1. Perform the initial configuration to register Azure Data Box in your infrastructure by following the steps in this
article.
2. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console and create an
Object Storage Repository as described in the
instructions from our User Guide here. Don't forget to select the same
Region you specified in C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\AzureStorageRegions.xml during the initial configuration, as this
Object Storage Repository will be pointing to your offline Azure Data Box.
3. At the
Capacity Tier step of the
Scale-out Backup Repository wizard (if you don't have Scale-out Backup Repository please
create one), specify the Object Storage Repository created during the previous step and configure policies to trigger data transfer as described
here.
4. Right click on your Scale-Out Backup Repository and select "Run Tiering Job Now" and await for the job to complete successfully. You can check the job status
here.
5. Set the Object Storage Repository created in step #2 into maintenance mode by following these
instructions.
6. Send your Azure Data Box back to Microsoft.
7. Await confirmation from Microsoft that the data has been successfully migrated in Azure.
8. Undo all the changes described in this
article: remove DNS entries, remove certificate, rollback to the original
C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\AzureStorageRegions.xml file, delete the
ObjectStorageCRLCheckMode registry key and restart Veeam Backup Server.
9. Open Veeam Backup & Replication Console and create a new
Object Storage Repository as described in these
instructions using same Credentials but this time with proper Region selected.
10. At the
Capacity Tier step of the
Scale-out Backup Repository wizard, select the Object Storage Repository created in the previous step; at the prompt, agree to change your capacity tier to use different object storage system.
11. Let Veeam check the Object Storage Repository for existing backups and update the backups in the Veeam Console.
12. You may now safely delete the
Object Storage Repository created in step #1 as all of the data will be transfer now directly to Azure Storage.