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:

etcd-cron-job edit

0 0 * * *

Info

However, this change will not persist through stack restarts and will revert to the previous configuration in 5.3 versions.

Additional Information

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