Velero Community Meeting and Open Discussion Notes - Archive Jan 2023 - Apr 2024

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RoadMap - on-going

Link: https://hackmd.io/iQy7XmPOT0y8lrCuAFL4PQ

Apr 24, 2024 (China/US)

The new notes is here: https://hackmd.io/bxrvgewUQ5ORH10BKUFpxw

Apr 16, 2024 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)

Status

Scott
- Design PR for multithreaded backup: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7628
  - Additional responses to review comments
  - I'm going to update the PR this week
    - More details around the need to fall back to a compatibility mode if v2 plugins are present (backup data integrity concerns)
    - A section describing exactly how to upgrade a v1 or v2 plugin to v3 with some comments around the timeline necessary for this
    - Update the ItemBlock processing detailed design to account for OrderedResources

Discussion topics

Mateus
- I do not understand what is missing here https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6190
- Can someone please update issue with requiered actions and when it can be resolved?

Apr 9, 2024 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Daniel Jiang (Broadcom)
Xun Jiang (Broadcom)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (Broadcom)
Danfeng Liu (Broadcom)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Qi Xu(Broadcom)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (Broadcom)
Wenkai Yin(Broadcom)

Status

1.14.0: FC to be delayed 1~2 weeks (originally planned on Apr. 11)

Yonghui
- Data mover micro service design is ready for review https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7576
Daniel
- Implementation for restore volume info
Xun
- Weekly support
- Data-only retore discussion document
Shubham
- Extension of Volume Policies design merged
- Working on implementation PR
Ming
- Fix data mover cancle bug
Scott
- Design PR for multithreaded backup: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7628
  - Responded to review comments on the PR in detail
  - Highlights of a couple issues:
    - If not all BIAs are v3, we must fall back to v2 and use a single worker, since we cannot guarantee related items will be in the same ItemBlock, which could result in two related items being backed up in parallel rather than in the same block – for example a Pod and its PVC, which would break hooks.
    - For v3 plugins, even with the new GetAdditionalItems func, the existing Execute() call should still return these, since otherwise it would break backwards compatibility. A v3 plugin that did not do this, when registered as a v2 plugin for an older velero would fail to return related items. The right way to handle this in a v3 plugin is to have an internal helper func to get the list, called by both API methods. Plugin developers will have examples in the Velero code, since all internal BIA plugnis will be upgraded to v3 as part of this implementation.
Qi
- Enhance restore exec hooks

Discussion topics

Shubham:
- Fix approach for vsc-csi plugin issue: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/pull/226#discussion_r1470604700

Apr 2, 2024 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Daniel Jiang (Broadcom)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Amos Mastbaum (Red Hat)

Status

Shubham:
- Extension of Volume Policy Design
  - Need another Approval, Impl PR this week
Daniel:
- Restore volume info design:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7610
Scott:
- Working on design PR for multithreaded backup performance enhancement, PR later this week.

Discussion topics

Mar 27, 2024 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Daniel Jiang(Broadcom)
Xun Jiang (Broadcom)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (Broadcom)
Wenkai Yin (Broadcom)
Danfeng Liu (Broadcom)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (Broadcom)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

1.14.0: All 1.14 candidates are cleared. FC on Apr. 11

Daniel
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6478
- Working on the PoC and Design for restore volume-info
Xun
- Work on data-only restore design.
- Work on merging CSI plugin into Velero.
Yonghui
- Work on design for data mover micro service https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7198
Shubham
- Updated Extend Volume Policies design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956
  - Updated Implementation details to use VolumeHelper interface
- PR reviews
Ming Qiu
- Fix snapshot leak and add fail fast support for backup
Danfeng
- 1.14 test cases and test plan
Wenkai Yin
- Improve the concurrency of PVBs for different pods (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6676)

Discussion topics

Daniel
- The issue about v1.9.x aws-plugin working with IBM cloud storage
  - Does it impact RH's customer? Is it covered in the pipeline of OADP?
    - Tiger - no customer yet, Mateus (Red Hat) offered to help tests and replicated the issue, that's all.
      - manual tests as of now from dev side, checking qe
Xun
- Data-only restore design: discuss about the scope and implementation.

Mar 19, 2024 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Sachin Singla (Red Hat)
Amos Mastbaum (Red Hat)

Status

Discussion topics

We need long term strategy to host community to make it possible without any Broadcom employees attending.
- Maybe we can use k8s zoom? https://www.kubernetes.dev/docs/comms/zoom/

Mar 13, 2024 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Xun Jiang (Broadcom)
Ming Qiu (Broadcom)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Wenkai Yin(Broadcom)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (Broadcom)

Status

1.13.1: RC1 on 11th, will GA on 13rd. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.13.1-rc.1
1.14.0: Finish 2nd round reviewing candidates, deferred ones

Yonghui
- Work on design for data mover micro service https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7198
Xun
- Work on data-only restore desigin
Ming Qiu
- Make parallel restore parameter for Kopia uploader configurable
- DataDownload fails during restore
Wenkai Yin
- Prepare the v1.13.1 release
Shubham Pampattiwar
- Updated VolumePolices extension design implentation section

Discussion topics

Daniel
- Go over the remaining candidate issues
- 2 issues that seem uncertain:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6142
    - Tiger - recreate option to ExistingResourcePolicy. After going through the user needs from other contributors, the case we want covered is restoring in-place pvc mounted oi deployment, simple recreate doesn't solve. Covered by https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7481
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7345
Scott
- Just a general note: now that the US is on Daylight savings time, the US/Europe meeting will be one hour earlier in Beijing time (what's now 10 AM Eastern US time was 9 AM Eastern US time last week). It will now be 10PM Beijing time rather than 11PM.
Tiger - for Shawn/Wenkai
- Discussions around download server api
  - aggregation api vs ingress+service

Mar 5, 2024 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Daniel Jiang(Broadcom)
Wenkai Yin(Broadcom)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)

Status

Discussion topics

Raghu
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7359
- Repository maintenance jobs
- Existing resource policy "replace"
  - Hackmd
Daniel
- Handling parallel CR via "MaxConcurrentReconciles" in controller
Tiger
- Shawn joined so we can chat about Velero Download Server API?
  - to discuss:
    - aggregation api: how to support installing multiple Velero
      - Aggregated API libraries and tools are alpha and have not had updates since 2022 AFAICT.
    - ingress: Introduce different styles of API: currently, all Velero APIs are k8s style; the ingress approach introduces different style of APIs
    - kubectl cp: no additional rbac code, not compatible with current downloadRequest, breaks replicated
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6167
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7344

Feb 28, 2024 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Daniel Jiang (Broadcom)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (Broadcom)
Xun Jiang (Broadcom)
Qi Xu(Broadcom)
Danfeng Liu (Broadcom)
Wenkai Yin(Broadcom)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Jiaolin Yang (Broadcom)

Status

1.12.4: RC1 on 26th and plan to GA on 28th
1.14.0: Finish 1st round reviewing candidates, leftovers

Yonghui
- PRs for several 1.14 items
  - Data mover backup node selection design
  - Data mover backup node selection implementation
Daniel
- Review PRs, Designs
- Triaging/Working on issues targeting v1.14
Scott
- Created 1.14 candidate issue for backup performance (note: design only for 1.14, impl begins in 1.15): https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7474
Ming Qiu
- Repository maintenance job design and implemention
Xun Jiang
- Work on only restore volume data design
Qi
- Implement restore finalizing controller
- Fix issues with metrics
Danfeng
- Add kubeadm pipeline with zfs
WenkaiYin
- Review PRs and designs
Shubham
- Updated Extension of Volume Policy Design (non-goals and future scope)
- Will work on velero controller changes need for https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/pull/226
Tiger
- Updating Add support for delete and recreate option to ExistingResourcePolicy feature #6142
- Will need more agreement on Design: Velero client download APIServer #7344 before I can make progress, will try ask Shawn to join upcoming meetings

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Can we set node-agent's default QoS to Best Effort? https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7391
  - OADP docs for limit and requests: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.14/backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/installing/about-installing-oadp.html
Daniel
- The staus of Shubham's design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956
Ming Qiu
- Repository maintenance job design

Feb 20, 2024 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)

Status

Shubham:
- Working on clarifying some details/address review feedback regarding the snapshot action in Extending the Volume Policy Design
Tiger: Added descriptive restore error for terminating namespace timeout

Discussion topics

Feb 6, 2024 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Daniel Jiang (Broadcom)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja(Microsoft)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)

Status

Beijing team will be on holiday 10th~17th Feb. We won't have the Beijing timezone community meeting on 14th Feb.

