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Enter S3 Storage Location Information

Notes: 

• To enter an Amazon S3 Glacier storage location, see Enter Amazon S3 Glacier Storage Location Information.
• Data on S3 source storage can only be migrated / stored to a BlackPearl storage location.
• Files migrated / stored from an S3 source to a BlackPearl storage location can only be restored to a Spectra or Non-Spectra NAS storage location.

If you select the S3 storage type, the dialog box updates to display the following fields:

Figure 54 The New Storage Location S3 Device dialog box.

1. For Storage Location Type, select whether the storage location will act as a Source or a Target.
2. Click Next. The S3 Storage Location Details dialog box displays.

Figure 55 The New Storage Location S3 Details dialog box for a target storage location.

3. Enter an S3 Region or an S3 Data End Point in the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port (port is optional). For AWS specify S3 Region only.
4. Enter the S3 Access ID of a user with credentials for the S3 cloud and the bucket that will be used for data storage.
5. Enter the S3 Secret Key associated with the S3 Access ID.
6. Enter the name of the Bucket to be used for data storage.

CAUTION 

Make sure the target bucket is configured for versioning to avoid a migrate / store failing if a file with the same name already exists in the Bucket.

The bucket name must adhere to the Amazon S3 naming requirements. If the bucket does not exist, it is created.

S3 names have the following restrictions:

• Bucket names must comply with DNS naming conventions.
• Bucket names must be at least 3 and no more than 63 characters long.
• Bucket names must be a series of one or more labels. Adjacent labels are separated by a single period (.).
• Bucket names can contain lowercase letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens. You cannot use a hyphen at the beginning or end of a label.
• Bucket names cannot contain uppercase characters or underscores.
• Bucket names cannot be formatted as an IP address.
7. If desired, select Ignore Certificate Warnings to indicate that this is a trusted target and security certificate warnings should be ignored, even if it has a self-signed or missing security certificate.
8. For a target storage location, if desired, select the Retention Policy check box and enter or select the desired number of days to retain files on this storage location before the StorCycle solution automatically deletes the files for compliance or capacity recovery. Clear the Retention Policy check box to keep files permanently. See Retention Policy Best Practices for more information.
Note: Retention policies are only supported for data center and enterprise licenses. See Licensing for more information.
9. For a source storage location, if desired, enter a Prefix (not shown). Only objects that start with the prefix are considered for scans or migrate / store projects.
10. Click Test Location to verify that the server can connect to the storage location. If the StorCycle solution does not return a check mark indicating it can communicate with the storage location, you must resolve the error before submitting the location.
11. Click Submit to save the storage location.
12. If necessary, repeat these steps, starting with Step 2 in Configuring Storage to configure additional storage locations.