To provision the S3 bucket

1. Go to Quick Actions and click Provision storage.
   
2. Select Storage type as Storage for Buckets and select S3 without cloud for generic S3 bucket.

   Note:

   Select S3 without cloud option under Storage for NetBackup storage type for configuring NetBackup with S3. For more details, see the Access Appliance Solutions Guide for NetBackup.

3. In the Configure Storage tab, pool_default is added as the default pool. You can create new pools or edit existing pools.
   
4. Select the appropriate storage pool to configure the S3 server and click Start S3 server to make it online.

   Note:

   SSL can be enabled, if required.

   
5. In the Activate Storage Policy page, choose the policy for storage provisioning,
   

   • For S3 bucket (non-WORM), click Complete prerequisites. Choose a storage pool from the list of pools available.

     

   • For S3 bucket (WORM), click Complete prerequisites. The cluster must be in Enterprise or Compliance mode. Choose a storage pool from the list of pools available.

     

     Set the minimum and maximum retention time.

     

     Note:

     The retention values can be set on objects within the range of the minimum retention period and maximum retention period provided in this step.

   Click Activate policy.

6. In the Generate S3 keys tab, you can use any local/AD/LDAP user credentials to generate the S3 keys. Enter the username for which you want to create keys and specify the user password. Click Generate S3 keys.
   

   Note down the access key and secret key generated in this step for future use.

7. In the Provision Storage tab, select the storage policy as S3 bucket and enter the bucket size. Enter the access key and secret key generated in step 6 and click Configure storage.