Bamboo Unified Storage With Wasabi

How to use Bamboo Unified Storage with Wasabi?

Bamboo Storage builds unified, sale up and scale out storage systems offering all modern enterprise storage protocols. Bamboo Storage has been validated to work with Wasabi.

Prerequisites

• Active Wasabi Cloud Storage Account

• Wasabi Bucket (see our Bucket Creation Guide)

• Access & Secret Key Pair (see our Access Keys Guide)

• Bamboo Storage Appliance

• Bamboo Unified Software Manager version 6.X or later

Reference Architecture

Creating a Wasabi Access Key

1. Log in to your Wasabi Console.

   

2. On the Dashboard click Access Keys in the navigation panel.

   

3. Click Create Access Key.

   

4. Click Root User and Create.

   

5. Be sure to either copy or download your Root keys and save them in a proper location for future use.

   

Adding Wasabi as a Storage Provider

1. Open your Bamboo Unified Storage Manager software.

2. You will be prompted to log into the software.

   

3. After successfully logging in, you will be in the default Bamboo Unified Storage Manager screen as seen below.

   

   
   To connect your Bamboo Storage system to Wasabi perform the following steps.

4. Click the Cloud Integration tab at the top.

   

5. In the upper left section under Cloud Credentials, click Add Credentials.

   

6. Fill in the following information:

   • Cloud Provider – Select Wasabi S3 from the drop down menu.

   • Username/Access Key – Input your Wasabi Access Key.

   • Secret Access/API Key – Input your Wasabi Secret Key.

   • Secret Access/API Key (Confirm) – Input your Wasabi Secret Key again.

7. Click OK.

You will see your Wasabi Storage account listed as a provider in the list.

Creating a NAS Gateway Mapping

The NAS Gateway will map the appliance to your Wasabi bucket as an internal FUSE mounted filesystem which can be configured to allow users access via SMB or NFS protocols.

1. On the Cloud Integration tab under Cloud Container, click Create.

2. Enter the following information:

   • Name – Give a desired name for the bucket/container.

   • Attach to System – Select a site on the Bamboo Storage to locate the bucket/container.

   • Cloud Provider – Select your Wasabi Storage.

   • Location/Region – Select the region where you want your bucket located.

   • Cache Mode – Select the access type (Read, Write, or Read & Write).

   • Cache Size – Select either Unlimited or specify a set limit for the cache.

3. Click OK.

   

   After creating the initial NAS Gateway Mapping you can also Import Existing Buckets as Containers.

4. On the Cloud Integration tab. click Import under the Cloud Container section.

5. On the Bucket drop-down. you can choose a storage bucket to add to your storage container list.

6. Click OK.

   

7. Verify that your storage buckets have been created in your Wasabi Console.

   

Creating a Backup Policy

Backup policies can be set up to copy or move files based on age and can also be used to auto-tier. 

Copy Mode – Files are copied to/from a network share to a Wasabi bucket based on the specified schedule and allows for a secondary copy of your data in the cloud.

Move Mode – Older files can be moved to the cloud to free up local storage. Combined with auto-tiering allows for the creation of local stub files so that the files moved to Wasabi are still visible within the Network share as if they were local. 

When using file stubs once the file is accessed the file will load just as it would as if it was local but can take longer to download the data from your Wasabi bucket.

1. On the Bamboo Dashboard. click the Storage Management tab. Click Create under the Backup Policy section.

2. Fill out the following:

   • Network Share – Click on the drop down menu and select the share you want to copy, move or tier data from.

   • Policy Name – Give the policy a specific name and matches the workflow you intend to select.

3. Click Next.

   

4. Complete the following:

   • Backup Mode – Select either Copy or Move Files.

   • Backup Direction – Select Inbound or Outbound Transfer./p>

   • Remote Storage Export – Select Cloud Container./p>

   • Cloud Container – From the drop-down, select your Wasabi Container.

5. Check the box to leave a symbolic link when moving the files from Bamboo to Wasabi.

6. Click OK.

   

Migrating Data From a Third-Party Cloud to Bamboo to Wasabi

1. Follow the steps above to create a NAS gateway between the third-party cloud and Bamboo.

2. Create a policy to move files from the third-party cloud to Bamboo. Alternately, drag and drop flies from the third-party cloud to Bamboo.

3. Migrate the files to Wasabi either by the policy created or by dragging and dropping the folders/containers from Bamboo to Wasabi.

Object Lock/Immutability Support

Wasabi's object lock feature set is supported but must be set up on the Wasabi Console side in order to write data to it. 

1. Log in to your Wasabi Console and create your Object Lock Enabled bucket following the steps listed in the Object Lock Enabled Bucket article.

2. Once created, you can import your OL Cloud Storage Container starting with Step 4 in Creating a NAS Gateway Mapping.