Add Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
To add Microsoft Azure Blob Storage as a storage repository on Vinchin Backup & Recovery, please go to Resources > Storage page and click on Add button.
In the Storage Type dropdown list, select Cloud Object Storage.
In the Vendor dropdown list, select Azure.
In the Connection String field, enter the connection string for your Azure storage account. The connection string should look similar to:
DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=storagesample;AccountKey=<account-key>
In the Container field, enter a container name and click on Scan Container to obtain the existing folders in the container.
In Folder dropdown list, select a folder to be used or click on manually enter a folder name then enter a new folder name to be created and used.
Give the storage a name for identification in the Storage Name field.
Select from Backup, Copy & Archive according for which purpose the storage will be used.
The Auto Detect option allows you to auto import backups according to the auto import time interval. If you enable the Auto Assign option, the imported backups will be automatically assigned to the user who added this storage device.
Set a limitation of maximum storage space allowed to be used in the Quota field.
Click on OK to finish adding the Azure Blob cloud object storage.
If the folder of the storage container was once been used as Vinchin storage and which contains backup data, you'll get a dialog asking either to import the backups or not.
If you choose to add storage without importing old backups, Vinchin will skip the backups and add the cloud storage, the old backups will still reside in the storage but unable to be managed or used for restoration from Vinchin web console.
If you choose to add storage and import the old backups, after adding storage and importing backups, you'll be able to manage the old backups or use the backups for restoration purpose from Vinchin web console. As for how to manage the imported backups, if you had enabled the Auto Assign option, the backups will be automatically assigned to your user account. If the Auto Assign option is disabled, you'll have to manually assign the impoted backups, please refer to Import Backups to get to know how to assign and manage the imported backups.