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Restore Zerto Backups using AWS Storage Gateway

In this post, I will restore a VPG via the AWS Storage Gateway. The Zerto restore point is stored in AWS S3 storage and the AWS Storage Gateway will pull it over as part of the Zerto restore process.

From the Action menu, I select the Restore option

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I select my VPG from the list of VPGs that are backed up to S3.

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I select my restore point.

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I select the host and the storage to restore the VMs and choose which VMs I want powered on and if I want the NICs to connect.

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I finish the wizard by clicking Restore.

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I can see in my OPNsense console that the AWS Storage Gateway is pulling the backup over from AWS S3.

Once it settled in, it fluctuated between 650Mbps and 920Mbps on my 1Gbps VPN link to AWS.

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Using the default AWS Storage GW settings, the 1TB VPG took a little over 5 hours and 20 minutes.

 I changed the AWS Storage Gateway to the recommended settings per this article https://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/userguide/Performance.html#performance-fgw and re-ran the same restore. The 1TB VPG restored in 4 hours and 20 minutes.

The AWS Storage Gateway is a good lower-cost option to store your Zerto LTR Backups. It was easy to deploy and restore VPGs using the Zerto UI.

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Protect Zerto VPGs to S3 using AWS Storage Gateway

In this post, I will use the Zerto Long Term Retention repository (LTR) I created in this post using the AWS Storage Gateway and S3 storage.

The first step is to create a VPG and target the AWS Storage Gateway as the LTR repository.

I create a new VPG from the Zerto dashboard.

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Give the VPG a name:

create VPG O General @ VMS Replication @ Storage Recovery NICs Retention Policy Summary Specify a unique name for the VPG and the priority • • o Medium Previous Next Done

Add some VMs to the VPG.

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Follow the steps in the wizard until you get to step 7: Retention Policy.

Slide the Long Term Retention toggle to turn it on.

Since I configured the AWS Storage Gateway already and set it as the default repository, it automatically populates the target repository and connection information.  Edit the retention information to meet your needs and finish the wizard.

Once the replication via the AWS Storage Gateway to S3 completes, you’re ready to do a test restore. In the next post , I do a restoration from S3 via the AWS Storage Gateway.

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Install AWS Storage Gateway for Zerto LTR

In this post. I’ll configure Zerto 7.5 to use the AWS Storage Gateway to store my Zerto Long Term Retention (LTR) backups. 

The AWS Storage Gateway comes in three flavors: file gateway, volume gateway and tape gateway. I’m using the file gateway.

Deploy the AWS Storage Gateway

To install, go to the AWS console and search for “AWS Storage Gateway”.  Click on the  Create Gateway and follow the wizard.

Select File Gateway.

I’m running vSphere, so I downloaded the ESXi .ovf and followed the simple deployment instructions.

I used the public endpoint.

Added in the AWS Storage Gateway VM IP address.

After it connected I activated the Gateway, configured the local disks and logging and completed the installation. It’s that straightforward.

In the next post. I’ll configure Zerto to use the AWS Storage Gateway for LTR backup retention.