Getting Started with SQL Database Application Migration to Azure Resource Manager Instance

To migrate a SQL database application to an Azure Resource Manager instance, complete the following steps:

Step 1: Install Workflow Engine Package

Configure Workflow Engine package on any of the client. For more information about installing a package, see Installing the Commvault Package.

Create an Azure account that contains Azure Virtual Machine Image. For more information, see Configuring the Azure Resource Manager Instance.

Complete the following tasks for the source SQL client:

Add the source client to the Command Center.
Run a full backup of the SQL database. For more information, see SQL Backup Operations.

Complete the following tasks:

Create an Azure hypervisor. For more information, see Configuring Backups for Azure Virtual Machines.
When you add a new virtual client, a corresponding virtual client group is created automatically.
Ensure that you have installed a proxy client in the Azure cloud, and then set up and synchronize a remote cache on the client computer. For more information, see Setting Up a Remote Cache on a Client Computer.
Configure the firewall settings for application migration. For more information about configuring the firewall settings, see Application Migration Firewall.

Create a recovery target for Azure Resource Manager. For more information, see Creating a Recovery Target for Azure.

Note: You can migrate only Azure user created images (templates) to the cloud.

Migrate the SQL databases to an Azure Resource Manager instance. For more information, see Performing SQL Database Application Migration.