using PVCs. PVCs are included along with other namespaces in PowerProtect Data Manager backup and recovery operations. Rancher Kubernetes Cluster Data Protection using PowerProtect Data Manager creating a Kubernetes cluster protection policy: • Crash Consistent: Select this type for point-in-time backup of namespaces. • Exclusion: Select this type if there are assets within the protection type is supported for Kubernetes protection. For more information about performing backup and recovery of Kubernetes workloads using PowerProtect Data Manager, see Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager

Health Checks/HA ✔ Load Balancing ✔ Overlay Networking ✔ Network Security Policies ✔ Backup and Recovery ✔ Autoscaling ✔ Service Discovery ✔ Networking ✔ RBAC & Access Control DEV DATA CENTER CLOUD Health Checks/HA ✔ Load Balancing ✔ Overlay Networking ✔ Network Security Policies ✔ Backup and Recovery ✔ Autoscaling ✔ Service Discovery ✔ Networking ✔ RBAC & Access Control ✔ Common API & Packaging Health Checks/HA ✔ Load Balancing ✔ Overlay Networking ✔ Network Security Policies ✔ Backup and Recovery ✔ Autoscaling ✔ Service Discovery ✔ Networking ✔ RBAC & Access Control Common compute platform

outlined in the respective documentation below: For RKE 2, consult section Backups and Disaster Recovery (https://rancher.com/docs/rke/ latest/en/etcd-snapshots/) SAP Data Intelligence 3 can be configured

instructions for performing backups are manual and convoluted and do not promote designing a disaster recovery strategy for Kubernetes as part of standard operating procedures. There are only clear instructions