SCVM_AWSORCOMPATIBLEAWS.pdf

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Attaching Amazon AWS
Storage Resources to
StoneFly SCVM™
Storage Concentrator™ Virtual Machine Software-Defined Virtual
Storage Appliance

Attaching Amazon AWS Storage to StoneFly SCVM™
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................5
2. Scope of the document.....................................................................................................................5
3. Amazon AWS Configurations ............................................................................................................6
4. Attaching AWS S3 Storage to the SCVM ...........................................................................................9

1. Introduction
Cloud Backup and replication has become a necessity to protect against local disasters and precious data
loss by copying your application, files, servers or virtual machines to a remote location in the cloud. With
a cloud backup solution in place you can isolate your data from local device failure, natural disasters or
malware attack and ensure you can quickly restore your system following an outage.
StoneFly Cloud Connect for backup and replication to Amazon AWS offers a turnkey, cost- effective
solution for enterprises to connect their on premise backup and replication archivesto the AWS cloud for
effortless protection of all data and devices.
2. Scope of the document
This document demonstrates attaching an AWS S3 Storage resources (using Amazon web services
account) to the StoneFly Storage Concentrator Virtual Machine™ (SCVM™). It details the steps for
connecting AWS S3 storage resources (or Compatible S3 Storage Resources) to the SCVM™ then creating
NAS volumes from those resources and assigning it for user’s access.
Note: StoneFly SCVM™ deployment guide is provided in a separate document.

3. Amazon AWS Configuration
This section describes the configuration steps required in your AWS account to connect AWS storage
resources to the SCVM™.
1. Login in to your AWS account using your credentials or create a new account if you don’t
already have one
2. Once logged in, Select Security, Identity & Compliance and click on the IAM

3. Under IAM, click on Users and select your respective users.
4. Go to the Security Credentials tab and hit Create access key button

5. New Secret access key will be generated along with the Access key ID, Click on show to display the secret access key
and copy it or choose to download the csv file for keys

4. Attaching AWS S3 Storage to the SCVM
In this section, the steps required in the SCVM™ to attach your AWS S3 storage resources are described. This
also include the steps to create and assign NAS volumes for user access.
AWS Bucket View before creating AWS S3 resource in SCVM
1. Login to your SCVM and navigate to Resources > Create Object Storage then select Amazon AWS S3
Storage from the drop menu

2. Enter the required information;
2.1. Input the copied keys from AWS IAM user (i.e. access and secret key)
2.2. Specify the Bucket Name
2.3. Enter the resource size/storage size to add as a block storage
2.4. Hit Submit
Note: AWS S3 Bucket name can be any name for reference but must be a globally unique name.
3. Confirm the changes by clicking OK on the pop-up window;

4. For Non-AWS S3 select Compatible S3 Storage from drop down menu of Create Object Storage and fill
in the required field
Note: TheS3BaseURL isthe URLforyour compatible S3 storage provider

5. Created volume will be displayed in the Resources > Summary
Amazon AWS S3 Resource:
Compatible S3 Resource:
6. Select NAS Managed radio button for the respective storage and click
submit

7. Once submitted, 100% usage of the resource for NAS pool will be displayed
AWS Bucket View after creating AWS S3 resource in SCVM

8. Navigate to NAS > Segments > Segment Create
9. Enter NAS Segment name and click Create Direct tab
10. Check Select Resource radio button against the recently created object storage (AWS S3)
11. Add the Amount To Use from the respective object storage
12. Hit submit to create a NAS segment
13. Confirm the changes by clicking OK on the pop-up window

14. Navigate to NAS > Volumes > Create New Volume and click on allocate
15. Enter NAS Volume Name and check the CIFS check box for the volume to be used for windows.
16. Select NAS segment (AWS S3 storage) from the SC drop down menu
17. Click submit to create the volume
18. Click on the Summary tab to check the Operational state of the NAS volume. It must be Ok

19. Navigate to System > Admin > DNS Server
20. Enter the DNS Domain Name and then click on submit to save the changes
21. Navigate to System > Admin > NAS Server and select Active Directory from the CIFS User
Authentication Mode from drop down menu

22. Enter the Active Directory Domain Name and Active Directory Kerberos Realm as shown in the
image below and click on submit to save the changes

24. Enter the Active Directory administrative User ID and Password and click Join Domain
The Active Directory domain has been registered

26. To provide access to users in active directory, go to NAS > Volumes and click on CIFS Access
27. In CIFS Access tab, select the respective volume
28. Under the Active Directory Group CIFS Access to volume, select All from the dropdown menu next to
Show all the active directory groups in the domain
29. Click on submit
30. Select any group and provide that group any level of access using the drop down menu next to Set
Access to and hit submit

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