Manage a backup plan

This document provides instructions on how to manage existing backup plans for Harbor instances, including how to view backup plans and pause backup plan schedules.

Before you begin

You must have an existing backup plan configured. For more information, see Create a backup plan.

Required IAM roles

Request the necessary permissions from your Project IAM administrator. Enforce least privilege access by requesting only the roles required for your specific tasks.

  • Secret Admin (secret-admin): get, list, create, update, patch, and delete all Kubernetes secrets within the project namespace. This is a project-level permission that includes the sensitive authentication credentials needed by the backup repository.
  • Harbor Instance Admin (harbor-instance-admin): get, list, watch, create, update, patch, and delete Harbor instances, backup repositories, backup plans, backups, and restores within a specific project namespace.

View a backup plan

To view an existing backup plan, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the GDC console.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Backup for harbor instance.
  3. Click Backup plans.
  4. View all existing backup plans in the table.
  5. To view the details of a single backup plan, click the name of that backup plan in the table.
  6. To view the backups in a backup plan, click the Backups tab.
  7. To view more details about the backup plan, click the Plan configuration tab.

Manage the backup plan schedule

Backup plans create automatic backups as defined in the backup plan schedule. Pause this schedule to stop creating automatic backups. You can create backups manually when the backup plan schedule is paused. After you pause the schedule, you can resume it to continue creating automatic backups.

Pause a backup plan schedule

To pause a backup plan schedule, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the GDC console.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Backup for harbor instance.
  3. Click Backup plans.
  4. Click the name of the backup plan in the table.
  5. Click Pause schedule.
  6. In the confirmation dialog, click Pause.

Resume a paused backup plan schedule

To resume a paused backup plan schedule, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the GDC console.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Backup for harbor instance.
  3. Click Backup plans.
  4. Click the name of the backup plan in the table.
  5. Click Resume schedule.
  6. In the confirmation dialog, click Resume schedule.

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