Daniel
- Triaged the 1.14 candidates
- I wanna confirm we reach concensus around Shubham's design about the volume policy, but we should make sure the code is not scattered in the implementation, we can work together.
Wes
- @Jiaolin Yang just wondering if you have a sense for when 1.12.4 may release.

Discussion topics

Jan 31, 2024 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Daniel Jiang (Broadcom)
Danfeng Liu (Broadcom)
Wenkai Yin(Broadcom)
Ming Qiu (Broadcom)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (Broadcom)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)

Status

1.13.0: GA on 29th Jan. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.13.0
1.14: Collecting requirements and reviewing candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A1.14-candidate
Updated the wiki page with the proposed timeline: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/1.14-Roadmap

Beijing team will be on holiday 10th~17th Feb. We won't have the Beijing timezone community meeting on 14th Feb.

Yonghui
- Investigate & discuss 1.14 candidates
Daniel
- Fixing issue 7302 (support explicit credential when IRSA is configured)
- Triage 1.14 candidates.
Xun
- Triage 1.14 candidates.
- Triage issue 7149
Wenkai Yin
- Upgrade the versions of go-plugin related libs/tools
Danfeng
- Cover AWS IRSA scenario in nightly
Ming Qiu
- Designing the repository maintenance
- Fix default BSL setting bug
Shubham
- Added Draft PRs for 2 bugs:
  - Create a warning while restoring backup created via Restic/Kopia (FS Backup)
  - Backup is marked as waitingForPluginOperationsPartiallyfailed when VolumeSnapshotContent has an error
- Will work on feedback for VolumePolicies extension design:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956
Tiger
- Wrote some plans for Velero NFS/PVC/Local File System as target Support
- Working on Design: Velero client download APIServer
- E2E updates
Qi
- Design for adding the finalization phase to the restore workflow（https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7317）

Discussion topics

Discuss VolumePolicies extending design for volume backup https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956

Give users a simple way to specify the backup type per volume
Give users a simple way to specify the global backup type if per volume type is not specified
If neither per volume type or global type is specified, there should be a global priority definition

Volume policies will eventually replace all the existing options:

Any functionalities and flexibilites of the current options should be eventually be there for volume policies
At present, if volume polcies is specified, do we need to visit the existing options since the 1st version may not have the full functionalties or flexibilties?
If the new policy needs to work together with existing options, we may need some validations

<wes> - moved long term roadmap to https://hackmd.io/iQy7XmPOT0y8lrCuAFL4PQ
* see above, waiting on Pradeep to approve
* I can add maintainers as editors

Jan 23, 2024 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell EMC)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Daniel Jiang (Broadcom)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware)

Status

Mateus:
- would like reviews in my PR https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7194
Tiger
- Working on Design: Velero client download APIServer #7344
- Trying out full e2e suite
  - some internal cases to skip
Daniel
- Will tag rc2 this week
- Support additional BSL for IRSA
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7302
Shubham:
- Working on Volume Policies extension design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956
Orlin
- New invites soon for Community Meetings
- Anyone planing to visit KubeCon in Paris? Meetup? Dinner? Drinks?

Discussion topics

Wes
- I created a 1.14 wiki https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/1.14-Roadmap
- v1.14-candidate tagging is happening now correct? Due by when?
- RoadMap updates from Pradeep, summary.
Shubham:
- Need reviews on Volume Policies extension Design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956

Jan 17, 2024 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Danfeng Liu (Broadcom)
Qi Xu(Broadcom)
Ming Qiu (Broadcom)
Xun Jiang (Broadcom)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (Broadcom)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

1.12: 1.12.3 released on Jan. 9. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.12.3
1.13: Preparing RC, RC is on hold for blocking issue fixes
1.14: Collecting requirements, candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A1.14-candidate

Shubham:
- Updated the Volume Policy extension design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956

Discussion topics

Tiger
- Do not attempt restore resource with no available GVK in cluster #7322
  - should resolves EnableAPIGroupVesions test failed due to restore hung at in-progress state with informer cache enabled #7319
  - Do you think is the right approach?
  - Some CI errors to fix

Create issue for https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C021GPR1L3S/p1705316429044759 and make it in r13.0-rc2

Jan 9, 2024 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Daniel Jiang(Broadcom)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Shahaf Bahar (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware/Broadcom)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)

Status

Plan patch release 1.12.3-rc.1 is out
1.13-rc.1 will be out this week, GA in Jan.

Discussion topics

Daniel
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7271
  - We should fix the inconsistency
  - Let's enable it by default
Shahaf
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7045
  - Addressing this PR and explain why it is a real bug(not critical).
Shubham
- Working to update Design for extending volume policies with fs-backup and snapshot option

Jan 3, 2024 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Danfeng Liu (Broadcom)
Xun Jiang (Broadcom)
Jiaolin Yang (Broadcom)
Wenkai Yin(Broadcom)
(Broadcom)
Ming Qiu(Broadcom)
Orlin Vasilev(VMware/Broadcom)

Status

Prepare the 1.13 RC.
Plan patch release 1.12.3.

Discussion topics

Dec 20, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Xun Jiang (Broadcom)
Ming Qiu (Broadcom)
Daniel Jiang (Broadcom)
Danfeng Liu (Broadcom)
Jiaolin Yang (Broadcom)
Wenkai Yin(Broadcom)
Qi Xu(Broadcom)

Status

v1.12.3: Planning v1.12.3 around mid of Jan, issue list https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Atarget%2F1.12.3+
v1.13: Complete manual test this week, RC will be around beginning of Jan
v1.14: Start to plan soon, candidate list https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A1.14-candidate

Discussion topics

Ensure recoverabilty B&R during Velero restart: should PRs #7091 and #7130 both cherry pick to V1.12.3, #7130 could fix issue #7170

Dec 12, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Orlin Vasilev - orlin.vasilev@broadcom.com
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Daniel Jiang(Broadcom) - daniel.jiang@broadcom.com
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Shashank Singh (Microsoft)

Status

Daniel - starting the FC, please refrain from merging PRs to main branch before RC and cut the release branch. RC1 targeting early Jan 2024, and we wanna make sure we deliver v1.13 before Chinese New year (early Feb 2024)
Mateus
- PRs open
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7173
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7194

Discussion topics

Orlin - need to update the community meeting with new zoom link
Anshul - Current state of parallelization/ perf efforts (Improve CSI Snapshotting Performance #6165) -> Breaking it into smaller items like -> Make BackedUpItems thread safe #7148
Orlin - we skip Dec 26th

Dec 6, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (Broadcom)
Daniel Jiang (Broadcom)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Danfeng Liu (Broadcom)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)

Status

1.12.2: Released on Nov 27, https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.12.2
1.13: FC will be commenced soon, working on several opening PRs

Yonghui
- PR review
- FC targeting PRs
Daniel
- issue fix, PR review for FC
Danfeng
- Preparing v1.13 test plan
Tiger
- Addressing some reviews feedback Add –skip-immediately to schedule CLI/API, and related to server, install commands #7169 https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7169
  - talk to shubham

Discussion topics

Nov 28, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)

Status

Daniel and other VMware developers
- Working on v1.13 issues towards FC. There's a little overhead caused by acquisition, and it may delay for a few days.
Tiger
- Design #6517: Schedule Skip Immediately Config #6829 got acks so working on implementation
Anshul
- PR Reviews (hooks status field)
- Bug fixes (Resource modifier)
- Ensure recoverability of backup/restore from WaitingForPluginoperations state during velero server restart

Discussion topics

Michal
- velero-plugin-for-vsphere without CSI and Supervisor Cluster
  - Were there any designs that were allowing to run Velero without Supervisor Cluster scenario (and without CSI)
  - How it's being tested in community
Daniel
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7143
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7141
  - "sparse" option
    - Raghu has some comment
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7125
  - adding data mover info in "backup describe"
    - Scott has some question regarding the size under "data movement" section.

