❗ Important
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After activating the NAS agent on the EC2 instance, the next step is to add a NAS device and map it to a backup proxy pool.
Procedure
Log in to the Management Console.
The Get Started with NAS Data Protection page is displayed if no NAS devices have been added yet. On this page, click Add NAS device under Add a NAS device.
If NAS devices have already been configured, the Get Started page with NAS Data Protection is not available. To add additional NAS devices, click Add NAS Device.
On the Add Device page, enter the following details:
Field | Description |
Vendor | Select AWS S3 as the NAS vendor from the drop-down. The values are:
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IP/FQDN | This field is not required and is disabled as AWS S3 buckets are backed up and restored using AWS APIs. |
Credentials | This field is not required and is disabled as AWS S3 buckets are backed up and restored using AWS APIs. |
Display Name | Display name that will appear on the Management Console. It is just a label for AWS S3 vendor. You can provide any name. |
Backup Poxy Pool Mapping | Map this device to a backup proxy pool containing Linux/Ubuntu proxies. 📝 Note AWS S3 backups and restores are supported only for Linux/Ubuntu proxies. You can attach a device to more than one pool to handle S3 backups. Initially, all the proxies created will go to the Default Proxy Pool. You can move or switch them to another pool. For more information, see Change Backup Proxy Pool. 📝 Note Ensure that the pool used for S3 data protection contains only S3-supported NAS agents. If you have an older NAS agent running in your organization, perform the following steps:
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On the Add Device page, click Save.
After the NAS device is successfully added, the AWS S3 buckets will be discovered for a region where the NAS proxy is activated.
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