About instant access for object storage
The following table describes the platforms supported by instant access for object storage.
Table: Supported platforms
Supported platforms | Description |
|---|---|
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | This platform is supported and enabled by default. |
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) | This platform is supported and enabled by default. |
VM in Azure or AWS (Cloud Build-Your-Own, BYO-In-Cloud) | This platform is supported. You must manually enable this option. |
MSDP on-premises (BYO, Flex media server, NetBackup appliance) | This platform is supported. You must manually enable this option. The connection from MSDP to object store must have good network bandwidth and latency. |
The instant access for object storage is enabled by default on the AKS/EKS platforms. If instant access is not enabled by default, you must manually perform the following steps to enable it:
Add the instant-access-object-store = 1 option into the
/etc/msdp-releasefile on storage server.On the primary or media server, run the following commands to verify that the IA_OBJECT_STORE name is in the extendedcapabilities option.
Example:
nbdevconfig -getconfig -stype PureDisk -storage_server your_storage_server_name |grep IA_OBJECT_STORE
On the primary or media server, run the following commands to reload the storage server attributes:
nbdevconfig -getconfig -stype PureDisk -storage_server your_storage_server_name > /tmp/flags
nbdevconfig -setconfig -stype PureDisk -storage_server your_storage_server_name -configlist /tmp/flags