Control-M for Azure Backup

Azure Backup enables you to back up and restore your data in the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Control-M for Azure Backup enables you to do the following:

• Back up your data or restore it from a previous backup on the Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Manage Azure Backup credentials in a secure connection profile.
• Connect to any Azure Backup endpoint.
• Integrate Azure Backup jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the status, results, and output of Azure Backup jobs in the Monitoring domain.
• Attach an SLA job to your Azure Backup jobs.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Azure Backup including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
• Run 50 Azure Backup jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Control-M for Azure Backup Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Azure Backup plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Control-M for  Azure Backup  is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for Azure Backup

This procedure describes how to deploy the Azure Backup plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Azure Backup job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

2. Download the Azure Backup plug-in from the Control-M for Azure Backup download page in the EPD site.
3. Install the Azure Backup plug-in via one of the following methods:
   • (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service:
     1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
        
        • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
        • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
     2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
        • Linux: ctm provision image ABK_plugin.Linux
        • Windows: ctm provision image ABK_plugin.Windows
   • (9.0.20.200 or lower) Use the Automation API Deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.
4. Create an Azure Backup connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with Azure Backup Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API:  ConnectionProfile:Azure Backup
5. Define an Azure Backup job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Job with Azure Backup Job parameters
   • Automation API: Job:Azure Backup