Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Azure Files. 29 minutes to read.In this articleoffers fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via the industry-standard. You can mount Azure file shares concurrently on cloud or on-premises deployments of Windows, Linux, and macOS. You also can cache Azure file shares on Windows Server machines by using Azure File Sync for fast access close to where the data is used.This article answers common questions about Azure Files features and functionality, including the use of Azure File Sync with Azure Files.
If you don't see the answer to your question, you can contact us through the following channels (in escalating order):. The comments section of this article. Microsoft Support. To create a new support request, in the Azure portal, on the Help tab, select the Help + support button, and then select New support request.General.How is Azure Files useful?You can use Azure Files to create file shares in the cloud, without being responsible for managing the overhead of a physical server, device, or appliance.
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We do the monotonous work for you, including applying OS updates and replacing bad disks. To learn more about the scenarios that Azure Files can help you with, see.What are different ways to access files in Azure Files?You can mount the file share on your local machine by using the SMB 3.0 protocol, or you can use tools like to access files in your file share.
From your application, you can use storage client libraries, REST APIs, PowerShell, or Azure CLI to access your files in the Azure file share.What is Azure File Sync?You can use Azure File Sync to centralize your organization's file shares in Azure Files, while keeping the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of an on-premises file server. Azure File Sync transforms your Windows Server machines into a quick cache of your Azure file share. You can use any protocol that's available on Windows Server to access your data locally, including SMB, Network File System (NFS), and File Transfer Protocol Service (FTPS). You can have as many caches as you need across the world.Why would I use an Azure file share versus Azure Blob storage for my data?Azure Files and Azure Blob storage both offer ways to store large amounts of data in the cloud, but they are useful for slightly different purposes.Azure Blob storage is useful for massive-scale, cloud-native applications that need to store unstructured data.
To maximize performance and scale, Azure Blob storage is a simpler storage abstraction than a true file system. You can access Azure Blob storage only through REST-based client libraries (or directly through the REST-based protocol).Azure Files is specifically a file system.
Azure Files has all the file abstracts that you know and love from years of working with on-premises operating systems. Like Azure Blob storage, Azure Files offers a REST interface and REST-based client libraries. Unlike Azure Blob storage, Azure Files offers SMB access to Azure file shares. By using SMB, you can mount an Azure file share directly on Windows, Linux, or macOS, either on-premises or in cloud VMs, without writing any code or attaching any special drivers to the file system. You also can cache Azure file shares on on-premises file servers by using Azure File Sync for quick access, close to where the data is used.For a more in-depth description on the differences between Azure Files and Azure Blob storage, see.
To learn more about Azure Blob storage, see.Why would I use an Azure file share instead of Azure Disks?A disk in Azure Disks is simply a disk. To get value from Azure Disks, you must attach a disk to a virtual machine that's running in Azure.
Azure Disks can be used for everything that you would use a disk for on an on-premises server. You can use it as an OS system disk, as swap space for an OS, or as dedicated storage for an application.
An interesting use for Azure Disks is to create a file server in the cloud to use in the same places where you might use an Azure file share. Deploying a file server in Azure Virtual Machines is a high-performance way to get file storage in Azure when you require deployment options that currently are not supported by Azure Files (such as NFS protocol support or premium storage).However, running a file server with Azure Disks as back-end storage typically is much more expensive than using an Azure file share, for a few reasons. First, in addition to paying for disk storage, you also must pay for the expense of running one or more Azure VMs. Second, you also must manage the VMs that are used to run the file server. For example, you are responsible for OS upgrades. Finally, if you ultimately require data to be cached on-premises, it's up to you to set up and manage replication technologies, such as Distributed File System Replication (DFSR), to make that happen.One approach to getting the best of both Azure Files and a file server that's hosted in Azure Virtual Machines (in addition to using Azure Disks as back-end storage) is to install Azure File Sync on a file server that's hosted on a cloud VM. If the Azure file share is in the same region as your file server, you can enable cloud tiering and set the volume of free space percentage to maximum (99%).
This ensures minimal duplication of data. You also can use any applications you want with your file servers, like applications that require NFS protocol support.For information about an option for setting up a high-performance and highly available file server in Azure, see. For a more in-depth description of the differences between Azure Files and Azure Disks, see. To learn more about Azure Disks, see.How do I get started using Azure Files?Getting started with Azure Files is easy.
First, and then mount it in your preferred operating system:.For a more in-depth guide about deploying an Azure file share to replace production file shares in your organization, see.What storage redundancy options are supported by Azure Files?Currently, Azure Files supports locally redundant storage (LRS), zone redundant storage (ZRS), geo-redundant storage (GRS), and geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS). We plan to support read-access geo-redundant (RA-GRS) storage in the future, but we don't have timelines to share at this time.What storage tiers are supported in Azure Files?Azure Files supports two storage tiers: premium and standard. Standard file shares are created in general purpose (GPv1 or GPv2) storage accounts and premium file shares are created in FileStorage storage accounts. Learn more about how to create. NoteYou cannot create Azure file shares from Blob storage accounts or premium general purpose (GPv1 or GPv2) storage accounts. Standard Azure file shares must created in standard general purpose accounts only and premium Azure file shares must be created in FileStorage storage accounts only. Premium general purpose (GPv1 and GPv2) storage accounts are for premium page blobs only.I really want to see a specific feature added to Azure Files.
