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Authentication
Access & Secret Access Key: This is the default authentication.
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Service Host: The name of the host providing the cloud storage service. For example,
blob.core.windows.net.Note
Do not add the bucket name or the container name as the service host.
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Credential: For additional information on the credential options, see Create/Modify User Credentials (General).
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Account Name
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Access Key
Note
SAS (Shared Access Signatures) can be provided as access keys.
Service SAS cannot be successfully implemented on an Azure library due to the limitations described in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/create-service-sas, such as "A service SAS cannot grant access to certain operations: Container metadata and properties cannot be read or written."
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Container
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Storage Class
Option
Description
Recommendation
Use container's default storage class
Select this option to use the default storage class selected in the storage account in the Azure portal.
Commvault software will write the data based on the container's storage class .
Use this option if the container is already created in Azure.
Hot
Select this option to use the 'Hot' tier to write the data.
Use this option for a container already created in Azure using the 'Hot' tier.
Cool
Select this option to use the 'Cool' tier to write the data.
Use this option for a container already created in Azure using the 'Cool' tier.
Hot/Archive (Combined Storage Tiers)
Select this option for 'hot archive' storage class.
Commvault software will write the metadata in the Hot tier and data will be written in the Archive tier.
Create a container with the ‘Hot’ storage class in Azure and then select the Hot/Archive (Combined Storage Tiers) option while configuring the storage in Commvault software.
Cool/Archive (Combined Storage Tiers)
Select this option for 'cool archive' storage class.
Commvault software will write the metadata in the Cool tier and data will be written in the Archive tier.
Create a container with the 'Cool' storage class in Azure and then select the Cool/Archive (Combined Storage Tiers) option while configuring the storage in Commvault software.
Archive
Select this option to create an 'archive' storage class.
Commvault software will write all data in the Archive tier.
Create a container with the 'Archive' storage class in Azure and then select the Archive option while configuring the storage in Commvault software.