# Namespaces This is the default landing page for **Backup & Recovery**. It provides a top-level overview of all your cluster **Namespaces** and provides links to take actions for each. When a cluster is selected, this page displays your backup and restore options available for all **Namespaces** within the selected cluster. ## Accessing Namespaces 1. Log in to the T4K **Management Console**. 2. From the left panel menu, click **Backup & Recovery**. 3. Select one of your clusters from the left panel menu, which displays a dropdown menu for you to select from. 4. From this dropdown menu, select **Namespaces**. 5. From the page displayed, choose what you want to configure or action. Refer to the following image and descriptions in the associated table. ## Namespaces Overview ![Namespaces](https://content.gitbook.com/content/TrewSrS6CmLdahLrZUjj/blobs/iYIY3qhOM0bLxd7afymW/backup-recovery-2.png) | Field No. | Field/Button Name | Description | | --------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | Namespace selector | This dropdown lists all namespaces in the selected cluster alphabetically. Click one or all to display the selection. | | 2 | Search Namespace | A search field to find the namespace that you want to display. The list filters as you type. | | 3 | Views | View namespaces in list or honeycomb format. | | 4 | Protection Status | This dropdown enables the list to be filtered by protection status; e.g. **Protected**, **Unprotected**, or **All**. | | 5 | Layers icon | This displays a toggle switch at the top of each column on the page, which controls if columns are hidden or displayed. | | 6 | Schedule icon | This icon shows whether a namespace has had a schedule configured or not. | | 7 | Name | This column provides the name of each namespace. | | 8 | Date of creation | This column displays the date and time on which the namespace was created. | | 9 | Last backup status | To show availability of successful backups. | | 10 | Restored | To show if a restore was executed. | | 11 | Protected | An indicator of whether the namespace is protected by backups or not. | | 12 | Actions |

This button displays a dropdown menu of further actions that can be taken in relation to a single cluster. Menu options are:
- Create Backup
- View Backup & Restore summary
- View Namespace details
- View Target summary
Refer to b-and-r-namespaces-actions.

| | 13 | Selector checkboxes | Checkboxes may be selected/deselected to facilitate the execution of bulk actions. Use the table header row checkbox to select/deselect all listed namespaces. | | 14 | Bulk Actions | Refer to [b-and-r-namespaces-bulkactions](https://docs.trilio.io/kubernetes/4.0.x/getting-started/using-trilio/getting-started-with-management-console/navigating-intro/backup-and-recovery/b-and-r-namespaces/b-and-r-namespaces-bulkactions "mention"). |