diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/Deployment-garage-main.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/Deployment-garage-main.yaml
index 29743a868..6c5b95951 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/Deployment-garage-main.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/Deployment-garage-main.yaml
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ spec:
               subPath: garage.toml
             - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/data
               name: data
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/meta
-              name: db
             - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/snapshots
               name: snapshots
         - envFrom:
@@ -76,8 +74,6 @@ spec:
               subPath: garage.toml
             - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/data
               name: data
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/meta
-              name: db
             - mountPath: /var/lib/garage/snapshots
               name: snapshots
       volumes:
@@ -87,9 +83,6 @@ spec:
         - name: data
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: garage-data
-        - name: db
-          persistentVolumeClaim:
-            claimName: garage-db
         - name: snapshots
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: garage-snapshots
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ExternalSecret-garage-db-backup-secret-remote.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ExternalSecret-garage-db-backup-secret-remote.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a6668774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ExternalSecret-garage-db-backup-secret-remote.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: garage-db-backup-secret-remote
+  namespace: garage
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: volsync-target-db-0.7.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: garage
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: garage
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.7.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: garage-db-backup-secret-remote
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: vault
+  target:
+    template:
+      mergePolicy: Merge
+      engineVersion: v2
+      data:
+        RESTIC_REPOSITORY: "{{ .BUCKET_ENDPOINT }}/garage/garage-db"
+  data:
+    - secretKey: BUCKET_ENDPOINT
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /volsync/restic/garage-remote
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: BUCKET_ENDPOINT
+    - secretKey: RESTIC_PASSWORD
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /volsync/restic/garage-remote
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: RESTIC_PASSWORD
+    - secretKey: AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/volsync-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: ACCESS_REGION
+    - secretKey: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/volsync-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    - secretKey: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/volsync-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/PersistentVolumeClaim-garage-db.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/PersistentVolumeClaim-garage-db.yaml
index b19f4c0b4..8cdfd078a 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/PersistentVolumeClaim-garage-db.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/PersistentVolumeClaim-garage-db.yaml
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 metadata:
   name: garage-db
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: garage
-    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: garage
-    helm.sh/chart: garage-4.5.0
-  annotations:
-    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   namespace: garage
 spec:
   accessModes:
-    - "ReadWriteOnce"
+    - ReadWriteOnce
   resources:
     requests:
-      storage: "50Gi"
-  storageClassName: "ceph-block"
+      storage: 50Gi
+  storageClassName: ceph-block
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationDestination-garage-db.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationDestination-garage-db.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00e023f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationDestination-garage-db.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: volsync.backube/v1alpha1
+kind: ReplicationDestination
+metadata:
+  name: garage-db
+  namespace: garage
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: garage-db
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: garage
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: garage
+spec:
+  trigger:
+    manual: restore-once
+  restic:
+    repository: garage-db-backup-secret-external
+    destinationPVC: garage-db
+    copyMethod: Direct
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationSource-garage-db-backup-source-external.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationSource-garage-db-backup-source-external.yaml
index 32a05682d..f2d43a628 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationSource-garage-db-backup-source-external.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationSource-garage-db-backup-source-external.yaml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ spec:
     copyMethod: Snapshot
     storageClassName: ceph-block
     volumeSnapshotClassName: ceph-blockpool-snapshot
-    cacheCapacity: 1Gi
+    cacheCapacity: 10Gi
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationSource-garage-db-backup-source-remote.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationSource-garage-db-backup-source-remote.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..088703090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/garage/ReplicationSource-garage-db-backup-source-remote.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+apiVersion: volsync.backube/v1alpha1
+kind: ReplicationSource
+metadata:
+  name: garage-db-backup-source-remote
+  namespace: garage
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: volsync-target-db-0.7.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: garage
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: garage
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.7.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: garage-db-backup
+spec:
+  sourcePVC: garage-db
+  trigger:
+    schedule: 20 10 * * *
+  restic:
+    pruneIntervalDays: 7
+    repository: garage-db-backup-secret-remote
+    retain:
+      daily: 7
+      hourly: 0
+      monthly: 3
+      weekly: 4
+      yearly: 1
+    copyMethod: Snapshot
+    storageClassName: ceph-block
+    volumeSnapshotClassName: ceph-blockpool-snapshot
+    cacheCapacity: 10Gi
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/volsync/Deployment-volsync.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/volsync/Deployment-volsync.yaml
index 370621990..ad4013e18 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/volsync/Deployment-volsync.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/volsync/Deployment-volsync.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.14.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
 spec:
-  replicas: 0
+  replicas: 2
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       control-plane: volsync-controller