Nov 22, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Alex Parker (Replicated)
Salah Al Saleh (Replicated)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Daniel Jiang(Vmware)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)
Wes Hayutin ( Red Hat )
Qi Xu(VMware)

Status

1.12.2: A RC build has been created https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.12.2-rc.1
1.13.0: FC will be on Dec 1st

Yonghui
- CSI data mover backup describe https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7125
Danfeng
- Performance test CI
- E2E test for delete retain PV scenario
Xun
- Backup volume info: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7100
Ming
- Ensure recoverability of data mover
- Allow sparse for restore
Qi Xu
- Add hook execution status to backup/restore describer
Tiger
- Finished design PR for schedule unpause https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6829

Discussion topics

Discuss NFS support requirements ( <wes> please update permissions so others can view )
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x_6NF5Eah7fqZ-mtIlDfiUt69-kLCx_MXRURLs7LeXU/edit?usp=sharing

Nov 14, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

Scott
- PR review/discussion
- Some early work around parallel item backup design, nothing to present yet.
Shubham
- Design target for v1.13 https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956
- PR reviews
Tiger
- Kubecon last week
- working on https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6517

Discussion topics

Daniel
- Delaying the v1.13 for 1 week (FC 1st Dec)
  - Check the status of the issues
  - Beijing team need to review the design for issue
- The PR for deprecation process, Wes to resolve the comments?:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5532
    - Shubham will update it
- The issue 7085, won't fix?
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/7085
    - Redhat folks will ping the author to clarify the requirement in the issue. Keeping things as-is is probably good enough.
Wes
- Tiger and I met w/ folks from Replicated after they missed the community call. So now they how/where to join and will be joining next week. :)
Wes
- Discussion w/ Bradd and Pradeep. We all thought it would be helpful for PM and engineering to use and update a longer running roadmap 6-18 months out. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/Roadmap#velero-roadmap

Nov 8, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Ming Qiu(VMware)
Danfeng Liu (Vmware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Qi Xu(VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)

1.12.1 GA on Oct. 25.
1.13 Will reach FC on Nov. 24.

Yonghui
- Node-agent concurrency
  - Design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6950
  - Implementation: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7059
  - The naming discussion: nondeAgentConfig->loadConcurrency vs. nodeAgentConfig->concurrency
Xun
- Backup Volume information metadata
  - Design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6962
  - Interface implementation: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7070
Ming Qiu
- Data mover fail early
- Velero Performance test enhancemant
Wenkai Yin
- Working on 1.13 issues: #6857, #6849
Qi Xu
- Fix inconsistent behavior of Backup and Restore hook execution

Discussion

Xun
- Propose to delete pkg/generated directory in v1.13:
  - Issue: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6190
  - Slack: https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C021GPR1L3S/p1699276218067089
  - Decision: we can deprecate it first (keep it updated), and follow the guideline to remove it (We'll merge 5532, probably n+2) communicate the deprecation via the releasenote or code comment
Daniel
- We may consider delay 2 or 3 weeks for the FC and GA milestones, will check again about the issues planned in v1.13, and make decision about the milestones

Oct 31, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

Anshul
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6860 discussed with lyndon, daniel.

Discussion

Daniel:
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6950
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956

Oct 25, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

1.12.1: RC on 20th and will GA on 25th. Release notes https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.12.1-rc.1

Yonghui
- Node-agent concurrency design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6950
- Data mover preserve local snapshot design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/7002
Daniel
- Bumped up the AWS SDK to v2 in AWS plugin and velero, please help verify to make sure it doesn't break your use cases
  - gcr.io/velero-gcp/velero:main
  - gcr.io/velero-gcp/velero-plugin-for-aws:main
- Review PRs
- I can't create channel in k8s slack for discussing the parallel CR processing
  - External projects (ones not owned by a Kubernetes SIG) may have a maximum of two channels, usually #project or #project-users, and #project-dev.
  - Special accommodations will be made where necessary.
Xun
- Volume backup information design: #6962
- Triage v1.13 issues: #6376, #6190
Danfeng
- Performance test automation
- Document of E2E test execution
Wenkai Yin
- Bump version of Azure SDK to support Prem SSD V2
- Review PRs
Ming Qiu
- Velero uploader configuration API design and implementation
Tiger
- Rebase PR for s3 credentials profile https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6996

Discussion topics

Daniel:
- Revisit the v1.13 candidates: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A1.13-candidate
- [Only if we have time]: Discuss with RH folks about the problems we have in v1.13 planning
Wes:
- Reviews requested for
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6995
Tiger:
- Extend download server for velero client issue to object storage plugins?
  - remove need for cacert/insecure flags on client side for s3/gcp/azure
  - potentially NFS local-volume-provider plugin can adopt?

Oct 17, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

Shubham
- PR for Extending VolumePolicies feature design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6956
- bug fixes and reviews
Anshul
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6860 ([Draft] Improve CSI Snapshotting Performance #6860). RFC
- JSON Merge patch PR Review.
- Azure MSI Support fix
Tiger
- community slack
- reviews

Discussion topics

Raghu
- Any reason not to enable CSI client config (velero client config set features=EnableCSI)? This shows CSI detail in backup describe output. Discussin about CSI flag requirement for server: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6694
- Filter emptyDir volumes. It is merged. Will it be part of 1.12.1? https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6863
- OIDC Auth issue. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6947
- Snapshot data mover summary is not present in describe details.
- "sparse" restore option: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6664
Tiger
- Replicated email

Oct 11, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Shubham (Red Hat)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Qi Xu(VMware)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang(VMware)

Status

Yonghui
- Data mover backup spread evenly across nodes https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6926
- VGDP concurrent number per node https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6663
Scott
- Awaiting feedback/merge:
  - Restore performance improvements: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6723 (High priority because we have users affected by this)
  - GenerateName retry: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6830 (High priority because it's impacting our performance testing)
- For both of the above, I'd also like to consider adding them to 1.12.1, since they're affecting end users and testing
Shubham
- Awaiting feedback:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6914
- Design for Extending VolumePolicies Action
Xun
- Triage v1.13 issues.
- Design for recording the Volume backup information into a new metadata file in the backup repository
Wenkai Yin
- Fix Azure plugin related issues
- Review PRs
Tiger
- Hoping to get some feedback: Schedule unpaused config https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6829
- Review PRs
- Community slack
- gcp plugin regression https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-gcp/pull/158 (merged)
  - ready for review - cp PR to release-1.8 https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-gcp/pull/159

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- A reasonable name for VGDP, features requireing this:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6663
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6664
Scott
- Consider https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6751 for 1.12.1 as well
Tiger
- We are drafting email to reach out to Replicated for collaboration on local-volume-provider

Oct 3, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Sachin Singla (Red Hat)
Amos Mastbaum (Red Hat)

Status

Shubham
- PR reviews
- Started design for extending VolumePolicies Actions
Anshul
- Design Reviews for Resource Modifier enhancements
- CSI snapshotting improvements - initial draft.
Tiger
- Addressing design feedback: Schedule Unpaused Triggers config. Drafting implementations
- Community support
- Website edits

Discussion topics

Sept 27, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (Vmware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Qi Xu(VMware)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)

Status

v1.12 GA on Sept 22.
v1.13 Continue to review cantidate issues, more issues are moved to 1.13 and assigned.

