Veritas NetBackup™ Cloud Administrator's Guide

To assign a storage class

1. In the NetBackup Administration Console > Cloud Storage Configuration wizard, select Amazon.
2. On the Add Storage Server screen, specify the Amazon S3 configuration details such as, service host, storage server name, and access details.
3. Click Advanced Settings.
4. On the Advanced Server Configuration screen, the x-amz-storage-class header shows the Amazon S3 storage classes that NetBackup supports.

   Click the Value column to select any of the available storage classes - STANDARD or STANDARD_IA - as shown in the following screen:

   
5. Click Ok.

   Note:

   Veritas recommends that you do not modify the storage class of a cloud storage server, after you have assigned it.

6. Configure a new disk pool.

   See Configuring a disk pool for cloud storage.

   Note:

   Veritas recommends that you use different buckets for different storage classes.

7. Configure a new storage unit by accessing NetBackup Administration Console > NetBackup Management > Storage > Storage Units.
8. Modify the existing policy or SLP (or create new policy or SLP) to use the new storage unit by accessing the respective user interfaces:

   • To access policy, do the following: In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand NetBackup Management, and click Policies.

   • To access SLP, do the following: In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand NetBackup Management, expand Storage, and click Storage Life Cycle Policies.