Creating a Backup Storage Pool

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. On the menu bar, clickResources.
  2. On the navigation bar, select the site for which you want to create a backup storage pool and select Storage in the navigation tree.
  3. Click the Backup Storage Pool tab and click Create Backup Storage Pool.

    1. Set the name and description for the backup storage pool.
    2. Select a proper alarm threshold (%) ranging from 1 to 100.
    3. Select the required backup storage type. The operation varies with backup storage types. For details, see Table 1.
    Table 1 Parameters for different backup storage types

    Backup Storage Type

    Procedure

    Backup safekeeping library of HUAWEI CLOUD

    1. Select the created site.
    2. Select the purchased backup safekeeping library.
    3. (Optional) Select an available proxy. If no proxy is available, click Create Proxy. For details about how to create a proxy, see Creating a ProxyCreating a Proxy.

      You can select Public Network Acceleration.

    4. (Optional) Select Offline Storage Unit.

      Select the Teleport offline transmission device of HUAWEI CLOUD Data Express Service (DES), to back up data to Object Storage Service (OBS). When applying for a Teleport device, you cannot set the import directory.

      Set the correct share path.

    S3

    1. Select the required protocol.
    2. Enter the correct AK, SK, service host, and bucket name.
    3. (Optional) Select an available proxy. If no proxy is available, click Create Proxy. For details about how to create a proxy, see Creating a ProxyCreating a Proxy.

      You can select Public Network Acceleration.

  4. Click OK.

Follow-up Procedure

After creating a backup storage pool, you can modify and delete the information about the backup storage pool. For details about subsequent operations, see Table 2.

Table 2 Related operations

Related Operations

Prerequisites or Results

Locate the row where the backup storage pool resides, and click the name of the backup storage pool. You can view details about the backup storage pool in the displayed Backup Storage Pool Details dialog box.

In the Backup Storage Pool Details dialog box, you can view information about the backup storage pool.

Locate the row where the backup storage pool resides, and click Modify in the Operation area. In the displayed Modify Backup Storage Pool dialog box, modify the site information.

  • If the backup storage type is backup safekeeping library of HUAWEI CLOUD,
    1. On the Modify Backup Storage Pool page, you can modify the name, description, alarm threshold (%), and proxy of the backup storage pool.
    2. Click OK.
    3. Information indicating a successful operation is displayed. Click OK.
  • If the backup storage type is S3:
    1. On the Modify Backup Storage Pool page, you can modify the name, description, alarm threshold (%), proxy, AK, and SK of the backup storage pool.
    2. Click OK.
    3. Information indicating a successful operation is displayed. Click OK.

Locate the row where the backup storage pool resides, and click Delete in the Operation area. Carefully read the contents of the Warning dialog box. Then click the check box next to the statement I have read and understand the consequences associated with performing this operation to confirm the information.

A backup storage pool is no longer needed.


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