Information Technology Reference
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To configure DPM to work with Microsoft Azure Online Backup, you need to have per-
formed the following steps:
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Have created a Microsoft Azure account.
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Have created a backup vault within the Microsoft Azure account. Backup vaults allow
you to store backup data. Figure 5-62 shows the creation of a backup vault named
ExampleVault.
FIGURE 5-62
Create backup vault
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Upload a specially-created certificate that will identify the server to the backup vault,
and secure the backup process. You can create this certificate with the makecert.exe
utility, generate it using an internal certificate authority, or obtain it from a trusted
third party CA.
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Download and install the Microsoft Azure Backup agent to the DPM server. This agent
works for both Microsoft Azure Backup, a stand-alone server-based backup solution,
and when installed on a System Center 2012 R2 DPM server, integrates with DPM, al-
lowing protected data to be stored in the cloud.
To create a self-signed certificate, download the makecert.exe utility from Microsoft's web-
site and run the following command.
.\makecert.exe -r -pe -n CN=SYD-DPM -ss my -sr localmachine -eku 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2 -len
2048 -e 01/01/2018 SYD-DPM.cer
You replace SYD-DPM with the name of the computer for which you are creating the cer-
tificate, and where 01/01/2018 is an appropriate certificate expiry date. Once you've created
the certificate, upload it to Microsoft Azure, as shown in Figure 5-63.
