CLI. If you must update the Velero or OADP version that PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance uses in order to pick up the latest security fixes, perform the following procedure.

1. Log in to PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance CLI.
2. In a non-OpenShift environment, run the following command to update the Velero version:
   data-manager cloud-native configure version add k8s.velero.version=vx.y.z

   Where vx.y.z is the Velero incremental patch version.

3. In an OpenShift environment, run the following command to update the OADP version:
   data-manager cloud-native configure version add k8s.oadp.version=vx.y.z

   Where x.y.z is the OADP incremental patch version.

4. From the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance UI, run a manual discovery of the Kubernetes cluster.
   When the discovery completes successfully, the configuration that is stored in the configuration map ppdm-controller-config on the Kubernetes cluster powerprotect namespace updates.
5. Run the following commands to delete the powerprotect-controller pod on the Kubernetes cluster. This action forces a restart, during which the changes take effect. This step should be performed when there are no backup or restore operations in progress.
   kubectl get pod -n powerprotect
   kubectl delete pod powerprotect controller pod name -n powerprotect
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each Kubernetes cluster that is protected by PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance.