Create the required Azure resources

Assemble Azure subscription, configure roles for auto-scaling, and identify a resource group to deploy access nodes.

For information about Commvault's usage of Azure resource providers, see Azure Resource Provider Usage for VM Protection Operations.

Procedure

1. Identify the Azure subscription where the access nodes will be dynamically deployed.

2. Create the custom role CommvaultAzureCVAutoScale which defines the permissions required for auto-scaling.

3. Create a service principal to serve as Scale Manager, and then assign the CommvaultAzureCVAutoScale role to it.

4. Identify the resource group where the access nodes will be deployed.

5. For each region, identify the following resources that will be used by deployed access nodes:

   • Virtual Network (VNet)

   • Subnet

   • Storage account

6. If public IP needs to be enabled on deployed access nodes, create a public IP prefix for each region in the resource group where the computes will be deployed and the tag cvscale-cc:cs guid.