Add Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Account

Add New Storage Account

To create a new backup destination:

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Open the Backup > Storage Accounts page.

3. Click + to launch the Create a new Backup Destination wizard.

4. On the Storage type step select Microsoft Azure Blob. Click Next.

5. On the Storage account step, select an existing storage account or create a new one. By default, existing storage accounts are displayed. To add a new storage account, click Create a new storage account.

6. Enter display name for the storage account and enter your details for accessing the storage account. * Provide account name and shared key to access the storage account.
   • Select account type (Public, Azure Stack, China, Germany, or Government)
   • Specify service endpoint if it is not detected automatically..
7. Click Next. Now you can set the backup destination.
8. Specify the container. In the Destination display name field, specify the container name which will be displayed as a backup destination, then select whether you will use an existing container or create a new one:
   • Select the New container option to create a new container. Name the container.
   • Select the Existing container option to use the existing container, then select it in the drop-down list. Also you can select an external container you have access to.
   • For the containers with Object Lock turned on, you can enable Default Object Lock features.
   • Enable Object Lock for GFS backups feature. Otherwise this functionality might be permanently disabled. Disable it if this functionality is not needed.

6. Select the companies or users to assign the backup destination to them.

7. Click Next.
8. View the backup destination summary, then click Save.

Added storage account appears in the grid.

Refer to Manage Storage Accounts for more information on how to manage the added storage account.

Note, the Lifecycle Rules Settings are not yet configured for the Azure Storage account.

To manage Lifecycle Rules Settings for the Azure storage account refer to the Azure Lifecycle Policies article.

Add Backup Destination for Existing Cloud Storage Account

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Open Backup > Storage Accounts.
3. Find the storage account you want to add a new backup destination, then expand actions at the end of the storage account entry.

4. Select Add backup destination

5. Specify display name for the backup destination.
6. Select whether you want to add a new container or one of the existing one. Provide required information.
7. Configure available properties for the backup destination.

   • On this step you can configure Default Object Lock if it is already enabled for the container or change the protection period. The protection period value configured for this storage cannot be retrieved automatically. Εnter the correct value manually here. This feature is not available if the Manage Object Lock (Immutability) permission is not granted to the administrative account.

   • To enable Default Object Lock, select the Set Default Object Lock checkbox, and then configure the protection period in days.

To disable Default Object Lock, clear the Set Default Object Lock checkbox. This only affects a newly added backup data. 8. Select one or more companies to link the added backup destination to. 9. Click Save.

Manage Backup Destinations

Click on the storage account name on Backup > Storage accounts to see added backup destinations and companies linked to them.

Using this view you can manage backup destinations: edit, delete them or go to the capacity report to manage backup data.

On this step you can configure Default Object Lock if it is already enabled for the container or change the protection period. For this storage the protection period cannot be read, you should provide it manually. This feature is not available if the Manage Object Lock (Immutability) permission is not granted to the administrative account.

To enable Default Object Lock, select the Set Default Object Lock checkbox, and then configure the protection period in days.

To disable Default Object Lock, clear the Set Default Object Lock checkbox. This only affects a newly added backup data.