velero install should update existing velero deployment if any.

[kaovilai]

What steps did you take and what happened:

On velero install

Deployment/velero: already exists, proceeding

is logged.

When using install command alongside a new --image <>, new image was not applied to deployment.

Attempt to patch when isalreadyexists

velero/pkg/install/install.go

Lines 288 to 289 in 8752c3a

	if _, err := c.Create(r); apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
	log("already exists, proceeding")

What did you expect to happen:

The following information will help us better understand what's going on:

If you are using velero v1.7.0+:
Please use velero debug --backup <backupname> --restore <restorename> to generate the support bundle, and attach to this issue, more options please refer to velero debug --help

If you are using earlier versions:
Please provide the output of the following commands (Pasting long output into a GitHub gist or other pastebin is fine.)

• kubectl logs deployment/velero -n velero
• velero backup describe <backupname> or kubectl get backup/<backupname> -n velero -o yaml
• velero backup logs <backupname>
• velero restore describe <restorename> or kubectl get restore/<restorename> -n velero -o yaml
• velero restore logs <restorename>

Anything else you would like to add:

Environment:

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• Kubernetes version (use kubectl version):
• Kubernetes installer & version:
• Cloud provider or hardware configuration:
• OS (e.g. from /etc/os-release):

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[ywk253100]

I suggest we be cautious for such changes, this may cause unexpected behaviors in upgrading cases.
For example, if the Velero image is updated but the CRDs are not, this causes inconsistent.

[kaovilai]

This was for development convenience.. if it were to be implemented it could be behind dev or other override flag where it would also change CRDs.. essentially uninstall + install.

Alternative is to have a reinstall option that functions like install but runs uninstall first.