Backup Destination

Key:

Field Description
Name Name of the backup destination.
Type Backup destination type, either Single storage destination or Destination pool.
Destination storage Backup destination storage which can be set to Local / Mapped Drive / Network Drive / Removable Drive, Cloud storage or FTP/SFTP. Selection varies depending on your backup module.
Access Key The access key provided by Google Cloud Storage.
Secret The secret key provided by Google Cloud Storage.
Location Type The type of location where object data will be stored. There are 3 different location types provided by Google Cloud Storage. They are:
  • Region
  • Multi-region
  • Dual-region
In selecting a location make sure to balance the latency, availability and bandwidth costs of users. For more information please refer to their website for details.
https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/locations
Location The specific location per location type.
Location Type Location
Region
  • northamerica-northeast1 (Montreal)
  • northamerica-northeast2 (Toronto)
  • us-central1 (Iowa)
  • us-east1 (South Carolina)
  • us-east4 (Northern Virginia)
  • us-east5 (Columbus)
  • us-south1 (Dallas)
  • us-west1 (Oregon)
  • us-west2 (Los Angeles)
  • us-west3 (Salt Lake City)
  • us-west4 (Las Vegas)
  • southamerica-east1 (Sao Paulo)
  • southamerica-west1 (Santiago)
  • europe-central2 (Warsaw)
  • europe-north1 (Finland)
  • europe-southwest1 (Madrid)
  • europe-west1 (Belgium)
  • europe-west2 (London)
  • europe-west3 (Frankfurt)
  • europe-west4 (Netherlands)
  • europe-west6 (Zurich)
  • europe-west8 (Milan)
  • europe-west9 (Paris)
  • asia-east1 (Taiwan)
  • asia-east2 (Hong Kong)
  • asia-northeast1 (Tokyo)
  • asia-northeast2 (Osaka)
  • asia-northeast3 (Seoul)
  • asia-south1 (Mumbai)
  • asia-south2 (Delhi)
  • asia-southeast1 (Singapore)
  • asia-southeast2 (Jakarta)
  • me-west1 (Tel Aviv)
  • australia-southeast1 (Sydney)
  • australia-southeast2 (Melbourne)
Multi-region
  • us (multiple regions in United States)
  • eu (multiple regions in European Union)
  • asia (multiple regions in Asia)
Dual-region
  • nam4 (Iowa and South Carolina)
  • eur4 (Netherlands and Finland)
  • asia1 (Tokyo and Osaka)
Storage Class There are 4 different storage classes provided by Google Cloud Storage. They are:
  • Standard Storage
  • Nearline Storage
  • Coldline Storage
  • Archive Storage
The selection of the storage class depends mainly on the speed of access, price and availability. For more information please refer to their website for details.
https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/storage-classes
Bucket Name The name of the storage bucket for Google Cloud Storage.
Here are some basic rules for creating the bucket name:
  1. The bucket name should only contain all lowercase letters, numbers, dashes (-), underscores (_) and dots (.). Spaces are not allowed.
  2. The bucket name should start and end with a lowercase letter or number.
  3. The length of the bucket name should be within 3 to 63 characters.
  4. The bucket name cannot begin with the "goog" prefix. It cannot contain the word "google" or close mispellings, such as "g00gle'.
  5. The bucket name cannot be represented as an IP address in dotted-decimal notation, e.g. 192.168.1.10
Access the Internet through Proxy Check this option if your site uses a Proxy Server to access the internet.

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To create a backup destination for Google Cloud Storage:

  1. If you do not have a Google Cloud Storage, please click on the link 'Sign up for Google Cloud Storage' to create an account.
  2. Enter name of the backup destination.
  3. Select 'Single storage destination' under [Type].
  4. Select 'Google Cloud Storage' from the [Destination storage] drop down box.
  5. Enter the access key for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  6. Enter the secret key for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  7. Select the location type.
  8. Select the location of your storage.
  9. Select the storage class.
  10. Option: Enter the Bucket Name for the storage.
  11. Option: Check the 'Access the Internet through proxy' check box, if you need to access the internet by proxy server.
  12. Option: Click the [Test] button to connect to the storage. Message will be prompted about the connection status. If the connection has failed, check on the access key and secret key that you typed and try the connection again.
  13. Click [OK] to add the new destination.

To modify the Google Cloud Storage settings:

  1. Modify the 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. Modify information according to your requirement.
  4. Click [OK] to save the modifications.

To create a destination pool using Google Cloud Storage:

  1. Enter name of the backup destination pool.
  2. Select 'Destination pool' under [Type].
  3. Click [+] to add a new storage destination.
  4. Enter the name of the backup destination.
  5. Select 'Google Cloud Storage' from the [Destination storage] drop down box.
  6. Enter the access key for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  7. Enter the secret key for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  8. Select the location type.
  9. Select the location of your storage.
  10. Select the storage class.
  11. Option: Enter the Bucket Name for the storage.
  12. Option: Check the 'Access the Internet through proxy' check box, if you need to access the internet by proxy server.
  13. Option: Click the [Test] button to connect to the storage. Message will be prompted about the connection status. If the connection has failed, check on the access key and secret key that you typed and try the connection again.
  14. Click [OK] to add the new destination.
  15. Repeat the above steps to add a new backup destination to the pool.
  16. Once all the backup destination has been added, click [OK] to save the destination pool.

To collect the access key and secret key from your Google Cloud Storage:

  1. Go to the Google Developers Console.
  2. Click the name of the project you would like to use as your default project.
  3. In the left sidebar, click APIs & auth.
  4. Find Google Cloud Storage JSON API and make sure it is enabled. When the JSON API is enabled, the Status will display "ON".
  5. Next to the Google Cloud Storage JSON API service, click the settings gear icon.
  6. Click Interoperable Access in the left sidebar.
  7. Click Generate new key.
    The access key part of the new developer key is displayed.
  8. Click Show to show the secret part of the new developer key.