Yonghui
- 1.13 issues investigation and fix
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6872
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6875
Xun
- Triage 1.13 issues
- Weekly community support
Shubham
- PR reviews
- Started design for extending VolumePolicies Actions
Tiger
- Addressing design feedback: Schedule Unpaused Triggers config. Drafting implementations
- Community support
Ming Qiu
- Add volume types filter in resource policies
Danfeng
- Dual-stack testing
Wenkai Yin
- Replace the base image with paketobuildpacks
Qi Xu
- Add data mover metrics to Grafana dashboard
- Address the issue with backup last status metrics
Daniel
- Bump up aws sdk to v2 in the AWS plugin
  - The breakchange that the plugin will not support AWS signature version 1. (v4 only)

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Sync up the NFS backup store discussions
  - Two directions
    - Support https://github.com/replicatedhq/local-volume-provider
      - Issue: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6197
    - Velero's final solution
      - NFS mount and expose: avoid the Velero server/node-agent to restart whenever a new BSL is created
      - Download request: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6167. Separate http server/aggregation server/intermidate data place (CM)? Meet compliance requirements, IP, port, authentication, etc.
      - Resources persistency: comply with the final Unified Data Repository targets
Tiger
- We are drafting email to reach out to Replicated for collaboration on local-volume-provider
  - Has Orlin feedback
- Slides Demo of local-volume-provider
Scott
- What is the review status of https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6680 ?
  - Looks like most feedback has been addressed.
  - There were some additional documentation – at least some of it is addressed, but I'm not sure whether anything else is needed. Would be good for anyone who requested additional documentation to do a final pass to see if it's all addressed.
  - Once this merges, we'd like to cherrypick this to release-1.12 so we can get it into a 1.12 patch release, as discussed on previous community meetings.
Wes re: v1.12.1
- Any thoughts on when the community would release 1.12.1?
- Projection is end of October
Daniel (optional)
- Discuss about the concurrent backup/restore
  - Thoughts about deploying another velero instance?
  - Expectation for v1.13
    - Any ideas/PoC done by redhat?

Note: Start from Sep 29th (this Friday) it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday in China. BJ team will be off and will be back on Oct 10th.

Sept 19, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Amos Mastbaum (Red Hat)

Status

v1.12: RC2 released today

Scott
- PR review
- PR code standards update based on discussion last week
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6844
- Fix for generateName uniqueness bug
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6807
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6830 (currently draft until I do some backup/restore testing with it)
Shubham
- PR reviews
Tiger
- PR Reviews
- Implement Design #6517: Schedule Unpause Trigger Config #6829
  - want feedback on default unpause behavior
  - prior to PR: unpause start backup based on status.lastBackupTime. Move to lastUnpauseTime?

Discussion topics

Daniel
- Moving away from distroless as base image (1.12.x, 1.13.0)
- Considering delaying v1.13.0 milestones
Tiger
- Propose getting official support and testing for https://github.com/replicatedhq/local-volume-provider
  - Satisfy requirements for backing up to local PVC and NFS for BSL
  - Closes Support non-object store backends (e.g. NFS) #1229
  - Doesn't yet support kopia, worked with restic.
Orlin
- KubeCon Shanghai and Chicago

Sept 12, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Wes Hayutin(Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang(VMware)
Qi Xu(VMware)

Status

v1.12: RC2 will be created soon, all issues due to RC2 have been fixed, GA will be around next week.
v1.13: 1st round candidates review finished, current 1.13 issues https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3Av1.13. Milestone may be delayed because of 1.12.

Yonghui
- 1.12 RC2 issue fix
- CSI data mover document merged
Scott
- PR review
Danfeng
- Performance test automation
Ming Qiu
- BSL default setting not work fix
- Data path configuration policy design
Tiger
- Working on schedule unpaused issue design
Shubham
- PR reviews
Wenkai Yin
- Working on Azure related issues

Discussion topics

Scott
- A couple suggestions around github/PR best practices:
  - To enhance readability of PRs and commit history, it's best to avoid commit/PR text like "fix issue #1234" – better would be "issue #1234: summary of the change made"
  - When cherry-picking PRs to release branches from main, it's better to wait until the main PR is merged before creating the cherry-pick PR. The reason is that PR review for the main PR might dictate changes made, and it's easy to forget these changes in the cherry-pick PRs. If CP PRs are made after merging to main, then you can just cherry-pick the actual merged commit.
Yonghui
- For 1.13, what are your prioritized tasks and any suggestion of pinned features

Sept 5, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell EMC)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
David Zaninovic (CloudCasa)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Amos Mastbaum (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)

Status

v1.12: RC1 was released Aug 18th. Critical fixes still being made for RC2.

Scott
- Performance enhancement for existing resource restore
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6723
  - 1.13-candidate
- PR review
- Datamover bugfix testing
Tiger
- K8s 1.27 restore fix for job label change controller-uid -> batch.kubernetes.io/controller-uid
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6713
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6712
Anshul
- RFC https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6721 (Different behavior of Backup and Restore hook execution. )
- Discussion around CSI DM infra limitations: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6731(CSI Datamover limit parallel uploads - production setup impl, perf impl), https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6727 (Ensure recoverability of backup/restore from WaitingForPluginoperations state during velero server restart)

Discussion topics

Raghu
- Discussion of combination of backup type seleciton: snapshot, FCB, VBDM.
- Plugin doc change: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6719
- Metrics reset on schedule deletion: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6715
- Block PVC support

Aug 30, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)

Status

v1.12: RC1 is created on 18th. The next phase is on hold, waiting for some critical fixes. The plan is to delay 1.12 for 1~2 weeks
v1.13: Review candidates, will finish the 1st round review this week.

Yonghui
- Kopia bucket exist check issue under AWS restricted role https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6391
- Data mover restore doesn't work if Velero namespace is not included https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6709
Daniel
- Fix an issue in AWS role assumption in the plugin
- v1.13 candidate issues triage
Danfeng
- v1.12 nightly test
  - Fix test case issues
  - Add test for AWS config format credential as secret file
Xun
- v1.13 candidate issue discussion
Ming Qiu
- Velero uninstall bug fix
- Check v1.13 assigned issues
Wenkai Yin
- Make Kopia support Azure AD
- 1.13 candidates investigation

Discussion topics

Daniel
- Tentative timeline for v1.13.0
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/1.13-Roadmap
- Discuss some candidates for v1.13
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6640
    - This is valuable but may require rework of backup flow.
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6142
    - By reading the comments of the PR 6354, seems there's disagreement about the expected behavior.
Scott
- Kopia fork for https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6391
  - Currently at https://github.com/reasonerjt/kopia
  - Would it be possible to move this under the vmware-tanzu organization? If we're going to be releasing Velero 1.12 with this (unlikely for Kopia release with it before then) we shouldn't rely on a personal github repo – better for it to be under the same org we're releasing from, especially if changes are needed later in response to a bug report, tec.
  - Additionally, we should consider making a request within the kopia community for a patch release with the bugfix commit included, so maybe in Velero 1.12.1 we can move away from needing the fork.

Aug 22, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
David Zaninovic (CloudCasa)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Amos Mastbaum (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Sathya Sankaran (CloudCasa)

Status

v1.12 RC1 released Aug 18, 2023 – note that this means release-1.12 branch has been created, so any 1.12 bugfix PRs must be cherry-picked after merging to main
v1.13 Call for candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A1.13-candidate. Continue to review and discuss

Scott
- PR review
- 1.13 issue discussion
David
- DM block mode support implementation:
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6680
- Related PRs:
- Velero design: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6590
- API change with “unsupported” impl: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6608

Discussion topics

Aug 16, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Ming Qiu(VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Qi Xu(VMware)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)

Status

v1.12 RC1 is target to this week. Manual test is done and all RC targeted issues are closed; Release notes are being prepared.
v1.13 Call for candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A1.13-candidate. Start to review & discuss this week

Yonghui
- CSI snapshot data movement doc https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6637
- Check v1.13 candidate issues
Xun
- Verify v1.12 issue fix.
- Go through v1.13 candidate issues.
Daniel
- Testing v1.12
- Planning v1.13
Scott
- Bugfix PR:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6649
  - Marked as draft for now, for merge after release-1.12 branch created
- Added/tagged 1.13-candidate issues
- Other PR review
Wenkai Yin
- Go through 1.13 candidate issues
- Make Kopia support Azure AD
Ming Qiu
- dataupload/datadownload controller bug fix
Shubham Pampattiwar
- PR for backup repository password configuration: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6618
- Added candidates for 1.13

Discussion topics

Daniel
Scott/Shawn
- Block volume backup/restore
  - (API change/stub implementation for 1.12) https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6608
  - (Overall Design) https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6590
  - What else is needed to get the API change (without block mode support) merged for 1.12?

