Configuring a cloud-container storage pool for data storage
You can store deduplicated data and non-deduplicated data in a cloud-container storage pool and restore the data as required. You can configure cloud-container storage pools to use one of the following service providers: Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), IBM® Cloud Object Store, IBM SoftLayer®, and OpenStack Swift with Keystone Version 1 or Version 2. Cloud-container storage pools are not supported on Linux on System z®.
Before you begin
Complete the following steps:
- Obtain the configuration information for your cloud service provider:
- Specify a device class to use for database backup operations. When you use encryption for
cloud-container storage pools, the server master encryption key is used to protect the cloud
encryption key in a database backup.
- On the Operations Center menu bar, select Servers.
- Select a server row and click Back Up.
- Select a device class to use for database backup operations and click Back Up.
Tip: Alternatively, use the SET DBRECOVERY command to specify a device class for the database backup.
Procedure
To store data in a cloud-container storage pool, complete the following steps: