-
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 74
- Liked: 6 times
- Joined: Jun 14, 2015 4:48 pm
- Contact:
Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Hello,
My question is related to Update 4 which I installed yesterday. Today I wanted to add AWS S3 as an external repository. I went through the wizard. The first two screen went fine. Account was verified. At scrren 3 (account) it shows correctly the Data Center region, I can select my available bucket(s), I need to select a folder. I click the browse button, and there is my problem I have no choice for a folder.
I created in the S3 management Console for my bucket a folder. In the permission screen, ACL, "Your AWS account" has all column with YES.
Any idea why the folder is not showm in the Veeam console?
Thanks
Edy
My question is related to Update 4 which I installed yesterday. Today I wanted to add AWS S3 as an external repository. I went through the wizard. The first two screen went fine. Account was verified. At scrren 3 (account) it shows correctly the Data Center region, I can select my available bucket(s), I need to select a folder. I click the browse button, and there is my problem I have no choice for a folder.
I created in the S3 management Console for my bucket a folder. In the permission screen, ACL, "Your AWS account" has all column with YES.
Any idea why the folder is not showm in the Veeam console?
Thanks
Edy
-
- Chief Product Officer
- Posts: 31628
- Liked: 7128 times
- Joined: Jan 01, 2006 1:01 am
- Location: Baar, Switzerland
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Hello Edy, can you please clarify what are you trying to do?
This particular functionality is designed for importing an Amazon S3 bucket that contains Veeam backups created by other solutions like Veeam N2WS CPM. This is why it is called "external" (not managed by B&R). Do you have such a bucket?
Thanks!
This particular functionality is designed for importing an Amazon S3 bucket that contains Veeam backups created by other solutions like Veeam N2WS CPM. This is why it is called "external" (not managed by B&R). Do you have such a bucket?
Thanks!
-
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 74
- Liked: 6 times
- Joined: Jun 14, 2015 4:48 pm
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Oh I see!!
I was trying to add AWS as a repostory so that I can send backup to a bucket.
Thanks
Edy
I was trying to add AWS as a repostory so that I can send backup to a bucket.
Thanks
Edy
-
- Chief Product Officer
- Posts: 31628
- Liked: 7128 times
- Joined: Jan 01, 2006 1:01 am
- Location: Baar, Switzerland
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
For that, please use Add Backup Repository > Object storage.
-
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 74
- Liked: 6 times
- Joined: Jun 14, 2015 4:48 pm
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Thanks - just created a new repository for S3. It worked. The wizard looks the same, but here I can add a new folder in the bucket. Cool!
Cheers
Edy
Cheers
Edy
-
- Novice
- Posts: 3
- Liked: never
- Joined: Jan 19, 2019 8:50 am
- Full Name: Ben Pang
- Contact:
[MERGED] Can't select object storage repository
Support case ID 03360525
Hello,
My question is related to Update 4 which I installed yesterday.Today I have add AWS S3 and Aliyun OSS as an backup repository successfully and I plan to backup a VM to them. But I can't select them as storage when I create a backup job as screenshot show. Any idea for this situation?
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ail9jZORI0MViBuQGyKtPazV4dZn
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ail9jZORI0MViBrQY8G2jqNMNIQv
Thank you.
Hello,
My question is related to Update 4 which I installed yesterday.Today I have add AWS S3 and Aliyun OSS as an backup repository successfully and I plan to backup a VM to them. But I can't select them as storage when I create a backup job as screenshot show. Any idea for this situation?
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ail9jZORI0MViBuQGyKtPazV4dZn
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ail9jZORI0MViBrQY8G2jqNMNIQv
Thank you.
-
- Enthusiast
- Posts: 74
- Liked: 6 times
- Joined: Jun 14, 2015 4:48 pm
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Thanks for the question.
I haven't figured out yet how I can use the AWS repository. I decided to wait until the manual for Update 4 is available. I guess very soon...
Cheers
Edy
I haven't figured out yet how I can use the AWS repository. I decided to wait until the manual for Update 4 is available. I guess very soon...
Cheers
Edy
-
- Chief Product Officer
- Posts: 31628
- Liked: 7128 times
- Joined: Jan 01, 2006 1:01 am
- Location: Baar, Switzerland
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Object storage can be used for Capacity Tier of scale-out backup repository only, you cannot use it as a regular backup repository. This should be explained on the dashboard where you pick your storage type when creating a backup repository... I hope I didn't forget to write it there, definitely was going to!
