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How-to guides

Users can create a service by entering the required information for Archive Storage and selecting detailed options through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.

Create Authentication Key

To create and use the Archive Storage service in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, you must generate an authentication key in advance.

Authentication key creation is My Menu > My Info. > Authentication key management > Authentication keys can be created from . For more details, refer to IAM > 인증키 생성하기.

Reference
  • The authentication key is used not only for Archive Storage but also for authentication in OpenAPI and CLI.
  • You can create up to two authentication keys.
Warning
  • If the authentication key expires, access to the Archive Storage service will be restricted. * Check the authentication key’s expiration period in advance to ensure smooth service usage.
  • If you disable the authentication key, access to the Archive Storage service will be restricted.

Create Archive Storage

You can create and use the Archive Storage service in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.

To create Archive Storage, follow these steps.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. Click the Create Archive Storage button on the Service Home page. 2. Go to the Create Archive Storage page.
  3. On the Archive Storage Creation page, enter the information required to create the service and select detailed options.
    Category
    Required status
    		Detailed description
    Bucket nameEssentialBucket name for performing archiving
    • must start with a lowercase letter or digit and be entered using 3 to 63 characters of lowercase letters, digits, hyphen-, and period.
    • period. cannot appear consecutively two or more times
    • period. and hyphen- cannot be adjacent
    • period. or hyphen- cannot be used to end the name
    • IP address format not allowed
    • admin name not allowed
    • cannot use a bucket name already in use in the same region within the Samsung Cloud Platform Console
    Table. Archive Storage service information input items
  4. Summary Verify the detailed information and estimated billing amount generated in the panel, then click the Create button.
    • When creation is complete, check the created resources on the Archive Storage List page.
Information

Archive Storage Check Detailed Information

Archive Storage Detailed page consists of Detail Information, Folder List, Archiving History, Recovery History, Tags tabs.

To view detailed information about the Archive Storage service, follow these steps.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. 2. Go to the Archive Storage List page.
  3. Archive Storage List page, click the resource to view detailed information. 3. Go to the Archive Storage Details page.
    • Archive Storage Details page displays status information and additional feature information, and consists of Details, Folder List, Archiving History, Recovery History, Tags tabs.
      CategoryDetailed description
      Archive Storage statusArchive Storage status information
      • Active: Available
      • Error: Abnormal state during termination
      • Deleting: Service termination in progress
      Service cancellationButton to cancel the service
      Table. Archive Storage status information and additional features

Detailed Information

Detailed Information tab lets you view the resource’s detailed information and modify it if needed.

CategoryDetailed description
serviceservice group
Resource TypeResource Type
SRNUnique resource ID in Samsung Cloud Platform
Resource nameResource name
  • In the Archive Storage service, it means the bucket name
Resource IDService’s unique resource ID
Bucket nameUser-created bucket name
UsageTotal data usage of the bucket
EncryptionEncryption usage information
  • When encryption is used, the SSE‑S3 encryption key method and AES256 encryption algorithm are applied
  • Encryption settings are configured on the Archive Storage Details page after creating Archive Storage
Version controlVersion control usage information
  • Edit button can be clicked to set whether it is enabled
Archiving policyCheck configured archiving targets and policy actions
  • If unused, click the Add button to set the policy
Archiving targetAfter adding the policy task for the Object Storage bucket
  • that will perform Archiving, display the corresponding Archving target
Policy workArchiving policy list
  • Display policy information
    • Policy Name: Policy name
    • Target Files: Archiving target objects
    • Full-Version Archiving: Execution time of the Archiving policy task
    • Status: Active (enabled), Inactive (disabled)
  • Add button to click to add a new Archiving target and policy
  • More button to click to manage
    • Deactivate: Deactivate a policy in Active state (displayed as Active when deactivated)
    • Edit: Change the execution time of the Archiving policy
    • Delete: Delete the Archiving policy
Table. Archive Storage detailed information tab items
Reference
  • Archiving 대상 can be set only once initially. * It cannot be modified after being set.
  • If the target files for the archiving policy are set to All, you cannot set additional policies.
  • Archiving policies can be set up to a maximum of 100.
  • The Archiving policy is performed once a day based on the addition point.
  • Even if you delete all Archiving policies, the Archiving targets remain.
  • The policy operation performs archiving on all versioned files in Object Storage.
Caution
If you reuse the bucket name of the archiving target, the configured archiving policy will be applied, so be careful.

