Importing data to Azure Storage Blob with metadata

Kareem Williams 1 Reputation point
2021-01-01T23:50:32.607+00:00

Hello all,

I am looking to transfer about 10TB of data from a physical server to a Azure Storage Blob. I am using Storage Manager to move the data from the server to the Blob.

When I transfer the data the metadata is being change as if it is a copy; the data regarding the creation data, user modification date, etc.

Is there another tool or solution to transfer the data with the original metadata?

Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 111.4K Reputation points MVP
    2021-01-02T00:59:36.837+00:00

    Here you can find the different options for data transfer:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-choose-data-transfer-solution?toc=/azure/storage/blobs/toc.json

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  2. Sumarigo-MSFT 47,101 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-01-05T08:10:47.893+00:00

    @KareemWilliams-9581Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thanks for posting the query. Adding more information to the above suggestion,
    You can set metadata on the blob before calling to upload.

    Set Blob Metadata

    You can see the available response ( metadata) that is available for the blob: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/get-blob-properties#sample-response

    You can leverage the Getblob metedata and set blob metadata REST API to understand which metadata are default and which can be tweaked: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/get-blob-metadata
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/set-blob-metadata

    Setting and retrieving properties and metadata for Blob service resources

    Hope this helps!

    Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

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    Please don’t forget to "Accept the answer” and “up-vote” wherever the information provided helps you, this can be beneficial to other community members.

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51883367/can-you-set-metadata-on-an-azure-cloudblockblob-at-the-same-time-as-uploading-it

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