Can you add it?The Azure Files team is interested in hearing any and all feedback you have about our service. Please vote on feature requests at!
We're looking forward to delighting you with many new features.Does Azure Files support file locking?Yes, Azure Files fully supports SMB/Windows-style file locking,.Azure File Sync.What regions are supported for Azure File Sync?The list of available regions can be found on the section of the Azure File Sync planning guide. We will continuously add support for additional regions, including non-Public regions.Can I have domain-joined and non-domain-joined servers in the same sync group?Yes. A sync group can contain server endpoints that have different Active Directory memberships, even if they are not domain-joined. Although this configuration technically works, we do not recommend this as a typical configuration because access control lists (ACLs) that are defined for files and folders on one server might not be able to be enforced by other servers in the sync group. For best results, we recommend syncing between servers that are in the same Active Directory forest, between servers that are in different Active Directory forests but which have established trust relationships, or between servers that are not in a domain. We recommend that you avoid using a mix of these configurations.I created a file directly in my Azure file share by using SMB or in the portal.
How long does it take for the file to sync to the servers in the sync group?Changes made to the Azure file share by using the Azure portal or SMB are not immediately detected and replicated like changes to the server endpoint. Azure Files does not yet have change notifications or journaling, so there's no way to automatically initiate a sync session when files are changed. On Windows Server, Azure File Sync uses to automatically initiate a sync session when files change.To detect changes to the Azure file share, Azure File Sync has a scheduled job called a change detection job. A change detection job enumerates every file in the file share, and then compares it to the sync version for that file. When the change detection job determines that files have changed, Azure File Sync initiates a sync session.
The change detection job is initiated every 24 hours. Because the change detection job works by enumerating every file in the Azure file share, change detection takes longer in larger namespaces than in smaller namespaces.
For large namespaces, it might take longer than once every 24 hours to determine which files have changed.To immediately sync files that are changed in the Azure file share, the Invoke-AzStorageSyncChangeDetection PowerShell cmdlet can be used to manually initiate the detection of changes in the Azure file share. This cmdlet is intended for scenarios where some type of automated process is making changes in the Azure file share or the changes are done by an administrator (like moving files and directories into the share). For end user changes, the recommendation is to install the Azure File Sync agent in an IaaS VM and have end users access the file share through the IaaS VM.
This way all changes will quickly sync to other agents without the need to use the Invoke-AzStorageSyncChangeDetection cmdlet. To learn more, see the documentation. NoteChanges made to an Azure file share using REST does not update the SMB last modified time and will not be seen as a change by sync.We are exploring adding change detection for an Azure file share similar to USN for volumes on Windows Server.
Help us prioritize this feature for future development by voting for it at.If the same file is changed on two servers at approximately the same time, what happens?Azure File Sync uses a simple conflict-resolution strategy: we keep both changes to files that are changed on two servers at the same time. The most recently written change keeps the original file name. The older file has the 'source' machine and the conflict number appended to the name. It follows this taxonomy:-#.For example, the first conflict of CompanyReport.docx would become CompanyReport-CentralServer.docx if CentralServer is where the older write occurred.
The second conflict would be named CompanyReport-CentralServer-1.docx. Azure File Sync supports 100 conflict files per file. Once the maximum number of conflict files has been reached, the file will fail to sync until the number of conflict files is less than 100.Is geo-redundant storage supported for Azure File Sync?Yes, Azure Files supports both locally redundant storage (LRS) and geo-redundant storage (GRS). If you initiate a storage account failover between paired regions from an account configured for GRS, Microsoft recommends that you treat the new region as a backup of data only. Azure File Sync does not automatically begin syncing with the new primary region.Why doesn't the Size on disk property for a file match the Size property after using Azure File Sync?See.How can I tell whether a file has been tiered?See.A file I want to use has been tiered. How can I recall the file to disk to use it locally?See.How do I force a file or directory to be tiered?See.How is volume free space interpreted when I have multiple server endpoints on a volume?See.Which files or folders are automatically excluded by Azure File Sync?See.Can I use Azure File Sync with either Windows Server 2008 R2, Linux, or my network-attached storage (NAS) device?Currently, Azure File Sync supports only Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
At this time, we don't have any other plans we can share, but we're open to supporting additional platforms based on customer demand. Let us know at what platforms you would like us to support.Why do tiered files exist outside of the server endpoint namespace?Prior to Azure File Sync agent version 3, Azure File Sync blocked the move of tiered files outside the server endpoint but on the same volume as the server endpoint. Copy operations, moves of non-tiered files, and moves of tiered to other volumes were unaffected. The reason for this behavior was the implicit assumption that File Explorer and other Windows APIs have that move operations on the same volume are (nearly) instantaneous rename operations.
