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Back up datastores to Microsoft Azure with NetApp Backup and Recovery

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You can back up one or more datastores to Microsoft Azure by integrating the SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere host with NetApp Backup and Recovery. This will help the VM administrators to easily and quickly back up and archive data for storage efficiency and accelerate cloud transition.

If the datastore is associated with an archival policy, you will be provided with an option to select the archival tier. The supported archival tier is Azure Archive Blob Storage.

NOTE To switch to and from NetApp Backup and Recovery workloads, refer to Switch to different NetApp Backup and Recovery workloads.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have met all the virtual machine protection requirements before backing up datastores to the cloud.

Steps

  1. In the NetApp Console UI, select Protection > Backup and Recovery > Virtual Machines.

  2. Select action corresponding to the datastore that you want to back up and select Activate Backup.

  3. In the Assign Policy page, select the policy and select Next.

  4. Add the system.

    Configure the cluster management LIF that you want the Console to discover. After adding the system for one of the datastores, it can be reused for all the other datastores residing on the same ONTAP cluster.

    1. Select Add system corresponding to the SVM.

    2. In the Add system wizard:

      1. Specify the IP address of the cluster management LIF.

      2. Specify the credentials of the ONTAP cluster user.

    3. Select Add system.

  5. Select Microsoft Azure to configure it as the cloud provider.

    1. Specify the Azure subscription ID.

    2. Select the region where you want to create the backups.

    3. Create a new resource group or use an existing resource group.

    4. Specify the IP addresses of the cluster management LIF that were added as the systems.

    5. Select the archival tier.

      It is recommended to set the archival tier because this is a one-time activity and you will not be allowed to set it up later.

  6. Review the details and select Activate Backup.