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Adding cloud archive storage to the Unitrends appliance

You can add cloud archive storage to the Unitrends appliance after creating an account with a cloud storage provider (for instructions, see Creating a cloud storage account) and creating storage buckets or containers. However, before adding cloud archive storage, it is recommended that you create a policy for managing the amount of data you archive to the cloud. For details, see Managing the amount of data you archive to the cloud.

You must enter the following account information when adding cloud storage to the appliance:

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Credentials for the storage bucket or container that you are adding to the appliance

Note: These are the credentials you use to access the particular bucket or container that you are adding to the appliance. These credentials are not the same as the username and password that you use to log in to your storage provider account. If you do not know these credentials, you must contact the storage provider. Unitrends does not have access to this information.

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Name of the storage provider

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Name of the bucket or container that you are adding to the appliance

To add cloud storage to the Unitrends appliance

Note: A cloud storage bucket can receive backups from only one Unitrends appliance.

In the Unitrends appliance, select Settings > Storage and Retention > Storage.

Click Add Archive Storage in the lower part of the screen. The Add Archiving Storage window displays.

Enter a Storage Name. This does not have to match the name you have assigned to the bucket or container in your storage provider account.

Select Cloud in the drop-down menu under Type.

Select the name of your provider from the Storage Provider drop-down menu.

Enter the following credentials depending on your storage provider:

Provider	Credentials
Amazon	Access Key ID Secret Access Key
Google	Access Key Secret
Rackspace	Username API Key

Note: Be sure to enter the credentials you use to access the particular bucket or container that you are adding to the appliance. These credentials are not the same as the username and password that you use to access your storage provider account.

Enter a storage path for your bucket or container. For Amazon and Google, you have the option to enter a folder name (Rackspace does not support folders). The table below provides details.

Note: When using folders for Amazon and Google, they appear in the cloud provider menu as a filename prefix only, unless you specify the folder with a trailing '/' (e.g. mybucket/myfolder/). Then the data block files will appear in the cloud provider web menu underneath the folder.

Provider	Storage Path
Amazon	<bucket name>/(<folder name>)
Google	<bucket name>/(<folder name>)
Rackspace	auth.api.rackspacecloud.com/<container name>

Check the box next to Specify Purging Threshold and enter a number in GB to specify a maximum size limit for your cloud archive storage. If you do not specify a purging threshold, there is no limit on the amount of data that the appliance can archive to the cloud and your service provider will bill you accordingly.

Important! To avoid unexpected charges from your cloud storage provider, it is highly recommended that you develop a policy for managing the amount of data that you archive to the cloud and specify a purging threshold. For details, see Managing the amount of data you archive to the cloud.

Click Confirm to complete the setup and connect cloud storage as an archive media option.

To view the cloud storage you added, select Archive > Media. The appliance may take a minute to scan for new media and you may need to click the scan icon.

You are ready to begin archiving backups to the cloud. Proceed to Archiving backups to the cloud.