This means moves will make File Explorer or other move methods (such as command line or PowerShell) appear unresponsive while Azure File Sync recalls the data from the cloud. Starting with, Azure File Sync will allow you to move a tiered file outside of the server endpoint. We avoid the negative effects previously mentioned by allowing the tiered file to exist as a tiered file outside of the server endpoint and then recalling the file in the background. This means that moves on the same volume are instantaneous, and we do all the work to recall the file to disk after the move has completed.I'm having an issue with Azure File Sync on my server (sync, cloud tiering, etc.). Should I remove and recreate my server endpoint?No: removing a server endpoint isn't like rebooting a server! Removing and recreating the server endpoint is almost never an appropriate solution to fixing issues with sync, cloud tiering, or other aspects of Azure File Sync. Removing a server endpoint is a destructive operation.
It may result in data loss in the case that tiered files exist outside of the server endpoint namespace. See for more information. Or it may result in inaccessible files for tiered files that exist within the server endpoint namespace. These issues won't resolve when the server endpoint is recreated. Tiered files may exist within your server endpoint namespace even if you never had cloud tiering enabled. That's why recommend that you don't remove the server endpoint unless you would like to stop using Azure File Sync with this particular folder or have been explicitly instructed to do so by a Microsoft engineer.
For more information on remove server endpoints, see.Can I move the storage sync service and/or storage account to a different resource group or subscription?Yes, the storage sync service and/or storage account can be moved to a different resource group or subscription within the existing Azure AD tenant. If the storage account is moved, you need to give the Hybrid File Sync Service access to the storage account (see ). NoteAzure File Sync does not support moving the subscription to a different Azure AD tenant.Does Azure File Sync preserve directory/file level NTFS ACLs along with data stored in Azure Files?As of February 24th, 2020, new and existing ACLs tiered by Azure file sync will be persisted in NTFS format, and ACL modifications made directly to the Azure file share will sync to all servers in the sync group. Any changes on ACLs made to Azure Files will sync down via Azure file sync. When copying data to Azure Files, make sure you use SMB to access the share and preserve your ACLs.
Existing REST based tools, such as AzCopy or Storage Explorer do not persist ACLs.If you have enabled Azure Backup on your file sync managed file shares, file ACLs can continue to be restored as part of the backup restore workflow. This works either for the entire share or individual files/directories.If you are using snapshots as part of the self-managed backup solution for file shares managed by file sync, your ACLs may not be restored properly to NTFS ACLs if the snapshots were taken prior to February 24th, 2020.
If this occurs, consider contacting Azure Support.Security, authentication, and access control.Is identity-based authentication and access control supported by Azure Files?Yes, Azure Files supports identity-based authentication and access control. You can choose one of two ways to use identity-based access control: on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (preview) or Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS). On-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) supports authentication using AD DS domain-joined machines, either on-premises or in Azure, to access Azure file shares over SMB. Azure AD DS authentication over SMB for Azure Files enables Azure AD DS domain-joined Windows VMs to access shares, directories, and files using Azure AD credentials.
For more details, see.Azure Files offers two additional ways to manage access control:.You can use shared access signatures (SAS) to generate tokens that have specific permissions, and which are valid for a specified time interval. For example, you can generate a token with read-only access to a specific file that has a 10-minute expiry. Anyone who possesses the token while the token is valid has read-only access to that file for those 10 minutes.
Shared access signature keys are supported only via the REST API or in client libraries.
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1. File to File
2. Soap to File
3. Migrating the scenerio from dual to single stack using scenerio migration tool.
Prerequisite:
Install SAP Netweaver development studio
Install SOAP UI
Connection setup:
Enterprise Service Browser – ESB
PI Explorer:
1. File to File:
ESB Config
i. Create data type
ii.Create message type
iii. Create Service Interfaces
iv. Create message mapping
v.Operation mapping
vi. Activate the ESR objects from changelist.
Integration Flow-IF config:
i. Sender channel config
ii. Receiver channel config
Deploy the IF:
Testing:
Input file:
Output file:
2. SOAP to FILE :
i. Create datatype:
ii. Create message type:
iii.Create service interface:
iv.Create message mapping:
v. Create opertaion mapping:
IF config:
i. Create sender channel:
ii. Create receiver channel:
Testing:
1.Install SOAP UI
2.Download wsdl from outbound service interface.
3.Import the wsdl in SOAP UI and provide the authentication,endpoint and values.
4.Submit the request.
Endpoint:
3. Migrating the config scenerio from dual to single stack using scenerio migration tool:
The Directory Content Migration tool runs on the target systemand can be accessed via:
http://<targetSystem_host>:<targetSystem_port>/webdynpro/resources/sap.com/tc~pi~tools~dirmig~wd/DirectoryCockpit
Prerequisites:
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Sender System:
SAP_XI_API_DEVELOP_J2EE
SAP_XI_API_DISPLAY_J2EE
Target System:
SAP_XI_API_DEVELOP_J2EE
ESR objects:
Transport through normal file system (.tpz) method.
Step 1:
Provide the credentails of the system.
Step:2
Select the scenerio which you want to migrate
Create a new scenerio or rename
Note : Once migrated need to activate all the objects from change list.