DobiProtect With Wasabi

Datadobi's DobiProtect has been validated for use with Wasabi. For more info on how Datadobi and Wasabi work together, visit this page.

Follow steps outlined below to move or copy data to Wasabi.

1. Login to DobiProtect using your credentials.

2. Click the Configuration tab and then select Object Storage, as shown below.

   Notes: 

   • The product name DobiSync is used for protecting NAS data on Wasabi.

   • The product name DobiReplicate is used for replicating S3 data from any object store to Wasabi, or vice versa.

3. Click Add to configure your Wasabi storage region.

4. Select Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage as the object storage type. Click Next.

5. Provide the following and click Next.

   • Endpoint (the appropriate region-specific Wasabi service endpoint URL)

   • Access key

   • Secret access key

   

   Note: This configuration example discusses the use of Wasabi's us-east-1 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, please use the appropriate Wasabi service URL as described in this article.

6. Enter a name for your Wasabi connection. Click Next.

7. You should now see your Wasabi buckets including the list of proxies that can be used for transfers to/from Wasabi. Select all available proxies. Click Finish to complete the configuration.

The KB article details the configuration needed to protect NAS file data on Wasabi and to replicate S3 buckets to Wasabi.

How to protect NAS file data on Wasabi

1. Navigate back to the Dashboard. Choose the menu option Sync.

2. Click New Sync on the bottom right corner to configure a sync job.

3. Select the appropriate Source Path. Click Next.

4. Select the Wasabi object store and appropriate bucket as the sync destination. This should be an empty bucket. Click Next.

5. Click Next and Finish on the next 2 windows to confirm the selections and schedule the sync job. At this point, you should see activity on the DobiSync dashboard between the DobiSync platform and your Wasabi bucket. 

6. Your NAS data is now being protected to your Wasabi bucket. Check the Datadobi documentation for advanced configuration options and for instructions on how to restore data from Wasabi to your NAS systems.

How to replicate S3 buckets to Wasabi

1. Navigate back to the Dashboard. Click Replications.

2. Click New Replication on the bottom right corner to configure a new S3 object replication

3. Select the appropriate source bucket, for example on AWS S3.

4. Select the destination bucket on Wasabi. Click Next. This should be an empty bucket

5. Click Next and Finish on the next 2 windows to confirm the selections and schedule the Replication job. At this point, the dashboard should show the replication job.

6. Your object data is now being protected to your Wasabi bucket. Check the Datadobi documentation for advanced configuration options and for instructions on how to failover, failback or restore data from Wasabi.