A computer-implemented system and method of backing up and restoring a containerized application or a cloud-based application using a datamover service includes determining a stateful set of services of the containerized application or cloud-based application to be backed up. A persistent volume associated with the determined stateful set of services of the containerized application or cloud-based application is identified. Then, a snapshot of the identified persistent volume is created and a new persistent volume is created from the snapshot. The created new persistent volume is attached to a datamover service. Data from the created new persistent volume is then copied to a network file system or storage system using the datamover service, thereby creating backup data stored in a storage system.