-
- Product Manager
- Posts: 14619
- Liked: 1664 times
- Joined: Feb 04, 2013 2:07 pm
- Full Name: Dmitry Popov
- Location: Prague
- Contact:
Re: CAN'T SELECT A BACKUP REPOSITORY
Hello and welcome to the community BenPang,BenPag wrote:My question is related to Update 4 which I installed yesterday.Today I have add AWS S3 and Aliyun OSS as an backup repository successfully and I plan to backup a VM to them. But I can't select them as storage when I create a backup job as screenshot show. Any idea for this situation?
Object storage based repository cannot be selected as a target for your primary backup job, you can only use it for the Capacity Tier of a scale-out backup repository.
Thanks!
-
- Novice
- Posts: 3
- Liked: never
- Joined: Jan 19, 2019 8:50 am
- Full Name: Ben Pang
- Contact:
Re: Can't select object storage repository
Noted.So if I want to backup my vm to AWS S3 or Aliyun OSS, How can I do?
Thanks!
Thanks!
-
- Product Manager
- Posts: 20343
- Liked: 2281 times
- Joined: Oct 26, 2012 3:28 pm
- Full Name: Vladimir Eremin
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
You cannot back up directly to object storage, it can be used only as an extension (Capacity Tier) to Scale-Out Backup Repository. Existing backups will be offloaded there, once the fall out of the specified operation restore window. Thanks!
-
- Influencer
- Posts: 23
- Liked: 7 times
- Joined: Jun 07, 2016 12:35 pm
- Full Name: Jonathan Powers
- Location: United States
- Contact:
[MERGED] Setup external repository AWS
I am having an issue setting up an external repository to my AWS cloud. Once I get to 'Bucket" I cannot select a Folder. There are no folders available even though I have created one in AWS for my bucket. In fact, no folders are viewable at all for any of my existing buckets. I have tried 4 different regions as well.
I tried rebooting the server and set the folder to public but no luck. Any thoughts?
I tried rebooting the server and set the folder to public but no luck. Any thoughts?
Thank you,
- Powersjo
https://powersjo.com/veeam
- Powersjo
https://powersjo.com/veeam
-
- Novice
- Posts: 3
- Liked: never
- Joined: Jan 19, 2019 8:50 am
- Full Name: Ben Pang
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Do you mean that I can backup my VM to OSS as secondary destinations and I can also restore my vm from them? If yes, I don't know wht I can't choose select the Configure secondary destinations for this job check box as the screenshot show.
Thanks!
Thanks!
-
- Product Manager
- Posts: 20343
- Liked: 2281 times
- Joined: Oct 26, 2012 3:28 pm
- Full Name: Vladimir Eremin
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
No, I meant something different - you cannot back up VM directly to object storage. It needs to land Scale-Out Backup Reposity first. Then, it needs to stay there for the defined amount of time (the operational restore window specified by you). Once it falls out of the set period of time, it gets offloaded to object storage.Do you mean that I can backup my VM to OSS as secondary destinations and I can also restore my vm from them? If yes, I don't know wht I can't choose select the Configure secondary destinations for this job check box as the screenshot show.
More information can be found here. Kindly, take a look.
Thanks!
-
- Product Manager
- Posts: 20343
- Liked: 2281 times
- Joined: Oct 26, 2012 3:28 pm
- Full Name: Vladimir Eremin
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Can you shed some light on what you're trying to achieve? If you want to make use of new Capacity tier, then, leverage the approach mentioned above. Thanks!I tried rebooting the server and set the folder to public but no luck. Any thoughts?
-
- Influencer
- Posts: 23
- Liked: 7 times
- Joined: Jun 07, 2016 12:35 pm
- Full Name: Jonathan Powers
- Location: United States
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
I am having an issue setting up an external repository to my AWS cloud. Once I get to 'Bucket" I cannot select a Folder. There are no folders available even though I have created one in AWS for my bucket. In fact, no folders are viewable at all for any of my existing buckets. I have tried 4 different regions as well.
I tried rebooting the server and set the folder to public but no luck. Any thoughts?
[UPDATE]
I tried rebooting the server and set the folder to public but no luck. Any thoughts?
