AZ-104 Certification Notes

Chapter 8.19 - Azure Import Export Service

Azure Import/Export Service

Used to securely import large amounts of data to Azure Blob storage and Azure Files by shipping disk drives to an Azure datacenter.

You have 2 options for shipping drives on import:

• Use your own disk drives
• Use Microsoft provided drives Microsoft ships up to 5 encrypted solid-state disk drives (SSDs) known as Azure Data Box Disk with a 40 TB total capacity per order, to your datacenter through a regional carrier.

You can quickly configure Azure Data Box Disk drives, copy data to disk drives over a USB 3.0 connection, and ship the disk drives back to Azure.

To prepare your drive, you'll need to use the command-line WAImportExport tool to:

• Prepare your disk drives that are shipped for import
• Copying your data to the drive
• Encrypts the data on the drive with AES 256-bit BitLocker
• Generate the drive journal files used during import creation
• Helps identify numbers of drives needed for export jobs

There are two versions of WAImportExport:

• Version 1 for import/export into Azure Blob storage
• Version 2 for importing data into Azure files

WAImportExport tool is only compatible with 64-bit Windows

Once you have prepared your drives and generate journal files, you can create an Import Job

The journal file stores basic information such as:

• Drive serial number

• Encryption key

• Storage account details

• You'll specify Region and Storage Account

• You'll provide shipping information

For export jobs you:

• You can only export from Azure Blob
• You can ship up to 10 empty drives to Azure per job
• You create an export job and the data is loaded onto those drives and shipped back to you

Practice Quiz

• Which version of WAImportExport is used for import/export into Azure Blob storage?

  • Version 0
  • Version 3
  • Version 2
  • Version 1

• What is another name for the encrypted SSDs with 40 TB total capacity that Microsoft can ship to your datacenter via a regional carrier?

  • Azure File Disk
  • Azure Hard Disk Drive
  • Azure Storage Device
  • Azure Data Box Disk

• What is true about export jobs?

  • You can only export from Azure Blob
  • You create an export job and the data is loaded onto those drives and shipped back to you
  • You can ship up to 10 empty drives to Azure per job
  • You can prevent storage failure

• What are the options for shipping drives on import?

  • Use Microsoft provided drives
  • Use your own disk drives
  • Use Cloud provided drives
  • Use Google drive

• What is used to securely import large amounts of data to Azure Blob storage and Azure Files by shipping disk drives to an Azure datacenter?

  • Azure Import/Export Service

• What tool can help you prepare your disk drives that are shipped for import, copy your data to the drive, encrypt the data on the drive with AES 256-bit BitLocker, and more?

  • WAImportExport tool