Cloud storage resources

The cloud storage resource definition is used to identify an IBM® i cloud storage resource that the archived storage management process can use as storage media when migrating archived data. You must specify a cloud storage resource name which corresponds to an existing cloud storage resource on your IBM i system that you created by using the IBM Cloud Storage Solutions for i licensed program product. The type of data, primary or backup, that will be stored to the defined cloud storage resource must also be specified.

When you choose cloud storage for your archive storage media type, you can optionally choose to stage the data back to disk for a number of days after the data has been retrieved. If the Stage to Disk when Retrieved from Tape or Cloud checkbox is selected, retrieved data is kept on disk for the specified number of days after retrieval. The Stage to disk option can increase retrieval performance significantly if you expect that archived data, once retrieved from cloud storage, might be retrieved again within the specified time period. After the specified number of days passes, the data remains on disk until the first time the Archived Storage Management (ASM) process is run.