Manage Storage Accounts

This chapter do not cover the details on how to add configure S3 Compatible or local (file system) storage accounts.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Add Cloud Storage Account
• Add Backup Destination for Cloud Storage Account
• Native Multipart Upload
• Edit Cloud Storage Account
• Forever Forward Incremental Support
• Delete Storage Account
• Manage Backup Destinations for Users

Add New Cloud Storage Account

To manage this feature, the Backup > Storage Account permission should be granted as the administrator permission on Organization > Administrators.

To Add New Storage Account

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Open the Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.

3. Click Add Account to open the Add Cloud Storage wizard.

4. Select the required storage provider (as an example, the storage provider is Microsoft Azure).

5. Click Next.
6. Specify the required information to access the storage account.

7. Click Next.
8. Specify the container. In the Display Name field, specify the container name which will be displayed, then select whether you use an existing container or create a new one:

• Select the Create New option to create a new container
• Select the Select Existing option to use the existing container, then select it in the drop-down list.

9. Click Next.
10. Select companies or users to assign to the storage account.

11. Click Next.
12. View the storage account summary, then click Save.

Add Backup Destination for Existing Cloud Storage Account

1. Open the Management Console.
2. On Storage select the Storage Accounts item if you use legacy main menu, or open Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.
3. Find the storage account you want to add a new backup destination, then click the Settings icon.
4. Select Add Backup Destination

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Classic User Experience (Legacy Menu)

3. Specify the bucket or container or create a new one

4. Next, select companies or users to apply this backup destination.

5. Click Save.

Edit a Storage Account

To Edit a Storage Account

1. Open the Management Console.
2. On Storage select the Storage Accounts item if you use legacy main menu, or open Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.
3. Find the storage account you want to edit, then click the Settings icon.

• To modify the display name, select Edit display name, then specify the new storage account name
• To change the storage account credentials and properties, select Change Credentials (the figure below displays the dialog box for the Amazon S3 storage account), then specify the new credentials for the storage account. To use MinIO or any S3-compatible storage for your backups and intend to build your backup strategy using the Forever Forward Incremental backups, you can add synthetic backup for this storage accounts. In Change Credentials dialog select Allow Synthetic Full Backup option.

• To specify storage cost settings for the storage account, select Storage Cost Settings, then specify the storage cost settings that will be applied for this storage account.

• In the Cost per GB field, specify your own expense rate per GB for the storage account
• In the Price per GB field, specify the end user price per GB
• To add a custom price for the specific company, click Add custom price by company, then, in the Storage Cost Settings dialog box, specify your own expense rate per GB and the end user price per GB
• To add a custom price for the specific user, click Add custom price by company, then, in the Storage Cost Settings dialog box, specify your own expense rate per GB and the end user price per GB.
• To add the new backup destination for the storage account, select Add Backup Destination

• In the Add destination bucket dialog box, specify the backup destination settings:
• In the Display Name field, specify the backup destination name
• Select the Create New Bucket option to create a new bucket for the backup destination
• Select Select existing bucket option to specify the existing bucket for the backup destination
• In case the storage account is Amazon S3, the Use Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration check box is available. Select it to apply the Amazon transfer acceleration tool for the backup destination. To learn more, refer to the Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration article.
• To specify the lifecycle rule for the storage account, select Lifecycle Rules Settings

To learn more about Amazon lifecycle rules, refer to the S3 Lifecycle Policies chapter.

Forever Forward Incremental Support

Forever Forward Incremental (simple schedule) requires the Synthetic Full backup enabled.

Synthetic backup is a backup type that creates a full backup using in-cloud data copying. This backup type is required for Forever Forward Incremental backup. If a plan type and backup destination support synthetic backup, it will be switched on automatically, but for MinIO and other S3-compatible storage accounts, the synthetic full backup can be enabled in the storage account properties.

To successfully enable synthetic full for the backup storage, perform the following steps:

1. Enable the synthetic full backup in storage account properties .
2. Create files backup plan for testing purposes using this backup storage destination. Run this plan manually once.
3. Force the synthetic full backup for this backup plan. In case the forced backup plan run is successful, you can use this backup plan destination to create backup plans with a Forever Forward Incremental schedule.

Step 1. Enable Synthetic Backup for Backup Storage Destination

Management Console

To enable the synthetic full backup, proceed as follows:

1. In Management Console navigate to **Backup > Storage Accounts.
2. Find the required storage account then expand actions and select Change Credentials.

3. Click Allow Synthetic Full backup.

4. Save your selection.

Backup Agent

To enable the synthetic full backup, proceed as follows:

1. In the Backup Agent application menu, select Edit Storage Accounts.
2. Find the required storage account then click Edit.
3. Click Advanced Settings.
4. Select the Use synthetic full backup checkbox.
5. Click OK.

Step 2. Create Backup Plan for Testing Purposes

Synthetic backup applies for the following backup types:

• File-Level Backup
• Image-Based Backup
• VMware Backup
• Hyper-V Backup

For testing purposes, it is recommended to create a Files Backup plan.

Step 3. Force Synthetic Backup for Backup Plan

To force a synthetic backup for testing purposes:

Management Console

1. Open Backup > Computers.
2. Find the required computer, then click the Configure icon in the Backup Plan Status column.
3. On the side panel, navigate to the Backup Plans tab
4. Find the plan to run.
5. Expand this control to use the following option:
   • Force Synthetic Full Backup

Backup Agent

1. In the application expand the backup plan you want to run a synthetic full backup for.
2. On the Run control, open the drop-down menu.
3. Click Force Synthetic Full Backup.

Check whether this backup plan run is completed successfully. It is recommended to perform a test restore using this backup plan.

Native Multipart Uploads

For backup plans in the [new backup format], the enabled native multipart uploads are required for S3-compatible storage destinations. Before backing up, mind to make sure if this option is enabled in the storage account settings. To do this, proceed as follows:

1. Open the Management Console.
2. In the Storage menu, select the Storage Accounts item.
3. Find the required storage account, click the Settings icon.
4. Select Change Credentials.
5. Select the Use native multipart upload checkbox.

6. Click Save.

Delete Storage Account

To delete a Storage Account

1. Open the Management Console.
2. On Storage select the Storage Accounts item if you use legacy main menu, or open Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.
3. Find the storage account you want to delete, then click the Settings icon.
4. Select Delete Account, then confirm the storage account deletion.

Manage Backup Destinations for Users

To Manage Backup Destinations

1. Open the Management Console.
2. On Computers select Remote Management if you use legacy main menu, or open Backup > Computers page in the new main menu.
3. Find the computer you want to modify the backup destination settings, then click the Settings icon.
4. Select Edit, then select Edit Account.

• In the User Account drop-down list, select the user for the storage account
• In the Edition drop-down list, select the license type for the storage account
• In the Backup Destination table, select computers for specific backup destinations. In the SSL column, enable the SSL protocol for connections.

5. Once you are finished with settings, click Save.