Prepare production workloads, Azure Cleanroom and Commvault environment to perform a recovery into a Cleanroom site.
Production Workloads
Complete the steps listed in the table below to prepare production workloads.
Workloads | What to Do | More Information |
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Windows VMs |
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Linux VMs |
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Installing Hyper-V Drivers for Linux VMs |
Linux VMs | Install Azure Linux Agent on Source VMs. No reboot is required, but it is still recommended. | Update the Azure Linux Agent on a VM. |
Azure Cleanroom
Complete the steps listed in the table below to prepare Azure Cleanroom.
Action | Description | More Information |
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Verify the subscription | Ensure your Azure Cleanroom subscription has been created. | Create Windows Azure Subscription |
Verify the Resource Providers are enabled in Azure Cleanroom | The following Resource Providers must be enabled in Azure Cleanroom.
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Azure Resource Providers and Types |
Create an Azure App Registration for Commvault | Verify that an App Registration has been created for Commvault with correct permissions for the entire Cleanroom subscription and for the Storage Account (Storage Account Contributor and Storage Blob Data Contributor). | |
Verify the staging storage account | Verify that the Resource Group and Storage Account is created with accurate configuration in the region where the VMs will be recovered (only locally-redundant storage (LRS) and StorageV2-general purpose v2-accounts are supported). Note: Make sure that the virtual network where the access nodes will be created has access to the storage account. |
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Set up a virtual network for Cleanroom recovered VMs | Verify the following:
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Set up a virtual network for Commvault access nodes |
Create an additional virtual network where the auto-scaled access nodes will be created. This virtual network should have inbound and outbound connectivity to the Cleanroom recovered Control Plane (CommServe). The following ports must be open on the additional virtual network:
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Create a Security Rule on Network Security Group |
Commvault Environment
Complete the steps listed in the table below to prepare Commvault environment.
Action | Description | More Information |
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Verify the Commvault version | Verify that you are using Commvault Platform Release 2024 (11.34.13) or a more recent version. | |
Upload CommServe Diaster Recovery (DR) backups on Commvault Cloud. | Verify that the Commvault CommServe DR backups are uploaded to Commvault Cloud. |
Configuring Automatic Uploads of Disaster Recovery (DR) Backups to Commvault Cloud Services Portal |
Access Cloud Command | Verify that you are able to access Commvault Cloud. | Log on to Commvault Cloud with your credentials. |
Verify auxiliary copies on Air Gap Protect |
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Create a Cleanroom hypervisor | While this task can be done in the Cleanroom using the recovered control plane, every time Cleanroom spins up it should be repeated. To stay prepared in advance, create the Cleanroom Hypervisor(s) on the production Control Plane(CommServe). | Configuring Backups for Azure VMs. |
Enable auto-scaling for access nodes | While this task can be done in the Cleanroom using the recovered Control Plane, every time Cleanroom spins up it should be repeated. To stay prepared in advance, enable auto-scaling for Azure access nodes in the production Control Plane(CommServe). | Configure Auto-Scaling for Azure Access Nodes |
Create a Cleanroom recovery target | While this task can be performed in the Cleanroom using the recovered Control Plane, every time the Cleanroom spins up, you must repeat this step. To stay prepared in advance, create the Cleanroom targets on the production Control Plane(CommServe). | Create a Cleanroom Recovery Target |
Create Cleanroom Recovery Groups | While this task can be perform in the Cleanroom using the recovered Control Plane, every time the Cleanroom spins up, you must repeat this step. To stay prepared in advance, create the Cleanroom recovery group(s) on the production Control Plane(CommServe). | Set Up a Recovery Group |
Consistent Backups | For VMs with databases, configure pre-scripts or application-aware backups for consistent backups | |
Control Plane (CommServe) DR Backup on Commvault Cloud | Log on to Commvault Cloud with your credentials and verify that the latest Control Plane (CommServe) DR Backups are uploaded. |