Registering IBM Cloud Object Storage in PowerVC

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Starting version 2.0.2, IBM Cloud Object Storage support has been integrated with PowerVC. You can register a Cloud Object Storage bucket on PowerVC and use it to upload and download image OVAs between PowerVC and IBM Cloud. This feature provides scalability and high availability and enables PowerVC for hybrid cloud. Currently, only IBM Cloud Object Storage is supported with the future scope being support for other Cloud Object Storage types.

Multiple backup nodes can be registered on a single PowerVC instance, which provides scalability and allows performing concurrent backups.

Prerequisites

To register Cloud Object Storage in PowerVC, you must have an IBM Cloud account and an active IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) service instance. You must also have the bucket that can be registered in PowerVC existing on your IBM COS instance.

Registering IBM Cloud Object Storage PowerVC

You can register the Cloud Object Storage in PowerVC through GUI and through API.

To register COS through user interface, perform these steps.
  1. Obtain the service credentials for the IBM COS instance and the bucket name.
  2. Make sure you pick the appropriate credentials based on the bucket location whether regional or cross regional.
  3. In the PowerVC user interface, navigate to Backup nodes > COS and then click Add COS.
  4. Specify the details and click Add.

To register COS through API, see Registering IBM Cloud Object Storage.

View Images on IBM COS

After registering the Cloud Object Storage, navigate to Backup nodes > COS and then click Image list to view the image OVAs present on that COS bucket on IBM Cloud along with the size of the image. Alternatively, you can also use the List COS Images API to view the images on the COS.
Note: The sizes in the COS image list are rounded off to the nearest GiB.

Edit COS details

The service credentials for the registered COS can be edited by using the Edit Connection option for the COS. You can edit the COS name on the COS details page.

You can also choose to edit the COS details by using the COS update API.

Delete or deregister Cloud Object Storage

To delete or deregister a COS, on the Backup nodes page, click COS, select a COS and click Remove.

You can also choose to delete or deregister the COS details by using the COS delete API.