Configuring Backups for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage

You can configure backups for OCI Object Storage. The configuration wizard guides you through the configuration process, which includes creating any new entities that are needed, such as a plan, an object storage client, and a content group.

Start the Configuration Wizard

From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Object storage.

The Object storage page appears.
In the upper-right area of the page, click Add object storage.

The Configure Object Storage page appears.
Select OCI Object Storage.
Click Next.

The Configure OCI Object Storage configuration wizard appears.
Review the information.
Click Next.

The Configure IAM Policy page of the configuration wizard appears.

Configure IAM Policy

Configure Oracle IAM permissions for API key-based authentication using Resource Manager template that is provided by Commvault Cloud.

Click the Deploy to Oracle link.

The Create Stack page of the OCI website appears.
Select I have reviewed and accept the Oracle terms of use.

The Resource Manager template creates an IAM user in the IAM group. Then, it creates and assigns an IAM policy to the group.
Verify that the Use custom Terraform providers check box is not selected.
In the Name box, enter a descriptive name for the stack.
From the Create in compartment list, select a compartment.
In the Tags section, add a tag to identify the IAM stack.

For example, for Tag namespace, select None (add a free-form tag), for Tag key, enter Reference, and for Tag value, enter a tag to identify the IAM stack.
Click Next.

The Configure Variables page appears.
In the Email address for User (MetallicServiceAccount) box, enter an email address.
Click Next.

The Review page appears.
Click Create.
In the search bar at the top of the page, search for your user MetallicServiceAccount.

Your MetallicServiceAccount page appears.
Under API Keys, select Add API Key > Download Private Key.
Under the API key section, click the button with three dots.
Copy the Credential Name, Tenancy OCID, User OCID, and Fingerprint values.
Return to the Commvault Cloud configuration wizard.
For Credentials, select existing credentials or create new credentials.
Steps to create credentials
1. Click the add button .
  
  The Add credential dialog box appears.
2. In Credential name, enter a descriptive name for the credentials.
3. In Tenancy OCID, enter the OCID for the tenant.
4. In User OCID, enter OCID for the user for the hypervisor.
5. In Fingerprint, enter the fingerprint.
6. For Private key, upload the private key file.
7. In Private key password, enter the password for the private key.
8. In Description, enter a description of the credentials.
Click Next.

The Region page of the configuration wizard appears.

Region

Select the region that the object storage resides in.
Click Next.

The Backup Gateway page of the configuration wizard appears.

Backup Gateway

A backup gateway is required to back up object storage without egress charges.

If you create a new backup gateway for OCI, verify that it meets the system requirements for OCI backup gateways.

Select one or more existing backup gateways or an existing gateway group, or create a new backup gateway.
Steps to create a backup gateway
1. Click the add button .
  
  The Add a new backup gateway dialog box appears.
2. From the Platform list, select the OS for the backup gateway.
3. Click Generate Link.
4. When the link is available, click it.
  
  The Stacks page of the OCI website opens.
5. Select I have reviewed and accept the Oracle terms of use.
6. Verify that the Use custom Terraform providers check box is not selected.
7. In the Name box, enter a descriptive name for the stack.
8. From the Create in compartment list, select a compartment.
9. In the Tags section, add a tag to identify the backup gateway stack.
  
  For example, for Tag namespace, select None (add a free-form tag), for Tag key, enter Reference, and for Tag value, enter Metallic Backup Gateway.
10. Click Next.
  
  The Configure Variables page appears.
11. From the Backup Data Size list, select the backup data size.
12. From the Compartment for Instance/Volumes list, select the compartment for instances and volumes.
13. From the Availability Domain list, select a domain.
14. If your platform is Linux, paste the SSH public key in the SSH public key box.
15. From the Compartment for VCN/Subnet list, select a compartment for VCN/subnet.
16. From the Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) list, select a virtual cloud network.
17. From the Subnet list, select a subnet.
18. In the Network Security Group section, select a compartment from the Compartment for NSG list.
19. Click Next.
  
  The Review page appears.
20. Click Create.
21. Return to the Commvault Cloud configuration wizard.
22. Refresh the list of backup gateways.
23. Select the backup gateway that you created.
Note
- The gateways must be of similar operating system type.
- To use a gateway group, the region must already be configured on the gateway group.
- All gateways in the gateway group must be reachable through network routes.
Click Next.

