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SCVM_Azure_Blob

SCVM_Azure_Blob

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SCVM_Azure_Blob

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  1. Attaching Azure Blob Storage Resources to StoneFly SCVM™ Storage Concentrator™ Virtual Machine Software-Defined Virtual Storage Appliance Revision 2022 1.2

  2. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ Copyright 2006 - 2022 StoneFly, Inc. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied or reproduced without the prior written consent of StoneFly. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. StoneFly shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. StoneFly, the StoneFly logo, Storage Concentrator, Integrated Storage Concentrator, ISC, Modular Storage Concentrator, StoneFly Backup Advantage, StoneFusion, StoneFly Replicator CDP, ValueSAN, Unified Scale Out, USO, Twin Scale Out, TSO, Unified Storage & Server, USS, Unified Deduplicated Storage, UDS, Unified Encrypted Storage, UES, OptiSAN, StoneFly Voyager, StoneFly Mirroring, Storage Concentrator Virtual Machine, SCVM, Software-Defined Unified Storage and SDUS are property of StoneFly, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, Inc. Other brands and their products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Last update 06/10/2022 ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 2

  3. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Scope of the document ..................................................................................................................... 4 3. Microsoft Azure Configurations ........................................................................................................ 5 4. Attaching Azure Storage to the SCVM ............................................................................................... 9 ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 3

  4. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 1. Introduction 1. Introduction Cloud Backup and replication has become a necessity to protect against local disasters and precious data loss by copying your application, files, servers or virtual machines to a remote location in the cloud. With a cloud backup solution in place you can isolate your data from local device failure, natural disasters or malware attack and ensure you can quickly restore your system following an outage. StoneFly Cloud Connect for backup and replication to Microsoft Azure offers a turnkey, cost- effective solution for enterprises to connect their on premise backup and replication archives to the Microsoft Azure cloud for effortless protection of all data and devices. 2. 2. Scope Scope of the of the document document This document demonstrates attaching an Azure storage resources to the StoneFly Storage Concentrator Virtual Machine™ (SCVM™). It details the steps for connecting your Azure storage resources to the SCVM™ then creating NAS volumes from those resources and assigning it for user’s access. Note: StoneFly SCVM™ deployment guide is provided in a separate document. ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 4

  5. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 3. 3. Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure Configuration Configuration This section describes the configuration steps required in your Microsoft Azure account to connect Azure blob storage resources to the SCVM™. 1.Login in to your Microsoft Azure account using your credentials or create a new account if you don’t already have one 2.After successful login, Navigate to All Services ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 5

  6. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 3. Select Storage and click on Storage accounts > Create 4.Fill in the required fields on the Create storage account page;  Name: Must be less than or equal to 12 characters. All characters must be in lower case. This will be your default DNS name.  Deployment Model: Select the Resource manager option.  Performance: Choose Standard performance if you are using the Azure storage for backup and archiving your data.  Redundancy/Replication: Choose the replication type as per your need. More information about the replication types is given here  Resource group: Create a new resource group for your storage account by clicking on Create new and enter the name of the resource group  Region/Location: This must be the nearest location provided from which the storage would be used. 5. Click on create. ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 6

  7. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 7

  8. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 6. A storage account has been successfully created ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 8

  9. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 4. 4. Attaching Attaching Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure Storage Storage to to the SCVM the SCVM In this section, the steps required in the SCVM™ to attach your Azure Blob storage resources are described. This also include the steps to create and assign NAS volumes for user access. 1.Login to your SCVM and navigate to Resources > Create Object Storage then select Microsoft Azure Blob Storage from the drop menu 2.Click on the Access keys under your storage account settings. Copy your storage account name and one of the keys provided. ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 9

  10. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 3.Enter the required information; 3.1. Input the copied access key from Azure storage account 3.2. Specify the Azure Storage Account Name 3.3.Enter Azure Storage Container Name 3.4. Enter the resource size/storage size to add as a block storage 3.5. Hit Submit 4.Confirm the changes by clicking OK on the pop-up window; ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 10

  11. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 5. Created volume will be displayed in the Resources > Summary ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 11

  12. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 6.Select NAS Managed radio button and click submit ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 12

  13. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 7.Once submitted, 100% usage of the resource for NAS pool will be displayed 8.Navigate to NAS > Segments > Segment Create 9.Enter NAS Segment name and click Create Direct tab 10.Check Select Resource radio button against the recently created object storage (i.e. Azure Blob) 11.Add the Amount To Use from respective object storage 12. Hit submit to create a NAS segment ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 13

  14. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 13.Confirm the changes by clicking OK on the pop-up window 1.Navigate to NAS > Volumes > Create New Volume and click on allocate 2.Enter NAS Volume Name and check the CIFS check box for the volume to be used for windows. 3.Select NAS segment (created using the Azure Blob Storage)from the SC drop down menu 4.Click submit to create the volume ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 14

  15. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 5.Click on the Summary tab to check the Operational state of the NAS volume. It must be Ok ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 15

  16. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 6. Navigate to System > Admin > DNS Server 7. Enter the DNS Domain Name and then click on submit to save the changes 8. Navigate to System > Admin > NAS Server and select Active Directory from the CIFS User Authentication Mode fromdrop down menu ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 16

  17. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 9.Enter the Active Directory Domain Name and Active Directory Kerberos Realm as shown in the image below and click on submit to save the changes 10.Confirm the changes by clicking OK on the pop-up window ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 17

  18. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 11.Enter the Active Directory administrative User ID and Password and click Join Domain 12.Confirm the changes by clicking OK on the pop-up window The Active Directory domain has been registered ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 18

  19. Attaching Microsoft Blob Storage to StoneFly SCVM™ 13.To provide access to users in active directory, go to NAS > Volumes and click on CIFS Access 14.In CIFS Access tab, select the respective volume 15.Under the Active Directory Group CIFS Access to volume, select All from the drop down menu next to Show all the active directory groups in the domain 16.Click on submit 17.Select any group and provide that group any level of access using the drop down menu next to Set Access to and hit submit ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 19

  20. SCVM Deployment www.iscsi.com www.stonefly.com 26250 Eden Landing Rd, Hayward, CA 94545, USA. (510)2651616 support@stonefly.com ENG-114 V 1.2 Copyright StoneFly, Inc. 2022 Page 20

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