diff --git a/docs/sections/guides/infra_guides/oom_infra_deployment_requirements.rst b/docs/sections/guides/infra_guides/oom_infra_deployment_requirements.rst
index 3d824c7..4eefdaf 100644
--- a/docs/sections/guides/infra_guides/oom_infra_deployment_requirements.rst
+++ b/docs/sections/guides/infra_guides/oom_infra_deployment_requirements.rst
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
   ==============     ===========  =======  ========  ========  =============  ========
   Release            Kubernetes   Helm     kubectl   Docker    Cert-Manager   Strimzi
   ==============     ===========  =======  ========  ========  =============  ========
-  Kohn               1.23.8       3.8.2    1.23.8    20.10.x   1.8.0          0.32.0
   London             1.23.8       3.8.2    1.23.x    20.10.x   1.12.2         0.35.0
   Montreal           1.27.5       3.12.3   1.27.x    20.10.x   1.13.2         0.36.1
+  New Delhi          1.27.5       3.12.3   1.27.x    20.10.x   1.13.2         0.36.3
   ==============     ===========  =======  ========  ========  =============  ========
 
 .. table:: OOM Software Requirements (production)
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
   ==============     ======  ============ ==============
   London             1.17.2  v0.6.2       19.0.3-legacy
   Montreal           1.19.3  v1.0.0       19.0.3-legacy
+  New Delhi          1.19.3  v1.0.0       19.0.3-legacy
   ==============     ======  ============ ==============
 
 .. table:: OOM Software Requirements (optional)
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
   ==============     ================= ========== =================
   Release            Prometheus Stack  K8ssandra  MariaDB-Operator
   ==============     ================= ========== =================
-  Kohn               35.x
   London             45.x              1.6.1
   Montreal           45.x              1.10.2     0.23.1
+  New Delhi          45.x              1.11.0     0.24.0
   ==============     ================= ========== =================
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/common/Chart.yaml b/kubernetes/common/common/Chart.yaml
index 4025924..1294546 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/common/Chart.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/common/Chart.yaml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: Common templates for inclusion in other charts
 name: common
-version: 13.0.2
+version: 13.0.3
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/common/templates/_mariadb.tpl b/kubernetes/common/common/templates/_mariadb.tpl
index a2d4117..a0dd49d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/common/templates/_mariadb.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/common/common/templates/_mariadb.tpl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     {{- index .Values "mariadb-galera" "nameOverride" -}}
   {{-   end }}
   {{- else -}}
-  {{-   if and .Values.global.mariadbGalera.useOperator }}
+  {{-   if .Values.global.mariadbGalera.useOperator }}
     {{- printf "%s-primary" (.Values.global.mariadbGalera.service) }}
   {{-   else }}
     {{- .Values.global.mariadbGalera.service -}}
@@ -194,26 +194,37 @@
 {{- define "common.mariadbOpBackup" -}}
 {{- $dot := default . .dot -}}
 {{- $dbinst := include "common.name" $dot -}}
+{{- $name := default $dbinst $dot.Values.backup.nameOverride -}}
+---
+apiVersion: mariadb.mmontes.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Backup
 metadata:
-  name: backup-scheduled
+  name: {{ $name }}
 spec:
   mariaDbRef:
     name: {{ $dbinst }}
   schedule:
-    cron: "*/1 * * * *"
+    cron: {{ $dot.Values.backup.cron }}
     suspend: false
-  maxRetentionDays: 30
+  maxRetention: {{ $dot.Values.backup.maxRetention }}
   storage:
+    {{- if eq $dot.Values.backup.storageType "PVC" }}
     persistentVolumeClaim:
       resources:
         requests:
-          storage: 100Mi
-      {{- if .Values.mariadbOperator.storageClassName }}
-      storageClassName: {{ .Values.mariadbOperator.storageClassName }}
+          storage: {{ $dot.Values.backup.persistence.size }}
+      {{- if $dot.Values.mariadbOperator.storageClassName }}
+      storageClassName: {{ $dot.Values.mariadbOperator.storageClassName }}
       {{- end }}
       accessModes:
-        - ReadWriteOnce
+        - {{ $dot.Values.backup.persistence.accessMode }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if eq $dot.Values.backup.storageType "S3" }}
+    s3: {{- include "common.tplValue" ( dict "value" .Values.backup.s3 "context" $) | nindent 6 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if eq $dot.Values.backup.storageType "volume" }}
+    volume: {{- include "common.tplValue" ( dict "value" .Values.backup.volume "context" $) | nindent 6 }}
+    {{- end }}
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: 100m
@@ -308,6 +319,10 @@
     initialDelaySeconds: 20
     periodSeconds: 10
     timeoutSeconds: 5
+  {{- if default false .Values.global.metrics.enabled }}
+  metrics:
+    enabled: true
+  {{- end }}
   affinity:
     podAntiAffinity:
       requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
@@ -320,19 +335,6 @@
     maxUnavailable: 50%
   updateStrategy:
     type: RollingUpdate
-  #myCnf: |
-  #  [mysqld]
-  #  bind-address=0.0.0.0
-  #  default_storage_engine=InnoDB
-  #  binlog_format=row
-  #  innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2
-  #  max_allowed_packet=256M
-  #  lower_case_table_names = 1
-
-  #  ## Character set
-  #  collation_server=utf8_unicode_ci
-  #  init_connect='SET NAMES utf8'
-  #  character_set_server=utf8
 
