PowerShell scripts
Please ensure that the Az module is installed, as per the Technical requirements section at the beginning of the chapter.
The following script will create a new storage account (change the parameters to suit your requirements):
- First connect your Azure account credentials Connect-AzAccount
- Parameters
$ResourceGroup = “AZ104-Chapter6”
$Location = “WestEurope”
$StorageAccountName = “az104chap6acc220072021”
$SkuName = “Standard_LRS”
# Create the Storage Account New-AzStorageAccount -Name $StorageAccountName
-ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Location $Location -SkuName $SkuName
Further reading
That brings this section to an end. In this section, we have learned how storage accounts can be created using the Azure portal or Azure PowerShell.
We encourage you to read up further by using the following links:
- Point-in-time restoration for blob storage: https://docs.microsoft.com/ en-gb/azure/storage/blobs/point-in-time-restore-overview
- Soft delete for blob storage: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/ azure/storage/blobs/soft-delete-blob-overview
- Data protection overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/ storage/blobs/data-protection-overview
Using Azure Import/Export
Azure Import/Export is a service that allows you to import and export data quickly and securely to and from an Azure data center. Data imported is stored either in Azure Blob storage or Azure Files. The value of the services is for managing large amounts of data into or out of Azure where time to get data out is of importance, or costs associated with the transfer of data in and out of Azure are too prohibitive.
The disk drives that are going to be shipped to the Azure data center need to be prepared before shipment. BitLocker encryption needs to be enabled, and once the volume is encrypted, you can copy data to it. After encryption, a disk needs to be prepared using the WAImportExport.exe tool. By running this tool, a journal file is automatically created in the same folder that you ran the tool. There are two other files created as well—an .xml file and a drive-manifest.xml file. You need these files later for creating an import/ export job. The disk is now ready to be shipped to Azure. Follow this Microsoft article for
more details: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/import-export/ storage-import-export-data-to-files?tabs=azure-portal-preview.
Top Tip
You may come across Azure Data Box Disk in your studies and find its offering looks similar to Azure Import/Export. The key difference is that Azure Data Box Disk is a service where you import Microsoft-owned devices as part of Azure Data Box, whereas Azure Import/Export supports your own disks as long as they conform to requirements.
