Use VMware Tanzu Mission Control to enable data protection capabilities, like backup and restore, on your attached or provisioned clusters.

This procedure describes how to install the data protection extension (and Velero) on your cluster so that you can use Tanzu Mission Control to perform data protection actions.
Note: This procedure does not create a schedule or start a backup. It installs the components on your cluster that allow you to perform those actions. You can subsequently define a backup schedule and run a backup after you have enabled data protection on your cluster.

Prerequisites

This procedure assumes that you have a managed cluster, either attached or provisioned, and that it belongs to a cluster group that is associated with a target location, as described in Create a Target Location for Data Protection.

Make sure you have the appropriate permissions.
  • To enable data protection, you must be associated with the cluster.admin role in the cluster.
  • To see and use a cloud provider account connection for data protection, you must be associated with the organization.credential.view role.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Tanzu Mission Control console, and then navigate to the cluster detail page for the cluster for which you want to enable data protection.
  2. In the Data Protection box, click Enable Data Protection.
  3. In the Enable Data Protection dialog, select the volume backup type that you want to use.
    File system backup (FSB) is selected by default. You can select FSB or CSI (container storage interface) or both.
    • If both methods are selected, you can choose either method when creating a backup schedule for the cluster.
    • If neither method is selected, you cannot backup or restore volume snapshots on the cluster.
    You can also choose to enable data protection without a volume backup method, and then enable it later if necessary. For more information about volume backup methods, see Data Protection in VMware Tanzu Mission Control Concepts.
  4. Click Enable.

Results

When you click Enable, Tanzu Mission Control installs the data protection extension, the selected plug-ins, and Velero on your cluster. After it is installed, the data-protection extension is listed on the cluster detail page along with its status.

What to do next

After you have enabled data protection for a cluster, you can perform actions like backing up and restoring data resources in your cluster.