Starting the Access S3 server and provisioning the S3 bucket
You can use the following procedure to start the S3 server and provision the S3 bucket.
Note:
The size of the bucket for MSDP-C should not be more than 1 PiB.
Note:
NetBackup bucket with WORM-enabled is only supported with Compliance mode.
To start the S3 server and provision the S3 bucket using the Access GUI
- In S3 buckets for NetBackup area, click Provision storage.
Or
Navigate to Quick Actions > Provision Storage > Storage for NetBackup > S3 without cloud. Click Next.
- Click Configure S3 server.
- Select the storage pool and click Start S3 server. If you want to enable SSL for S3 server. then turn on the Enable SSL toggle button.
- Click Activate LTR Policy.
- If you want to configure NetBackup MSDP-C on a non-WORM bucket, select NetBackup LTR S3 Bucket policy and click Complete prerequisites.
If you want to configure NetBackup MSDP-C on a WORM bucket, select NetBackup LTR S3 Bucket (WORM) policy and click Complete prerequisites.
- For non-WORM use case, select the storage pool. Click Activate policy.
For WORM use case, select the storage pool.
- Perform this step only for WORM use case. During activation, under Set WORM, the minimum and maximum retention period should be left as blank for MSDP-C buckets. This will be applied from NetBackup during configuration. Click Activate policy.
- Generate S3 keys. You can use any local/AD/LDAP user credentials. Under Name, enter the username for which you want to create keys and under Password, specify the user password.
Click on Generate S3 Keys.
- Note down the access key and secret key.
- Click Provision Storage.
- Select the storage policy according to the activation, set the bucket size as per the requirement, and specify the access and the secret keys.
