Starting the Access S3 server and provisioning the S3 bucket
You can use the following procedure to start the S3 server and provision the S3 bucket.
The size of the bucket for MSDP-C should not be more than 1 PiB.
For NetBackup MSDP-C, WORM-enabled bucket is only supported with Access Appliance Compliance mode.
To start the S3 server and provision the S3 bucket using the Access GUI
- In S3 buckets for NetBackup area, click Provision storage.
Or
Navigate to Quick Actions > Provision Storage > Storage for NetBackup > S3 without cloud. Click Next.
- Click Configure S3 server.
- Select the storage pool and click Start S3 server. If you want to enable SSL for S3 server. then turn on the Enable SSL toggle button.
- Click Activate LTR Policy.
- If you want to configure NetBackup MSDP-C on a non-WORM bucket, select NetBackup LTR S3 Bucket policy and click Complete prerequisites.
If you want to configure NetBackup MSDP-C on a WORM bucket, select NetBackup LTR S3 Bucket (WORM) policy and click Complete prerequisites.
- For non-WORM use case, select the storage pool. Click Activate policy.
For WORM use case, select the storage pool.
- Perform this step only for WORM use case. During activation, under Set WORM, the minimum and maximum retention period should be left as blank for MSDP-C buckets. This will be applied from NetBackup during configuration. Click Activate policy.
- Generate S3 keys. You can use any local/AD/LDAP user credentials. Under Name, enter the username for which you want to create keys and under Password, specify the user password.
Click on Generate S3 Keys.
- Note down the access key and secret key.
- Click Provision Storage.
- Select the storage policy according to the activation, set the bucket size as per the requirement, and specify the access and the secret keys.