Aug 8, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
David Zaninovic (CloudCasa)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)

Status

Anshul
- Request for review: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6483 (E2E test for Resource Modifier & Bug fixes )
- Include(atleast design) in 1.13: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6165 (CSI Parallel, ideas: use pod BIA)
David
- DM block mode support implementation
  https://github.com/catalogicsoftware/velero_block/pull/1
  (related PRs) Velero design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6590
  API change with "unsupported" impl, potentially for 1.12: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6608

Discussion topics

Raghu
- Metrics

Aug 2, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Qi Xu(VMware)
Shawn Hurley (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell EMC)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)

Status

v1.11.1 is released on July 25
v1.12 FC on July 26. Working on manual test & bug fix
v1.13 Call for candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A1.13-candidate. First round review is around next week

Tiger
- GetS3Credentials pass profile from config to NewSharedCredentials
  - cherrypicked to release-1.10, release-1.11
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6558
  - this is fix for Non default s3 credential profiles do not work on Unified Repository Provider (kopia)

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Need more input on the feature value for https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6240
Daniel
- Discuss the defer-candidate for v1.12
  https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Adefer-candidate
- Nominate Anshul as maintainer:
  https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6570
- Clarify the "velero-contributors"
  https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6545
- Low priority:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6549
    ^ Is it OADP's behavior to delete non-stop or velero?
  - Thoughts on bumping up the API version for break change in v1.13?
    - We should do it incrementally and be really careful about it.

wes hayutin / Shawn
- DM block mode support in v.1.12.x
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6548
  - WIP: https://github.com/catalogicsoftware/velero_block/pull/1
- kubecon Shanghai
Raghu
- Add –or-selector for backup and restore command:https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6475

July 25, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Yunqian Chen (Dell EMC)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Sachin Singla (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Aziza Karol(Red Hat)
Prasad Joshi(Red Hat)
Amos MAstbaum (Red Hat)

Status

v1.11.1 is out today

Scott
- PR review
- Starting to test/use Kopia/datamover (from current main branch) locally in an OADP environment
Anshul
- Tested Azure Plugin in Azure National Clouds with Wenkai
- Request for Review Add Resource modifiers docs / site
- E2E test for ResourceModifier by next week.
- Bumping the topic for CSI Parallel snapshotting (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6165)
- Discuss around recreate option. (if we have extra time)
Orlin - New slack reminders :)
Shubham
- PR reviews
- Testing out kopia DM with OADP

Discussion topics

Orlin
- Community meeting cover me for 8th and 22nd of August and 5th of September ? - share the code to maintainers
- KubeCon Shanghai 2023 - CFP Notifications: Monday, July 31 please drop a line when you have something in
- 1.11.1 blog post or something ?
- 1.12 Blog - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/1.12-Roadmap - 30th August Blog
Raghu
- orLabelSelector CLI: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6475
- Skipping emptyDir volumes
- block PVC support

New Contributors nomination issue - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6545

July 19, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Yunqian Chen (Dell EMC)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Qi Xu (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

v1.11.1 All targeting issues are closed, RC is around this week. Issue list https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Atarget%2F1.11.1+is%3Aclosed
v1.12 Closing issues to achieve FC(July 26); Data mover feature is under manual test and nightly automation test, overall result is stable
v1.13 Collecting requirements https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A1.13-candidate

Yonghui
- Data mover functionality test and bug fix
- Investigate data mover and local snapshot coexist https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6240
Xun
- Work on v1.11.1 releasing
- Fix v
  issues (#6038, #5787)
Daniel
- Fix v1.12 issues (#5834 #6129)
Ming Qiu
- Data mover bug fix
- Performance automation test development
Danfeng
- Prepare v1.11 pipeline
- v1.12 test plan
Qi Xu
- Add metrics for data upload/download controller
- Add restore finalizer to clean up the restore external resources

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- For investigation of https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6240, want to know how OADP data mover is using the VS/VSC in the backup tarball and what the principle is in order not to break any of its existing functionalties

July 11, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Sathya Sankaran (CloudCasa)
Sachin Singla (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell EMC)
Daniel Gur (Red Hat)

Status

Scott
- PR review
Shubham
- PR reviews
Anshul
- Request for Review Add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses · Pull Request #178 vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi [ Need 1 more Approver, Design PR Merged]
- Request for Review Add support for ResourceModifier (AKA Json Substitutions) in restore flow #6452 [Design PR: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5880]
Raghu (CloudCasa)
- orLabelSeletors: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6475
Orlin/Raghu - Slack reminders deletion and create new

Discussion topics

Raghu (CloudCasa)
- 1.11 release date. Provided a user with image from 1.11 branch as they needed a log message fix. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6297
- Process for back-porting CSI plugin changes. https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5156
Mateus
- automate changelog idea
- create discussion for update or new release process(Orlix)
Scott
- Has anyone tested volumeMode: block support with either kopia or datamover? There's an old github issue indicating that it doesn't work with restic, but I'm unclear on datamover or kopia support. I suspect that it's never been tried/tested.

July 5, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Qi Xu (VMware)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)

Status

v1.12: Data mover backup and restore is working from end to end

Yonghui
- Data mover PR review
- Data mover smoke testing & bug fix
Xun
- Data mover testing and issue fix.
- v1.12 issues fix.
Daniel
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6042 (Delete the deletebackuprequest that is stuck in "InProgress")
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5834 (Track the PVCs that are skipped)
Danfeng
- Add datamover E2E tests
- Preparing v1.12 test plan
Ming Qiu
- DataDownload controller development
Qi Xu
- Fix hook filter display issue for backup describer
- Clarify the deletion frequency for gc controller

Discussion topics

Daniel
- Remove the LabelSelector from PVC during restore? https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6444
Yonghui
- Instructions to try CSI snapshot data mover earlier from the main branch:
  - Use the main images for Velero, CSI plugin and ObjectStore plugin
  - Use the Velero client compiled from the main branch code
  - Installation through CLI
    - velero install
          –provider <object store provider>
          –image velero/velero:main
          –plugins <object store plugin image>,velero/velero-plugin-for-csi:main
          –bucket <bucket name>
          –secret-file <object store secret file path>
          –backup-location-config <BSL configurations>
          –features=EnableCSI
          –use-node-agent
  - Backup command: velero backup create <backup name> –include-namespaces <source namespace> –snapshot-move-data
  - Restore command: velero restore create –from-backup <backup name>

June 27, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Amos Mastbaum (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Sathya Sankaran (CloudCasa)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

Scott
- PR review
- Resumed work on BIA/RIAv2 e2e test
Shubham
- Azure and AWS plugin PR reviews
- Datamover PR reviews
Anshul
- Request for Review Add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses · Pull Request #178 vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi
- Json Substitution In progress - Plan to raise by end of next week.
Tiger
- Request for Review to enable GCP WIF Credentials using file credentials secret
  - Disable blob signing initialization for non SA file based credentials such as external_account type.

Discussion topics

Raghu
- Discussion of BLOCK PV support

June 21, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Qi Xu (VMware)

Status

v1.12: Data mover backup(only backup) should be working E2E in main code
Beijing team will be on a holiday 22nd~25th

Yonghui
- Data mover tasks & reviews
- UT coverage improvement
- Investigate https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6240
Xun
- CSI RIA v2 tasks
Danfeng
- Add UT for pkg/cmd/cli
- Add nightly pipelines for datamover test
Wenkai Yin
- Support Azure AD for Kopia
Qi Xu
- Add UT for pkg/archive

Discussion topics

June 13, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Mateus Oliveira (Red Hat)
Prasad Joshi (Red Hat)
Michal Pryc (Red Hat)
Sebastian Glab (CloudCasa)
MD Islam (CloudCasa)
Aziza Karol (Red Hat)

Status

Anshul
- Request for Review Add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses · Pull Request #178 vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi
- Discuss Design/ Approach changes with communnity on Proposal to add support for JSON Substitutions in Restore workflow #5880
Shubham
- PR reviews for Data Mover
- Bug fixes
- Updated the deprecation Policy: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5532

Discussion topics

Orlin - KubeCon China and NA - CFP closes on 18th!
- Scott and Daniel to apply for China - OS Summit
- Anyone for NA?
- KubeCon NA - Panel Discussion again?
- Panel - Cloud Casa - Raghu
- Who is joining VMware/RedHat/DELL/CloudCasa/Microsoft?
- Organizing swag and stickers
Raghu
- Question about resource replacement during restore
Wes
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/Roadmap
  - I'd like to start using this wiki to help summarize intentions for future releases. e.g. 1.13, 1.14

