Add Hypervisor Options for Microsoft Azure

When you configure a new hypervisor during the process of creating a replication group, you must provide vendor-specific information so that the Commvault Cloud can access the hypervisor.

Start the Configuration Wizard

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

The Virtual machines page appears.
In the upper-right area of the page, click Add hypervisor.

The Configure Hypervisor page appears.
Select Azure VM.
Click Next.

The Azure VM deployment model overview page of the configuration wizard appears.
Click Next.

The Region page of the configuration wizard appears.

Region

Select the region that the VMs reside in.
Click Next.

The Cloud Storage page of the configuration wizard appears.

Cloud Storage

To review the supported combinations of primary and secondary storage, see Commvault Cloud Storage Options.

Primary Copy

For the primary copy of the backup data, select existing cloud storage or create new cloud storage.
Steps to create cloud storage for the primary copy
1. Click the add button .
  
  The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.
2. From the Type list, select Air Gap Protect or Microsoft Azure Storage.
  
  See the Steps to create cloud storage for the primary copy section in Configuring SAP HANA Backups Using Local (On-Premises) and Cloud Storage.
Click Next.

Secondary Copy

Decide whether to store a secondary copy of the backup data for long-term retention.
Steps to create cloud storage for a secondary copy
1. Move the Secondary copy toggle key to the right.
2. For Storage location, select an existing storage location or create a new storage location.
  
  To create a storage location, do the following:
  1. Click the add button .
    
    The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.
  2. In Name, enter a descriptive name for the cloud storage.
  3. For Credentials, select existing credentials or create new credentials.
  To create credentials, do the following:
  1. Click the add button .
  The Add credential dialog box appears.
  1. In Credential name, enter a descriptive name for the credentials.
  2. In Account name, enter the name of the storage account to use.
  3. In Access key ID, enter the access key of the storage account.
  4. In Description, enter a description of the credentials.
  5. Click Save.
  6. In Container, enter the name of the container to store the data in.
  7. Click Save.
Click Next.

The Plan page of the configuration wizard appears.

Plan

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

Select an existing plan or create a new plan.
Steps to create a plan
1. Click the add button .
  
  The Add plan dialog box appears.
2. In the Plan name box, enter a descriptive name for the plan.
3. For the 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 Snapshot retention, specify the number of snapshots to retain for IntelliSnap backups.
    - 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.
Click Next.

The Cloud Account page of the configuration wizard appears.

Cloud Account

The cloud account is used to access the VMs for discovery, backups, and other operations.

Select an existing cloud account or create a new cloud account.
Steps to create a cloud account
1. Select Add a new cloud account.
2. In Name, enter a descriptive name for the account.
3. In Subscription ID, enter the subscription ID for the account.
4. For Credentials, select existing credentials or create new credentials.
  
  To create credentials, do the following:
  1. Click the add button .
  The Add credential dialog box appears.
  1. In Credential name, enter a descriptive name for the credentials.
  2. In Tenant ID, enter the tenant ID for the Azure account.
  3. In Application ID, enter application ID for the tenant.
  4. In Application secret, enter the secret key value that is generated for the application.
  5. In Description, enter a description of the credentials.
Click Next.

The Add VM Group page of the configuration wizard appears.

Add VM Group

A VM group is a set of VMs that you want to back up with the same settings.

You can add content to the VM group by using rules that auto-discover content, by selecting specific VMs, and by other ways. When you first create the VM group, you can add a cluster that is relatively small, and then later you can update the VM group by adding more content.

In Name, enter a descriptive name for the VM group.
To create rules that auto-discover and select VMs to back up, do the following:
1. Click Add, and then select Rules.
  
  The Add rule dialog box appears.
2. From the list, select the type of rule to create:
3. Browse: Select specific VMs. (Selecting this option changes the Add rule dialog box to the Add content dialog box.)
4. Power state: Select VMs based on whether they are powered on or off.
5. Region: Select VMs based on the region that they reside in.
6. Resource group: Select VMs based on the Azure resource group they are in.
7. Storage account: Select VMs based on the Azure storage account they are in.
8. Tag name: Select VMs based on the names of tags that are assigned to them. For example, to select VMs that have a tag name of "Department", enter Tag name | Equals | Department.
9. Tag value: Select VMs based on the values of tags that are assigned to them. For example, to select VMs that have a tag value of "Finance", enter Tag value | Equals | Finance.
10. Virtual machine name or pattern: Select VMs based on their names. For example, to select VMs that have a name that includes "east", enter Virtual machine name or pattern | Contains | east.
11. Click Save.
To select VMs in other ways, do the following:
1. Click Add, and then select Content.
  
  The Add content dialog box appears.
2. From the Browse and select VMs list, select one of the following:
3. VMs: Select specific VMs.
4. Resource groups: Backs up the VMs that are in the resource groups you select.
5. Regions: Backs up the VMs that are in the regions you select.
6. Storage accounts: Backs up the VMs that are in the storage accounts you select.
7. Tags: Backs up the VMs that contain the tags you select.
8. Click Save.
To see the VMs that are selected for the VM group, click the Preview button.
To use IntelliSnap to back up the VM group, move the IntelliSnap toggle key to the right.
Click Next.

The Summary page of the configuration wizard appears.

Summary

Review the summary.
Click Finish.