Managing cloud archive storage

You can increase or decrease the purging threshold, and the changes are applied to all subsequent jobs that write archives to the bucket or container. For instructions, see To modify cloud archive storage below. If you increase the threshold, your storage provider will bill you for the additional storage space you are using.

If you decrease the threshold and the new setting is less than the amount of space you are currently using on the cloud storage, archive sets are not immediately deleted. Sets that have exceeded their retention period can be purged during the next archive job, and if all sets have exceeded their retention, they can be overwritten during the next job. However, if sets cannot be purged or overwritten, they will continue to reside on the cloud storage even if they occupy an amount of space that is greater than your specified purging threshold.

If you want to delete these sets, regardless of their retention settings, you can delete them manually by enabling the File Remove settings and using the Remove Archive sets option. For details, see Removing cloud archive sets. For descriptions of options for decreasing the amount of space used on your cloud storage, see Reducing your storage footprint on the cloud.

1

Log in to the Unitrends appliance to which you have added the cloud archive storage you would like to modify.

2

Select Settings >Storage and Retention > Storage.

3

Uncheck the box under the column labeled Online? to take the storage offline. You cannot modify the storage if this box is checked.

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Click on the row of the storage item you want to modify. You see the Modify Archiving Storage window.

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Enter the desired changes, and click Confirm.

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Check the box in the column labeled Online? to bring the storage back online.