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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 need to generate an authentication key in advance.

You can generate an authentication key at My menu > My Info. > Authentication Key Management > Create Authentication Key. For more information, refer to IAM > Create Authentication Key.

Reference
  • The authentication key is used not only for Archive Storage but also for authentication in OpenAPI and CLI.
  • You can generate up to two authentication keys.
Caution
  • If the authentication key expires, access to the Archive Storage service will be restricted. To ensure smooth service usage, check the key’s expiration period in advance.
  • 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. Navigate to the Service Home page of Archive Storage.
  2. On the Service Home page, click the Create Archive Storage button. You will be taken to the Create Archive Storage page.
  3. Archive Storage creation page, enter the information required to create the service, and select detailed options.
    Category
    Required status
    		Detailed description
    Bucket nameRequiredBucket name for performing archiving
    • must start with a lowercase letter or digit and use lowercase letters, digits, dash-, period. to enter 3~63 characters
    • period. cannot appear consecutively two or more times
    • period. and dash- cannot be adjacent
    • period. or dash- cannot be used to terminate
    • 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 fields
  4. Summary Check the detailed information and estimated billing amount created in the panel, and click the Create button.
    • Once creation is complete, check the created resources on the Archive Storage List page.
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View Archive Storage details

Archive Storage Details page consists of Detail Information, Folder List, Archiving History, Recovery History, and Tag tabs.

Follow these steps to view detailed information about the Archive Storage service.

  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.
    • Archive Storage Details page displays status information and additional feature information, and consists of Details, Folder List, Archiving History, Recovery History, and Tags tabs.
      CategoryDetailed description
      Archive Storage statusArchive Storage status information
      • Active: available
      • Error: abnormal state while being terminated
      • Deleting: service termination in progress
      Service terminationButton to cancel the service
      Table. Archive Storage status information and additional features

Detailed information

Detailed Information tab allows you to view the resource’s detailed information and edit 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 enabled, the SSE‑S3 encryption key method and the AES256 encryption algorithm are applied
  • Encryption settings are configured on the Archive Storage Details page after creating an Archive Storage
Version controlVersion management usage information
  • Click the Edit button to set whether it is enabled
Archiving PolicyCheck the configured archiving target and policy actions
  • If unused, you can set the policy by clicking the Add button
Archiving targetObject Storage bucket for archiving
Policy workArchiving policy list
  • Display policy information
    • Policy ID: policy ID value
    • Target Files: Archiving target objects
    • Full-version Archiving: execution time of the Archiving policy operation
    • Status: Active (enabled), Inactive (disabled)
  • Click the Add button to add a new policy
  • Click the More button to manage
    • Deactivate: Deactivate a policy in Active state (displayed as Active when deactivated)
    • Edit: Allows changing the execution time of the Archiving policy
Table. Archive Storage detailed information tab items
Reference
  • Archiving target can be set only once initially. After setting, it cannot be modified.
  • The policy operation performs archiving on all versioned files in Object Storage.
  • The archiving policy can only be modified and cannot be deleted.
  • The archiving policy is executed once daily, based on the time of addition.
Caution
If you reuse the bucket name of the archiving target, the configured archiving policy will be applied, so be careful.

Folder list

Folder List tab allows you to 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 and timeLast modified date and time of a 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
  • Restore: Restore the selected file or folder
  • Delete: Delete the selected file or folder
Table. Archive Storage folder list tab items

Archiving History

Archiving History tab allows you to view the list of archiving performed over a specific period.

CategoryDetailed description
Query periodSelect the period to view the archiving history
  • Up to 90 days can be queried
statusSelect Archiving status
  • All, In progress, Success, Failure, Cancelled, Pending, Skipped can be selected
Policy IDArchiving policy ID
  • when clicked status check popup window opens
  • Policy ID, execution date/time, status, target file, size, and progress can be viewed
Execution timeArchiving start time
Completion date and timeArchiving completion time
statusArchiving status information
CancelCancel 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

| Search area |

  • Query Period: Select the period to view the Archiving history
    • You can query up to a maximum of 90 days
  • Status: Select the Archiving status
    • All, In Progress, Success, Failure, Canceled, Pending, Skipped can be selected
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Recovery History

In the Recovery History tab, you can view the list of Archives that performed recovery operations 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, Canceled, Pending, Skipped can be selected
  • Recovery target, Archive recovery ID, Recovery date/time, Status, Original location can be viewed
Recovery targetRecovery target Object Storage name
  • when clicked status check popup opens
Recovery date and timeRecovery start time
Completion TimeRecovery Completion Time
statusRecovery status information
Cancel recovery operationCancel recovery operation
  • When the recovery status is Pending or In Progress, it is enabled
  • Click to open the Cancel Operation popup
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, you can search and select from the list of previously created Keys and Values
Table. Archive Storage tag tab items

Archive Storage Encryption Configuration

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

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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) is released as the default method, and server-side encryption using Key Management Service (KMS) keys (SSE‑KMS) will be offered later according to the service roadmap.

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If there is data that was stored before the bucket encryption was configured, the encryption setting will not be applied.

