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Status Needs more information
Workspace Storage Fusion
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 28, 2026

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Ability to select what to restore when the backup was created using a custom recipe

Only when restoring backups created with the default recipe (i.e., without explicitly specifying a custom recipe within the associated policy assignment) is it possible to choose before the restore whether to restore the missing etcd resources and whether to restore all PVCs or only a subset.

If a custom recipe was used, these restore configuration options are not available. Everything contained in the previously created backup according to the custom recipe will be restored—regardless of whether it is desired or not.

Extreme example: A CP for Data Backup contains approximately 60 PVCs in the zen namespace, which are captured by the recipe provided by IBM. If you want to restore only one of these PVCs, you cannot select it separately. Instead, additional copies of all other PVCs (with the additional name suffix -1) are created, all of which must then be deleted.

Therefore, in many situations, it would be helpful to be able to choose afterward not to restore the etcd resources, or to restore only a specific PVC from among the many contained in the backup.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Apr 23, 2026

    The "needs more information" explanation states that the idea creator receives a message requesting further information. However, I did not get any message about that in the last three months.

    What additional information is needed?

    I thing the situation is quite clear. As soon as I specify the use of a custom recipe in the policy assignment, I can no longer select which individual PVCs I want to restore from the total set when restoring an application backed up with it, nor can I choose whether missing etcd resources should also be created or not. The corresponding page where I would be able to select these options simply doesn't appear.

    When using a custom recipe, I also want to be able to select which volumes included in the backup should be restored during the restore process, instead of being forced to restore all volumes, as is currently the case.

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