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Integrate ImageManager with Backblaze B2
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    Integrate ImageManager with Backblaze B2

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      The Arcserve ImageManager application allows you to tier your backup data that is produced by Arcserve ShadowProtect up to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage.

      Enable Backblaze B2

      Before you begin: You must have a Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account. You can sign up here. If you already have a Backblaze account and the left navigation menu contains a B2 Cloud Storage section, your account is already enabled for Backblaze B2.

      1. Sign in to your Backblaze account.
      2. In the left navigation menu under Account, click My Settings.
      3. Under Enabled Products, select the checkbox to enable B2 Cloud Storage.
      4. Review the Terms and Conditions, and click OK to accept them. 

      Create a Bucket

      1. Sign in to your Backblaze account.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Buckets.
      3. Click Create a Bucket.
      4. Enter a name for your bucket.
        Bucket names must be at least six characters and globally unique. A message is displayed if your bucket name is already in use.
      5. Select a privacy setting: Private or Public.
        Files that are in a private bucket require authentication to perform an action, for example, downloading. Public buckets do not require authentication so you can easily share files. You can change a bucket's privacy settings at any time.
      6. If applicable, enable a Backblaze B2 server-side encryption key.
      7. Enable Object Lock to restrict a file from being modified or deleted for a specified period of time.
      8. Click Create a Bucket, and copy the value that is in the Endpoint field; you may need this value for other processes.
      9. Click Lifecycle Settings to control how long to keep the files in your new bucket.
      Note
      Copy the S3 endpoint that is displayed for use in another step.

      Create an Application Key

      Application keys control access to your Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account and the buckets that are contained in your account.

      1. Sign in to your Backblaze account.
      2. In the left navigation menu under Account, click Application Keys.
      3. Click Add a New Application Key, and enter an app key name.
            You cannot search an app key by this name; therefore, app key names are not required to be globally unique.
      4. Select All or a specific bucket in the Allow Access to Bucket(s) dropdown menu.
      5. Optionally, select your access type (Read and Write, Read Only, or Write Only).
      6. Optionally, select the Allow List All Bucket Names checkbox (required for the B2 Native API b2_list_buckets and the S3-Compatible API S3 List Buckets operations).
      7. Optionally, enter a file name prefix to restrict application key access only to files with that prefix. Depending on what you selected in step #4, this limits application key access to files with the specified prefix for all buckets or just the selected bucket.
      8. Optionally, enter a positive integer to limit the time, in seconds, before the application key expires. The value must be less than 1000 days (in seconds).
      9. Click Create New Key, and note the resulting keyID and applicationKey values.
      Note
      When you create a new app key, the response contains the actual key string, for example N2Zug0evLcHDlh_L0Z0AJhiGGdY. You can always find the keyID on this page, but for security, the applicationKey appears only once. Make sure you copy and securely save this value elsewhere.

      Set Up a Backup Job in ShadowProtect

      Before you Begin: You must download and install ShadowProtect.

      1. Sign in to ShadowProtect.
      2. Click Edit, and select a local directory.
      3. Copy the directory name for use in another step.
        ImageManager automatically syncs to this directory when it pushes backups to Backblaze B2.

      Create a Replication Target in ImageManager

      Before you Begin: You must download and install ImageManager. This allows backup data to be pushed to cloud targets like Backblaze B2. 

      1. Sign in to ImageManager, and click Agent Settings in the bottom-left menu.
      2. In the Locations tab, select Amazon S3 Compatible Storage.
      3. Enter your Backblaze credentials.
        1. Enter a location name.
        2. Enter your S3 endpoint from your Backblaze bucket.
        3. Enter the name of your Backblaze bucket.
          This value is case-sensitive, so ensure that you copy and paste correctly.
        4. Enter your Backblaze keyID as the Access Key.
        5. Enter your Backblaze applicationKey as the Secret Key.
        6. Click Save.
      4. On the main agent page, select(Start Managing).
      5. Add the folder path that corresponds to the backup job that you created in the Set Up a Backup Job in ShadowProtect task, and click Save.
      6. On the main agent page, right-click the newly created activity and click Create a Replication Job.
      7. Select the Backblaze B2 storage target that you created in step 3. 
      8. Click Save.

      Your folder is displayed in the processes screen for your backup job. After a ShadowProtect backup job is finished, it triggers ImageManager to run the job you just created.

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