Add a Cloud Account for Amazon S3-Compatible

Add an Amazon S3-Compatible cloud account to copy Files or recovery points to cloud storage. You can use this account while creating Copy Recovery Point / File Copy /File Archive task.

Notes:

• For S3 Compatible/S3 sub-vendors, who use the V3/V2 authentication type to get certified with Arcserve CCI, it works fine as the default Signer type override flag is set to True. But, sub-vendors using the V4 authentication need to change the flag to False in the AmazonPlugin.properties file and restart services.
• SIGNER_OVERRIDE=false

• To support HGST cloud for Amazon-S3 Compatible, you need to modify the following AmazonPlugin.property:
• SET_STORAGECLASS_HEADER=false
• This property helps to skip the storage header. As a result, using this property if you add a File Copy / File Archive task with Amazon as the Cloud destination, by default the storage header is skipped.
• The AmazonPlugin.properties file is located at the following location:
• C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\BIN\CCI\Config

Follow these steps:

1. Log into Arcserve UDP, and click the resources tab.
2. From the left pane, navigate to Destinations, and click Cloud Accounts.
3. The Destinations: Cloud Accounts page is displayed in the center pane.
3. Click Add a Cloud Account.
4. The Add a Cloud Account page is displayed.
4. For Display Name, provide a unique name.
5. Display Name specifies the name of the cloud storage. This name will be added to Console for identifying the cloud account. Each cloud account must have a unique display name.
5. Select the option from the Cloud Service drop-down list.
6. Multiple fields appear for configuration.
6. Enter details in the following fields to configure and click OK:

Storage Endpoint

Specifies the Vendor service URL. For example, http://[server name]:Port No

Access Key ID

Identifies the user who is requesting access to this location.

Secret Access Key

Refers to a password that is used to verify the authenticity of the request to access this location because your Access Key is not encrypted.

Important! This Secret Access Key is crucial for maintaining the security of your accounts. You should keep your keys and your account credentials in a secure location. Do not embed your Secret Access Key in a web page or other publicly accessible source code and do not transmit it over insecure channels.

Proxy Settings

Specifies the proxy server settings. Select the check box of Connect using a proxy server if you want to enable this option. If you select this option, you must also include the IP address (or machine name) of the proxy server and the corresponding port number that is used by the proxy server for internet connections. You can also select this option if your proxy server requires authentication. Then, you must provide the corresponding authentication information (Domain Name\Username and Password) that is required to use the proxy server.

Bucket Name

All files and folders moved or copied to the cloud vendor are stored and organized in your buckets. Buckets are like a container for your files and are used to group and organize objects together. Every object stored at the cloud vendor is placed in a bucket.

Enable Reduced Redundancy Storage

For Amazon S3 only, this option lets you select to enable Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS). RRS is a storage option within Amazon S3 that helps you reduce cost by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower levels of redundancy than Amazon S3’s standard storage. Both the standard and reduced redundancy storage options store data in multiple facilities and on multiple devices, but with RRS the data is replicated fewer times, so the cost is less. You should expect the same latency and throughput using either the Amazon S3 standard storage or RRS. By default this option is not selected (Amazon S3 uses the standard storage option).

7. The cloud account is added to the Console.

Note: If you have configured File Copy and File Archive in versions Arcserve UDP v6.0 or previous versions and now you upgrade to the latest version of Arcserve UDP, then for File Archive Arcserve UDP creates a new cloud bucket suffixed with -fa. File Copy uses the same bucket that was used in the previous version.