Configuring NetBackup with Amazon Snowball Edge with file interface
When you backup data to the Amazon Snowball Edge device using the file interface, data is moved directly from the source to the Amazon Snowball Edge device.
Recommendation: As a precaution, always create a copy of the backup till the Amazon Snowball Edge device is not imported to cloud.
To configure NetBackup to transfer data to Amazon Snowball Edge using the file interface
- Create the cloud storage server with default instance.
Note:
An Amazon Snowball Edge device can be used to transfer data only from the region from where the device is obtained. Thus, ensure that all the buckets in storage server belong to same region.
Create different bucket(s) for Amazon Snowball Edge when you configure the disk pool. These buckets are used to create an import job in the AWS console.
Note:
It is recommended to create the buckets from the NetBackup web UI. However, if you create buckets from the AWS console, ensure that only characters that are supported by NetBackup are used.
- Create an import job in the AWS console. Select the buckets that were created during the disk pool creation. Refer to the AWS documentation for detailed steps.
- Install the Amazon Snowball client on the NetBackup media server.
- Configure the Amazon Snowball Edge device using the Amazon Snowball client.
- Update the following storage server properties:
AMZ:OFFLINE_TRANSFER_MODE: FILESYSTEM
AMZ:TRANSFER_DRIVE_PATH: <absolute path of the directory where the file share of the Amazon Snowball Edge device is mounted>
Mount the root of the file share instead of individual bucket(s) and provide that path to TRANSFER_DRIVE_PATH.
Note:
Set the property back to NONE after you have transferred the data to the Amazon Snowball Edge device.
- Create the NetBackup storage lifecycle policy and backup policy.
- After the data transfer is complete:
Deactivate the backup policy or postpone the secondary operation processing in the SLP till the device is in transit.
Set the storage server properties you have configured in step 5 to NONE.
Rollback the changes you done in step 6.
- Ship the device to the cloud vendor. Refer to the AWS documentation for detailed steps.