Folder list

In the Folder List tab, you can view the list and size of folders that have been archived.

CategoryDetailed description
nameName of the file or folder that was archived
  • You can search by entering the first letter of the folder or file in the search area
SizeSize of archived files or folders
Modification date/timeLast modified date and time of the file or folder
More buttonManage selected files or folders
  • Version List: View the version list of the selected file
    • You can restore to a desired version or delete version history
  • Delete: Delete the selected file or folder
Table. Archive Storage folder list tab item

Archiving History

In the Archiving History tab, you can view the list of archiving performed over a specific period.

CategoryDetailed description
Search areaSet the policy name, period, and status conditions for Archiving to search
  • Policy Name: Archiving policy name
      • Query Period: Select the period to view Archiving history
        • Up to 90 days can be queried
      • Status: Select the Archiving status
        • All, In Progress, Success, Failure, Canceled, Pending, Skipped can be selected
statusSelect Archiving status
  • All, In progress, Success, Failure, Cancelled, Pending, Skippable can be selected
Policy nameArchiving policy name
  • When clicked, a status check popup opens
  • Policy name, execution time, status, target file, size, progress can be checked
Execution timeArchiving start time
Completion timeArchiving completion time
statusArchiving status information
Cancel operationCancel Archiving task
  • When the Archiving status is Pending or In Progress, it is enabled
  • When clicked, the Cancel Task popup opens
Table. Archive Storage Archiving History Tab Items

Recovery History

In the Recovery History tab, you can view the list of Archives that performed recovery tasks over a specific period.

CategoryDetailed description
Query periodSelect the period to view the recovery history
  • Up to 90 days can be queried
statusSelect recovery status
  • All, In progress, Success, Failure, Cancelled, Pending, Skippable can be selected
  • Recovery target, Archive recovery ID, Recovery date/time, Status, Original location can be verified
Recovery targetRecovery target Object Storage name
  • When clicked, the Check Status popup opens
Recovery Date/TimeRecovery start time
Completion date/timeRecovery completion time
statusRecovery status information
Cancel recovery operationCancel recovery operation
  • When the recovery status is Pending or In Progress, enable
  • When clicked, the Cancel Operation popup opens
Table. Archive Storage recovery history tab items

Tag

In the Tag tab, you can view the resource’s tag information, and add, modify, or delete it.

CategoryDetailed description
Tag listTag list
  • You can view the Key, Value information of the tag
  • Up to 50 tags can be added per resource
  • When entering a tag, search and select from the list of previously created Keys and Values
Table. Archive Storage tag tab items

Archive Storage Encryption Settings

You can configure it to encrypt the data stored in the bucket. After configuring bucket encryption, the encryption settings are applied to data uploaded thereafter. When encryption is used, the SSE‑S3 encryption key method and the AES256 encryption algorithm are applied.

Reference

Archive Storage’s bucket encryption can provide two options (SSE-S3/SSE-KMS).

  • SSE‑S3 is server‑side encryption (SSE‑S3) that uses Amazon S3 managed keys.
  • SSE-KMS is server-side encryption (SSE-KMS) that uses Key Management Service (KMS) keys.
  • In this service, server-side encryption using Amazon S3 managed keys (SSE‑S3) has been released as the default method, and server-side encryption using Key Management Service (KMS) keys (SSE‑KMS) will be provided in the future according to the service roadmap.

Information

If there is data saved before bucket encryption was configured, the encryption settings will not be applied.

  • Re‑uploading the file will apply the encryption.
  • To set encryption for existing data, you need to re‑upload it.

To set up encryption, follow these steps.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. 2. Archive Storage List Navigate to the page.
  3. Archive Storage List page, click the resource (bucket) to use for encryption. 3. Navigate to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. On the Archive Storage Details page, after confirming that encryption is not used, click the Edit button. The Edit Encryption popup window opens.
  5. After checking the use of encryption, click the Confirm button.

Cancel Archive Storage

Information
  • You cannot cancel Archive Storage while archiving is in progress or while restoring an archive file.
  • If data is stored in the bucket, the service cannot be terminated. * Delete the data in the bucket first.
  • Deleted data cannot be recovered, so please exercise caution.

To cancel Archive Storage, follow the steps below.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. 2. Go to the Archive Storage List page.
  3. On the Archive Storage list page, select the resource to cancel and click the Cancel Service button.
  4. When termination is complete, check on the Archive Storage list page whether the resource has been terminated.

