Configure Custom Storage Location for Your Backup Data

If you are currently using the Default storage location and you want to use your own storage afterward, you can contact IBM® Storage Protect for Cloud support to update your subscription, and then follow the steps below to change the storage location to your own storage.

1. In your own storage location, for security concerns, the storage firewall may have been set up to only allow trusted clients. To ensure the IBM Storage Protect for Cloud service can access your storage, you must complete the corresponding settings in Allow IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Agent Servers to Access Your Storage Account.
2. Navigate to Settings > General > Storage location and click Change to my own storage.
3. In the Change to my own storage pop-up window, to decide how to handle the existing backup data on the default storage, choose an option from the following:
   • Retain all backup data currently stored in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud’s storage until the retention time expires – The backup data in the default storage location will be retained until the retention time expires. The next backup job for each of the services in the protected scope will store the backup data in the configured custom storage location.
   • Remove all backup data from IBM Storage Protect for Cloud’s storage – The backup data will be removed from the default storage location, and you cannot use the previous backup data for restore. After the storage location is changed, the backup jobs for services in the protected scope will start in a few seconds. The backup data will be stored in the configured custom storage location.
   Note: After you have changed the storage location, the backup data on the previous storage location will follow the current Retention policy.
4. Click OK to save the settings.

Refer to the instructions in the following sections to configure the custom storage location.