Clone cluster data
The OpsCenter Backup Service provides methods of loading data backed up from one cluster in a different target cluster. The Backup Service can load backup data automatically from backup locations that are accessible to both locations, such as when backing up to S3, or if a Local FS location path points to an NAS device shared by both clusters. The Backup Service can also detect and load backup data for non-centralized Local FS locations if you copy the appropriate directories from the origin cluster to the target cluster.
OpsCenter supports the following workflows for cloning cluster data:
- Clone from a defined location
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Cloning from a defined Other Location allows cloning data from any previous snapshot that a cluster in an OpsCenter instance can access, regardless of the source of that snapshot. This workflow can be thought of as a pull process of cloning in that OpsCenter fetches what it needs from a location to clone the data.
The location to clone from can be an Amazon S3 bucket, S3-Compatible location, Azure storage account, or a Local FS location. When cloning from a Local FS location, ensure that all files from the original backup are available at the specified path on the nodes of the target cluster.
- Clone between clusters
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Cloning a backup from one cluster to another cluster is supported when both clusters are managed within the same OpsCenter instance. This workflow can be thought of as a push process of cloning where an OpsCenter instance pushes a backup it is aware of in one cluster to another cluster managed within that instance.
Cloning encrypted tables to a different cluster does not work unless the encryption keys are identical, which is typically not the case.
