Create an On-Demand Backup

You can push one-time backups on demand.

Prerequisites

• To back up vSphere persistent backup volumes, you must install the Velero vSphere Plugin first - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-vsphere.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Director tenant portal.
2. From the More drop-down menu, select Object Storage.
3. Click Kubernetes Clusters and then Protected Clusters.
4. Select the Kubernetes cluster that you want to back up and click Backup.
5. Enter the Backup TTL, Backup Scope, and Backup Volume.
6. Click Backup.