The Cloud Storage page of the configuration wizard appears.

Cloud Storage

To review the supported combinations of primary and secondary storage, see Commvault Cloud Storage Options.

Primary Copy

For the primary copy of the backup data, select existing cloud storage or create new cloud storage.
Steps to create cloud storage for the primary copy
1. Click the add button .
  
  The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.
2. From Type, select Air Gap Protect or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage.
  - If you select Air Gap Protect, do the following:
    1. From the Cloud storage provider list, select the provider.
    2. From the Storage class list, select the storage class for the type of access that you want to have for the data.
    3. From the Region list, select the region.
  - If you select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage, do the following:
    1. In the Name box, enter a name for the cloud storage.
    2. From the Storage class list, select the storage class for the type of access that you want to have for the data.
    3. From the Region list, select the storage region.
    4. From the Credentials list, select existing credentials or create new credentials.
    5. To create credentials, click the add button .
      
      The Add credential dialog box appears.
    6. Enter values for the authentication method that you are using:
      
      Credential name: Enter a name for the credentials that you are creating.
      
      Tenancy OCID: Enter the Tenancy Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID).
      
      User OCID: Enter the user's OCID for a user that has permission to connect to the Oracle web console.
      
      Fingerprint: Enter the fingerprint of the private key.
      
      Private key: Click Upload to upload the private key.
      
      Private key’s password: Enter the password associated with the private key.
      
      Description: Enter a description of the credentials.
    7. In the Compartment name box, enter a name for the compartment.
    8. In the Bucket box, enter the bucket name.
3. Click Save.
Click Next.

Secondary Copy

Decide whether to store a secondary copy of the backup data for long-term retention.
Steps to create cloud storage for the secondary copy
1. Move the Secondary copy toggle key to the right.
2. For Storage location, select an existing storage location or create a new storage location.
  
  To create a storage location, do the following:
  1. Click the add button .
    
    The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.
  2. From Type, select the storage provider, and then enter the necessary values as explained in the Primary Copy section.
  3. Click Save.
Click Next.

The Select Plan page of the configuration wizard appears.

Plan

A plan specifies the storage to back up the data to and other settings such as recovery point objective (RPO) settings.

The data is backed up to the primary copy, and then to the secondary copy only if an auxiliary copy job is run. The data will be retained based on the retention settings.

Select an existing plan or create a new plan.
Steps to create a plan
1. Click the add button .
  
  The Add plan dialog box appears.
2. In the Plan name box, enter a descriptive name for the plan.
3. For the plan settings, select pre-defined settings or create custom settings:
  - To select pre-defined settings, under Retention rules, select one of the following:
    - Select Standard retention to retain the incremental backups for 1 month.
    - Select Extended retention for optimized storage where the incremental backups of primary and secondary copies are retained for 1 month, and extended retention for monthly and yearly full backups.
      
      Note
      
      The Extended retention option is available only when the secondary copy backup is selected.
  - To create custom settings, select Custom plan, and then specify the following:
    - For Retention, specify the amount of time to retain the backup jobs.
    - For Retention monthly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the monthly full backup on secondary copy.
    - For Retention yearly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the yearly full backup on secondary copy.
    - For Backups run every, specify how often to run backups.
4. Click Done.
Click Next.

The Add Object Storage page of the configuration wizard appears.

Add Object Storage

In Object storage name, enter a descriptive name for the object storage client.
In Host URL, enter the service account URL.
Click Next.

The Select Compartment page of the configuration wizard appears.

Select Compartment

Select the compartment.
To automatically select all sub-compartments, select the Include sub-compartments check box.
Click Next.

The Backup Content page of the configuration wizard appears.

Backup Content

You can add content by browsing, by selecting all the content, and by entering a custom path.

To select all content, click Add, and then select Select All.
To browse for content, do the following:
1. Click Add, and then select Browse.
  
  The Add content dialog box appears.
2. Select the content.
3. Click Save.
To enter a custom path, do the following:
1. Click Add, and then select Custom Path.
2. In Enter custom path, enter the custom path for the content.
  
  For example, you can enter /bucket_name.
To exclude some of the content you selected, move the Specify exclusion toggle key to the right, and then add the exclusion.
To include some of the content that you excluded, move the Specify inclusion toggle key to the right, and then add the inclusion.
Click Next.

The Summary page of the configuration wizard appears.

Summary

Review the summary.
Click Finish.