Kasten K10 is an enterprise backup/restore solution from Veeam with native KubeVirt support for OpenShift Virtualization. K10 uses CSI snapshots and can back up VMs consistently without a guest-agent dependency. The existing MinIO from PRE-11 is used as the S3 backend.
1Create namespace
kasten-io (if not created during operator install)2OpenShift Console → Ecosystem → Software Catalog → Operators → search for
Veeam Kasten → install Veeam Kasten (Free) (Certified)3Namespace:
kasten-io, channel: stable, approval: Automatic4After the operator reaches Succeeded: Installed Operators → Veeam Kasten → Create instance (K10 CR)
5Use the YAML from the Commands/YAML tab — set
global.persistence.storageClass: lvms-vg1, enable Route and token auth6Wait for K10 pods in
kasten-io (Running, takes 3–5 min)7Open K10 dashboard via the operator-created Route (or
oc port-forward — see Commands/YAML tab)8Create MinIO bucket for K10:
k10-backups — mc mb local/k10-backups --insecure9Create location profile in K10 UI (S3-compatible, MinIO endpoint, insecure) — or apply the Profile CR from Commands/YAML
10Validate profile: status Valid / Connected
11Check K10 licence (free tier active for SNO)
12Alternative: Helm install — see Alternative: Helm install section in Commands/YAML tab