Mixed operation

After the service vault is created, the Cloud Object Storage Manager changes in two distinct ways.
  • Allows standard vaults to be converted to container vaults.
  • Allows the creation of container vaults in the system.
New user-created vaults can be standard vaults or container vaults. The one exception to this is that a vault that is created on a storage pool that uses file storage or containing mirrors, must be a standard vault. In other cases, both types of vaults can be created. In these situations, when you create a new vault, the type of vault (standard or container) must be selected. The configuration options on the vault creation page differ if the vault is a container vault versus a standard vault. Standard vaults show these parameters; they cannot be set for container vaults:
  • Name index.
  • Recovery listing.
  • Versioning.
  • Delete restriction.
  • Authorized users.

If you create a standard vault now, with the desire to convert it into a container vault in the future, take special care when you select any of these options. See the conversion compatibility requirements.

Accounts cannot be given direct access to a container vault in the Cloud Object Storage Manager. It is handled only at the container level. For more information, see the Service API Manual.