After you implement the Private AI Ready Infrastructure for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution, back up of the components ensures that you can keep your environment operational if a data loss or failure occurs.
Velero as a Backup Solution
You can implement a backup solution that supports backup and recovery of Kubernetes native objects, such as Velero, a free and open source Kubernetes backup and recovery solution.
You must install the Velero plug-in for vSphere and the Velero Data Manager. The plug-in supports backup and recovery of Kubernetes objects within the Supervisor and of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters that run in a Supervisor. You must also ensure that the backup target has sufficient disk space to store the backups.
For more information on Velero, the Velero plug-in for vSphere, and the Velero Data Manager, see:
You implement backups to prepare for:
- A critical failure of a component
- An upgrade of a component
- A certificate update of a component
You take the following backup types:
- Scheduled backups, which ensure that at any given point in time, you can restore from a recent backup.
- Manual backups for a one-off or a point-in-time recovery.
- Manual backups after a recovery of a failed part of the system.
To back up Kubernetes components or Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters deployed into a Supervisor by using Velero, you create backups using the Velero CLI. You can use the Velero CLI to create both one-off backups and to create scheduled backup jobs. Scheduled jobs must be configured to meet your recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives.
