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  2. NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Kubernetes Clusters
  3. Section IV. Maintenance
  4. Uninstalling
  5. Uninstalling MSDP Scalout from Kubernetes cluster
  6. Cleaning up the MSDP Scaleout operator
NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Kubernetes Clusters

Cleaning up the MSDP Scaleout operator

You can delete the MSDP Scaleout operator to remove all related resources about MSDP Scaleout operator. The MSDP Scaleout operator and logs are deleted.

To clean up MSDP Scaleout operator

  1. If your storage class is with Retain policy, write down the PVs that are associated with the Operator PVCs for deletion in the Kubernetes cluster level.

    kubectl get pod,svc,deploy,rs,ds,pvc,secrets,certificates,issuers,cm,sa,role,rolebinding -n <sample-operator-namespace> -o wide

    kubectl get clusterroles,clusterrolebindings,pv -o wide --show-labels

  2. Navigate to cd $NB_DIR/bin directory.

    where NB_DIR is the directory where the tar file has been unzipped.

    Delete the MSDP Scaleout operator.

    ./kubectl-msdp delete -n netbackup-operator-system

    -n: Namespace scope for this request.

    Default value: msdp-operator-system

  3. If your storage class is with the Retain policy, you must delete the Azure disks using Azure portal or delete the EBS volumes using Amazon console. You can also use the Azure or AWS CLI.

    AKS: az disk delete -g $RESOURCE_GROUP --name $AZURE_DISK --yes

    EKS: aws ec2 delete-volume --volume-id <value>

See Deploying MSDP Scaleout.

See Reinstalling MSDP Scaleout operator.

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