Creating an Azure Blob Storage Instance with Access and Secret Keys

You can create an Azure Blog storage instance with access and secret keys.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, go to Client Computers > Azure Blob 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 the proxy client computer where the Cloud Apps package is installed.

   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 Blob Storage service account URL, for example, blob.core.windows.net.

      To back up Azure File shares in the Azure Storage service account, enter the Azure File Share URL, for example, file.core.windows.net.

   2. From the Authentication Type list, select Access and secret keys.

   3. Enter the credential:

      What	Steps
      Existing credential	From the Credential list, select the credential for the Azure Storage service account.
      New credential	From the Credential list, click Create New. The Create user credential dialog box appears. In the Credential name box, enter a credential name for the Azure Storage service account. In the Account Name box, type the name of the Azure Storage service account. In the Access Key box, type the access key of your Azure Storage account. Click OK.

5. Click OK.

Results

The Commvault software creates a default instance and a default subclient.