June 7, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMwae)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Ming Qiu(VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Qi Xu (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)

Status

v1.12 Feature freeze on May 31

Yonghui
- Data mover tasks - Backup Expose, Restore Expose
- UT coverage improvement
Xun
- Data mover tasks - CSI DataUpload BIA
- Investigate issue 3419
Danfeng
- Prepare 1.12 test plan
- Modify E2E test for data mover test
Wenkai Yin
- UT coverage improvement
- Going to work on Kopia to support Azure AD
Ming Qiu
- Data mover tasks - Dataupload controller
- UT coverage improvement
Shubham Pampattiwar
- PR reviews
- Minor bug fixes:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6298
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/pull/180

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Improve UT coverage - https://app.codecov.io/gh/vmware-tanzu/velero/

May 30, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Orlin Vasilev(VMware)
Anshul Ahuja(Microsoft)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Wes Hayutin(Red Hat)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Sathya Sankaran (CloudCasa)
David Zaninovic (CloudCasa)

Status

Anshul
- Draft PR, early review: Add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses · Pull Request #178 vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi
- Merged: Fix SA URI fetch and add useAAD, storageAccountUri fields Pull Request #185 vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure
hackmd is too big need to archive - Jan - Dec 2022 - https://hackmd.io/or-hIzhbRwaB-vjsxs-qnw

Discussion topics

Raghu
- Backup status fix back-porting to 1.11: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6276
- CSI snapshot timeout: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/6261, PR: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/pull/175
- orLabelSelectors: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6260

May 24, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Shubham Paampattiwar (Red Hat)
Qi Xu (VMware)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status

Yonghui
- Data mover tasks
- Kopia v0.13 bump up following up issues
Xun
- Velero CSI plugin adopts BIA v2.
- Velero E2E related modifications.
Daniel
- Working on issues in v1.12 backlog (#5833, #6181)
- Investigation on 1.12 candiate issues
Danfeng Liu
- Debug and fix nightly issues
- Nightly CI refactor
Ming Qiu
- E2E optimization
- Dataupload controller development

Governance topics

Guidelines for backporting

Discussion topics

Daniel: Reminder - 1 week before Feature Freeze, ping us on issues that need attention.

May 16, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
David Zaninovic (CloudCasa)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Sathya Sankaran (CloudCasa)
Emily McMullan (Red Hat)

Status

Shubham Pampattiwar
- PR reviews

Discussion topics

Anshul
- Rajat will be presenting a short demo on AKS Backup built on top of velero.
Raghu
- Should this doc change be ported to other versions as well? https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6260
- CSI snapshot timeout PR: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/pull/175
- How does issues assignment works?
- Combination of snapshot and file system backups
- Skipping emptyDirs in file system backups

May 10, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Daniel Jiang(VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)

Status

v1.10.3: GA on May 8th, https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.10.3

Yonghui
- Data mover tasks
- Kopia v0.13 bump up
Danfeng Liu
- Fix nightly issues
- Adding cross provider clusers deployment in nightly CI
Ming Qiu
- Optimize E2E test
Daniel Jiang
- Catching up on things, will start to work on the planned item in v1.12 like: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5833

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Conclusions on recent discussions about backup hook and BIA V2
  - What is the backup hook like?
    It is available per pod only, the pre-hook runs before backup of the pod and all the sub-items; the post-hook runs after Velero backup workflow completes for the pod and sub-items, including completion of the call of sub-items' BIA.
  - What is the backup hook like for CSI plugin?
    Existing behavior: CSI plugin guarantees VSCs are created and snapshot handle is filled in VSCs before returnning from BIA. However, the CSI snapshot probablly not ready, Velero backup waits the readiness of snapshots by the end of the backup. So we cannot say that the snapshot creation finishes when calling post-hooks.
    After changing CSI plugin async: the async plugin should still wait the VSCs and snapshot handle filled synchoronouly, otherwise, pos-hooks will have the risk to release the IO too early if they are used to quiesce the applications.
  - Do post-hooks wait the readiness of the snapshots necessarily?
    Most probablly, when the snapshot handle appears in the VSC, the IO path has been set up for the snapshot, so it is safe to release the IO. Therefore, we would expect it not to be a problem. However, we don't see any clarification from the CSI spec. So we will keep it as is until we see cases that disproves this judgement
  - Is it better to make the wait for VSC and its snapshot handle async?
    Yes, this reduce the backup time under some erroneous cases. However, however we make it, we must keep the rule that post-hooks are executed after the VSC and its snapshot handle appears

May 2, 2023 (US/Europe)

Attendees

Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red hat
Raghuram Devarakonda (CloudCasa)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar(Red Hat)
Emily McMullan (Red Hat)

Status Updates

Orlin - Release 1.11 Blog PR - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6218
Scott
- Will resume working on BIA/RIAv2 e2e test this week
Anshul
- Add Proposal to add support for JSON Substitutions in Restore workflow https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5880 for v1.12
- [RFC] https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure/pull/185 (Fix SA URI fetch and add useAAD, storageAccountUri fields)

Discussion topics

Orlin - KubeCon Shanghai and KubeCon NA - CFP are open
- https://www.lfasiallc.com/kubecon-cloudnativecon-open-source-summit-china/program/call-for-proposals/
  - CFP Closes: Sunday, June 18 at 11:59 pm China Standard Time (UTC +8)
    CFP Notifications: Monday, July 31
    Schedule Announcement: Wednesday, August 2
    Slide upload deadline to Sched.com: Wednesday, September 20
    Event Date: September 25-27
- https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/program/cfp/
  - CFP Closes: Sunday, June 18 at 11:59pm Central Daylight Time (UTC-6)
    CFP Notifications: Monday, August 28
    Schedule Announcement: Wednesday, August 30
    Slide upload deadline to Sched.com: Wednesday, November 1
    Event Date: November 6-10, 2023
Orlin - get together in Shanghai? VMware/Red Hat/CloudCasa/Anyone else?
Orlin - SODA foundation(https://www.sodafoundation.io/) asked me if we want to join them as member of the ecosystem!
Raghu: VolumeSnapshot deletion behavior (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/discussions/6214)
Anshul - any ETA/ status on BIAv2 for CSI plugin. Context: https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C021GPR1L3S/p1681899379315259
Anshul - [RFC] https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure/pull/185 (Fix SA URI fetch and add useAAD, storageAccountUri fields)
Anshul - Cleanup VolumeSnapshot if VSC polling times out.

Apr 26, 2023 (China/US)

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Wenkai Yin (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Qi Xu (VMware)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)

Status Updates

v1.10.3: Tentative target is the week of May 8th, https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Atarget%2F1.10.3+
v1.11: GA on Apr. 20, release notes https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.11.0
v1.12: Plan is almost done, 1st round cadidate triage is done, will start the 1st sprint
Beijing team will have a holiday Apr 29th ~ May 3rd

Yonghui
- Data mover tasks break down
- DataUpload/DataDownload CRD under v1alpha1 https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6176
Xun
- Work on v1.9.7 and v1.11.0 releasing.
- Enable more linters for Velero.
Wenkai Yin
- Investigate the 1.12-candidate issues assigned to me
Scott
- KubeCon last week
- Will resume working on BIA/RIAv2 e2e test this week
Ming Qiu
- Analysis and optimization of E2E tests
Danfeng liu
- Support Datamover test in CI

Discussion topics

Daniel
- 1.12 roadmap, timeline:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/1.12-Roadmap-(Draft)
- Discuss some specific 1.12 candidates:
  - JSON substitution during restore:
    - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5880
  - Additional Resource filters for backup:
    - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5152
    - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5842

Apr 12, 2023 ()

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Qi Xu(VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status Updates

v1.11: RC on Apr. 11, https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.11.0-rc.1
v1.12: Start to review candidates, data mover being anchor feture. Open for candicates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/labels/1.12-candidate

