Deploying a HYCU backup controller to Azure

To deploy a HYCU backup controller to Azure, follow the procedure described in this topic. After you deploy the HYCU backup controller, you must also configure a port in Azure to be able to access the HYCU web user interface. For details, see Accessing the HYCU web user interface.

Prerequisites

  • You must own a valid HYCU license. For details on how to obtain the license, see HYCU documentation.
  • You must have the Administrator role assigned.

Considerations

  • The recommended requirements for the HYCU backup controller are 4 vCPU cores and 8 GiB of memory.
  • Each HYCU backup controller is by default deployed with the system disk size of 20 GiB and the data disk size of 32 GiB.

To access the HYCU Controller Deployment dialog box, click  Administration, and then select HYCU Controller Deployment.

Procedure

  1. In the HYCU Controller Deployment dialog box, select Azure.

  2. From the Source drop-down menu, select the Azure resource group to which you want to deploy the HYCU backup controller.

  3. From the Region drop-down menu, select the geographic region for the HYCU backup controller.

    Important  Make sure that at least one virtual network is configured in the selected region.

  4. From the Zone drop-down menu, select the zone for the HYCU backup controller.

  5. Click Next.

  6. In the Instance Name field, enter a name for the HYCU backup controller.

  7. In the vCPU cores field, enter the number of virtual CPUs to be assigned to the HYCU backup controller multiplied by the number of cores per virtual CPU. The value that you specify must be a whole number and cannot be higher than 448.

  8. In the Memory field, enter the amount of memory (in GiB) to be assigned to the HYCU backup controller. The value that you specify must be a whole number and cannot be higher than 24576.

  9. From the Available Versions drop-down menu, select the preferred version for the HYCU backup controller. By default, the latest version is selected.

  10. From the Instance Type drop-down menu, select the instance type.

    Note  The list of available instance types is based on the number of virtual CPU cores and the amount of memory that you specified. If no instance type corresponds to the specified values, the list is empty and you need to adjust the values in the vCPU and Memory fields.

  11. Under Network interfaces, you can view the network interface that will be added to the HYCU backup controller. By default, this is the first network interface from the region and zone that you selected for the HYCU backup controller.

    If you want to modify network settings, you can add an additional network interface, edit an existing network interface, or delete a network interface:

    Depending on whether you want to add or edit a network interface, or delete a network interface, do one of the following:

    • Click Add Network Interface to add a network interface or click Edit Edit next to the network interface that you want to edit, and then follow these steps:

      1. From the Destination Source drop-down menu, select the source on which the destination network is configured.

      2. From the Destination Networks drop-down menu, select the destination network.

      3. Under Public Address Type, select the public IP address for the network interface. You can select among the following options:

        Option Description
        None

        No public IP address will be assigned to the network interface on the HYCU backup controller.
        Static A static public IP address will be assigned to the network interface on the HYCU backup controller. This option is selected by default.
        Existing A preferred public IP address that you have created in Azure will be assigned to the network interface on the HYCU backup controller.

      4. Under Private Address Type, select the private IP address for the network interface. You can select between the following options:

        Option Description
        Dynamic

        A dynamic private IP address will be assigned to the network interface on the HYCU backup controller. This option is selected by default.
        Static

        A static private IP address will be assigned to the network interface on the HYCU backup controller.

      5. Click Add or Save.

    • Click Delete Delete next to the network interface that you want to delete. Keep in mind that you cannot deploy the HYCU backup controller without a network interface.

  12. Click Deploy.

Accessing the HYCU web user interface

After you deploy the HYCU backup controller, you must configure a port in Azure to be able to access the HYCU web user interface.

Procedure

Add rules to the network security groups to allow inbound traffic. Specify the following settings:

  • Source port ranges: 0.0.0.0/0 (to allow any source port)

  • Destination port ranges: 8443

For instructions, see Azure documentation.

You can access the HYCU web user interface by entering the following URL:

https://<HYCUBackupControllerPublicIPAddress>:8443

On the logon page, enter your logon name and password. You can use the default user name and password for initial access:

User name: admin
Password: admin

Important   For security purposes, it is highly recommended that you change the default password.