You can use the Commvault Cloud software to back up and restore data in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).
Backups
Data You Can Back Up
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Object storage repositories
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Metadata of the object
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ACLs of the object
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Tags of the object
Backups You Can Perform
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Full backups
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Incremental backups
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Synthetic full backups
When You Can Perform Backups
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On a schedule: The server plan that you assign manages scheduled backups
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On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time
Restores
Data You Can Restore
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Object storage repositories
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Metadata of the object
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ACLs of the object
Backups You Can Use for Restores
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The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location
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A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable
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Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted
Destinations You Can Restore To
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The current location
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A different region in AWS
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The original bucket
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A different bucket in the same cloud
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The following cloud storage systems:
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Azure Blob
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Azure Files
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Terminology
The following terminology applies to S3:
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Term |
Description |
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access control list (ACL) |
ACLs enable you to manage access to buckets and objects. Each bucket and object has an ACL attached to it as a subresource. It defines which AWS accounts or groups are granted access and the type of access. |
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account |
The entity that represents the data in a S3 storage account. You can configure multiple object storage repositories to manage multiple S3 storage accounts. |
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bucket |
The entity that represents a collection of S3 objects. |
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content group |
The entity that defines the S3 data to be backed up. |
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object |
The entity that represents a unit of storage in S3. |
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object storage repository |
The interface that backs up the S3 data. |