Adding an Amazon S3 Virtual Client with IAM Role Policy

To back up the Amazon S3 buckets of Amazon S3 service accounts, you must create an Identity and Access Management (IAM) role and launch the Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) VM with the IAM role with full permission to the S3 buckets. You must also select the EC2 VM as the access node.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click Client Computers, and then click New Client > Cloud Storage > Amazon S3.

   The New Amazon S3 Client dialog box appears.

2. On the General tab, provide the following details:

   1. In the Client Name box, type a name for the new virtual client.

   2. In the Instance Name box, type a name for the instance.

   3. In the Access Node box, select the EC2 VM as proxy client computer where the Cloud Apps package is installed.

   4. In the Storage Policy box, select a storage policy for the backup and restore operations.

   5. In the Number of Data Backup Streams box, type the number of data streams to use for backups. The maximum value is 99.

      Note: The number of streams must not exceed the maximum number configured in the subclient storage policy. The CommServe allocates streams depending on the availability of resources.

3. On the Connection Details tab, enter the following details:

   1. In the Host URL box, type the Amazon S3 service account URL (s3.amazonaws.com).

   2. From the Authentication Type list, select AWS IAM role policy.

   3. Click OK.

4. Click OK.

Results

The Commvault software creates an Amazon S3 virtual client that contains a default instance.