Can an etcd backup be used to restore state on a new cluster?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • An etcd backup has been collected from a running OpenShift cluster using the procedure defined in the official OpenShift documentation: Backing up etcd data.
  • Can this etcd backup be used on another newly-provisioned cluster to restore the cluster workloads?

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • etcd

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