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 Amazon S3.
Access Key ID The access key provided by Amazon S3.
Secret Access Key The secret key provided by Amazon S3.
Storage Class 3 different storage classes provided by Amazon S3. They are
  • Standard Storage
  • Standard - Infrequent Access Storage
  • Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS)
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://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/
Bucket Name The name of the storage bucket for Amazon S3.
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.


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To create a backup destination for Amazon S3:

  1. If you do not have an Amazon S3 account, please click on the link 'Sign up for Amazon S3' 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 'Amazon S3' from the [Destination storage] drop down box.
  5. Select the location(region) of your storage.
  6. Enter the Access Key ID for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  7. Enter the Secret Access 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 ID and Secret Access 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 Amazon S3 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.