Support for saving restoring snapshots from Recover service vault #2560
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem?/Why is this needed
There is an older issue discussing the same feature:
#408
However it was not allowed to be re-opened, so I am re-creating the enhancement request.
As discussed in the older issue, snapshots are currently coupled to the storage account and (accidental) removal of the storage account or fileshare can result in deletion of data.
Using the Vault-Standard backup tier seems like a more robust and complete backup solution.
Escpecially if compatible with the CSI controller.
Describe the solution you'd like in detail
I would like to be able to configure the CSI controller to utilize the Recovery Service Vault for creating backups to mitigate the risk of data loss when the storage account containing the file share is deleted.
I would like to be able to restore from the Vault backups when needed.
Describe alternatives you've considered
We are considering not using the fileshare CSI controller at all, and scheduling Vault-standard backups for the fileshares via the Recovery Service vault itself.
However this will mean our restoring capabilities for fileshare snapshots will become more cumbersome as we won't be able to utilize direct restores from Recovery Service Vault backups with a tool like Velero via the CSI controller.