Object Lock - Feature Description Document

Overview
Capabilities
Benefits
Terminology and components
Workflow
Use cases
Feature impact and remediation
Deployment
Users deploying or upgrading the IBM Cloud Object Storage System to use Object Lock need to have all devices in the Storage System upgraded to a version 3.17.2 or greater. This includes all Accesser Devices in all access pools, all Slicestor Devices in all storage pools and the Manager. From version 3.17.2, as part of retention only COMPLIANCE mode was supported. To use GOVERNANCE mode as well, similar to above, all devices need to be upgraded to version 3.19.4.
Operations
The IBM Object Lock feature operates on a per object version basis, primarily. Object Lock protection is applied to the object when the operation is performed. As such, users interested in monitoring the Object Lock feature on the system can find object lock information for both buckets and objects in the access logs.
Additional information

Parent topic: Concepts