Backup Destination

Key:

Field Description
Name Name of the backup destination.
Type Backup destination type, either Single storage destination or Destination pool.
Destination storage The 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 ID The access key provided by Amazon S3.
Secret Access Key The secret key provided by Amazon S3.
Location The region of the storage on the Amazon S3.
  • US East (N. Virginia)
  • US East (Ohio)
  • US West (Northern California)
  • US West (Oregon)
  • Africa (Cape Town)
  • Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
  • Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
  • Asia Pacific (Osaka-Local)
  • Asia Pacific (Seoul)
  • Asia Pacific (Singapore)
  • Asia Pacific (Sydney)
  • Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
  • Canada (Central)
  • China (Beijing)
  • China (Ningxia)
  • Europe (Frankfurt)
  • Europe (Ireland)
  • Europe (London)
  • Europe (Milan)
  • Europe (Paris)
  • Europe (Stockholm)
  • Middle East (Bahrain)
  • South America (Sao Paulo)
  • AWS GovCloud (US-East)
  • AWS GovCloud (US-West)
Storage Class Five (5) different storage classes provided by Amazon S3.
  • Standard Storage
  • Standard - Infrequent Access Storage
  • Intelligent - Tiering Storage
  • One Zone - Infrequent Access Storage
  • Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS)
The selection of the storage class mainly depends on the speed of access, price and availability. For more information please refer to their website for details.
https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/
Bucket Name The name of the storage bucket for Amazon S3.
Here are some basic rules for creating the bucket name:
  1. The bucket name should contain all lower case letter, number and hyphen.
  2. The bucket name should start and end with lower case letter or number.
  3. The length of the bucket name should be within 3 to 63 characters.
Access the Internet through proxy Check this option if your site uses a proxy server to access the Internet.

To create a backup destination using Amazon S3:

  1. If you do not have an Amazon S3 account, please click on the link 'Sign up for Amazon S3' to create an account.
  2. Enter name of the backup destination.
  3. Select 'Single storage destination' under [Type].
  4. Select 'Amazon S3' from the [Destination storage] drop down box.
  5. Enter the Access Key ID for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  6. Enter the Secret Access Key for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  7. Select a location (region) for your storage.
  8. Select the storage class.
  9. Option: Enter the Bucket Name for the storage.
  10. Option: Check the 'Access the Internet through proxy' if you need to access the Internet by proxy server.
  11. Option: Click on [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 ID and Secret Access Key that you typed and try the connection again.
  12. Click [OK] to add the new destination.


To modify the Amazon S3 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. Click [OK] once done to save.


To create a destination pool using Amazon S3:

  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 'Amazon S3' from the [Destination storage] drop down box.
  6. Enter the Access Key ID for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  7. Enter the Secret Access Key for the storage. (Suggested to copy and paste the key to avoid typographical errors.)
  8. Select a location (region) for 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' if you need to access the Internet by proxy server.
  12. Option: Click on [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 ID and Secret Access Key that you typed and try the connection again.
  13. Click [OK] to add the new destination.
  14. Repeat the above steps to add a new backup destination to the pool.
  15. Once all the backup destination has been added, click [OK] to save the destination pool.


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The destination pool may not be available. This depends on the settings of your backup service provider. Please contact your backup service provider for more information.