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Andanet
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Immutability in OCI S3 bucket

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Hi everyone,
I'm writing because I've got a few doubts about using an S3 bucket as the capacity tier in OCI.
Right now, I've got a bunch of Linux agents and RMAN plug-in that writes into a Linux hardened repository (not a VeeamISO). The client asked me to set up a new repository where the GFS backup policy would be stored in an OCI bucket (no data could leave OCI). But I read in the Oracle documentation (https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Cont ... nrules.htm) that I can't use Veeam immutability because OCI doesn't support API Object Lock.
I can only use OCI Retention Rules for bucket-level immutability, but these require suspended versioning. This is not compatible with the AWS S3 Object Lock API, which Veeam uses to enable the immutability option in the repository wizard.

Do you have any more info about this scenario?
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Antonio aka Andanet D'Andrea
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Re: Immutability in OCI S3 bucket

Post by Mildur » 1 person likes this post

Hi Antonio
I can only use OCI Retention Rules for bucket-level immutability, but these require suspended versioning.
Using retention rules/policies on Object Storage is not supported by Veeam, as they can lead to backup and restore issues.

Object Lock is currently not supported by Oracle through their S3 API, and there is no ETA for when it will be implemented by Oracle.
If immutability is a requirement today, please consider alternative object storage providers that offer full support for S3 Object Lock.

Best,
Fabian
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Andanet
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Re: Immutability in OCI S3 bucket

Post by Andanet »

Hi Fabian,
thanks for your reply. just a simple question, if I try to use S3 without Veeam immutability, hhere may still be same issues?
Thanks
Antonio aka Andanet D'Andrea
Backup System Engineer Senior at Sorint.lab ¦ VMCE-VMCA | VEEAM Legends | VEEAM VUG Italian Leader ¦
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