Products: Managed Backup (Agent), Managed Backup (Web)

Article ID: m0242Last Modified: 14-Nov-2024

Manage Storage Accounts

Create and configure cloud or local (file system) storage accounts.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Add New Cloud Storage Account

To Add New Storage Account

Open the Management Console.
On Storage select Storage Accounts if you use legacy main menu, or open the Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.

Click Add Account to open the Add Cloud Storage wizard.

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

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

If you want to create a new storage destination of selected storage provider, click Sign Up for Microsoft Azure

Click Next.
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.

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

Note that it takes a while to assign companies and users to the storage account

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

Add Backup Destination for Existing Cloud Storage Account

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

New User Experience

Classic User Experience (Legacy Menu)

Specify the bucket or container or create a new one
Next, select companies or users to apply this backup destination.
Click Save.

Edit a Storage Account

To Edit a Storage Account

Open the Management Console.
On Storage select the Storage Accounts item if you use legacy main menu, or open Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.
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, 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

There are some required actions to manage Lifecycle Rules Settings for Microsoft Azure. You cannot perform some operations with the added Microsoft Azure backup storage if this actions won't be performed.

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

Native Multipart Uploads

For backup plans in the [new backup format], 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:

Open the Management Console.
In the Storage menu, select the Storage Accounts item.
Find the required storage account, click the Settings icon.
Select Change Credentials.
Select the Use native multipart upload check box.

Click Save.

Delete Storage Account

To delete a Storage Account

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

Manage Backup Destinations for Users

To Manage Backup Destinations

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

Once you are finished with settings, click Save.