Managing targets

You can view target information, edit a target, deactivate or activate a target, or remove a target if you do not want to use it for storing backup data anymore.

Consideration

Only Google Cloud Storage buckets that were added to HYCU for Google Cloud as targets either automatically or manually are listed in the Targets panel. Snapshots are not included in this list.

To access the Targets panel, in the navigation pane, click  Targets. Alternatively, in the Dashboard panel, click the Targets widget title.

Viewing target information

You can view information about each target in the list of targets in the Targets panel. This allows you to have an overview of the general status of the targets. The following information is available for each target:

Property name Description
Name

Target name (globally unique).

A target that has Object Lock (WORM) enabled is represented by the icon in the list of targets.

For information on how automatically created targets are named, see “Appendix A: Objects created by the service”.

t Tip  You can click the target name to open the target details page of the Google Cloud Console in your web browser.
Location Name of the Google Cloud Storage region in which the target resides.
Storage Class

Default object storage class of the target in the Google Cloud Storage service: Multi‑regional, Regional, Durable Reduced Availability, Standard, Nearline, Coldline, or Archive.

Status

Status of the target:

  • Active: You can use the target for backing up data, creating data archives, and restoring data.

  • Inactive: The target has been deactivated within HYCU for Google Cloud. As long as it is not activated you can use it only for restoring data.

  • Inaccessible on Google Cloud: Insufficient permissions are set on the target in the Google Cloud Storage service. HYCU for Google Cloud cannot access the target.

  • Deleted from Google Cloud: The target no longer exists in the Google Cloud Storage service.

For instructions on how to change the status of active or inactive targets, see “Deactivating and activating targets”.

Size Limit

Maximum amount of the target storage space (expressed in MiB, GiB, or TiB) that is allowed to be used by backup data created by HYCU for Google Cloud. The amount represents a soft limit, therefore actual usage may exceed it.
Health

Health status of the target:

  • The icon: Indicates one of the following:

    • The target health has not been determined yet.

    • The target is inactive.

  • The icon: The target is in a healthy state. Utilization of storage space for backup data in the target is less than 90 percent of the configured size limit.

  • The icon: Utilization of storage space for backup data in the target is over 90 percent and under 100 percent of the configured size limit, or the target is publicly accessible in Google Cloud.

  • The icon: Indicates one of the following:

    • Target storage space occupied by backup data exceeds the configured size limit.

    • The target is not accessible due to an I/O error, insufficient permissions, or some other reason.
Utilization Ratio (expressed in percentage) between the target storage space occupied by backup data and the configured size limit.
Automatic Indicator of whether the target was created automatically by HYCU for Google Cloud (h) or not (x).

To open the Details section where you can find more details about the target, click the desired target.

t Tip  To minimize the Details section, click Minimize or press the Spacebar. To return it to its original size, click Maximize or press the Spacebar.

Editing targets

Procedure

  1. In the Targets panel, select the target that you want to edit, and then click  Edit. The Edit Target dialog box appears.

  2. Edit the selected target as required.

  3. Click Save.

Deactivating and activating targets

Deactivation of a target makes the target unavailable for backup operations in HYCU for Google Cloud. The target remains registered with HYCU for Google Cloud with all the contained backup data intact. Restore of data from the target is still possible.

n Note  You cannot deactivate targets that were created automatically by HYCU for Google Cloud.

Prerequisite

For target deactivation: The target is not specified in the Target option of any policy or data archive.

Consideration

After deactivating a target, the target cannot be selected for the Target option of a policy until it is activated again.

Procedure

  1. In the Targets panel, select the target that you want to deactivate or activate.

  2. Change the status of the selected target: click  Deactivate or  Activate.

  3. Only for deactivation. Click Yes to confirm that you want to deactivate the selected target.

Removing targets

Removal of a target deregisters the target from HYCU for Google Cloud. After deregistration, the target and its contained data other than backup data continue to be available in your Google Cloud project.

Prerequisites

  • The target contains no backup data.

  • The target is not specified in the Target option of any policy or data archive.

Considerations

  • After removing a target, no backup operations that include this target are possible anymore.
  • You cannot remove targets that were created automatically by HYCU for Google Cloud unless they have been deleted from Google Cloud.

Procedure

  1. In the Targets panel, select the target that you want to remove, and then click  Remove.

  2. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the selected target.