Create Air Gap Protect storage to isolate your backup data in a secure, time-based container that prevents unauthorized access and deletion.
When you create Air Gap Protect storage, the storage has a single container (available on the Backup locations tab for the storage). When the container reaches 2 PB, Commvault marks it as Full and creates a new container.
Location (region) requirements
The storage and MediaAgents must be in the same location (region).
You can create Air Gap Protect storage in backup plans, or you can create it as follows and then select the storage for a backup copy in backup plans.
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From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Storage > Air Gap Protect.
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In the upper-right area of the page, click Add.
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Enter a name for the storage.
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Select or create a MediaAgent that's in the same location (region) you select for the storage.
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Select the storage type, class, and location (region).
Need help with choosing a storage class?
- Frequent access: Use for backups that need regular or rapid restores, such as databases and VMs.
- Infrequent access: Use for backups that are rarely restored (a 30-day minimum is required), such as compliance archives and historical project data.
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Leave Use deduplication enabled and select a MediaAgent for the deduplication database (DDB) that's in the same location (region) you select for the storage.
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Click Save.