Create an Azure Hypervisor

Create an Azure hypervisor to recover entities into. You will use the Azure hypervisor as a recovery target to perform a Cleanroom Recovery operation.

Start the Configuration Wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtualization.

   The Overview tab appears.

2. In the upper-right area of the page, click Add hypervisor.

   The Configure Hypervisor page appears.

3. Select Microsoft Azure, and then click Next.

   The Configure Microsoft Azure Hypervisor page of the configuration wizard appears.

4. Select Custom configuration.

5. Click Next.

   The Add Hypervisor page of the configuration wizard appears.

Add Hypervisor

To protect Azure resources with Commvault, you need an Azure app registration. And, to the app, you need to assign the roles and permissions that are required for Commvault to access the resources.

For more information, see Configuring Access to Azure Resources.

1. In Hypervisor name, enter a descriptive name for the hypervisor.

2. To use managed identity authentication, which is more secure than authentication with Azure Active Directory, move the Connect using managed identities for Azure resources toggle key to the right.

3. In Subscription ID, enter the subscription ID for the Azure account.

4. For Credentials, select existing credentials or create new credentials.

   Steps to create credentials

   1. Click the add button .

      The Add credential dialog box appears.

   2. In Credential name, enter a descriptive name for the credentials.

   3. In Tenant ID, enter the tenant ID for the Azure account.

   4. In Application ID, enter the application ID for the tenant.

   5. In Application secret, enter the secret key for the application.

   6. From the Environment list, select the Azure environment to use the credential for.

   7. To modify the endpoint URLs, move the Show endpoints toggle key to the right, and then modify the URLs.

   8. In Description, enter a description for the credential.

5. From the Access node list, select the access node to use.

6. Click Next.

   The Add VM Group page of the configuration wizard appears.

7. To avoid configuring Azure backups and adding a VM group, click Skip.

   The Summary page of the configuration wizard appears.

Summary

1. Review the summary.

2. Click Finish.