Creating backup storage on the local cluster

Limitations

• Redundancy by replication is not supported for backup storage.

Prerequisites

• A clear understanding of the concept Storage policies.

To select the local cluster as the backup destination

1. On the Infrastructure > Networks screen, make sure that the Backup (ABGW) private and Backup (ABGW) public traffic types are added to the networks you intend to use.
2. Open the Storage services > Backup storage screen, and then click Create backup storage.
3. On the Backup destination step, select Acronis Cyber Infrastructure cluster.
4. On the Nodes step, select nodes to add to the backup storage cluster, and then click Next.

5. On the Storage policy step, select the desired tier, failure domain, and data redundancy mode. Then, click Next.

   

6. On the DNS step, specify an external DNS name for backup storage, for example, backupstorage.example.com. Backup agents will use this DNS name and the TCP port 44445 to upload backup data. Then, click Next.

   • Configure your DNS server according to the example suggested in the admin panel.
   • Each time you change the network configuration of nodes in the backup storage cluster, adjust the DNS records accordingly.

   

   For complex environments, HAProxy might be used to build a scalable and redundant load balancing platform, which can be easily moved or migrated and is independent from Acronis Cyber Infrastructure. For more information, refer to https://kb.acronis.com/content/64787.

7. On the Acronis account step, specify the following information for your Acronis product:

   • The URL of the cloud management portal (for example, https://cloud.acronis.com/) or the hostname/IP address and port of the local management server (for example, http://192.168.1.2:9877)
   • The credentials of a partner account in the cloud or of an organization administrator on the local management server

   

8. On the Summary step, review the configuration, and then click Create.