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Creating an Azure File Share Instance with Access Key and Account Name

You can create an Azure File Share instance with access key and account name.

Procedure

  1. From the CommCell Browser, go to Client Computers > Azure File client.

  2. Right-click Cloud Apps, point to All Tasks, and then click Create New Instance.

    The New Azure Storage Instance dialog box appears.

  3. On the General tab, provide the following details:

    1. In the Instance Name box, type a name for the instance.

    2. In the Access Node box, select one or more proxy client computers or the client group where the Cloud Apps package is installed.

      Note

      • The proxy client computers must be of similar operating system type.

      • All clients in the client group must be reachable through network routes.

    3. In the Storage Policy box, select a storage policy for the backup and restore operations.

    4. In the Number of Data Backup Streams box, type the number of data streams to use for backups. The maximum value is 99.

      Note

      The number of streams must not exceed the maximum number configured in the subclient storage policy. The CommServe allocates streams depending on the availability of resources.

  4. On the Connection Details tab, enter the following details:

    1. In the Host URL box, enter the Azure File Share service account URL, for example, file.core.windows.net.

    2. From the Authentication Type list, select Access Key and Account Name.

      Note

      Azure IAM AD application-based authentication does not work for backing up Azure File shares because it's unsupported via the REST API protocol from Microsoft's end.

    3. Enter the credential:

      What

      Steps

      Existing credential

      From the Credential list, select the credential for the Azure Storage service account.

      New credential

      1. From the Credential list, click Create New.

        The Create user credential dialog box appears.

      2. In the Credential name box, enter a credential name for the Azure Storage service account.

      3. In the Account Name box, type the name of the Azure Storage service account.

      4. In the Access Key box, type the access key of your Azure Storage account.

      5. Click OK.

  5. Click OK.

Results

The Commvault software creates an instance with a default subclient.

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