Using S3-Compatible Cloud Storage in Veritas System Recovery

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
You can use S3-compatible cloud storage that Veritas System Recovery can access.
To use S3-Compatible cloud storage in Veritas System Recovery
  1. Open the Cloud Instance Creator Utility using the command prompt in the administrator mode.
The Cloud Instance Creator Utility is located at the following path:
\< VSR Installation folder\>/Agent folder
  1. Create a cloud instance using the Cloud Instance Creator utility.
To create a cloud instance, you must pre-configure a user account and buckets in the cloud environment.
For S3, following is the example command
CloudInstance.exe -addinstance
CloudInstance Name: CloudInstance0001
CloudInstance Provider: compatible-with-s3
CloudInstance ServiceHost: s3.yourendpoint.com
SSL Supported <0/1/2>: 2
HTTP Port: 80
HTTPS Port: 443
Where ServiceHost is replaced with your cloud service host endpoint address.
Veritas System Recovery supports the SSL protocol. While creating a cloud instance you can decide to use the SSL protocol. It is recommended that SSL be set to be 2 (Full). SSL: 0 (disabled) and SSL: 1 (AuthenticationOnly).
Use 80 as the HTTP Port and 443 as the HTTPS Port. These are the default ports. You can change the ports as per your server settings.
Ensure that the S3-compatible cloud-based storage server has a Certificate Authority (CA)-signed certificate. Veritas System Recovery supports only CA-signed certificates while it communicates with the S3-compatible cloud storage in the SSL mode. If it does not have the CA-signed certificate, data transfer between Veritas System Recovery and the S3-compatible cloud provider may fail in the SSL mode.
  1. Create a new backup job in Veritas System Recovery and in the OpenStorage Destination dialog box select S3 as the server type and enter the details of the created cloud instance that can be used to access S3 compatible cloud.
For example, in Server Type, selectS3and inServer Name, entercompatible-with-s3:CloudInstance0001(cloudinstance provider:cloudinstance name)
See About S3-Compatible Cloud Storage.
See About the Cloud Instance Creator Utility.
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