Nutanix Multicloud Snapshot Technology With Wasabi

Nutanix Multicloud Snapshot Technology (MST) AHV (Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor) virtual machine (VM) and volume group (VG) snapshots to object storage. This article describes the procedure for configuring MST to back up snapshots to Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage and recovering a VM from a snapshot in Wasabi.

Requirements

• An active Wasabi account

• Access to the Wasabi Console

• AOS Version: 7.5.1 and above releases

• Hypervisor Version: AHV version compatible with the AOS version

• Prism Central (PC) version: Latest GA release compatible with the AOS version

• Nutanix cluster should be registered to PC

Configuring Wasabi

1. Log in to the Wasabi Console.

2. Create a Wasabi bucket that will hold MST snapshots. See Creating a Bucket for details. Do not enable Object Lock or Versioning, as MST does not currently support them.

3. Create the following policy for a user (created in the next step). See Creating a Policy for detailed instructions. Replace YOUR_WASABI_BUCKET with the name of your Wasabi bucket.

   {
     "Version": "2012-10-17",
     "Statement": [
       {
         "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
         "Effect": "Allow",
         "Action": [
           "s3:PutObject",
           "s3:GetObject",
           "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
           "s3:ListBucket",
           "s3:DeleteObject",
           "s3:GetBucketLocation"
         ],
         "Resource": [
           "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_WASABI_BUCKET/*",
           "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_WASABI_BUCKET"
         ]
       }
     ]
   }

4. Create a user and access keys to access your Wasabi bucket. Review Creating a User Account and Access Key for details. Assign the previously created policy to the user.  

   • Allow programmatic-only access, not console access.

   • Do not require Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

   • It is not necessary to assign the user to a group.

   • Save the access and secret keys in a secure location.

Configuring Nutanix MST on Prism Central

1. Navigate to Prism Central and Admin center. Go to Marketplace. Click the Get icon for Multicloud Snapshot Technology.

2. Select the required instance type. Select the cluster. Select the Internal Network (which should be Basic VLAN with DNS IP defined). Provide three static IPs from that VLAN. Make sure the VLAN has DHCP scope, and the DNS IP should be defined in that subnet. Click Next.

   

3. Select the “S3 Compatible (Nutanix certified)” option as the object store provider. Provide the details below.

   • Object Store Endpoint - Wasabi endpoint URL

   • Wasabi Bucket Name

   • Wasabi Access Key

   • Wasabi Secret Key

   Click Deploy.

   Note that this config example discusses the use of Wasabi's us-east-2 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, please use the appropriate Wasabi service URL as described in Service URLs for Wasabi's Storage Regions. Use the region your bucket is located in.

   

4. Monitor the status of the deployment.
   

5. Post successful deployment. You will notice “ltss_config” in your Wasabi bucket.

   

   You will notice MST VMs deployed under the VM sections (Infrastructure, VMs, List).

   

6. Create a Protection Policy.

   • Enter the Policy name.

   • Enter the Availability Zone (self Prism Central from where you are going to secure the VMs/VGs).

   • Select the Wasabi bucket under Recovery Location.

   • Enter the Protection Policy timing, as required.

   Click Next.

   

7. Configure the Replication schedule. Click Save Schedule.

   

8. Attach the entities. In the example below, we added a VM under the category. Click Save and Close.

   

9. Navigate to Infrastructure, Data Protection, and VM Recovery Points. Select the VM that has been protected under the Protection Policy.

   

You will notice the Recovery Point folder created in your Wasabi bucket.

After the replication schedule, you will see only two Recovery Points on both the PC and the bucket, as defined in Replication schedule.

Restoring From a Backup Snapshot

1. Restore the VM by selecting the Recovery point in your bucket. Click Actions. On the Clone panel, provide a new VM name. Click Clone.

   

2. Review the VM from Infrastructure, VM, and List. Select the VM that you restored. For Power operations, click Power On.