Vembu BDRSuite v5.5.0 is Generally Available now!
BDRSuite – #1 Cost-Effective Backup Software
BDRSuite is a Comprehensive Backup & Disaster Recovery Software designed to protect data across Data Center/Private Cloud (VMware, Hyper-V, Windows, Linux, Applications & Databases), Public Cloud (AWS), SaaS (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), and Endpoints (Windows, Mac).
Check out what’s new in BDRSuite v5.5.0
We would like to share some of the most interesting and important features in BDRSuite v5.5 with our customers in a series of blogs.
We will discuss the new feature – “Google Cloud Storage as Backup Repository” in this post.
Feature Overview: Google Cloud Storage as Backup Repository
BDRSuite supports a wide range of scalable storage targets as backup repositories listed below.
- Block Storages – Local, Direct, NAS & SAN
- Object Storages – AWS S3, Azure Blob, S3 Compatible storages like Wasabi, MinIO, etc
From v5.5.0, BDRSuite supports “Google Cloud Storage” as well.
All the storages can be used to store primary backup data directly and can also be used to store secondary backup copy and/or offsite copy data.
How to Configure Google Cloud Storage as Backup Repository
Step 1: Download and Install BDRSuite Backup Server. Click here for installation instructions.
Step 2: Log in to the BDRSuite Server console. Navigate to the Backup Server Tile -> Object Storage page and click on the ‘Create New Object Storage Repository’ button.
Step 3: On the Create New Object Storage Repository dialog box, enter the following:
- In the Repository Name field, specify a name for the new object storage repository
- For the Repository Type, choose the radio option: Google Cloud
- Service Endpoint field is auto-filled which enables connectivity to the Google Cloud storage account from the BDRSuite Server
Step 4: From the Credentials drop-down list, select user credentials to access your Google Cloud storage account if you already have added the Google Cloud Storage credentials. Otherwise, click Add New Credential button which opens a dialog box.
Specify a credential name to identify your credential record, and provide the Access Key & Secret Key of your Google Cloud Storage Account
You can manage the Google Cloud Credentials from Backup Server Tile -> Credential Management -> Google Cloud
Step 5: From the Bucket drop-down list, select a container. Make sure that the bucket where you want to store your backup data was created in advance.
Step 6: Choose a cache location to store backup data temporarily before uploading to Google Cloud Storage. Local drives and Network drives added to the BDRSuite Server will be shown in the dropdown list which can be selected as Cache Location.
Step 7: Once all the fields are configured, click the ‘Create’ button upon which the Google Cloud will be added as Backup Repository.
The created Google Cloud Storage Repository can be set as default storage to store the backup data of all jobs configured in the BDRSuite Server (or) you can select the repository for specific jobs during backup configuration.
Backup to Google Cloud using BDRSuite
BDRSuite supports Google Cloud Storage to store primary backup data, secondary backup copies, and offsite backups.
You can configure backups for VMware VMs, Hyper-V VMs, Windows Servers, Linux, Endpoints (Windows & Mac), Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace and store their data on Google Cloud Storage.
To know more about backup configuration, click here
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