Backup Destination

Key:

Field Description
Name Name of the backup destination.
Type Single destination or destination pool type of storage.
Destination storage Backup storage destination type. 'Local', 'FTP' and other cloud storage can be selected.
Location The region of the storage on the Google Cloud Storage.
Access Key The access key provided by Google Cloud storage.
Secret Key The secret key provided by Google cloud storage.
Storage Class 3 different storage classes provided by Google cloud storage. They are
  • Standard Storage
  • Durable Reduced Availability (DRA) Storage
  • Nearline Storage
The selection of the storage class is mainly depends on the speed of access, price and availability. For more information please refer to their website for details.
https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/standard-storage
https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/durable-reduced-availability
https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/nearline
Bucket Name The name of the storage bucket for Google Cloud Storage.
Here are some basic rules for creating the bucket name:
  1. The bucket name should contains all lower case letter, number and hyphen.
  2. The bucket name should start and end with lower case letter or number.
  3. The length of the bucket name should be within 3 to 63 characters.
  4. The bucket name cannot begin with the "goog" prefix or contains the word "google".


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To create a backup destination for Google Cloud Storage:

  1. If you do not have the Google Cloud storage, please click on the link 'Sign up for Google Cloud Storage' to create an account.
  2. Enter name of the backup destination.
  3. If you need to setup a destination pool where you can add multiple single storage destination,
  4. Select 'Google Cloud Storage' from the [Destination storage] drop down box.
  5. Select the location(region) of your storage.
  6. Enter the access key for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  7. Enter the secret key for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  8. Select the storage class.
  9. Enter the Bucket Name for the storage.
  10. Check the 'Access the Internet through proxy', if you need to access the internet by proxy server.
  11. Click on [Test] button to connect to the storage. Message will be prompted about the connection status. If the connection is failed, check on the access key and secret key that you typed and try the connection again.
  12. Click [OK] if you want to add a new destination, save or continue the setting.


To modify the Google Cloud Storage settings:

  1. Configure a meaningful backup destination name if necessary.
  2. The destination storage cannot be modified. If you need another backup destination, you need to create a new backup destination.
  3. Configure information according to your requirement.


To collect the access key and secret key from your Google Cloud Storage:

  1. Go to the Google Developers Console.
  2. Click the name of the project you would like to use as your default project.
  3. In the left sidebar, click APIs & auth.
  4. Find Google Cloud Storage JSON API and make sure it is enabled. When the JSON API is enabled, the Status will display "ON".
  5. Next to the Google Cloud Storage JSON API service, click the settings gear icon.
  6. Click Interoperable Access in the left sidebar.
  7. Click Generate new key.

    The access key part of the new developer key is displayed.
  8. Click Show to show the secret part of the new developer key.