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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section IV. Configuring storage
  4. Configuring disk storage
  5. Create a Cloud Connector server
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Create a Cloud Connector server

Follow this procedure to create a Cloud storage server for backups to cloud object storage, with no deduplication. See the NetBackup for Cloud Object Store Administrator's Guide for details.

To create a Cloud storage server

  1. On the left, select Storage > Disk storage. Select the Storage servers tab, then select Add.
  2. In the Storage type list, select Disk storage servers.
  3. In the Storage type list, select Cloud connector.
  4. Select Start.
  5. In Basic properties, enter all the required information.

    You must select your Cloud storage provider by selecting on the field. If you do not see the cloud storage provider you want to use, you can use Search to find it.

    If the Region information that you want to select does not appear in the table, use Add to manually add the required information. This option does not appear for every cloud storage provider.

    To select your media server, select the search icon. If you do not see the media server you want to use, you can use Search field to find it.

    Select Next.

  6. In Access settings enter the required access details for the selected cloud provider and select Next.

    If you use SOCKS4, SOCKS5, or SOCKS4A, some of the options in the Advanced section are not available.

  7. In Storage server options, you can adjust the Object size, enable compression, or encrypt data and then select Next.
  8. (Optional) In Media servers, select Add to add any additional media servers you want to use.

    For Cloud storage servers, media servers with a NetBackup version that is older than the primary server are not listed.

    Select Next.

  9. On the Review page, confirm that all options are correct and select Save.
  10. (Optional) At the top, select Create disk pool.

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