Add MinIO Storage Account

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Add New Storage Account
• Add Backup Destination for Storage Account
• Edit Storage Account
• Forever Forward Incremental Support
• Delete Storage Account

Add New MinIO Storage Account

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

Add New MinIO Storage Account in Management Console

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Open the Backup > Storage Accounts page.

3. Click + to launch the Create a new Backup Destination wizard.

4. On the Storage type step select MinIO*. Click Next.

5. On the Storage account step, select an existing storage account or create a new one. By default, existing storage accounts are displayed. To add a new storage account, click Create a new storage account.

6. Specify required information to access the storage account:
   • Display Name (required). Specify the name for the storage account.
   • Access Key (required). Provide the access key to authorize access to the storage.
   • Secret Key (required). Provide the corresponding secret key.
   • HTPP endpoint or HTTPS endpoint. Specify your storage account endpoint depending on protocol in use. In case there are both protocols in use, provide both endpoints.
   • Additional options > Ignore certificate. Choose whether to ignore the SSL certificate.
   • Additional options > Do not check credentials (no public access). Enable this option for storage deployed in a local network. With this option selected you cannot delete backup data using Management Console features.
   • Additional options > Enable versioning. Enable this option for storage deployed in a local network to enable versioning.
   • Additional options > Allow synthetic full backup. Enable this option for storage deployed in a local network to support simple schedule (Forever Forward Incremental).
   • Select URL access style, if you need to change the default.

7. Click Next. Specify the bucket. In the Destination display name field, specify the bucket name which will be displayed as a backup destination, then select whether you will use an existing bucket or create a new one:
   • Select the Create New option to create a new bucket. Name the bucket.
   • Select the Select Existing option to use the existing bucket, then select it in the drop-down list. Also you can select an external bucket you have access to.
   • For the buckets with Object Lock turned on, you can enable Default Object Lock features.
   • Enable Object Lock for GFS backups feature. Otherwise this functionality might be permanently disabled. Disable it if this functionality is not needed.

8. Select the companies or users to assign to the storage account.

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

Added storage account appears in the grid.

Add Backup Destination for Existing Cloud Storage Account

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Open Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.
3. Find the storage account you want to add a new backup destination, then expand actions.
4. Select Add backup destination.

5. Specify an existing bucket or create a new one.
6. Next, select companies or users to apply this backup destination.
7. Click Save.

Edit a Storage Account

To Edit a Storage Account:

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Open Backup > Storage Accounts.
3. Find the storage account you want to edit, then click the Edit icon.

4. Make required changes and complete the wizard to save them.

Manage storage account

Expand action next to the storage account:

• To add the new backup destination for the storage account, select Add Backup Destination
• To check credential validity, select Test credentials.
• To remove the storage account, select Delete storage account.
• To specify storage cost settings for the billing, 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
  • Optional: Add Custom Pricing, if needed:
    • Custom Price for a Specific Company. Click Add Custom Price by Company, enter the custom expense and end user price per GB for that company.
    • Custom Price for a Specific User. Click Add Custom Price by User. Enter the custom expense and end user price per GB for that user .

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 additional options of the MinIO storage account

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 click the Edit icon.

3. Enable 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.

Delete Storage Account

To delete a Storage Account

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Open Backup > Storage Accounts page in the new main menu.
3. Find the storage account you want to delete, then expand actions.
4. Select Delete storage account, then confirm the storage account deletion.

enable the SSL protocol for connections.

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