Migrating Backup Data to Managed Backup Service (MBS)

Introduction

Many MSP360 (CloudBerry) customers start backing up their data with MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup and then later move to the Managed Backup service for more convenient and centralized user management. The biggest obstacle in the migration process is to modify the structure of the data in the backup storage to fit the structure of backup data in the Managed Backup.

Before You Begin

Before you proceed to transfer the data from MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup to Managed Backup, ensure that the following requirements are met:

• You have created a Managed Backup user with an assigned backup storage.
• Both MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup and Managed Backup Agent (by default, Online Backup) are installed on the instance.
• Backup Agent supports the backup storage you use in MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup.

Migrating Backup & Restore Plans

The first step is to manually transfer the backup and restore plans from MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup to Managed Backup. You can either create new plans from scratch or export them to a configuration file and then import this file to the Online Backup Agent instance.

It is recommended to inspect the imported plans and ensure that all of the options are properly configured.

Migrating Backup Data

For the purpose of data migration, MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup features a CLI tool that can restructure the existing backup data and even move it to a different backup storage. This tool essentially prompts you to specify the source backup storage, the user ID of the target Managed Backup user, and the target storage bucket.

Now let's proceed to transfer the backup data. First, you need to get the name of the source storage from which the data will be transferred. Run MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup, click the MSP360 icon on the main toolbar, and click the account that contains the data.

The display name is what you need, write it down somewhere.

The second parameter you need is the Managed Backup user ID. You can export the Organization > Users page in the Management Console to see all user IDs in the User ID column. Write down the

The final parameter required for data transfer is the target bucket. You can get it in the same Management Console, on the Organization > Users page. Click the required user name to see the bucket on the Backup Destination tab. Write the required bucket down somewhere.

To start data migration, navigate back to the MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup installation folder and execute the following command:

cbb migrationstandalonetombs -a sourceStorageName -uid mbsUserID -b targetStorageBucket

where:

Parameter	Description	Value
-a	Name of the source storage (first parameter)	String
-uid	Target Managed Backup User ID (second parameter)	String
-b	Target storage bucket (third parameter)	String

The migration process will start and might take a while depending on the size of your data.

When done, you can continue backing up your data using Backup Agent exactly as you did with MSP360 (CloudBerry) Backup.