Back up OpenShift to NFS: create an NFS backup target | Trilio for Kubernetes

Create an NFS backup target for Trilio for Kubernetes on OpenShift, with the NFS mount options we recommend.

You will:

• Create a target in the T4K management console (Backup & Recovery, Targets)
• Enter the NFS export as server:path
• Set the mount options: soft, intr, rsize=8192, wsize=8192, nosuid
• Create the target and wait for the validation job to show Available

Best practices covered: mount with soft, not hard (with a hard mount a stalled NFS server can hang the worker node); do not tune mount options without testing a backup and a restore; Available only proves T4K can write to the export, so run one small backup and restore before you attach production backup plans.

Chapters

0:00 Open the T4K console

0:17 Open Targets and create a target

0:27 Namespace and NFS export

0:43 Recommended NFS mount options

1:06 Name, create and validate the target

1:25 Test before production

Trilio for Kubernetes documentation for OpenShift: https://docs.trilio.io/kubernetes/getting-started/red-hat-openshift
Compatibility matrix: https://docs.trilio.io/kubernetes/overview/compatibility-matrix

Recorded on Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 with Trilio for Kubernetes 5.4.1.

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