1 - Managing Archiving Policies

You can add, modify, or delete archiving policies.

Add Archiving Policy

To add an Archiving policy, follow the steps below.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. 2. Archive Storage List Navigate to the page.
  3. Archive Storage List page, click the resource to view detailed information. 3. Archive Storage Details Navigate to the page.
  4. Click the Add button of Policy Task. 4. Add Archiving Policy The popup window opens.
  5. After entering the Archiving policy information, click the Confirm button.
    CategoryDetailed description
    Archiving targetSelect the Object Storage bucket to perform archiving
    • Cannot be modified after initial configuration
    • Only buckets within the same region can be added
    • Buckets used in policies of other Arcvhie Storage cannot be selected
    Policy nameEnter policy name
    • Enter within 60 characters using English letters, numbers, and special characters (- _)
    • Cannot enter a policy name identical to another Archiving policy name
    Target fileSelect files to archive
    • All: Perform archiving on all files
      • If a prefix is used in another Archiving policy, All cannot be set
    • Prefix: Perform archiving on files that include the specified prefix
      • Prefix input required when selected
      • The prefix cannot start with / and cannot contain special characters(%<>#\`^)
    Policy workWhen selected, perform archiving on all versioned objects in Object Storage
    • When version management of Archive Storage is enabled: manage each version separately
    • When version management of Archive Storage is not used: manage by overwriting the current version
    execution timeEnter the archiving execution time
    • 1 to 3,650 as a number
    Table. Archiving policy addition popup items
Reference
  • Archiving target can be set only once initially. * It cannot be modified after being set.
  • If the target files for the archiving policy are set to All, you cannot set additional policies.
  • Archiving policies can be set up to a maximum of 100.
  • The Archiving policy is executed once per day based on the addition point.
  • The policy operation performs archiving on all versioned files in Object Storage.

Modify Archiving Policy

To modify the Archiving policy, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu, click it. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. 2. Go to the Archive Storage List page.
  3. Archive Storage List Click the resource on the page to view its detailed information. 3. Go to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. From the Policy Actions list, select the policy you want to edit, then click the More > Add button on the right. 4. Archiving policy edit The popup window opens.
  5. After modifying the Archiving policy information, click the Confirm button.
Caution
If you reuse the bucket name of the archiving target, the configured archiving policy will be applied, so be careful.

Delete Archiving Policy

You can delete unused Archiving policies.

Information
If archiving is in progress, it cannot be deleted. On the detail page’s Archiving History tab, after Cancel Operation, proceed with deletion.

To delete the Archiving policy, follow these steps.

  1. All Services > Storage > Archive Storage Click the menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. 2. Go to the Archive Storage List page.
  3. Archive Storage List On the page, click the resource to view detailed information. 3. Archive Storage Details Navigate to the page.
  4. Policy Actions After selecting the policy you wish to delete from the list, click the More > Delete button on the right. 4. Delete Archiving Policy popup opens.
  5. After checking the Archiving policy information, click the Confirm button.
Reference
  • Even if you delete all Archiving policies, the Archiving targets are retained.
  • Deleted Archiving policies cannot be viewed in the Archiving history.

Changing Archiving Policy Status

You can enable or disable the Archiving policy to change whether the Archiving policy is executed.

To change the Archiving policy status, follow the steps below.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. 2. Go to the Archive Storage List page.
  3. On the Archive Storage List page, click the resource to change the Archiving policy status. 3. Archive Storage Details Navigate to the page.
  4. In the Policy Actions list, click the More > Activate or More > Deactivate button for the policy whose status you want to change. 4. A popup window notifying the change of the Archiving policy status opens.
    • Enable: Perform archiving according to the archiving policy.
    • Disable: Stop performing archiving.
  5. Click the Confirm button. 6. The status of the Archiving policy will change.

Cancel Archiving operation

Information
Only Archiving tasks that are pending or in progress can be canceled.

To cancel Archiving, follow the steps below.

  1. All Services > Storage > Archive Storage Click the menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. 2. Go to the Archive Storage List page.
  3. On the Archive Storage List page, click the resource to cancel the Archiving operation. 3. Archive Storage Details Navigate to the page.
  4. Archive History Click the tab.
  5. In the Archiving history list, verify that the status of the Archiving policy to cancel the job is Pending or In progress.
  6. Click the Cancel operation button. 6. A confirmation popup for canceling the operation opens.
  7. Click the Confirm button. 7. The Archiving operation will be canceled.

