❗ Important
This feature has limited availability. To know more about limited availability and sign up for this feature, contact your Account Manager.
After activating the NAS agent on the virtual machine, the next step is to add a NAS device and map it to a backup proxy pool.
Procedure
Log in to the Management Console.
The Get Started with NAS Data Protection page is displayed if no NAS devices have been added yet. On this page, click Add NAS device under Add a NAS device.
If NAS devices have already been configured, the Get Started page with NAS Data Protection is not available. To add additional NAS devices, click Add NAS Device.
On the Add Device page, enter the following details:
Field
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Description
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Vendor
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Select AWS S3 as the NAS vendor from the drop-down. The values are:
📝 Note
Make sure you attach Microsoft Entra ID role to the Azure VM instance that is running the NAS agent. For more information, see Roles and Permissions for Azure Blob.
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IP/FQDN
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Add the subscription ID of the resource that contains the storage accounts to be backed up.
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Credentials
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This field is not required and is disabled.
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Display Name
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Display name that will appear on the Management Console. It is just a label for Azure Blob vendor. You can provide any name.
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Backup Poxy Pool Mapping
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Map this device to a backup proxy pool containing Azure blob-supported agents (version 7.0.5-674361).
❗ Important
📝 Note
If a virtual machine is not in the same region as the storage account, then data egress charges will be applicable.
📝 Note
Azure Blob backups and restores are supported only for Ubuntu proxies.
Initially, all the proxies created will go to the Default Proxy Pool. You can move or switch them to another pool. For more information, see Change Backup Proxy Pool.
📝 Note
Ensure that the pool used for Azure Blob data protection contains only Azure Blob-supported NAS agents.
If you have an older NAS agent running in your organization, perform the following steps:
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On the Add Device page, click Save.
After the NAS device is successfully added, all the storage accounts inside the Azure Subscription will be discovered.
Next steps