Using Google Cloud Storage (S3) as a primary storage for Enterprise Vault

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Product(s): Enterprise Vault (14.3)

Adding a new Google Cloud Storage (S3) primary partition

Before configuring the Google Cloud Storage (S3) for the primary partition, complete the following steps:

  • Keep your Google Cloud Storage Access Key ID and Secret Access Key ready.

  • Ensure that the Google Cloud Storage bucket you wish to configure with the primary partition has been created on Google Cloud Storage. Note the name of your bucket.

To add a new Google Cloud Storage (S3) partition

  1. In the left pane of the Administration Console, expand the Vault Store Groups container to view the existing vault store groups.

  2. Expand the vault store group that contains the vault store for which you want to create the partition.

  3. Expand the vault store in which you want to create the partition.

  4. Right-click the Partitions container, and then click New > Partition.

    The New Partition wizard starts.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Enter all the details for the new Vault Store Partition and click Next.

  7. In the Storage type list, select Google Cloud Storage (S3).

  8. Complete the Google Cloud Storage (S3) connection settings.

    For details, see the Google Cloud Storage (S3) connection settings table in this topic.

  9. Click Next.

    By default, the When archived files are exist on the storage option is selected on the Replication page. For more details, see the Administration Console Help.

  10. Select the scan interval for checking if files exist on the cloud.

    The supported scan interval is from 0 to 1440 minutes. By default, Enterprise Vault checks whether archived data is replicated or exists on the cloud based on the above options in every 60 minutes. If required, you can change the scan interval. For example, if you set the scan interval to 0 minutes, partitions are checked only when the backup mode is cleared from the vault store, and when the storage service starts.

  11. Click Next.

    The Summary page displays the information for the newly created Google Cloud Storage (S3) partition.

Google Cloud Storage (S3) connection settings

The following table contains the details of the Google Cloud Storage (S3) connection settings:

Table:

Setting

Description

Google Storage Access key ID

Specify the secure Google Storage access key ID for the S3-compliant storage device.

Google Cloud Storage Secret access key

Specify the Google Cloud secret access key for the S3-compliant storage device.

Service host name

Specify the service hostname URL of the same region where the Google Cloud Storage bucket resides.

Note:

If you select a path-style URL in Bucket access type, then Service host name should be in the following format (varies depending on the S3-compliant storage device that is being used):

For Google Cloud Storage S3: storage.googleapis.com

Bucket name

Specify the name of the bucket.

Note:

You cannot modify the bucket name once the partition has been created. You must not delete the bucket after creating the partition. If you need to delete the bucket for some reason, you must create a new partition.

Bucket access type

Specifies whether the URL is a virtual-hosted-style URL. By default, Virtual is selected.

Bucket region

Specify the geographical region where the bucket has been created.

Storage class

By default, Enterprise Vault supports the Google Standard storage class for storing archived files into the Google Cloud Storage bucket.

Log level

Specify the log level for the SDK logs.

  • No logging: Enterprise Vault does not log any SDK logs.

  • Fatal: Logs only fatal errors.

  • Error: Logs all errors.

  • Warn: Logs warning and errors.

  • Info: Logs every information, including warnings and errors.

  • Debug: Logs debug messages, including info, warnings, and errors.

  • Everything: Logs everything.

Note:

DTrace logs include the SDK log statements, which can be found prefixed with AwsSdk:.

Write chunk size (MB)

Specify the write chunk size (in the range of 5 MB to 200 MB) to upload data in chunks.

Read chunk size (MB)

Specify the read chunk size (in the range of 1 MB to 1024 MB) to download data in chunks.