Before integrating the RKE downstream cluster with PowerProtect Data Manager, ensure that the following pre-requisites are configured:
- Load balancer authentication.
- Service account for the Kubernetes cluster.
- Enabling the asset source.
- Adding RKE downstream cluster with PowerProtect Data Manager as an asset source.
- Specifying the Kubernetes cluster attributes.
- Discovering the Rancher Kubernetes cluster in PowerProtect Data Manager.
- Protecting the namespaces and PVCs on the Rancher Kubernetes cluster.
- Performing backup of namespaces and PVCs on the Rancher Kubernetes cluster.
- Restoring the namespaces and PVCs to the Rancher Kubernetes cluster.