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// * backup_and_restore/application_backup_and_restore/oadp-features-plugins.adoc

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= OADP plugins

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The {oadp-first} provides default Velero plugins that are integrated with storage providers to support backup and snapshot operations. You can create link:https://{velero-domain}/docs/v{velero-version}/custom-plugins/[custom plugins] based on the Velero plugins.

OADP also provides plugins for {product-title} resource backups, OpenShift Virtualization resource backups, and Container Storage Interface (CSI) snapshots.

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.OADP plugins
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|OADP plugin |Function |Storage location

.2+|`aws` |Backs up and restores Kubernetes objects. |AWS S3
|Backs up and restores volumes with snapshots. |AWS EBS

ifndef::openshift-rosa,openshift-rosa-hcp[]
.2+|`azure` |Backs up and restores Kubernetes objects. |Microsoft Azure Blob storage
|Backs up and restores volumes with snapshots. |Microsoft Azure Managed Disks

.2+|`gcp` |Backs up and restores Kubernetes objects. |{gcp-full} Storage
|Backs up and restores volumes with snapshots. |Google Compute Engine Disks
endif::openshift-rosa,openshift-rosa-hcp[]

|`openshift` |Backs up and restores {product-title} resources. ^[1]^ |Object store

|`kubevirt` |Backs up and restores OpenShift Virtualization resources. ^[2]^ |Object store

|`csi` |Backs up and restores volumes with CSI snapshots. ^[3]^ |Cloud storage that supports CSI snapshots

|`hypershift` |Backs up and restores HyperShift hosted cluster resources. ^[4]^ |Object store
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1. Mandatory.
2. Virtual machine disks are backed up with CSI snapshots or Restic.
3. The `csi` plugin uses the Kubernetes CSI snapshot API.
* OADP 1.1 or later uses `snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1`
* OADP 1.0 uses `snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1beta1`
4. Do not add the `hypershift` plugin in the `DataProtectionApplication` custom resource if the cluster is not a HyperShift hosted cluster. 
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