Merge pull request #330 from syedriko/syedriko-ols-1717

OLS-1717: OCP docs and Python deps updates 2025/05/05

Author: openshift-merge-bot[bot]

ocp-product-docs-plaintext/4.15/backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/oadp-3scale/backing-up-3scale-api-management-by-using-oadp.txt

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+# Backing up and restoring 3scale API Management by using OADP
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+With Red Hat 3scale API Management, you can manage your APIs for internal or external users.
+You can deploy 3scale components on-premise, in the cloud, as a managed service, or in any combination based on your requirements.
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+With OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP), you can safeguard 3scale API Management deployments by backing up application resources, persistent volumes, and configurations.
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+[NOTE]
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+You can use the OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) Operator to back up and restore your 3scale API Management on-cluster storage databases without affecting your running services
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+You can configure OADP to perform the following operations with 3scale API Management:
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+* Create a backup of 3scale components by following the steps in Backing up 3scale API Management.
+* Restore the components to scale up the 3scale operator and deployment by following the steps in Restoring 3scale API Management.