Fusion Topology/Zone-Aware Zero-touch Backup and Restore for Multi Zone Environments

Requirement

In a multi-zone deployment of IBM Concert Operate and IBM Fusion, backup and restore operations should function end-to-end without requiring manual intervention.Currently, successful backup and restore workflows require manual actions:

For Backup :

• Manual binding of otherwise unbound volumes before backup can be completed.

For Restore :

• Manual redistribution of workloads and volumes across availability zones using Transform CRs during the restore process.

To support Enterprise-grade Backup & Restore, and Disaster Recovery, IBM Fusion should become Zone/topology-aware and automatically ensure that:

• No manual volume binding is required before backup.

Restored workloads and all associated volumes are placed within the same availability zone. Cluster wide storage with unrestricted cross-zone mounting is not allowed due to the additional latency and connection overhead .

Volume placement respects CSI topology constraints.

Backup and restore operations can be executed without additional manual configuration, Transform CRs, or workarounds.

Multi-volume applications (for example, Postgres deployments with separate Data and WAL volumes) are restored consistently within a single availability zone.

Expected Outcome

A fully automated, zero-touch backup and restore experience for multi-zone environments, eliminating manual volume binding, manual Transform CR creation for volume and workload redistribution, and other recovery-time interventions.

This enhancement would reduce operational risk, accelerate recovery operations, improve reliability during DR scenarios, and enable a true Enterprise grade backup and restore solution for production multi-zone deployments.