Protecting data with Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge
Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge devices can be configured with NetBackup, to backup data to cloud.
The data that is backed up using the Snowball and Snowball Edge devices can be categorized as:
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Old data |
The backup images that are present in tapes and disks or any other storage media and accumulated over the years. |
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Live data |
Live data The backup data that is generated using daily backups while the Amazon Snowball or the Amazon Snowball Edge device is on-premises. Define storage lifecycle policies for such backups wherein, the actual backup goes to the local storage, and the secondary copy is duplicated to Snowball or Snowball Edge device. |
Note:
Only STANDARD storage class is supported.
Follow these practices when backing up the data to Amazon cloud:
Plan to keep at least one copy of the data on-premises while data from Snowball or Snowball Edge device is imported to cloud. If backup copy on the Snowball or Snowball device is the only copy you have, use the bpduplicate command to make a copy.
See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.
Verify the imported data in the cloud before discarding (if required) the on-premises backup copy.
Use the Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge device for initial seeding.
Do not use the buckets for any other purpose before the data is imported to them.
(For live data) Suspend the duplication operations while the data is in transit and is imported to cloud.
(For live data) After the data is available in cloud, resume duplication to duplicate the delta data, which was generated on-premises or use another device to transfer it.
Following are the different methods available for data transfer.
Table:
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Amazon Snowball with NetBackup |
Refer to the following topics
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Amazon Snowball Edge with NetBackup |
Refer to the following topics
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