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:

Old data

The backup images that are present in tapes and disks or any other storage media and accumulated over the years.

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 polices 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.

Best practices

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.

Methods

Following are the different methods available for data transfer.

Table:

Device	Methods
Amazon Snowball with NetBackup	Refer to the following topics See Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball with Amazon Snowball client. See Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball with Amazon S3 API interface. See Configuring SSL for Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge. After backups are imported into the cloud bucket, you need to perform the post backup procedures. See Post backup procedures if you have used S3 API interface. To improve write performances to the Amazon Snowball device, multiple Amazon S3 adapters can be configured. Also, multiple custom instances can point to the same the device. See Using multiple Amazon S3 adapters.
Amazon Snowball Edge with NetBackup	Refer to the following topics See Configuring NetBackup with Amazon Snowball Edge with file interface. See Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball Edge with S3 API interface. See Configuring SSL for Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge. After backups are imported into the cloud bucket, you need to perform the post backup procedures. See Post backup procedures if you have used S3 API interface.
For NetBackup CloudCatalyst Appliance	File interface methods are not supported with the CloudCatalyst Appliance. See Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge for NetBackup CloudCatalyst Appliance.
For NetBackup CloudCatalyst media server	File interface methods are not supported with the CloudCatalyst media server. Refer to the following topics See Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball with Amazon S3 API interface. See Configuring NetBackup for Amazon Snowball Edge with S3 API interface. See Configuring SSL for Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge. After backups are imported into the cloud bucket, before restore you need to perform the post backup procedures. See Post backup procedures if you have used S3 API interface.

Protecting data with Amazon Snowball and Amazon Snowball Edge

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