Backup of containerized applications using a backup services container and a backup services container-orchestration pod

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• launching discovery logic at a second container-orchestration pod, based on communications with a storage manager,
• wherein the storage manager executes outside the second container-orchestration pod, and wherein the storage manager is configured to manage backup operations of a data storage management system;
• by the discovery logic, identifying a containerized application that executes at the second container-orchestration pod, and further identifying data of the containerized application, wherein the data is stored in the second container-orchestration pod;
• reporting to the storage manager, by the discovery logic, information that identifies the containerized application and the data of the containerized application, and further reporting attributes of the containerized application and of the data of the containerized application;
• by the storage manager, causing a first container-orchestration pod to perform a backup operation of the containerized application, comprising:
• causing a snapshot to be taken of the data of the containerized application,
• storing data of the snapshot in a data storage volume that is configured at the first container-orchestration pod,
• generating a secondary copy within the first container-orchestration pod by processing the data of the snapshot,
• wherein the secondary copy is based on the data of the snapshot, and
• wherein the secondary copy is configured in a backup format that is distinct from a primary data format of the data of the containerized application;
• wherein the storage manager executes on one or more computer hardware processors, and wherein the first container-orchestration pod and the second container-orchestration pod are configured in a computing environment that comprises one or more computer hardware processors.