   myCnfConfigMapKeyRef:
     key: my.cnf
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-galera/Chart.yaml b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-galera/Chart.yaml
index 71ff421..470e64b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-galera/Chart.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-galera/Chart.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: Chart for MariaDB Galera cluster
 name: mariadb-galera
-version: 13.0.1
+version: 13.1.0
 keywords:
   - mariadb
   - mysql
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-galera/values.yaml b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-galera/values.yaml
index 991c635..be7ad8e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-galera/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-galera/values.yaml
@@ -267,8 +267,16 @@
 ## For this reason the db data pvc needs to have accessMode: ReadWriteMany.
 backup:
   enabled: false
+  # used in the mariadb-operator to override the backup name (default is DBName)
+  # nameOverride:
+  # defines the backup job execution period
   cron: "00 00 * * *"
+  # used by mariadb-operator to set the max retention time
+  maxRetention: 720h
   retentionPeriod: 3
+  # used by mariadb-operator to set the backup storage type (PVC, S3, volume)
+  storageType: PVC
+  # configuration used for PVC backup storage
   persistence:
     ## If true, use a Persistent Volume Claim, If false, use emptyDir
     ##
@@ -297,7 +305,27 @@
     ## Persistent Volume size
     ##
     size: 2Gi
-
+  # requires mariadb-operator v0.24.0
+  # configuration used for S3 backup storage
+  # see: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator/blob/main/docs/BACKUP.md
+  s3:
+    bucket: backups
+    endpoint: minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000
+    #region:  us-east-1
+    accessKeyIdSecretKeyRef:
+      name: minio
+      key: access-key-id
+    secretAccessKeySecretKeyRef:
+      name: minio
+      key: secret-access-key
+    tls:
+      enabled: false
+      caSecretKeyRef:
+        name: minio-ca
+        key: ca.crt
+  # configuration used for kubernetes volumes as backup storage
+  # see: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator/blob/main/docs/BACKUP.md
+  volume: {}
 
 readinessCheck:
   wait_for:
diff --git a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/values.yaml b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/values.yaml
index 2d5de97..fb2e202 100644
--- a/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/common/mariadb-init/values.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
   service:
     internalPort: 3306
   nameOverride: mariadb-galera
+  mariadbOperator:
+    galera:
+      enabled: false
 
 config:
   userPassword: Ci@shsOd3pky1Vji
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdnc/Chart.yaml b/kubernetes/sdnc/Chart.yaml
index 24f58b1..6229915 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdnc/Chart.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdnc/Chart.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: SDN Controller
 name: sdnc
-version: 13.0.0
+version: 13.0.1
 
 dependencies:
   - name: common
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdnc/values.yaml b/kubernetes/sdnc/values.yaml
index 328b5ad..72eb138 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdnc/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdnc/values.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
     service: &mariadbService mariadb-galera
     internalPort: 3306
     nameOverride: &mariadbName mariadb-galera
+    # (optional) if localCluster=false and an external secret is used set this variable
+    #userRootSecret: <secretName>
 
 
 #################################################################
@@ -47,13 +49,18 @@
     # override this secret using external one with the same field that is used
     # to pass this to subchart.
     externalSecret: '{{ .Values.global.mariadbGalera.localCluster |
-      ternary ((hasSuffix "sdnc-db-root-password" (index .Values "mariadb-galera" "rootUser" "externalSecret")) |
-                  ternary
-                    ""
-                    (tpl (default "" (index .Values "mariadb-galera" "rootUser" "externalSecret")) .))
-              (include "common.mariadb.secret.rootPassSecretName"
-                (dict "dot" .
-                      "chartName" .Values.global.mariadbGalera.nameOverride)) }}'
+      ternary (( hasSuffix "sdnc-db-root-password" (index .Values "mariadb-galera" "rootUser" "externalSecret")) |
+               ternary
+                  ""
+                  (tpl (default "" (index .Values "mariadb-galera" "rootUser" "externalSecret")) .)
+               )
+               ( (not (empty (default "" .Values.global.mariadbGalera.userRootSecret))) |
+                 ternary
+                   .Values.global.mariadbGalera.userRootSecret
+                   (include "common.mariadb.secret.rootPassSecretName"
+                     (dict "dot" . "chartName" .Values.global.mariadbGalera.nameOverride)
+                   )
+               ) }}'
     password: '{{ (index .Values "mariadb-galera" "rootUser" "password") }}'
   - uid: db-secret
     name: &dbSecretName '{{ include "common.release" . }}-sdnc-db-secret'