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Creating a Microsoft Azure Client

An Azure virtualization client manages data protection operations for an Azure subscription. You must create Azure clients on client computers installed with the Virtual Server Agent.

If you have multiple Azure subscriptions, create a virtualization client for each subscription.

An Azure virtualization client is also required to support conversion of virtual machines to Azure.

Deprecated

For Feature Release 24 and earlier versions, existing Virtualization Azure Classic Deployment Model configurations will continue to function as defined.

For Feature Release 25 and more recent versions:

  • Existing Virtualization Azure Classic Deployment Model configurations will not function as defined.

New Virtualization Azure Classic Deployment Model configurations are not supported.

Before You Begin

Access to Azure Resources

To give the Commvault software access to Azure resources, you can use a managed identity or an Azure application and a secret. For more information, see Configuring Access to Azure Resources.

Azure Endpoints

To support backups and restores that are not available through the Azure global endpoint, create the AzureRegion additional setting on the VSA access node and specify the additional endpoints as values.

For instructions on adding additional settings from the CommCell Console, see Add or Modify an Additional Setting.

Property

Value

Name

AzureRegion

Category

VirtualServer

Type

String

Value

China,usgov,Germany

Procedure

  1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click Client Computers and select New Client > Virtualization > Azure.

  2. On the Create Azure Client dialog, add the following:

    • Client Name: Enter a descriptive name for the virtualization client.

    • Subscription ID: Enter the subscription ID for your Azure account.

    • For traditional deployment with Azure Active Directory, add the following:

      • Tenant ID: Enter the tenant ID associated with the virtualization client.

      • Application ID: Enter the application ID associated with the tenant.

      • Application Password: Enter the password for the application in this box and in the Application Confirm Password box.

    • For Managed Identity authentication deployment with Azure Active Directory, add the following:

      • Connect using Managed Identity: Enable this option.

  3. From the Storage Policy list, select a storage policy to associate with the virtualization client.

    The storage policy you select is also associated with the default subclient that is created automatically for the virtualization client.

  4. Add VSA proxies to be used for Azure operations:

    1. Next to Proxies, click Add.

    2. In the Select Clients/Client Groups dialog box, select one or more VSA proxies.

      Note

      For Managed Identity Authentication deployment, you must select Managed Identity-enabled proxies to ensure that backup and restore operations are successful.

    3. Click OK.

  5. Click OK to create the virtualization client.

  6. Refresh Azure information:

    1. Go to Client Computers > Azure Client > Virtual Server, right-click Azure Resource Manager, and then click All Tasks > Refresh Datacenters.

    2. In the Refresh Datacenters dialog box, refresh or discover virtual machines:

      • To refresh the status of Azure virtual machines, select Refresh VM Status.

      • To discover all virtual machines and add them to the CommCell Console as clients, select Discover VMs.

  7. Click OK.

    Depending on your selections, this operation might take some time.

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