Back up NFS Shares
NFS-share backup is not available in Federated mode. Federated mode supports object store backup locations only.
This topic explains how you can back up NFS shares. To back up a Namespace with an NFS-based PVC:
- Follow the steps mentioned in the Create a cross-cloud backup topic to back up the external storage class with the NFS-based PVC.
The Kubernetes Data Management Platform (KDMP) is a driver in Portworx Backup that facilitates different data migration scenarios. It adds support for performing file system-based backups and restores of PVCs. The KDMP driver in Portworx Backup can back up an NFS-based PV or PVC from your local system.
To view the driver used to create a backup, navigate to the vertical ellipsis at the end of the backup row and select View JSON.
Consider a PVC backup that is actively in use by an application Pod and the storage provider does not support native snapshots. If you request such a backup, Portworx Backup accesses the volume directly from its mounted path on the host using the Kubernetes host path volume. Such backups run within a privileged container in the kube-system Namespace.