Story (Required)

We don't have a single, clear source of information that outlines the process for:

• Backing up Pipeline resources from ETCD
• Cleaning up the resources
• Reinstalling them after cleanup
• Restoring the resources from the ETCD backup data

  Background (Required)

Customer HCL Technologies Sweden AB encountered issues after upgrading both the OCP and OpenShift Pipelines (OSP). Following the upgrade, the cluster state for Openshift Pipelines was completely broken.
More info : https://redhat-internal.slack.com/archives/CG5GV6CJD/p1726724838497209

Acceptance Criteria (Mandatory)

writing a KB article so that in future if any of the customer faces similar kind of issues they can just follow the doc

INVEST Checklist

Dependencies identified

Blockers noted and expected delivery timelines set

Design is implementable

Acceptance criteria agreed upon

Story estimated

Legend

Unknown

Verified

Unsatisfied

Done Checklist

• Code is completed, reviewed, documented and checked in
• Unit and integration test automation have been delivered and running cleanly in continuous integration/staging/canary environment
• Continuous Delivery pipeline(s) is able to proceed with new code included
• Customer facing documentation, API docs etc. are produced/updated, reviewed and published
• Acceptance criteria are met