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Getting Started with Azure NetApp Files

To get started with Azure NetApp Files (ANF), verify that your environment meets the system requirements, set the contributor role or a custom role on the resource groups for the access node (Azure VM), and then in the Commvault software, configure the Microsoft Azure Snap array, and select the Microsoft Azure Snap engine in the subclient.

Procedure

  1. Verify that your environment meets the system requirements for Azure NetApp Files.

  2. On the VM on which IntelliSnap operations run, do the following:

    1. Enable managed identity access.

    2. Use any one of the following roles:

      Role

      Steps

      Contributor

      • Set the Contributor role for the resource groups that are associated with the following:

        • A NetApp account of the ANF storage volume.

        • The virtual network to which the ANF volume is connected.

      Custom

      • Define a custom role to perform IntelliSnap backup and restore operations with ANF volumes, instead of using the Contributor role:

        • Download the CustomRoleDefinition.json file.

          This role contains the limited permissions needed to perform backup and restore operations with ANF.

        • In the CustomRoleDefinition.json file, update #SubscriptionId# and #ResourceGroupName# in the following entry:

          assignableScopes": ["/subscriptions/#SubscriptionId#/resourceGroups/#ResourceGroupName1#

          For more information about creating a custom role, go to Azure Custom Roles on the Microsoft documentation website.

  3. Optional: If you are going to use a proxy computer for the backup copy, then do the following:

    • On the proxy computer, set the contributor role.

    • Ensure that the proxy computer is either connected to the same virtual network as the source ANF volume or to a virtual network which is peered to the virtual network on which the source ANF volume is attached.

  4. Optional: Add a Azure NetApp Files Snap Entry to Manage Different Subscriptions

    If you have just one subscription, then you do not need to configure any additional array because by default, snapshots created by the Azure NetApp Files snapshot engine are associated with the AzureNetAppFiles-Default-MI array.

    If you have more than one subscription and want to manage snapshots from different subscription separately, then you need to configure one storage array entry for each subscription. For more information, see Configuring One Storage Array Entry For Each Subscription.

  5. Optional: You can configure snapshot configuration properties for ANF.

  6. In the Commvault software, configure the agent to work with the ANF array. For a list of supported agents, see Supported Agents. When you configure the subclient for the instance, select the Microsoft Azure Snap engine.

    Note

    There are two array types that are associated to the Microsoft Azure Snap engine:

    • Azure-Default-MSI: It is the default array entry for Azure disk snapshots.

    • AzureNetAppFiles-Default-MSI: It is the default array entry for Azure NetApp Files snapshots.

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