Managing Azure NetApp Files

At a glance

Azure NetApp Files provides enterprise-grade file storage for business-critical workloads on Azure. This learning path equips you with the foundational knowledge and hands-on skills needed to register, set up, and manage Azure NetApp Files resources.

Through this learning path, you'll complete essential setup tasks including registering Azure NetApp Files for your subscription, creating NetApp accounts, configuring networking prerequisites, and requesting region access when needed.

Prerequisites

  • An active Azure subscription
  • Basic understanding of Azure portal navigation
  • Familiarity with Azure networking concepts

Modules in this learning path

Register Azure NetApp Files for your subscription and configure the core networking and account prerequisites needed before creating production volumes.

Create and manage Active Directory connections for Azure NetApp Files.

Create and manage capacity pools for Azure NetApp Files.

Create and manage NFS volumes in Azure NetApp Files.

Create and manage SMB volumes in Azure NetApp Files.

Create and manage dual-protocol volumes, and configure LDAP user mapping for local NFS access in Azure NetApp Files.

Manage access to Azure NetApp Files volumes by configuring export policies, Unix permissions, ACLs, and network features.

Mount NFS and SMB volumes for Azure NetApp Files on Linux and Windows virtual machines.

Learn different ways to monitor capacity utilization and manage performance-related volume settings in Azure NetApp Files.

Manage application volume groups for SAP HANA in Azure NetApp Files by deploying SAP HANA hosts, adding volumes to multiple-host systems, configuring replication, and managing volumes.

Learn ways to manage application volume groups for Oracle in Azure NetApp Files, like deploying application volume group for Oracle, managing volumes in an application volume group, and deploy application volume group for Oracle using Resource Manager.

Manage data protection with Azure NetApp Files by managing volume snapshots, volume backups, cross-region replication, disaster recovery, and availability zone volume placement.

Learn encryption options like configuring customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption and configure customer-managed keys with managed hardware security module (HSM).

Learn to use the Diagnose and solve problems tool to troubleshoot Azure NetApp Files issues and apply resolutions for common management problems.