Adding IBM Cloud Object Storage as a backup storage provider
Add IBM Cloud Object Storage to enable IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to offload data to IBM Cloud.
Before you begin
Configure the key and certificate that are required for the cloud object. For instructions, see Adding an access key and Adding a certificate.
Ensure that there are cloud storage buckets created for the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus data before you add the cloud storage in the following steps. For information how to create buckets, see About IBM Cloud Object Storage.
When creating a bucket on IBM Cloud™ Object Storage (COS), ensure that both Add Archive rule and Add Experation rules are not selected when creating buckets that are to be used for copy or archive. This can result in a failure with the “bucket has an unsupported lifecycle configuration” error when the job attempts to run in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. The Add Retention policy option may be set for a bucket to be used for copy, but should not be set for a bucket that will be used for archiving.
The Cold Vault bucket of type should only be used when archiving, as it is the lowest-cost option and is described as ideal for long-term retention of data that will be minimally accessed.
When adding IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS), the method for obtaining the access and secret key
will depend on the deployment model. If on-premise, keys can be obtained from the IBM COS Manager
Console. For IBM COS IaaS, keys are created when a service account is created and can be obtained
from the softlayer portal. If using IBM COS (COS as a Service), the access and secret key are not
created by default; when a service account is created, check the Include HMAC
Credential box, and add {“HMAC”:true}
to the Add Inline
Configuration Parameters text area.
Procedure
To add IBM Cloud Object Storage as a backup storage provider, complete the following steps:
What to do next
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Associate the cloud storage with the SLA policy that is used for the backup job. | To create an SLA policy, see Creating an SLA policy. To modify an existing SLA policy, see Editing an SLA policy. |