Amazon S3 cloud storage options
The Add Cloud Storage dialog box appears when you click on the wizard panel for Amazon S3 providers. It contains the following tabs:
General Settings tab | |
Region Settings tab | See Table: Region Settings tab. Note: If your cloud storage deployment is not configured for multiple regions, you do not need to configure any regions. |
Note:
To add a cloud storage server in Amazon virtual private cloud (VPC) environment, enure that you have reviewed the considerations.
Table: General Settings tab options
Option | Description |
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The cloud storage provider. The following describes the state of this field:
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Enter the cloud service provider host name. If you want to add a public cloud instance, you need to get the service host details from the cloud storage provider. Type the service host details in the text box. If you want to add a cloud storage instance for a private cloud deployment, enter a service host name like 'service.my-cloud.com', in case you can access your cloud provider using the following URL: 'service.my-cloud.com/services/objectstore' For custom instance, to use IPv6 endpoint, you must update or create a new instance with the IPv6 equivalent service host. Note: Do not prefix the service host name with 'http' or 'https'. Note: For VPC in default (US East (N. Virginia)) AWS region, use external-1.amazonaws.com as the service host. | |
Enter the cloud service provider endpoint. Service endpoint - Enter the cloud service provider endpoint. For example, '/services/objectstorage' in case your cloud provider service can be accessed using the 'service.my-cloud.com/services/objectstore' URL. You can leave it blank, if the cloud provider service can be accessed directly from the 'service.my-cloud.com' URL. | |
Enter the HTTP port with which you can access the cloud provider service in a non-secure mode. | |
Enter the HTTPS port with which you can access the cloud provider service in a secure mode. | |
Enter a logical name for the cloud storage that you want to configure and access using NetBackup. Note: You can configure multiple storage servers that are associated with the same public or private cloud storage instance. | |
Select the endpoint access style for the cloud service provider. is the default endpoint access style. If your cloud service provider additionally supports virtual hosting of URLs, select . |
Note:
If your cloud storage deployment is not configured for multiple regions, you do not need to configure any regions.
Table: Region Settings tab
Option | Description |
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Enter a logical name to identify a specific region where the cloud storage is deployed. For example: East zone. | |
Enter the location identifier that the cloud provider service uses for any data transfer operations in the associated region. For a public cloud storage, you need to get the location constraint details from the cloud provider. Note: For VPC in default (US East (N. Virginia)) AWS region, use US-east-1 as the location identifier. | |
Enter the service host name for the region. The Service endpoint, HTTP port, and HTTPS port information that you have entered in the General Settings tab are used while accessing information from any region. | |
Click to add the region. |