Chapter 3. Enhancements

The Protected Applications page shows managed (ApplicationSet and Subscription) and discovered applications together, providing a complete view of all workloads protected by Disaster Recovery. Multi‑selection is enabled in the list view, laying the groundwork for grouped failover, relocate, and disable‑DR operations for managed applications.

Disaster recovery workflows now automatically remove resources associated with DR‑protected virtual machines during failover or relocate operations. This automation applies only to the discovered virtual machines enrolled for protection through Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management Fleet Virtualization and helps reduce manual steps while improving transition efficiency.

Minimal IAM support is now available in the Multicloud Object Gateway to provide improved access control for multi‑tenant environments. This enhancement enables administrators to define and manage user‑level permissions more effectively, supporting scenarios where data scientists and other user groups require isolated and governed access to object storage resources. The feature lays the groundwork for more secure, flexible multi‑tenant deployments by ensuring that users interact only with the buckets and operations they are authorized to access.

For more information, see Creating and managing IAM user.

Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) database backup is enhanced to provide more reliable protection against data loss and to complement the high‑availability capabilities. The update adds support for automated scheduled backups with configurable frequency (daily, weekly, or monthly) and retention settings along with on‑demand backup options through the MCG CLI or CRD. The UI now displays the time of the most recent backup and offers advanced configuration for Multicloud Object Gateway backup management. The system supports internal, external, and standalone MCG deployments by automatically detecting or allowing selection of snapshot StorageClasses.

To configure MCG database backup, refer to the deployment procedures for your specific platform.

Developer‑level users can now be granted access to the OpenShift Data Foundation Object Browser, enabling them to view and manage only their own object storage resources with restricted permissions. This enhancement supports flexible, role‑appropriate access control and allows development teams to work more independently while preserving administrative boundaries.

For more information, see Accessing the object browser.

Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) performance has been improved by directing read‑only database operations to the existing secondary database instance, reducing load on the primary and improving overall responsiveness. By separating read and write activity, the system minimizes the impact of heavy read queries, such as lifecycle and background worker operations on write performance and object I/O. This enhancement leverages the high‑availability secondary instance already deployed in recent versions to deliver more consistent and efficient database behavior.

For more information, see the DB pods section within Responsibilities and resources.

The Object Browser now supports browsing, uploading, downloading, and managing RGW object. Operations include listing and creating buckets, navigating objects in a folder‑like view, uploading files or directories, downloading objects, generating presigned URLs, viewing metadata, filtering and sorting results, previewing content, and creating prefixes. Bucket‑level capabilities such as configuring expiration and access policies are also available.

For more information, see Creating and managing buckets using the object browser.