Rule Based Auto Discovery of Azure MySQL Database Instances

The Azure database rule based auto discovery feature enables the automatic discovery of Azure MySQL database instances to be added, ensuring their backup on regular interval. The auto-discovery process operates based on user-defined rules.

This feature provides the following functionality:

• The rule-based backup periodically discovers database instances.

• Users can back up Azure database instances by selecting multiple instances via the browse functionality.

• All databases within discovered instances must be backed up by default.

• Rules and multi-select functionality are restricted to the selected region.

Procedure

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

   The Service Catalog page appears.

2. On the Database tile, click Configure.

   The Select a Database Application dialog box appears.

3. Click Microsoft Azure.

   The Configure Azure database page appears.

4. Select MySQL, then click NEXT.

   The Select Backup Method page appears.

5. Select Backup via gateway, and then click Next.

   The Configure Azure database - MySQL page appears.

6. In the Backup Content section, perform the following actions:

   1. Move the Rule based discovery toggle key to right.

   2. From the Access node list, select an access node which runs the discovery job.

      Note

      All the access nodes must have VSA package installed for MySQL and cloud applications.

   3. Under Content section, from the Add list, you can use the following two ways to add the instances:

   4. Rule group

   5. Cloud DB instances

   6. If you select Rule group, do the following:

      1. Click Rule group.

         The Add rule group dialog box appears.

      2. From Match rule section, you can select either all or any depending on your requirement.

         Tip

         All: Each rule defined by the user must be satisfied for a database instance to be discovered.

         Any: If a database instance satisfies at least one of the defined rules, it will be discovered.

      3. Click Add.

      4. Click Save.

   7. If you select Cloud DB instances, do the following:

      1. Click Cloud DB instances.

         The Add Cloud DB instances dialog box appears.

      2. From the instance list, select the instances you want add.

      3. Click Save.

   8. From the Credential list, select an existing credential or add a new credential. The selected credential is used for all the added instances.

7. Click Next.

8. A new database instance group is successfully created. You can view cloud database instance group.

9. The Summary section displays the summary of instance configuration.