This article describes the procedure to onboard Azure NetApp File volumes as a NAS share on the Management Console.
Prerequisites
Step 1: Set up your environment
Ensure that your Azure NetApp Files environment is ready with the following components:
NetApp account: Create an Azure NetApp account.
Capacity Pool: Create a capacity pool where you want the volume to be created.
Volume Details: Create the Azure Netapp File volume, defining the volume size and the corresponding service level (Standard, Premium, or Ultra). For example, the following screen displays the Azure NetApp File volume with the NFS protocol.
📝 Note
Increasing the Azure NetApp File volume size can improve backup speed due to higher available throughput.
Active Directory (AD) Integration: Make sure the Azure NetApp File is integrated with the Active Directory to allow access via SMB shares and for authentication using domain credentials.
Step 2: Deploy NAS proxy
Check the prerequisites for the NAS proxy.
Download, install and activate the NAS proxy on a Windows or Linux-based OS hosted as an Azure VM.
📝 Note
Ensure the proxy can ‘see’ the volume by mapping the UNC path (Windows) or using the mount command (Linux).
Step 3: Verify volume accessibility
Before configuring the backup set, ensure the Azure NetApp File volume is accessible from the NAS proxy host using the appropriate protocol.
On Windows (SMB)
Check the volume accessibility using the UNC path and Active Directory credentials:
Open File Explorer on the Windows-based NAS Proxy VM.
Select Map network drive.
Enter the Azure NetApp File volume's UNC path.
Use your Active Directory credentials (domain username and password) to access the share.
On Linux (NFS)
Verify the access using an NFS mount.
Use the standard NFS mount command to mount the Azure NetApp File volume path onto the Linux-based NAS proxy VM.
mount -t nfs -o vers=<NFS version> <ANF IP>:/<volume path> <local mount point>
For example,
mount -t nfs -o 3 10.2.0.4:/NMvolume /mnt/test
Configure backup set
Log in to the Management Console and go to Enterprise Workloads.
Select NAS from the Protect menu. Note that if the All Organizations menu is enabled, you have to first select an organization that has your NAS device and then select the workload.
In the left pane, click All Devices.
In the right pane, click Add NAS Device.
Add the device details on the Add Device page.
Select the vendor and provide the Azure NetApp File volume FQDN/Hostname (for example, the SMB Server FQDN from the volume's mount path) as the device IP/FQDN.
Select or create a credential using the Active Directory credentials for authentication.
Discover shares or manually add them.
On the Add Device page, click Save.
Create a backup set for the NAS share.