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JimmyB2
Level 4
4 years ago

Veritas System Recovery adding cloud storage issue

Hi all, I would like to add S3 compatible cloud storage as my backup destination. Firstly, I have created a cloud instance as per https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/38007533-136670227-0/v132...
Cloud
S3
Windows 10
  • akihiro1's avatar
    akihiro1
    4 years ago

    I got more info.

    It looks like that the message "The authorization mechanism you have provided is not supported. Please us AWS4-HMAC-SHA256" means AWS signature version 4.

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    <Authenticating Requests: Using the Authorization Header (AWS Signature Version 4)>
    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/sigv4-auth-using-authorization-header.html

    AWS4-HMAC-SHA256
    The algorithm that was used to calculate the signature. You must provide this value when you use AWS Signature Version 4 for authentication. The string specifies AWS Signature Version 4 (AWS4) and the signing algorithm (HMAC-SHA256).
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    On the other hand, VSR support only version 2 as below.

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    <VSR 21 User's guide>
    https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/38007533-139298167-0/v132418408-139298167

    Veritas System Recovery supports only signature Version 2 for the S3-compatible cloud storage.
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    Please check the signature version for your s3 compatible device.

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akihiro1
Moderator

I tested minio as a private cloud software with VSR 21.2 in-house. Sorry that I do not know about the other cloud software.

<Minio>
https://min.io/

<Setup minio>
1. Download minio.exe. (https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/windows-amd64/minio.exe)
2. Copy minio.exe to E:\.
3. Create E:\data.
4. Open Command Prompt.
5. Run "minio.exe server E:\data".

Endpoint: http://10.0.0.10:9000 http://127.0.0.1:9000
RootUser: minioadmin
RootPass: minioadmin

6. Open Chrome.
7. Access http://10.0.0.10:9000
8. Login using Access Key: minioadmin and Secret Key: minioadmin
9. Press "+" icon, and press "Create bucket".
10. Type "test" as bucket name, and press Enter key.

<Setup VSR>
1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Run below.
  cd "C:\Program Files\Veritas\Veritas System Recovery\Agent"
3. Run "cloudinstance -addinstance".
4. Type below.

CloudInstance Name: minio
CloudInstance Provider: compatible-with-s3
CloudInstance ServiceHost: 10.0.0.10
SSL Supported (0\1\2): 0
HTTP Port: 9000
HTTPS Port: 443

5. Confirm the below message.

Instance minio added successfully

CloudInstance Name: minio
CloudInstance Provider: compatible-with-s3
CloudInstance ServiceHost: 10.0.0.10
CloudInstance SSL Mode: 0
CouldInstance URL Style: 2
CouldInstance HTTP Port: 9000
CouldInstance HTTPS Port: 443
CouldInstance End Point:

Press Enter key to continue...

6. Open VSR console.
7. Create a backup job.
8. In "Backup Destinations" screen, press "Browse for OpenStorage Destination" icon.
9. Type below.

Server type: S3
Server name: compatible-with-s3:minio
User name: minioadmin
Password: minioadmin

10. Click Drop-down list in "Logical storage unit:".
11. Select "test".
12. Press "OK" button.
13. Finish the backup job.
14. Run the backup job.