Azure Files
Role: Sr Systems Admin / Cloud Architect
Project URL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/files/
- Migrate on-premise File servers to Azure Files services
- Build storage account, networks, private endpoints, Azure Private DNS, RBAC
- Mount and restore backups to Azure File Shares
- Sync over data with Azure File Sync and robocopy (agentless)
- Resolved Azure DNS misconfigurations from previous administration
- Removed zones impersonating Azure DNS
- Corrected server forwarding to Azure-provided DNS service 168.63.129.16
- Tested network load on robocopy with IPG settings to review usage and possible production impact
- Updated file server resources to support more multithreaded transfers; reduced time from a week to 1.5 days
- Running duplicate sync to capture missed files locked by users
- Prepping for Azure File Sync to finalize for final transition and acceptance by user community