Yonghui
- Data mover POC verification
- 1.12 cadidate issue review
Ming Qiu
- Resource policies bug fix, doc and e2e test
Daniel
- Triaging v1.12 candidate issues
- Verifying the bugfixes, test for v1.11
Scott
- BIAv2/RIAv2 example plugin approved, ready to merge
  - (needed for BIA/RIAv2 e2e test)
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-example/pull/66
- Continued working on BIA/RIAv2 e2e test
  - At this point, probably best merged post-release
Xun
- Fix issues found in v1.11 release process.
- Add E2E case for new scoped resource filters.
Danfeng Liu
- Nightly test for v1.11
- Add E2E case for schedule backup creation

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Discuss the open questions on the data mover design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5968.
Shubham
- Existing Resource Policy with delete and recreate options
  - Issue: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/469
- Earlier design https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/4613

Apr 4, 2023

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin ( Red Hat)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Yunqian Chen (Dell)
Daniel Jiang(VMware)
Sathya Sankaran(CloudCasa)
Emily McMullan (Red Hat)

Status Updates

Scott
- Item operation bugfix PR (backup deletion) merged
- BIAv2/RIAv2 example plugin needs review/merge
  - (needed for BIA/RIAv2 e2e test)
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-example/pull/66
- Started working on BIA/RIAv2 e2e test

Discussion =topics=

Sathya
- Quick Demo of the new CloudCasa for Velero - A SaaS based MultiCluster Manager & UI for Velero
- Fully compatible with Velero existing installs - catalog and manage current config + create new
- Demos at KubeCon Amsterdam. All are welcome to our booth(next to Kasten. lol)
Daniel
- Collecting requirement for v1.12 (Datamover being the anchor feature)
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A1.12-candidate

March 29, 2023

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Jiaolin Yang (Vmware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)

Status Updates

v1.11: FC on Mar. 24th, post FC test has started
v1.12: Start to plan, open for candicates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/labels/1.12-candidate

Yonghui
- v1.11 manual test
- Data Mover POC integrates to RIA v2, code changes and design changes https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5968
Xun
- v1.11 manual test
- Add E2E test cases
Wenkai Yin
- v1.11 manual test
Danfeng Liu
- Bumpup K8S Version up to v1.25 in nightly
- v1.11 manual test
Scott
- A couple of additional item operation follow-on PRs merged.
- Item operation bugfix PR (backup deletion) under review:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/6041
- BIAv2/RIAv2 example plugin needs review/merge
  - (needed for BIA/RIAv2 e2e test)
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-example/pull/66
Shubham
- Datamover design PR review

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Start to discuss the process to deprecate Restic path for File System Backup, i.e., set Kopia as the default path; complete Velero deprecation process PR https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5532 and merge it.

March 21, 2023

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status Updates

Scott
- BIAv2 follow-on work merged
- RIAv2 controller work merged
- Example v2 plugins PR:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-example/pull/66
  - Will be ready for final review once I update go.mod to point to main rather than my PR branch (later today)
Anshul
- [RFC] Proposal to add generic pluginInputs field in backup/restore/schedule CRs(https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5981)
  - Request to community members / plugin owners to also add their use cases in above PR.
- [RFC] Design to add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses in CSI Plugin (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5774)
- [RFC] Proposal to add support for JSON Substitutions through Restore workflow ( https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5880)

Discussion topics

March 15, 2023

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Qi Xu (VMware)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)

Status Updates

v1.10.2 GA on March 10, https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/tag/v1.10.2

Yonghui
- v1.11 PR review
- Data movement design is ready for review https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5968
- Data movement POC integrate to BIA/RIA V2, code change and testing
Ming Qiu
- Backup of volumes by resource policies ready to be reviewed
Daniel
- Resolved issue 4969
- PR review
- Working a few doc issues under my name targeting v1.11
- Will remove the code related to itemsnapshotter as we choose to use BIA v2 for progress monitoring
Scott
- BIAv2 controller follow-on PR merged
- Wait for Additional Items to be ready on restore, ready for review
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5933
- RIAv2 controller PR expected this week (currently in progress)
Danfeng Liu
- Investigate nightly failures
- Add PVC selected-node E2E test
Wenkai Yin
- Update the doc of Azure plugin to reflect the new changes
- Review PRs
Xun
- PR New scoped resource filters is ready for review.
- PR Support != in selector
Qi
- Add warning/error details to backup describer
Shubham
- PR reviews
- Testing BIA V2 changes

Discussion topics

Daniel
- Set the FC date to 24th?

March 07, 2023

Attendees

Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Matthew Arnold (Red Hat)
Emily McMullan (Red Hat)
Sathya Sankaran (CloudCasa)

Status Updates

Anshul
- [RFC] Design to add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses in CSI Plugin (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5774)
- [RFC] Proposal to add support for JSON Substitutions through RestoreItemAction plugin. ( https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5880)
Scott
- BIAv2 controller work merged
  - Merged to unblock RIAv2 controller work
  - Follow-on PR coming this week to address the remaining review comments
- RIAv2 controller PR expected this week
Shubham
- PR reviews
Emily
- Reviews needed for timeout server setting PR: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5926 <- Needs attention

Discussion topics

Daniel
- Discuss the gap for BIAv2 plugin to handle postOperationItems (itemsToUpdate) - how can plugin developer make sure that it does not trigger async Operation?
  - Current thought is to do two things:
    - document expectation that operations aren't started during finalize phases and in the example async plugin, do this checking
    - error out if a plugin returns an operation ID during finalize
- Is there E2E test for progress monitoring?
  - Currently there are unit tests but not e2e tests.
  - Prerequisite for e2e testing is the biav2 plugin example merging
- FC date may need to delay (Oringally March 10)
  - An extra week is probably needed since 2 required PRs on the async work have yet to be posted.
Sathya
- How to work with maintainers on a new service that will add UI and management on top of existing Velero installs?
- How can we best collaborate and Support the community?
- Lets also fix the community call invite - Hackmd links are wrong.Slack reminders come at inconsistent times.
wes
- feature complete dates for velero 1.11 in doubt? slight slip?
  - 1 week slip for now!

March 01, 2023

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Scott Seago
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Qi Xu (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Jiaolin Yang (VMware)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status Updates

v1.9.6: GA on 24 Feb.
v1.10.2: RC1 is created, open for candidates. Current candidates https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Atarget%2F1.10.2
v1.11: FC target 10 Mar.

Yonghui
- v1.11 PR review
- Data movement design PR preparation
Ming Qiu
- Release velero v1.9.6
- Coding on backup of volumes by resource policies
Xun
- Fix CVEs in v1.9.6 and v1.10.2
- Add new resource filters can separate cluster and namespace scope resouces
Daniel
- v1.11 PR review
Wenkai Yin
- Switch the base image to distroless/base-nossl-debian11
- Review PRs
Danfeng Liu
- Add nodeport E2E test
- Add changing PVC storage class E2E test
Qi
- Work on issue5576
Scott
- BIAv2 controller/monitoring work:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5849
  - Updated in response to prior reviews and testing
- Wait for Additional Items to be ready on restore
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5933
  - Previously approved design is here: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/2867
  - Fixes: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/1350
  - Basically ready for review, but in "draft" state until https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5926 is merged and I update PR to use the new field

Discussion topics

Emily
- Server setting used for default timeouts: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5926

February 21, 2023

Attendees

Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Yunqian Chen (Dell EMC)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Emily McMullan (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Matthew Arnold (Red Hat)

Status Updates

Ivan
- [RFC] Extend resource filters to use field selectors: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5842
Scott
- BIAv2 controller/monitoring work:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5849
  - Currently under review. Reviewers have expressed concern about the complexity of implementation, but the alternative proposed will be possibly even more complex with some loss of functionality.
Anshul
- [RFC] Design to add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses in CSI Plugin (https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5774)
- [RFC] Proposal to add support for JSON Substitutions through RestoreItemAction plugin. ( https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5880)

Discussion topics

Orlin
- KubeCon Europe Amsterdam - April 18-21 - Beers anyone ? :) who is going ?
- Blog by the community - Red Hat, DELL, Microsoft, VMware… etc ? - Velero usage and products around it
Daniel
- Discuss the disagreement around PR 5849
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5773

February 15, 2023

Attendees

Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Qi Xu (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Yunqian Chen (Dell EMC)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)

Status Updates

v1.9.6: GA around Mar. 01
v.1.10.1: Released on Feb. 06
v.1.11: Original FC Feb. 24, propose to delay 2 weeks, updated date see https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/wiki/1.11-Roadmap