[UPDATE]
^^^This was the answer to my question.^^^
Thank you,
- Powersjo
https://powersjo.com/veeam
- Powersjo
https://powersjo.com/veeam
-
- Product Manager
- Posts: 20343
- Liked: 2281 times
- Joined: Oct 26, 2012 3:28 pm
- Full Name: Vladimir Eremin
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Good to know. Indeed, external repository is a different feature implemented with the different use case in mind (to discover, recover or offload locally backup data produced by Cloud Protection Manager). Thanks!
-
- Expert
- Posts: 172
- Liked: 20 times
- Joined: Oct 03, 2016 12:41 pm
- Full Name: Robert
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
too bad we need a enterprice vbr license to use scale out repository.
-
- Chief Product Officer
- Posts: 31628
- Liked: 7128 times
- Joined: Jan 01, 2006 1:01 am
- Location: Baar, Switzerland
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Indeed - but it was the case since scale-out backup repository was first introduced a few years ago, so no changes in product licensing here.
-
- Chief Product Officer
- Posts: 31628
- Liked: 7128 times
- Joined: Jan 01, 2006 1:01 am
- Location: Baar, Switzerland
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
In fact, you no longer need "free VBR limited Enterprise Plus license plus" with Update 4 (this was merely a workaround due to VBR, VAW and VAL licensed being product-specific). As of Update 4, when you purchase agents, you will get an Instance license of Enterprise Plus edition that is good for any product - and just install your backup server with one.
-
- Expert
- Posts: 174
- Liked: 18 times
- Joined: Aug 15, 2014 11:21 am
- Full Name: Rob
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
How about for backup copy, can S3 be used as a repository for that?v.eremin wrote: ↑Jan 23, 2019 11:54 am No, I meant something different - you cannot back up VM directly to object storage. It needs to land Scale-Out Backup Reposity first. Then, it needs to stay there for the defined amount of time (the operational restore window specified by you). Once it falls out of the set period of time, it gets offloaded to object storage.
More information can be found here. Kindly, take a look.
Thanks!
-
- Veeam Software
- Posts: 2097
- Liked: 310 times
- Joined: Nov 17, 2015 2:38 am
- Full Name: Joe Marton
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Backup copy can't land directly on S3 either. It needs to land on another repository first, which would be configured as an extent within SOBR, just as for a primary backup job.
Joe
Joe
-
- Expert
- Posts: 174
- Liked: 18 times
- Joined: Aug 15, 2014 11:21 am
- Full Name: Rob
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
I see, are you an employee of Veeam? Why don't you guys make it so that backup copy does work with S3 directly? Some of us have very simple setups and will never have a need for such complexities like scale-out backups, we just want a backup copy sent to the cloud, as cheaply as possible.
$0.023 per GB per month is very appealing to me. Hah.
$0.023 per GB per month is very appealing to me. Hah.
-
- Veeam Software
- Posts: 2097
- Liked: 310 times
- Joined: Nov 17, 2015 2:38 am
- Full Name: Joe Marton
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
You could always spin up a Windows or Linux VM as an EC2 instance, add EBS storage, and add that as a repository into VBR. Then make a SOBR only containing that instance and enable Capacity Tier. This way the copy job goes directly to the cloud, and then weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly backups would be created and moved to S3.
Joe
Joe
-
- Expert
- Posts: 174
- Liked: 18 times
- Joined: Aug 15, 2014 11:21 am
- Full Name: Rob
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
Unneeded complexity and cost. The S3 is just a storage place for files, why can't Veeam write to it directly for backup copies? Consider it a feature request..
-
- Service Provider
- Posts: 247
- Liked: 20 times
- Joined: Aug 02, 2011 9:30 pm
- Full Name: Matjaž Antloga
- Location: Celje, Slovenia
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
feature request! thanks.
-
- Expert
- Posts: 193
- Liked: 47 times
- Joined: Jan 16, 2018 5:14 pm
- Full Name: Harvey Carel
- Contact:
Re: Add AWS S3 as an external repository
It's the perpetual reason Veeam has; incremental chains == what your chain looks like today may not be what it looks like tomorrow, and since the data on S3 can't be transformed, you need a data file which is "finalized", for lack of a better term. Normal transforms (meant to reduce data over network) just don't work on S3 storages, as best our shop could tell.
What you really want is a simple path to S3, and you don't need Veeam for that. Just fire up your preferred S3 provider's client and drag/drop a full backup file. It will be inconsistent, out of date, and Veeam unaware, but it will do what you need.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests