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Seeding data using Snowball Transferring data to the cloud using Amazon Snowball
9. Click Next.
10. Under Set security, select your settings:
11. Click Next.
12. Under Set notifications, optionally, you can choose to select Create new SNS topic and enter a topic name and
email address if you wish to receive notifications.
Under Job status, select each event for which you would like to receive notification.
13. Click Next.
14. Review the summary information for your job. If everything is correct, click Create job.
Amazon prepares and ships the Snowball appliance.
Transferring data from AltaVault to Snowball
1. After receiving the Snowball appliance, plug it in, and connect it to the AltaVault using a 10GbE SFP+ Optical
(recommended) or a 1GbE Ethernet cable. When using copper cables with direct connection, a cross-over cable is
required. For best performance it is recommended to use direct connections between the appliances.
2. Using the E-Ink display (touch screen) on Snowball, select your network interface type, and configure an IP
address, netmask, and default gateway.
3. From the AWS Job dashboard, select the job name to view Job status for the Snowball appliance.
4. Click Get credentials to access the job manifest and a 25 character unlock code. Both the manifest file and the
unlock code are required to start Snowball. A separate unlock code and manifest file is provided for each job.
5. Click Download manifest to download a copy of the file to a server that can be accessed by AltaVault.
6. Log in to the AltaVault CLI.
7. Upload a copy of the manifest file to the AltaVault:
hostname (config)# seed snowball manifest-file fetch <manifest-file-url>
Bucket name Select a destination bucket name for the data. This is the
existing bucket that was specified when configuring the cloud
connection on AltaVault to Amazon S3.
Storage capacity Select the Snowball storage capacity for data size.
Security Setting Descriptions
Permission Click Create/Select IAM role to provide the Identity and
Access Management setting.
Encryption For KMS key, select your setting from the pull-down menu.If
you do not have a KMS key, choose “(default) aws/
importexport.”
Job information Description
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