Archiving How it works

The Archiving behavior based on the Archiving target is as follows.

Archiving targetDetailed description
previous version/current version fileDepends on whether versioning is used for Archive Storage
  • Object Storage versioning: Enabled / Archive Storage versioning: Enabled
    • All versions of Object Storage are managed by version in Archive Storage as well
  • Object Storage versioning: Enabled / Archive Storage versioning: Disabled
    • Archiving is performed for all versions of Object Storage, but Archive Storage manages only the current version (file overwrite applied)
    • Since Archive Storage manages only the current version, previous version files of Object Storage cannot be viewed in Archive Storage
  • Object Storage versioning: Disabled / Archive Storage versioning: Enabled
    • Object Storage manages only the current version (overwrite applied), and Archive Storage manages by version
  • Object Storage versioning: Disabled / Archive Storage versioning: Disabled
    • Both Object Storage and Archive Storage manage only the current version (overwrite applied)
Files that contain the Delete Marker versionDelete Marker version cannot be archived
  • When the latest version is a Delete Marker
    • Object Storage Details page’s Folder List tab cannot view the file
    • Archive Storage Details page’s Folder List tab can be viewed
  • When an intermediate version is a Delete Marker
    • Cannot view the version in the file version list of Object Storage and Archive Storage
    • After archiving, only the Delete Marker version is retained in Object Storage
Empty folderCannot create folder in Archive Storage
Folder containing filesDepending on whether the folder is an Object, the folder deletion behavior in Object Storage differs after archiving
  • When the folder is an Object: the folder is retained and not deleted
    • When the folder is created first and then files are uploaded
    • When uploading the folder containing files directly from Windows
  • When the folder is not an Object: folder deletion
    • When uploading the folder containing files directly from Linux
    • When restoring the folder itself from Archive Storage to Object Storage
If the target file does not existArchiving schedule performed as is
  • Archiving size: 0 B
If the target Object Storage bucket is deleted
  • Maintain display of archiving target
  • When clicking the Archiving target (Object Storage) link, the bucket lookup fails
  • After deleting the bucket, handle archiving failure
  • When recreating the bucket with the same name, maintain archiving with the new bucket
Table. Archiving method according to archiving target
Reference
  • Archiving is performed based on the Etag value of the Object Storage file.
  • After archiving, version ID and modification timestamp are changed. * However, the Etag value is the same.

2 - Use Version Management

By enabling versioning on a bucket, you can manage all Object Storage versions in Archive Storage.
Using version control, you can view a file’s version list and select a previous version from the list to restore it.

Setting up version control

To configure the version control feature, follow these steps.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. You will be taken to the Archive Storage list page.
  3. On the Archive Storage List page, click the resource to use the version control feature. You will be taken to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. On the Archive Storage Details page, verify that Version Management is Not Used, then click the Edit button.Version Management Edit popup opens.
  5. After checking Enabled for version management, click the Confirm button. The Version Management on the Archive Storage Details page will be changed to Enabled.
Reference
  • When you configure version control for the first time, it may take some time for changes to be applied.
  • The time required varies depending on the size of the bucket, and versioning may not be applied until the configuration is completed.

Check version list

You can view and manage the list of file versions.
To view and manage the file’s version list, follow these steps.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. You will be taken to the Archive Storage list page.
  3. Archive Storage List page, click the resource to view the version list. Archive Storage Details page will be opened.
  4. On the Archive Storage Details page, click the Folder List tab.
  5. Click the More > Version Management button of the file whose version list you want to view. The version list popup will open.
CategoryDetailed description
filenameFile name under version control
Modification dateFile modification date and time
Version IDVersion ID assigned to each individual file
  • File before version control configuration: null(-) displayed
  • File after version control configuration: unique ID displayed
EtagObject that can identify a file, specific version
SizeVersion file size
MoreDelete or restore the version
  • Delete: Delete the version from the version list
Table. Version list items
guide

From the moment version control is configured, you can view and manage the version IDs of archived files.

  • Before configuring version control, archived files: the version ID is shown as null(-).
  • After configuring version control, the archived file: a version file is added, and a unique version ID is generated and assigned.

