Take a Kubernetes snapshot on OpenShift | Trilio for Kubernetes

Nov 5, 2026

Take an on-demand snapshot of an application on OpenShift with Trilio for Kubernetes, and see how a snapshot differs from a backup.

You will:

  • Start a snapshot from the backup plan menu in the T4K management console
  • Name it and follow its status log until it is Available
  • See one volume snapshot for each of the application's volumes
  • Find the backup and the snapshot side by side in the plan's summary
  • Learn why a snapshot is quick to take and restore, but does not survive the loss of the cluster or its storage

Chapters

0:00 Open Backup Plans

0:18 Start a snapshot from the plan

0:34 Snapshot running and Available

0:47 Volume snapshots and the plan summary

1:01 Snapshot or backup

1:17 Snapshot counted on the cluster

Previous: Run your first Kubernetes backup on OpenShift https://youtu.be/H9eXOvoiivU

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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