Adding IBM Cloud Object Storage as a backup storage provider
Add IBM Cloud Object Storage to enable IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to offload data to IBM Cloud.
Before you begin
Configure the key and certificate that are required for the cloud object. For instructions, see Adding an access key and Adding a certificate.
Ensure that there are cloud storage buckets created for the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus data before you add the cloud storage in the following steps. For information how to create buckets, see About IBM Cloud Object Storage.
When adding IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS), the method for obtaining the access and secret key
will depend on the deployment model. If on-premise, keys can be obtained from the IBM COS Manager
Console. For IBM COS IaaS, keys are created when a service account is created and can be obtained
from the softlayer portal. If using IBM COS (COS as a Service), the access and secret key are not
created by default; when a service account is created, check the Include HMAC
Credential box, and add {“HMAC”:true}
to the Add Inline
Configuration Parameters text area.
Procedure
To add IBM Cloud Object Storage as a backup storage provider, complete the following steps:
What to do next
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Associate the cloud storage with the SLA policy that is used for the backup job. | To create an SLA policy, see Creating an SLA policy. To modify an existing SLA policy, see Editing an SLA policy. |