Hello Craig,
Thank you for your inquiry with regards to S3 Backups in JetBackup 5 to your Google Cloud Storage. First off, I just want to go over and take the opportunity briefly explain what goes behind S3 Backups. To clarify, the S3 protocol uses object storage where your data is stored as objects with unique identifiers, compared to standard file storage where your data are stored in files and directories and are human-readable.
As an example, this is how a snap is structured on JetBackup 5's backup format, organized per backup item plus additional metadata for JetBackup's use:
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├── snap.1
│ ├── certificate
│ ├── config
│ ├── cronjob
│ ├── database
│ ├── database_user
│ ├── domain
│ ├── email
│ ├── ftp
│ ├── homedir
│ ├── jetbackup.configs
│ └── jetbackup.index
├── snap.2
....
Once this data is transferred to an S3 Compatible Destination, this is then converted and stored as objects and will look something similar to the following:
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├── export
│ ├── snap.1
│ ├── snap.2
│ ....
├── files
│ ├── 6258c0a30008839f00001146
│ ├── 6258c0a30009115600001148
│ ├── 6258c0a3000914d000001149
│ ├── 6258c0a30009180b0000114b
│ ├── 6258c0a300091a820000114c
│ ├── 6258c0a300091f3400001151
│ ....
├── snap.1
│ └── jetbackup.index
├── snap.2
│ └── jetbackup.index
....
Under "files", this is where all your backup data across all the snaps are actually stored, and each object represents a file in the backup. Additionally, you will also have a corresponding "snap" and "export" data which stores the information required for JetBackup to read this backup.
Here is a good online resource for additional information on the different storage types:
https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/data-s ... ct-storage
With that said, could you please clarify if you are trying to download your backup from within the JetBackup 5 interface? If so, I do like to add that you have the ability to view and download your backups through the Accounts Section as shown here:
https://docs.jetbackup.com/v5.2/adminpa ... ew-backups
I hope you find the following information helpful and please don't hesitate to reach out to our 24/7 support team at
[email protected] if you have any further questions regarding JetBackup 5!
Thank you,