Etcd Backup Interval not Honored

Problem

It is observed that the ETCD backups are created every hour instead of the default value of 1440 (24 hours).

Environment

• Platform9 Edge Cloud - v5.3.

Resolution

This is a known issue, and Platform9 team has fixed this issue in the LTS1/[5.6] and SMCP[5.9] versions.

Workaround

In the LTS1 versions, the workaround is to manually edit the etcd-backup cron job YAML file to update the schedule as needed. For example, to run the job once daily, expression is to:

0 0 * * *

Additional Information

The jira linked to track this issue is PMK-3958.