Chapter 10. Backing up storage data from Google Persistent Disk

Procedure

1. Determine the IDs of the persistent volumes (PVs) that you want to back up.

   1. In the OpenShift Dedicated web console, change into the Administrator perspective.
   2. Click Home Projects.

   3. Click the rhods-notebooks project.

      The Details page for the project opens.

   4. Click the PersistentVolumeClaims in the Inventory section.

      The PersistentVolumeClaims page opens.

   5. Note the ID of the persistent volume (PV) that you want to back up.

      The persistent volume (PV) IDs are required to identify the correct persistent disk to back up in your GCP instance.

2. Locate the persistent disk containing the PVs that you want to back up.

   1. Log in to the Google Cloud console (https://console.cloud.google.com) and ensure that you are viewing the region that your OpenShift Dedicated cluster is deployed in.
   2. Click the navigation menu (≡) and then click Compute Engine.

   3. From the side navigation, under Storage, click Disks.

      The Disks page opens.

   4. In the Filter query box, enter the ID of the persistent volume (PV) that you made a note of earlier.

      The Disks page reloads to display the search results.

   5. Click on the disk shown and verify that any kubernetes.io/created-for/pvc/namespace tags contain the value rhods-notebooks, and any kubernetes.io/created-for/pvc/name tags match the name of the persistent volume that the persistent disk is being used for, for example, jupyterhub-nb-user1-pvc.

3. Back up the persistent disk that contains your persistent volume (PV).

   1. Select CREATE SNAPSHOT from the top navigation.

      The Create a snapshot page opens.

   2. Enter a unique Name for the snapshot.
   3. Under Source disk, verify the persistent disk you want to back up is displayed.
   4. Change any optional settings as needed.

   5. Click CREATE.

      The snapshot of the persistent disk is created.