Backup storage locations

You can create backups by assigning a backup policy to an application. The policy specifies how frequently to backup the application, and where to store the backup. The location where the backup is stored is called a backup location and it is a prerequisite to create a policy.

Local snapshots store the backup on the local cluster, but it is a good practice to specify an external object store as a backup location so that you do not lose backups upon local storage failures. IBM Storage Fusion uses a secure connection to transfer the backups to the object storage provider of your choice.

To manage the backup location by using CRs, see Backup and restore commands.

From the Locations page, you can configure at least one location to store your backed-up data. It supports a variety of object storage types.

The Locations page includes the following details:
Table 1. Location page details
Element Description
Locations table It lists the following location details:
  • The Name of the location.
  • The Status of the location.
  • The Type of the location.
  • The Used capacity of the location.
  • The Policies associated to the application.
  • The Applications associated with the location.

Click the Name link to view the details of the location in a slide out pane.

Customize the locations table view
A list of all locations is displayed in either tile or table mode. Click the appropriate icon to toggle between the two different views.
Note: The tile icon has four small boxes and the table icon shows a bullet list.
  • Tile mode
    It lists all the configured locations as clickable tiles. As an overview, individual tiles provide the status of the location. For example, Connected with a green checkmark indicates that the location is online. It also displays the used capacity value, number of policies, and number of applications associated to it. Click the tiles to view the details of the location in a slide out pane.
    Table mode
    It lists all locations in a table format.

You can choose a number in the Items per page to decide the rendering of policy records per page. Use the arrows to move between pages. You can also select a page number to directly jump to it.

Search the locations table

Use the Search text box to filter the records in the list. You can also use the settings icon to choose the columns to display. Click Reset to default if you want the original system settings.

In addition, you can also filter the records based on Status and Type. Choose the option All from the Status and Type drop down lists to view all records.

Actions from the ellipsis overflow menu of a location record
  • You can do the following operations from the ellipsis overflow menu of the location record both in tile and table mode:
    • Click Details to open the <Location name> slide out pane.

      Alternatively, you can click the Name link to view the details of the location in a slide out pane.

      The details about the location vary based on the type. For example, Amazon AWS includes the following details: Type, Status, Used capacity, Endpoint, Bucket, Region, and associated Polices and Applications.
      Note: The Region is only applicable for AWS locations.

      Expand the Policies and Applications to see a list of associated polices and applications. The number that is mentioned within parenthesis for Policies and Applications indicate the total number of associated polices and applications respectively.

      Click the edit icon to update Access key and Secret key. For Azure, the values are Account name and Account key.

      Click the launch YAML icon to view the YAML.

    • From the ellipsis overflow menu, click Edit to update the values of Access key and Secret key. For Azure, the values are Account name and Account key.
      Note: You cannot update bucket details except credentials because two backup storage locations with different names can share the same credentials and endpoint.
    • Click Remove to delete the location record. Click Remove in the Confirm remove window. This action removes the location as an available backup location from IBM Storage Fusion. However, you can still access this backup location through your storage service provider.
Add Location Click Add Location to add a new location. For more information about the procedure, see Adding a backup storage location.