VAST Data With Wasabi

How do I use VAST Data with Wasabi?

Wasabi has been validated to work with VAST Data. To use this product with Wasabi, please follow the instructions below.

Reference Architecture

Prerequisites

• VAST Data v3.4.0 and later

• An active Wasabi account

Configuration

Create an S3 replication peer

1. Log in to the VAST data Web UI.

2. Navigate to Data Protection --> S3 Replication Peers.

3. Click  + Create S3 Replication Peer. 

4. In the Add S3 Replication Peer window, select Custom S3 as the Peer Type and provide the following details and click Create. 

• Peer name - provide an appropriate name for the replication peer

• Bucket name - name of the bucket

• HTTP protocol - https

• Custom Bucket URL - s3 endpoint URL of the bucket 

• Secret Key - Secret Key 

• Access Key - Access Key 

• Proxies - proxies through which replication traffic is routed if any

Note: This config 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.

5. The replication peer is created and is displayed on the S3 Replication Peers page. When the cluster can successfully connect to the target, its status will display as Active.

Create a protection policy

6. Navigate to the Protection Policies tab and click on + Create Protection Policy.

7. In the Add Protection Policy window, provide a Policy name and select the S3 replication peer created in Step 4 from the Peer dropdown menu.

8. Provide an appropriate snapshot prefix and configure the desired replication schedule and click Create. 

Create a Protected Path

9. In this example, we will be using an existing path in the Element store to create a protected path. To view your existing paths, navigate to Element Store --> Views

10. All the existing paths are listed under Views. We will be using the path - /wasabi-export-test to create a protected path. 

11. Navigate to Data Protection --> Protected Paths. Click on + Create Protected Path.

12. In the Add Protected Path window, provide the following details and click Create.

• Path name  - a name for the protected path

• Choose a policy - select the policy created in Steps 6 - 8 (Wasabi Test in our example)

• Path - path from the Element store

13. The newly created path is listed under the Protected Paths. It goes through Initializing, Initial Sync, and finally into Active state. 

When a protected path is active, it performs an initial data sync to the replication peer or S3 replication peer (if applicable) immediately after being created. The initial sync creates the first restore point. Therefore, the restore point created on the start date configured in the Protection Policy is in fact the second restore point.