Prepare a Cloud Account in Microsoft Azure

Before you can create a cloud account for Microsoft Azure, you must complete the following mandatory prerequisite tasks in the given order:

  1. Perform the following steps to register the Azure Active Directory application that Arcserve UDP uses to communicate with Microsoft Azure:
    1. Log into the Azure portal using valid credentials.
    2. Select the Azure Active Directory option.
    3. Select the App registrations option.
    4. Select the New application registration option.
    5. Specify details for the following fields and click Create:

      Name

      Refers to the name of Arcserve UDP Console server.

      Application type

      Specify Web app / API as Application type.

      Sign-on URL

      Refers to the URL of the Arcserve UDP application.

  2. Perform the following steps to obtain the Application ID from Microsoft Azure that is used to communicate with Arcserve UDP:
    1. Navigate to App registrations in Azure Active Directory.
    2. Copy the Application ID that is used to communicate with Arcserve UDP.
    3. Store the Application ID as Client ID.
  3. Perform the following steps to generate the client secret key for the application:
    1. Navigate to the application settings and click Keys.
    2. Enter description and duration for the key and click Save.
    3. Copy the displayed key value as you cannot retrieve the key later. The saved key value is the Client Secret key.
  4. Perform the following steps to obtain the Tenant ID for the application:
    1. Navigate to Azure Active Directory and select Properties.
    2. Note the Directory ID available in the Properties. Directory ID is used as Tenant ID in Arcserve UDP.
  5. Perform the following steps to assign Contributor role to the application:
    1. From the Microsoft Azure portal menu, click Subscriptions.
    2. Select your subscription.
    3. Click the Access Control (IAM) tab.
    4. Add your application.
    5. Assign the Contributor role to the application.
  6. Perform the following steps to get Azure Subscription ID:
    1. Navigate to the Microsoft Azure portal menu and select Subscriptions.
    2. Note the value of subscription ID that appears in the SUBSCRIPTION ID field. You must use the same Subscription ID when you add Microsoft Azure Cloud account in Arcserve UDP