Delete version file

To delete unused version files, follow the steps below.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. You will be taken to the Archive Storage list page.
  3. Archive Storage List page, click the resource to view the version list. You will be taken to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. On the Archive Storage Details page, click the Folder List tab.
  5. Click the More > Version Control button of the file whose version file you want to delete. The version list popup will open.
  6. Click the More > Delete button for the version file you want to delete. The version file will be removed from the version list.
    • After selecting all version files to delete, click the Delete button at the top of the list to delete them all at once.
Caution
If you delete all version files, the original file will also be deleted. To retain the original file, keep at least one version.

3 - Archive Recovery

Archive Recovery

Reference
  • Recovery can be performed on a per-file basis, and the data stored in Archive Storage is not deleted after recovery.
  • When restoring an archive file, select the bucket and folder in Object Storage and restore to that location. Before starting the restoration, first verify the Object Storage you intend to restore.

Recover from folder list

If you are not using the version control feature, you can recover by selecting the Archive file from the folder list.
To check and recover the archive file, follow these steps.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. You will be taken to the Archive Storage List page.
  3. On the Archive Storage List page, click the resource to view detailed information. You will be taken to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. Click the Folder List tab.
  5. Select the folder or file name to restore from the folder list. The Delete button and Restore button appear at the top of the list.
  6. Click the Restore button. The Archive Restore popup opens.
  7. After selecting the recovery information, click the Confirm button.
    CategoryDetailed description
    Bucket nameObject Storage bucket name
    Original locationOriginal file or folder location
    Recovery targetSelect the bucket to recover
    OverwriteSelect whether to use the overwrite function
    • When selecting a bucket in Object Storage with versioning enabled as the recovery target, using the overwrite function stores the existing file with the same name as a previous version
    Table. Archive recovery popup items
Caution
  • Recovery may fail due to character length restrictions on files and folders. For the character length restrictions on files and folders, see the File name creation rules and Folder name creation rules.
  • After a recovery failure, if you perform the recovery again using the overwrite function, you may be charged duplicate fees.
Information
If recovery fails, verify that the completed files are present in the target Object Storage.

Recover from version list

When using the version control feature, you can check a file’s version and restore it to the desired version.

guide
  • To view and restore a file’s version, set the version control feature to enabled..
  • Refer to Configure Version Management for how to configure the versioning feature.

To restore an Archive file using a version file, follow these steps.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. You will be taken to the Archive Storage List page.
  3. Archive Storage List page, click the resource to view detailed information. You will be taken to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. Click the Folder List tab.
  5. In the folder list, click the More > Version Management button for the file whose version list you want to view. The version list popup will open.
  6. In the version list, click the More > Restore button for the version file you want to recover. The Archive Restore popup window will open.
  7. After selecting the recovery information, click the Confirm button.
    CategoryDetailed description
    Bucket nameObject Storage bucket name
    Original locationOriginal file or folder location
    Version listModification timestamp, version ID, Etag, and size information of the version to be restored
    Recovery targetSelect the bucket to recover
    OverwriteSelect whether to use the overwrite function
    • When selecting a bucket in Object Storage with versioning enabled as the recovery target, using the overwrite function stores the existing file with the same name as a previous version
    Table. Archive recovery popup items
Caution
  • Recovery may fail due to character length limits on files and folders. For the character length limits on files and folders, see File Name Creation Rules and Folder Name Creation Rules.
  • After a recovery failure, if you perform the recovery again using the overwrite function, you may be charged duplicate fees.
guide
If recovery fails, verify that the completed files are present in the target Object Storage.

Cancel recovery operation

guide
Only recovery tasks that are pending or in progress can be canceled.

To cancel the recovery operation, follow these steps.

  1. Click the All Services > Storage > Archive Storage menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Archive Storage menu. You will be taken to the Archive Storage list page.
  3. On the Archive Storage List page, click the resource for which you want to cancel the recovery operation. You will be taken to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. Click the Recovery History tab.
  5. Verify that the status of the recovery target to be canceled in the recovery history list is Pending or In Progress.
  6. Click the Cancel button. A confirmation popup for canceling the operation will open.
  7. Click the Confirm button. The recovery operation will be canceled.

Understanding archive recovery methods

The recovery methods according to the type of recovery are as follows.

Recovery typeStatus description
General recovery
  • When some of the original locations are pending: Pending
  • When all original locations are in progress: In progress
  • In progress only tasks are possible
If there are no files to recover (overwrite option not used)Not shown in the status check list
Table. Recovery method based on recovery type