PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Kubernetes User Guide

Self-service restore of Kubernetes namespaces from Kubernetes cluster (non-Tanzu)

PowerProtect Data Manager supports the self-service restore of namespaces from within the Kubernetes cluster. The following procedure describes how to perform a self-service restore.

1. Run the following command to list PowerProtect Data Manager backups performed within the last 30 days on the cluster:
   kubectl get backupjob -n powerprotect
   The command output lists all available backupJob custom resources of PowerProtect Data Manager, in the form <namespace name><yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss>. For example:

   admin@method:~> ~/k8s/kubectl get backupjob -n powerprotect
   NAME                                  AGE
   testapp1-2019-11-16-14-15-47          3d9h
   testapp1-2019-11-16-17-00-49          3d7h

2. Select the backup that you want to restore from the list, and then create a RestoreJob yaml file in the following format:

   apiVersion: "powerprotect.dell.com/v1beta1"
   kind: RestoreJob
   metadata:
          name: <name for restore job>
          namespace: powerprotect
   spec:
   
          recoverType: RestoreToNew  #Default is RestoreToOriginal
          backupJobName: <Name of the backupjob> # For e.g. testapp1-2019-11-16-14-15-47
          namespaces:
               - name: <namespace that needs to be recovered>
                 alternateNamespace: <new namespace name> # Name for the recovered namespace. Needed only for RestoreToNew. Should not be specified for RestoreToOriginal 
                 persistentVolumeClaims:
                 - name: "*" #volumes to be recovered. By default all volumes backed up will be recovered

3. Run the following command to apply the yaml:
   kubectl apply -f <restorejob yaml file name> -n powerprotect
4. Run the following command to track the restore progress:
   kubectl get restorejob <restorejob name provided in yaml file> -n powerprotect -o yaml -w
5. Upon successful completion of the restore, run the following command to delete the RestoreJob:
   kubectl delete restorejob <restorejob name provided in yaml file> -n powerprotect