Backup to Yandex Object Storage via Veritas Backup Exec
To set up backups in Object Storage via Veritas Backup Exec:
- Before you start
- Create a bucket
- Create a service account
- Create a static access key
- Create a cloud instance on Yandex Object Storage
- Configure cloud storage
- Add a server for backup
- Configure the backup task
Before you start
Before using Yandex Object Storage, sign up for Yandex Cloud and create a billing account:
- Go to the management console. Then log in to Yandex Cloud or sign up if don't already have an account.
- On the billing page, make sure you linked a billing account, and it has the
ACTIVE
orTRIAL_ACTIVE
status. If you don't have a billing account, create one.
If you have an active billing account, you can create or select a folder to place your bucket in. Go to the Yandex Cloud homepage and select or create a folder where you want to create a bucket. Learn more about the resource hierarchy in Yandex Cloud.
Required paid resources
The cost for backup and recovery includes:
- A fee for data storage (see Yandex Object Storage pricing).
- A fee for data operations (see Yandex Object Storage pricing).
- The cost of outgoing traffic from Yandex Cloud to the internet (see Yandex Object Storage pricing).
Create a bucket
To create a bucket for backups:
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Go to the Yandex Cloud management console and select the folder where you want to perform the operations.
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On the folder page, click Create resource and select Bucket.
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In the Name field, enter a name for the bucket, like
backup
.The name must meet the following requirements:
- The length of the name must be from 3 to 63 characters.
- The name may contain lowercase Latin letters, numbers, hyphens, and periods.
- The first and last characters must be letters or numbers.
- Characters to the right and left of the period must be letters or numbers.
- The name must not look like an IP address (for example, 10.1.3.9).
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Specify the maximum size of the bucket in GB.
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Click Create bucket.
Create a service account
Create a service account with the role storage.admin
.
Create a static access key
Create static access keys. Save the ID and secret key: you'll need them in the next steps. You won't be able to access the private key parameters again after you close the window.
Create a cloud instance on Yandex Object Storage
Start the Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface and run the command:
BEMCLI> New-BECloudInstance
Enter the cloud instance parameters one-by-one:
Provider:
compatible-with-s3
.ServiceHost:
storage.yandexcloud.net
.SslMode:
disabled
.Name:
Yandex-Cloud
.
Command execution result:
cmdlet New-BECloudInstance at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Provider: compatible-with-s3
ServiceHost: storage.yandexcloud.net
SslMode: disabled
Name: Yandex-Cloud
Name : yandex-cloud
Id : 12436533-a39e-4df6-81db-f8365eb4178d
Provider : compatible-with-s3
ServiceHost : storage.yandexcloud.net
SslMode : Disabled
UrlStyle : Path
HttpPort : 80
HttpsPort : 443
Endpoint :
Configure cloud storage
- Start Veritas Backup Exec.
- On the Storage panel, select Configure cloud storage.
- Enter a Name for the cloud storage device and click Next.
- Select a vendor for the S3 device and click Next.
- Enter the connection information:
- Select Cloud storage
yandex-cloud [ compatible-with-s3 ]
. - Next to Logon account, click Add/Edit.
- In the Logon account selection window, click Add.
- In the User name field, enter the key ID.
- In the Password field, enter the secret key.
- Repeat the password in the Confirm password field.
- Set an Account name, for example,
Administrator of Bucket
. - Click OK, OK.
- Click Next.
- Select Cloud storage
- Select a backup bucket and click Next.
- Select the number of parallel operations for the device and click Next.
- Check the selected settings and click Done.
Add a server for backup
- Start Veritas Backup Exec.
- Open the Backup and Restore panel.
- In the Servers and Virtual Hosts drop-down list, select Add.
- Select Microsoft Windows computer, click Next.
- Enable Allow Backup Exec to establish a trust with the servers and click Next.
- Add a server and click Next.
- (optional) Select the options for the agent update and remote computer restart and click Next.
- Check the selected settings and click Install.
Configure the backup task
- Start Veritas Backup Exec.
- Open the Backup and Restore panel.
- Select the server you added in the previous step.
- In the Backup drop-down list, select Back Up to Cloud.
- (optional) Check and edit the backup settings.
Be sure to select the cloud device you created earlier as a storage. - Click OK.