Configuring Backups for Amazon S3 Object Storage

Create an Amazon S3 group that will contain the buckets and objects you want to manage and back up.

Before You Begin

• If you are an MSP and you want your tenant administrators to configure Amazon S3, see Managed Service Provider Configuration.

Navigate to Service Catalog

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Service catalog.

Choose Amazon S3

1. On the Object Storage tile, click Configure.

2. Select Amazon S3.

   The File & Object Trial message appears.

3. Click Continue.

   The Configure Permissions page of the wizard appears.

Configure Permissions

1. You can choose to use either the hosted infrastructure provided by Commvault or your own configured access nodes for backups.

   • Use hosted infrastructure: Select this option to use the hosted infrastructure provided by Commvault for backups.

   • Use your access nodes for backups: Select this option if you want to use your own configured access nodes for performing backups.

   Note

   If the MSP has configured a workload resource pool in a single region and no access node is configured by the tenant, this step will not appear. Access nodes configured in the workload resource pool are selected automatically.

Access Node

1. Select one of the following options:

   • If you selected Use hosted infrastructure, select the region where the Amazon S3 data is hosted, and then click NEXT.

     Only the allowed regions where Commvault Cloud access nodes are present are available to select.

   • if you selected Use your access nodes for backups, select an existing access node or configure a new access node for performing backups.

Plan Creation

1. Select an existing backup plan or create a new backup plan to associate with Amazon S3.

   If the region for hosted infrastructure is selected, only backup plans associated with that region are displayed.

Add Object storage

Depending on your selection in the Access Node Selection step, follow one of these options:

• If you selected Use hosted infrastructure, to add the Amazon S3 storage account to back up, complete the following steps:

  1. In Name, enter a descriptive name for the object storage instance.

  2. In Host URL, enter the service account URL.

  3. Click Next.

• If you selected Use your own access nodes for backups, to add the Amazon S3 storage account to back up, use add object storage.

Choose Backup Content

1. Select the backup content you want to protect, such as the file systems and data.

Summary

1. Review your selections, and then click Finish to complete the configuration.