Daniel
- v1.11 issues
- Design discussion for volume filter, data mover, etc.
Yonghui
- data movement discussion questions follow up, cancel, CRDs
- v1.11 issue investigation
Ming Qiu
- Conitue working on Design for Handling backup of volumes by resources filters
- Refactor Backup Controller
Xun
- Cluster and namespace resource filters
- Refactor restore controller
Wenkai Yin
- Add detailed resource list when describe a restore #5199
- Support Azure AD workload identity for Azure plugin #5116
Qi Xu
- Add Prometheus metrics on Velero
- Update and modify Grafana dashboard
Danfeng Liu
- Add E2E test of snapshotvolumes parameter
- Add E2E test of nodeport preservation
Scott
- BIAv2 controller/monitoring work:
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5849
  - Ready for review
  - High priority for review/merge since the Restore workflow will be similar, so any changes made here will also affect the forthcoming Restore PR.
Shubham
- Design PR reviews

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- data movement discussion sync up: 2nd meeting completed, open questions are all addressed. Do we need the 3rd round discussion?
Ming Qiu
- Design for Handling backup of volumes by resources filters
Daniel
- About the PR for result.json in backup:
  https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5576
  Do we want it merged, if the error category is inaccurate?
Ivan
- [RFC] Extend resource filters to use field selectors: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5842

February 07, 2023

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Emily McMullan (Red Hat)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware)

Status Updates

Scott
- Continued working on implementation of backup controller work for async plugins. I hope to have a draft PR posted by end of the week.
Anshul
- [Updated/Discussion needed] Proposal to add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses in CSI Plugin: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5774
Ivan
- [WIP] Proposal to extend the new include/exclude resource filters to support field selectors
Wes
- Deprecation Policy needs review https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5532
Orlin
- Sorry for not being able to join today, in CNCF meeting in the same time!
- Velero talk Scott and Orlin Rejected at KubeCon :(
- Velero panel discussion rejected at KubeCon :(

Discussion topics

February 01, 2023

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)

v1.10.1: Preparing GA, plan to GA this week
v1.11 - built-in data movement: 1st round discussion completes

Yonghui
- data movement discussion questions follow up
Xun
- Design for seperating namespace and cluster resource filter
- Work on some v1.11 issues.
Wenkai Yin
- Add detailed resource list when describe a restore #5199
Scott
- Continued working on implementation of backup controller work for async plugins. I hope to have a draft PR posted by end of the week.
Shubham
- Update CRD descriptions related to SnapshotVolumes and restorePVs https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5807

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Schedule 2nd round disucssion on built-in data movement (8am Beijing Time / 7pm EST / 4pm PST next Wednesday/8th?)

January 24, 2023

Attendees

Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Ivan Sim (Dell)
Scott Seago(Red Hat)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Tiger Kaovilai (Red Hat)
Sukarna Grandhi (Dell)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Dylan Murray (Red Hat)

Status Updates

Scott
- Define itemoperations.json format and update DownloadRequest API merged last week
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5752
- RIAv2 implementation, merged last week
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5569
- Velero plugin example updated to include v2 and v1 BIA plugins, ready for review
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-example/pull/66
- Started implementation of backup controller work for async plugins
Shubham
- PR reviews
- Prepare for Velero IT Press Tour session

Discussion topics

Anshul Ahuja
- [Request For Review] Publish backup results to enhance error info https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5576
- [Discussion / Review] Proposal to add support for Multiple VolumeSnapshotClasses in CSI Plugin: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5774
Ivan Sim
- Guideline for backing up CRDs with no CRs in target namespace
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5333
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5152
- Tail latency for batch backups due to sequential backup job
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5510

January 18, 2023

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Ming Qiu (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Wenkai Yin (VMware)
Danfeng Liu (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)

Status Updates

v1.10.1: RC on Jan. 20. Issue list: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Atarget%2F1.10.1
v1.11 - data movement: A demo is created for built-in data movement for CSI snapshot. Next target: discuss to finalize the design and compose the draft design PR
v1.11 - resource include/exclude(https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5120): ongoing, a design is submittd for review
v1.11 - volume type filter(https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5035): ongoing, a draft design is created

Beijing team will be on Spring Festival holiday from 21st to 29th

Yonghui
- data movement POC
- v1.11 issue investigation and fix, some PRs have been submitted
Ming Qiu
- Data movement POC and recorded one demo to show the whole worflow(https://vmware.zoom.us/rec/share/D70UWgrUmeWQ6hPuQH1kOGjom1HN81LzDgcPodzuT10Lqlpx7N0DrJou_ZUFEi5f.6__GSkt0ZAHn37bc password: k^H%WUe8)
- Design for Handling backup of volumes by resources filters
Xun
- Design for seperating namespace and cluster resource filter
Daniel
- Issues target v1.11
  - IRSA issue: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/4959
  - Restic restore failure on cross region scenario:
    https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5420
Scott
- Define itemoperations.json format and update DownloadRequest API
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5752
  - Responded to prior comments/reviews
  - Possible follow-on design and implementation work in separate PRs based on PR comment (1.11 vs later, TBD)
- RIAv2 implementation, ready for review
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5569
- Velero plugin example updated to include v2 and v1 BIA plugins
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-example/pull/66
Wenkai Yin
- Restore the finalizer and managedFields metadata during the restoration: #5080 #5071
Danfeng Liu
- Reproduce and debug kibishii random failure issue #5687

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- 1st round discussion on built-in data movement for CSI snapshot design https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xuvLK2qicB7g2MqXXggQaPai5Ok6r6Y4p9GV-Gscq64/edit?usp=sharing. Setup a separate meeting at 8am Beijing Time / pm EST / 4pm PST on Jan. 19
Ming Qiu
- Handle backup of volumes by resources filters

January 10, 2023

Attendees

Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Dylan Murray (Red Hat)
Orlin Vasilev (VMware)
Wes Hayutin (Red Hat)
Emily McMullan (Red Hat)
Shubham Pampattiwar (Red Hat)
Anshul Ahuja (Microsoft)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)

Status Updates

Scott
- BIAv2 API implementation PR merged
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5442
- Define itemoperations.json format and update DownloadRequest API (new PR this week)
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5752
- Will shortly rebase the following PRs after BIAv2 merge (and update from draft to ready-to-review)
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5569 (RIAv2)
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-example/pull/66 (example BIAv2 plugin)
Daniel
- Triaged all v1.11-candidates issues

Discussion topics

Orlix
- Add release process and docs https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5676
- CODEOWNERS or auto-assignees https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/5470
- Honouring RestorePV flag - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/pull/127
- Anyone at FOSDEM - Belgium 4,5 Feb ?
- Anyone at KubeCon ?
Daniel
- https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/issues/1350 Scott does it has to be part of v1.11
- Discuss https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5333
Anshul
- - CSI Plugin does not honour RestorePVs flag: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-csi/pull/127
- Publish backup results to enhance error info: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5576
Wes
- Kubeconf 2023 or other event/time/location for a velero meetup

January 04, 2023

Attendees

Yonghui Li (VMware)
Xun Jiang (VMware)
Daniel Jiang (VMware)
Scott Seago (Red Hat)
Wenkai Yin(VMware)
Danfeng Liu(VMware)
Ming Qiu(VMware)
Wes Hayutin(Red Hat)

Status Updates

Yonghui
- 1.11 cadidate issue investigation
- Velero built-in data movement POC
Xun
- 1.11 cadidate issue investigation
- Enable StaticCheck linter, and set whitelist.
Daniel
- Triaging issues targeting v1.11
- Debugging an error handling issue in velero's plugin framework (#5205)
Scott
- BIAv2 API implementation PR, responded to review comments
  - https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pull/5442
Wenkai Yin
- 1.11 cadidate issue investigation
- Continue to review the Azure plugin PR https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure/pull/111
Danfeng liu
- Fix nightly kibishii issue
- Add test for restic backup with restricted AWS credential
Ming Qiu
- Velero build-in data movement POC

Discussion topics

Yonghui
- Schedule a time to further dicuss Velero built-in data movement design https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xuvLK2qicB7g2MqXXggQaPai5Ok6r6Y4p9GV-Gscq64/edit?usp=sharing

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