  • If you re‑upload the file, the encryption will be applied.
  • To enable 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. 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 (bucket) to use for encryption. You will be taken to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. On the Archive Storage Details page, verify that Encryption is Not Used, then click the Edit button. The Edit Encryption popup opens.
  5. After checking the use of encryption, click the Confirm button.

Archive Storage Terminate

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You cannot cancel Archive Storage while archiving is in progress or while restoring an archive file.

To cancel Archive Storage, 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, select the resource to cancel, and click the Cancel Service button.
  4. After termination is complete, verify on the Archive Storage List page that the resource has been terminated.

1 - Manage Archiving Policy

You can add, modify, or delete archiving policies.

Add Archiving Policy

To add an Archiving policy, 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 Add button of Policy Task. The Archiving Policy Add popup opens.
  5. After entering the Archiving policy information, click the Confirm button.
    CategoryDetailed description
    Archiving targetSelect the Object Storage bucket for 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
    target fileSelect files for archiving
    • Only All can be selected
    Policy workWhen selected, archiving is performed on all versioned objects in Object Storage
    • When Archive Storage version management is enabled: each version is managed separately
    • When Archive Storage version management is disabled: managed by overwriting the current version
    execution timeEnter the archiving execution point
    • Enter a number between 1 and 3,650
    Table. Archiving policy addition popup items
Reference
  • Archiving target can be set only once initially. After setting, it cannot be modified.
  • The policy operation performs archiving on all versioned files in Object Storage.
  • The archiving policy can only be modified and cannot be deleted.
  • The archiving policy is executed once daily, based on the time of addition.
  • Cannot set an additional policy when the target files for the Archiving policy are set to All.

Modify Archiving Policy

To modify the Archiving policy, 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 its details. You will be taken to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. Policy Actions In the list, select the policy you want to edit, then click the More > Add button on the right. The Edit Archiving Policy popup opens.
  5. After editing the Archiving policy information, click the Confirm button.
Caution
When reusing the bucket name of the archiving target, the configured archiving policy will be applied, so be careful.

Delete Archiving Policy

To delete the Archiving policy, 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. Go 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. From the Policy actions list, select the policy you want to delete, then click the More > Delete button on the right. The Delete Archiving Policy popup opens.
  5. After reviewing the Archiving policy information, click the Confirm button.
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Even if you delete all Archiving policies, the Archiving targets remain.

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Change Archiving Policy Status

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

To change the Archiving policy status, 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 whose Archiving policy status you want to change. You will be taken to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. From the Policy Actions list, click the More > Activate or More > Deactivate button for the policy whose status you want to change. A popup notifying the change of the Archiving policy status will open.
    • Activation: Perform archiving according to the archiving policy.
    • Disable: Stops performing archiving.
  5. Click the Confirm button. The status of the Archiving policy will be changed.

Cancel archiving operation

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

To cancel archiving, 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 cancel the Archiving operation. Then go to the Archive Storage Details page.
  4. Click the Archive History tab.
  5. Check whether the status of the Archiving policy to cancel the job in the Archiving history list is Pending or In Progress.
  6. Click the Cancel button. A cancel confirmation popup will open.
  7. Click the Confirm button. The Archiving operation will be canceled.

Understanding how Archiving works

The archiving behavior varies by archiving target as follows.

Archiving targetDetailed description
previous version/current version fileDepends on whether versioning is enabled for Archive Storage
  • Object Storage versioning: Enabled / Archive Storage versioning: Enabled
    • All versions in Object Storage are also managed by version in Archive Storage
  • Object Storage versioning: Enabled / Archive Storage versioning: Disabled
    • Archiving is performed for all versions of Object Storage, but Archive Storage only manages the current version (file overwrite applied)
    • Since Archive Storage only manages 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 only manages the current version (overwrite applied), while Archive Storage manages by version
  • Object Storage versioning: Disabled / Archive Storage versioning: Disabled
    • Both Object Storage and Archive Storage only manage the current version (overwrite applied)
File containing Delete Marker versionDelete Marker versions cannot be archived
  • When the latest version is a Delete Marker
    • In the Object Storage Details page’s Folder List tab, the file cannot be viewed
    • In the Archive Storage Details page’s Folder List tab, it can be viewed
  • When an intermediate version is a Delete Marker
    • The version cannot be seen in the file version list of Object Storage and Archive Storage
    • After archiving, only the Delete Marker version is retained in Object Storage
Empty folderFolder cannot be created in Archive Storage
Folder containing filesWhether the folder is an Object determines whether the folder is deleted from Object Storage 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 itself containing files from Windows
  • When the folder is not an Object: folder deletion
    • When uploading the folder itself containing files from Linux
    • When restoring the folder itself from Archive Storage to Object Storage
When there is no target fileArchiving schedule as is
  • Archiving size: 0 B
If the target Object Storage bucket is terminated
  • Keep display of archiving target
  • When clicking the Archiving target (Object Storage) link, fail to retrieve the corresponding bucket
  • After deleting the bucket, handle archiving failure
  • When recreating a bucket with the same name, maintain archiving with the new bucket
Table. Archiving method according to the archiving target
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  • 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 remains 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
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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

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  • 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.
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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.

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  • 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.
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If recovery fails, verify that the completed files are present in the target Object Storage.

Cancel recovery operation

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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