Back up a volume to an Amazon S3 object store
You can back up volumes to external object stores that are compatible with Amazon S3.
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Click Management > Volumes.
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Click the Actions icon for the volume you want to back up.
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In the resulting menu, click Backup to.
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In the Integrated Backup dialog box under Backup to, select S3.
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Select an option under Data Format:
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Native: A compressed format readable only by SolidFire storage systems.
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Uncompressed: An uncompressed format compatible with other systems.
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Enter a hostname to use to access the object store in the Hostname field.
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Enter an access key ID for the account in the Access Key ID field.
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Enter the secret access key for the account in the Secret Access Key field.
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Enter the S3 bucket in which to store the backup in the S3 Bucket field.
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Enter a nametag to append to the prefix in the Nametag field.
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Click Start Read.