Adding an Amazon S3 Virtual Client with Access and Secret Keys

To back up an Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) virtual client, add an Amazon S3 virtual client with access and secret keys.

Procedure

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.
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 one or more proxy client computers or the client group where the Cloud Apps package is installed.
  Note
  - The proxy client computers must be of similar operating system type.
  - All clients in the client group must be reachable through network routes.
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.

On the Connection Details tab, enter the following details:

In the Host URL box, type the Amazon S3 service account URL (s3.amazonaws.com).
From the Authentication Type list, select Access and secret keys.

Enter credentials:

What	Steps
Select an existing credential	From the Credential list, select the credential that you want to use.
Create a new credential	From the Credential list, click Create New. The Create user credential dialog box appears. In the Credential name box, enter a name for the credentials In the Access key ID box, enter the access key ID of the Amazon S3 account In the Secret Access key box, enter the secret key for the Amazon S3 account. Click OK.

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