You use the Add Component wizard on the Storage page to create and configure an extended storage component. Each time you use the Storage page to access the Add Component wizard, you are prompted to select the type of extended storage component that you want to create. The System Management Console then dynamically builds the pages in the Add Component wizard to present only the fields you need to use to configure HCP to access and use the specified type of extended storage component.
To create an extended storage component:
1.On the left side of the Storage page, click on the Components tab.
2.On the Components panel, click on the Add Component button.
The Get Started wizard opens.
3.In the Get Started wizard, click on the arrow to display a list of supported extended storage component types, and select the type of component that you want to create.
The Get Started wizard exits and the System Management Console opens the appropriate Add Component wizard for the type of extended storage component that you selected.
4.Use the fields on each page of the Add Component wizard to specify the information that HCP needs to use to access and use the extended storage that’s represented by the component you’re creating:
oTo create an Amazon S3 storage component, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in Amazon S3 storage components.
oTo create a Google Cloud storage component, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in Google Cloud storage components.
oTo create a Microsoft Azure storage component, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in Microsoft Azure storage components.
oTo create an S3-compatible storage component, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in S3-compatible storage components.
oTo create a Verizon Cloud storage component, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in Verizon Cloud storage components.
oTo create an NFS storage component, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in NFS storage components.
You use the Next button at the bottom of each page to save the information you entered on that page and display the next page in the Add Component wizard.
The last page in each wizard is the Review page, which displays all of the extended storage component configuration information that you’ve entered in the wizard.
5.On the Review page in the Add Component wizard, take one of these actions:
oIf the extended storage component configuration information that you entered is correct, click on the Finish button at the bottom of the page.
oIf the extended storage component configuration information is not correct, use the Previous and Next buttons at the bottom of each page to navigate through the pages in the wizard and change any settings that are not correct.
When you’re finished making changes to the storage component configuration settings, navigate to the Review page and click on the Finish button.
When you click on the Finish button at the bottom of the Review page, the wizard exits. The System Management Console displays the Components panel on the Storage page. This panel displays a list of all of the primary storage components and extended storage components that exist on the HCP system and provides information about the current status of each existing component, including the new one you just created.
Each extended storage component provides HCP with the information it needs to access and use the storage that’s represented by that component. However, HCP can actually use the storage that’s represented by a given component only if at least one of its access points (a mount point, bucket, container, or namespace) is contained in a storage pool that’s included in at least one storage tier that’s defined for a namespace by its service plan.
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