Add Azure Managed Lustre

Create a Backup Plan

Start the Configuration Wizard

1. Log on to metallic.io.

   The Service catalog page appears.

2. On the Files tile, click Configure, and then click File server.

   The Configure File Server Backup page appears.

If you have already completed the initial setup, follow these steps:

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

   The file servers Overview page appears.

2. On the Files tab, in the upper-right area of the page, click Add Server.

   The Configure File Server page appears.

3. Select File server and click Next.

   The Configure File Server Backup page appears.

Specify the File Server Environment

1. Select File server running in the cloud VM, and then from the Select vendor list, select Microsoft Azure.

   An active trial or an active subscription is required.

2. Click Next.

   The File Server Backup Overview page appears.

3. Review the information and then, click Next.

   The Region page appears.

Region

1. From the region list, select the region where the file server is located.

2. Click Next.

   The Cloud Storage page appears.

Cloud Storage

Primary Copy

1. To review the supported combinations of primary and secondary storage, see Storage Options for In-Guest Agent Based Backups.

2. For the primary copy of the backup data, select existing cloud storage from the Storage location list or create new cloud storage.

   Steps to create cloud storage for the primary copy

   1. Click +.

      The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.

   2. From the Type list, select Air Gap Protect or Microsoft Azure Storage.

   3. If you select Air Gap Protect, the Cloud storage provider, Storage Class, and Region fields are automatically populated.

   4. If you select Microsoft Azure Storage, the Region field is automatically populated.

   5. In the Name box, enter the name for the cloud storage.

   6. From the Storage class list, select a storage class.

   7. In the Account name box, enter the account name.

   8. In the Container box, enter a name for the container.

   9. To configure a virtual network rule for your storage account, do the following:

      1. Move the Enable access to the VNet firewall rule toggle key to the right.

      2. Copy either the Azure CLI command or the Azure PowerShell command.

      3. Modify the command to specify your Azure subscription ID. This might be the same subscription ID that you specified when deploying your Commvault Azure application.

         For information, see the following pages in the Microsoft Azure documentation:

         • az account list

         • Change active subscription

      4. Run the command.

         The VNets of the selected region are added to the allowlist.

   10. Click Save.

Secondary Copy

1. Decide whether to store a secondary copy of the backup data for long-term retention.

   1. To enable backup of a secondary copy, slide the Secondary copy toggle key to the right.

   2. Select existing cloud storage from the Storage location list or create new cloud storage.

   Steps to create cloud storage for the secondary copy

   1. Click +.

      The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.

   2. The Region, Service host, and Authentication fields are automatically populated.

   3. In the Name box, enter the name for the cloud storage.

   4. From the Storage class list, select a storage class.

   5. In the Account name box, enter the account name.

   6. In the Container box, enter a name for the container.

   7. To configure a virtual network rule for your storage account, do the following:

      1. Move the Enable access to the VNet firewall rule toggle key to the right.

      2. Copy either the Azure CLI command or the Azure PowerShell command.

      3. Modify the command to specify your Azure subscription ID. This might be the same subscription ID that you specified when deploying your Commvault Azure application.

         For information, see the following pages in the Microsoft Azure documentation:

         • az account list

         • Change active subscription

      4. Run the command.

         The VNets of the selected region are added to the allowlist.

   8. Click Save.

2. Click Next.

   The Plan page appears.

Backup Plan

A backup plan specifies the storage to back up the data to and other settings such as recovery point objective (RPO) settings.

1. Select an existing backup plan or create a new one.

   Steps to create a backup plan

   1. Click the add button .

      The Add plan dialog box appears.

   2. In the Plan name box, enter a descriptive name for the backup plan.

   3. For the backup plan settings, select pre-defined settings or create custom settings:

      • To select pre-defined settings, under Retention rules, select one of the following:

        • Select Standard retention to retain the incremental backups for 1 month.

        • Select Extended retention for optimized storage where the incremental backups of primary and secondary copies are retained for 1 month, and extended retention for monthly and yearly full backups.

          Note

          The Extended retention option is available only when the secondary copy backup is selected.

      • To create custom settings, select Custom plan, and then specify the following:

        • For Retention, specify the amount of time to retain the backup jobs.

        • For Retention monthly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the monthly full backup on secondary copy.

        • For Retention yearly full (Secondary copy), specify the amount of time to retain the yearly full backup on secondary copy.

        • For Backups run every, specify how often to run backups.

   4. Click Done.

2. Click Cancel to close the configuration wizard.

Deploy Linux Servers

1. Deploy one or more Linux servers in the same region, that meet the Hardware Specifications for Access Nodes for CIFS Shares and NFS Exports and that can access your Azure Managed Lustre deployment to be used as access node(s).

Mount Lustre File System to Access Nodes

Follow this guide to mount the Lustre file system to the access nodes.

Create an Access Node

Start the Configuration Wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Service catalog.

   The Service catalog page appears.

2. On the Files tile, click Configure.

   The Select the Files Application page appears.

3. Click NAS.

4. Click Next.

   The Server Configuration page of the Add NAS Server configuration wizard appears.

Server Configuration

1. In the Name box, enter a name for the NAS server.

2. From the Vendor type list, select Generic.

3. In the Host name box, enter a host name or fully qualified domain name for the NAS server.

4. Click Next.

   The Plan page of the configuration wizard appears.

Plan

1. From the Plan list, select the backup plan created in the previous steps.

2. Click Next.

   The Backup Content page of the configuration wizard appears.

Backup Content

1. Under Network share configuration, move the NFS toggle key to the right.

2. Create the access nodes to use for the file server.

   Steps to create a new access node

   1. Click the add button .

      The Add a new Access node dialog box appears.

   2. Download the backup gateway package and install it on your access node.

   3. Install the access node and authenticate using the authcode provided in the instructions.

3. Click Cancel to close the configuration wizard.

Create a Server Group

Create a server group to manage Lustre access node settings

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Manage > Server groups.

   The Server groups page appears.

2. Click Add server group.

   The add server group page appears.

3. In the Name box, enter a name for the Server group.

4. Click Add Server.

5. Find and select the access nodes, and then click Save.

6. On the Configuration tab, on the Settings tile, click Add.

7. Add the LustreUseRecursiveScan setting.

Add Lustre File Server

When you add a file server, a backup set, and a default subclient are automatically created.

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

   The Overview page appears.

2. On the Files tab, in the upper-right area of the page, click Add server.

   The Configure File Server page appears.

3. Select Lustre as the server type, and then click Next.

   The Add Lustre page of the configuration wizard appears.

4. In the Name box, type a name for the server.

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

6. From the Plan list, select the backup plan.

   The backup plan defines the storage for the backup data, the RPO (recovery point objective), and the data retention period.

7. In the Backup content section, choose the data to include for backups:

   1. Click Add.

   2. To enter paths to items you want to back up, click Custom path, enter paths to items you want to include in backups, and then click the add button +.

      By default, the entire Lustre file system is backed up.

8. In the Exclusions section, add filters to exclude items from backups:

   1. Click Add.

   2. To enter paths to items you want to exclude from backups, click Custom path, enter a filter pattern, and then click the add button +.

9. Click Save.