Procedures: Che backup review

modules/administration-guide/partials/assembly_backup-and-disaster-recovery.adoc

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 :context: backup-and-disaster-recovery
 
 
-{prod} Operator can create backups of {prod-short} instances and restore them from a backup snapshot if needed. The following chapter describes ways of preparing such backups and their use in the follow-up recovery phase:
+{prod-short} Operator can create backups of {prod-short} instances and restore them from a backup snapshot if needed. The following chapter describes ways of preparing such backups and their use in the follow-up recovery phase:
 
 * xref:managing-backups-using-cli.adoc[]
 * xref:managing-backups-using-custom-resources.adoc[]
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
 * Backup snapshots are bound to their own specific cluster and must be used only there.
 ====
 
-{prod} Operator creates a new backup on every {prod-short} update.
-If a backup server is xref:define-backup-server-for-operator.adoc[configured], then it is used to store the backup.
-If no backup server configured, then internal backup server is used.
-If there is more than one backup server configured, the server with `che.eclipse.org/backup-before-update: true` annotation is used.
-If none have the annotation, then internal backup server is used.
+* {prod-short} Operator creates a new backup on every {prod-short} update.
+* xref:define-backup-server-for-operator.adoc[Configured] backup server is automatically used to store the backup.
+* When a {prod-short} administrator configures more than one backup server, the {prod-short} Operator uses the server with the `che.eclipse.org/backup-before-update: true` annotation by default.
+* {prod-short} Operator uses the internal backup server:
+** Every time the {prod-short} administrator does not configure the backup server.
+** When several backup servers do not have any annotation.
 
 .Additional resources
 

modules/administration-guide/partials/proc_managing-backups-through-cli.adoc

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 = Managing backups using {prod-cli}
 
 
-The following section describes how to create backups of {prod-short} installation and do recovery using {prod-cli}.
+The following section describes how to create and use backups of a {prod-short} installation to perform a recovery or a rollback to a previous version using `{prod-cli}`.
 
 .Prerequisites
 
@@ -20,55 +20,59 @@ include::partial$snip_internal-backup-server-warning.adoc[]
 [id="cli-creating-a-new-backup"]
 == Creating a new backup
 
-. Create a backup and send it to the pre-configured backup server:
+. To create a backup snapshot and send it to a pre-configured backup server:
 +
 [source,shell,subs="+quotes,+attributes"]
 ----
-$ {prod-cli} server:backup --repository-url=__<repository-url>__  --repository-password=__<repository-password>__
+$ {prod-cli} server:backup --repository-url=__<repository-url>__ --repository-password=__<repository-password>__
 ----
++
+* You can create other backups to the same backup server using the `server:backup` command with no arguments.
+* Using the `server:backup` command with no arguments for the first time will configure and use an internal backup server.
 
-* It is possible to create other backups to the same backup server using the `server:backup` command with no arguments.
-* After using the `server:backup` command with no arguments for the first time on installation of {prod-short}, an internal backup server is configured and used.
 
 
 [id="cli-restoring-from-backup"]
 == Restoring from a backup
 
-. Recover to the previous state of {prod-short}:
+A {prod-short} admin can use an existing snapshot of a particular {prod-short} version to restore  a desired state or version. The following instructions describe several variations of the restoration command. Adjust the command arguments according to your use case.
+
+* To restore the previous functional state of the same version of {prod-short}:
 +
 [source,shell,subs="+quotes,+attributes"]
 ----
 $ {prod-cli} server:restore --repository-url=__<repository-url>__ --repository-password=__<repository-password>__ --snapshot-id=__<snapshot-id>__
 ----
 
-. Recover to different than exiting version of {prod-short}:
+
+* To roll back to a version different from the current version of {prod-short}:
 +
 [source,shell,subs="+quotes,+attributes"]
 ----
-$ {prod-cli} server:restore --version=__<version>__ --snapshot-id=__<snapshot-id>__
-----
+$ {prod-cli} server:restore --version=__<version>__ --snapshot-id=__<snapshot-id>__ --repository-url=__<repository-url>__ --repository-password=__<repository-password>__
+---
++
+This performs a version rollback and restores a snapshot made from a previous version of {prod-short}. The provided snapshot must be created from the version of {prod-short} to which you want to roll back.
 +
-[NOTE]
-====
-Provided snapshot must be created from the version of {prod-short} to which recover is requested.
-====
+NOTE: If you have a dedicated backup repository for each {prod-short} version and want to use the most recent backup for the version, you can provide the `latest` argument as a snapshot ID. By doing so, the `latest` argument will be converted to the latest known ID in the given repository, which will be then used by the {prod-short} Operator to recover.
 
-* If you have a dedicated backup repository for each {prod-short} version and want to use the most recent backup for the version,
-you may provide `latest` as snapshot ID and it will be converted to the latest ID in the given repository.
 
-. Recover to the state described by an existing backup Custom Resource object:
+* To restore a state described by an existing backup Custom Resource:
 +
 [source,shell,subs="+quotes,+attributes"]
 ----
 $ {prod-cli} server:restore --backup-cr-name=__<CheClusterBackupCRName>__
 ----
 
-. Recover to the previous version after update:
-+
-{prod} automatically creates a backup when upgrading to a newer version.
-To return to the previous installed version run:
+
+* To roll back a version upgrade of {prod-short}:
 +
 [source,shell,subs="+quotes,+attributes"]
 ----
 $ {prod-cli} server:restore --rollback
 ----
++
+This recovers the version that {prod-short} was using before upgrading to a later version. 
++
+NOTE: {prod-short} Operator automatically creates a backup before every upgrade.
+

modules/administration-guide/partials/proc_managing-backups-through-custom-resources.adoc

@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ spec:
 
 [NOTE]
 ====
-It is impossible to recover to a different version of {prod-short} using this approach.
-To do it, use `{prod-cli}` (see xref:managing-backups-using-cli.adoc#cli-restoring-from-backup[here]).
+The approach described in this chapter can not be used to recover to a different version of {prod-short}. To recover {prod-short} to another version, use the `{prod-cli}` tool. See the xref:managing-backups-using-cli.adoc#cli-restoring-from-backup[] chapter for more information.
 ====
 
+
 . Create a new object of `CheClusterRestore` to recover a {prod-short} installation from a backup:
 +
 [source,yaml,subs="+attributes"]