PowerProtect Data Manager 19.11 Kubernetes User Guide

Verify application-consistent backups

After you back up a database application, you can verify that the application template is correctly configured and that the backup type is application-consistent.

1. From the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, select Infrastructure > Assets or Recovery > Assets.
   Assets that have copies are listed.
2. Locate the assets that are protected by Kubernetes protection policies.
3. Select an application-consistent database application and click View copies.

   The copy map consists of the root node and its child nodes. The root node in the left pane represents an asset, and information about copy locations appears in the right pane. The child nodes represent storage systems.

4. Click a child node.

   When you click a child node, the right pane displays information about the copy, such as the creation time, consistency level, size, and so forth.

5. Verify that the consistency level for the copy is Application Consistent.

   Without the presence of an application template in the namespace, the consistency level is Crash Consistent.

   Now you can verify the number of volumes that matched the template.

6. From the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, select Jobs > Protection and sort by Completed status.
   The Jobs window appears.
7. Locate a job that corresponds to a Kubernetes protection policy which protects the database application.
8. Click the magnifying glass icon in the Details column next to the job name.
   The Details pane appears on the right, with a Task Summary at the bottom.
9. Next to Task Summary, click the link that indicates the total number of tasks.
   A new window opens to display a list of all tasks for the job and details for each task.
10. Click the magnifying glass icon in the Details column next to the individual task, and then complete the following steps:
11. On the Steps tab, review the summary information, which describes the task activity.
12. Click to expand the step and view additional information.
    The PowerProtect Data Manager provides a summary of the protection task.
13. In the task result section, locate the applications parameter.

    The applications parameter indicates how many PVCs matched the template selector rules.

    Because the relationship between pods and PVCs is not necessarily one to one, this result is not the number of pods which matched the rules. The PowerProtect Data Manager cannot identify which specific volumes matched the rules. However, you can verify that the number of volumes aligns with your expectations for the contents of the namespace.

    If the number of volumes is incorrect, review the template and ensure that the selector expressions match all pods.