Configuring Backups for File Server in Microsoft Azure

You can configure backups for file servers on a Microsoft Azure VM. The configuration wizard guides you through the configuration process, which includes creating any new entities that are needed, such as a backup plan, an object storage client, and a content group.

Start the Configuration Wizard

1. Log on to metallic.io.

   The Service Catalog page appears.

2. On the Files tile, click Configure, and then click File server.

   The Configure File Server Backup page appears.

If you have already completed the initial setup, follow these steps:

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Files.

   The file servers Overview page appears.

2. On the Files tab, in the upper-right area of the page, click Add Server.

   The Configure File Server page appears.

3. Select File server and click Next.

   The Configure File Server Backup page appears.

Specify the File Server Environment

1. Select File server running in the cloud VM, and then from the Select vendor list, select Microsoft Azure.

   An active trial or an active subscription is required.

2. Click Next.

   The File Server Backup Overview page appears.

3. Review the information and click Next.

   The Region page appears.

Region

1. From the region list, select the region where the file server is located.

2. Click Next.

   The Cloud Storage page appears.

Cloud Storage

Primary Copy

1. To review the supported combinations of primary and secondary storage, see Storage Options for In-Guest Agent Based Backups.

2. For the primary copy of the backup data, select existing cloud storage from the Storage location list or create new cloud storage.

   Steps to create cloud storage for the primary copy

   1. Click +.

      The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.

   2. From the Type list, select Air Gap Protect or Microsoft Azure Storage.

   3. If you select Air Gap Protect, the Cloud storage provider, Storage Class, and Region fields are automatically populated.

   4. If you select Microsoft Azure Storage, the Region field is automatically populated.

   5. In the Name box, enter the name for the cloud storage.

   6. From the Storage class list, select a storage class.

   7. In the Account name box, enter the account name.

   8. In the Container box, enter a name for the container.

   9. To configure a virtual network rule for your storage account, do the following:

      1. Move the Enable access to the VNet firewall rule toggle key to the right.

      2. Copy either the Azure CLI command or the Azure PowerShell command.

      3. Modify the command to specify your Azure subscription ID. This might be the same subscription ID that you specified when deploying your Commvault Azure application.

         For information, see the following pages in the Microsoft Azure documentation:

         • az account list

         • Change active subscription

      4. Run the command.

         The VNets of the selected region are added to the allowlist.

   10. Click Save.

Secondary Copy

1. Decide whether to store a secondary copy of the backup data for long-term retention.

   1. To enable backup of a secondary copy, slide the Secondary copy toggle key to the right.

   2. Select existing cloud storage from the Storage location list or create new cloud storage.

   Steps to create cloud storage for the secondary copy

   1. Click +.

      The Add cloud storage dialog box appears.

   2. The Region, Service host, and Authentication fields are automatically populated.

   3. In the Name box, enter the name for the cloud storage.

   4. From the Storage class list, select a storage class.

   5. In the Account name box, enter the account name.

   6. In the Container box, enter a name for the container.

   7. To configure a virtual network rule for your storage account, do the following:

      1. Move the Enable access to the VNet firewall rule toggle key to the right.

      2. Copy either the Azure CLI command or the Azure PowerShell command.

      3. Modify the command to specify your Azure subscription ID. This might be the same subscription ID that you specified when deploying your Commvault Azure application.

         For information, see the following pages in the Microsoft Azure documentation:

         • az account list

         • Change active subscription

      4. Run the command.

         The VNets of the selected region are added to the allowlist.

   8. Click Save.

2. Click Next.

   The Plan page appears.

Backup Plan

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

1. Select an existing backup plan or create a new one.

   Steps to create a backup plan

   1. Click the add button .

      The Add plan dialog box appears.

   2. In the Plan name box, enter a descriptive name for the backup plan.

   3. For the backup 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 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.

2. Click Next.

   The Install Packages page of the configuration wizard appears.

Install Packages

1. Download the backup client package and install it on the server you want to back up.

   To install the Windows and UNIX packages, you can use the respective silent install commands.

   Note

   • Only Windows (64-bit) and Linux (64-bit) are available for Azure.

   • If the package is in a .tar file (for example, LinuxFileServer64.tar), the tar file must be extracted using the GNU TAR utility.

2. Enter your Commvault Cloud credentials in the installer to authenticate the package on the server.

3. Select the OS Type of the server that you want to back up.

4. From the Files list, select the file server that you installed.

   Tip

   Click the refresh button if the list does not display the required file server.

5. Click Next.

   The Backup Content page appears.

Backup Content

1. If the selected backup plan has backup content defined, then the same content is automatically selected. If not, all content is selected for backup, by default.

2. To browse for specific content, do the following:

   1. Click Add, and then select Browse.

      The Add content dialog box appears.

   2. Select the content.

   3. Click Save.

3. To enter a custom path, do the following:

   1. Click Add, and then select Custom Path.

   2. In Enter custom path, enter the custom path for the content.

      For example, you can enter C:\Temp\abc (for Windows) or /dir1/abc (for Linux).

4. To exclude some of the content you selected, click Add and then, browse or enter custom paths for the content to be excluded.

5. Click Next.

   The Summary page of the configuration wizard appears.

Summary

1. Review the summary.

2. Click Finish.