Azure Blob Storage connector

Deployment options: IBM Netezza Appliance IBM Netezza Appliance

Starting from version 11.2.0.0, you can use Azure Blob Storage to back up and restore database backups on a cloud storage.

You can complete backup and restore operations by using cloud storage. The Azure connector currently supports General Purpose V1 and General Purpose V2 (available from release 11.3.0.2 onwards) storage accounts with the Standard performance tier. The Azure connector doesn't need any client software installation.

Arguments

The nzbackup and nzrestore commands provide Azure Blob Storage support through the following command-line arguments:
-connector
For Azure Blob Storage, use the value azure or az with this command-line argument. For example, -connector az.
-connectorArgs
For connecting to a cloud storage, provide the following parameters in <key>=<value> pairs, which are separated with :.
Table 1. connectorArgs for Azure Blob Storage
Argument Required Description
STORAGE_ACCOUNT Mandatory This is the name of the storage account.
Note: The Azure connector currently supports General Purpose V1 and General Purpose V2 (available from release 11.3.0.2 onwards) storage accounts with the Standard performance tier. To ensure successful operations, it is mandatory to use a storage account configured with Standard performance.
CONTAINER Mandatory This is the name of the container in storage account.
Note: You must create this container before starting backups.
KEY Mandatory This is the Azure provided key for accessing your account. Azure provides two keys. Any key can be used here.
UNIQUE_ID Mandatory This is the namespace name of your cloud instance or a logical name under which all data would be stored.
REGION Mandatory The name of the Azure region. For a list of your regions, run the following command:
az account list-locations --query [].[name] -o table
BLOCK_SIZE_MB Optional Default 25. Maximum 100. This value is in MB. It indicates the size of a block. Data is written to cloud in blocks. Blocks are appended to form a blob.
MAX_BLOCKS Optional Default 10000. The number of blocks, which are allowed in a blob.