Backup now

The Backup now initiates an immediate backup of one or more applications.

Before you begin

When you restore an application from Hub to Spoke or Spoke to Hub cluster, ensure that the same StorageClass exists in both Hub and Spoke.
In Backup & Restore, one hub cluster and more than one spoke clusters may be connected to easily manage application backups in multi-clusters. For various reasons, the OpenShift® Container Platform cluster may have problems and become unusable. If the cluster recovers after the expiry of the client cert, you must clean and setup to rejoin the recovered cluster to the Hub or Spoke. For the procedure to rejoin, see Reconnecting OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

You can backup one policy or more policies.
The label velero.io/exclude-from-backup=true is not supported by the Backup & Restore service.

Select one or more applications from the list.

Note: Applications using remote Global Data Platform storage are not supported for Backup & Restore.

Option	Description
Single application	Click the Backup now option from the ellipsis overflow menu of an application record. Click Backup in the Backup now confirmation window to start the backup operation of the application immediately. The `Initiating backup Starting backup on [app name]` notification is displayed.
Multiple applications	Select multiple applications and then click the global Backup now. When different policies are assigned for multiple records, then the Backup now window is displayed. Select the backup policies that are used to backup the selected applications. Click Backup. The Backup now confirmation window appears with a notification about the availability of multiple policies. In the Backup now confirmation window, you can optionally select Exclude applications with multiple policies. Click Backup in the Backup now confirmation window to start the backup operation of the application immediately. The `Initiating backup on [n] applications` notification is displayed. In the Backedup applications page, you can observe that the Backup status of the selected applications are in progress.

Option

Description

Single application

Click the Backup now option from the ellipsis overflow menu of an application record.
Click Backup in the Backup now confirmation window to start the backup operation of the application immediately. The Initiating backup Starting backup on [app name] notification is displayed.

Multiple applications

Select multiple applications and then click the global Backup now. When different policies are assigned for multiple records, then the Backup now window is displayed.
Select the backup policies that are used to backup the selected applications.
Click Backup. The Backup now confirmation window appears with a notification about the availability of multiple policies.
In the Backup now confirmation window, you can optionally select Exclude applications with multiple policies.
Click Backup in the Backup now confirmation window to start the backup operation of the application immediately. The Initiating backup on [n] applications notification is displayed.
In the Backedup applications page, you can observe that the Backup status of the selected applications are in progress.