SMB volume creation using terraform

Hi Krishnaveni Anumala,

Migrating your Powermax and Isilon shares to Azure, specifically focusing on creating SMB volumes using Terraform.

1. Creating SMB Volumes with Terraform: While the official Azure documentation doesn't provide a direct Terraform example for creating SMB volumes on Azure NetApp Files, you can accomplish this by using the Azure Provider for Terraform. You’ll generally utilize resources like azurerm_netapp_volume in your Terraform code. Here’s a basic template.

      provider "azurerm" {
      features {}
      }
      resource "azurerm_netapp_account" "example" {
      name                = "example-account"
      resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
      location           = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
      sku {
      name = "Standard"
      }
      }
      resource "azurerm_netapp_pool" "example" {
      name                = "example-pool"
      netapp_account_name = azurerm_netapp_account.example.name
      resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
      location           = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
      service_level      = "Standard"
      size               = 4398046511104 # Size in bytes
      }
      resource "azurerm_netapp_volume" "example" {
      name                  = "example-volume"
      netapp_account_name   = azurerm_netapp_account.example.name
      netapp_pool_name      = azurerm_netapp_pool.example.name
      resource_group_name   = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
      location              = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
      subnet_id             = azurerm_subnet.example.id
      service_level         = "Standard"
      usage_threshold       = 10000000000 # Size in bytes
      volume_type           = "SMB"
      }
      
   

   Make sure to tweak the parameters to match your requirements.
2. Azure RM Provider Support: Yes, the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) provider for Terraform does support the creation of SMB volumes via the Azure NetApp Files. You'll find the necessary support in the Azure RM provider documentation.
3. Alternative Methods: If you run into issues with Terraform or need an alternative, you can create SMB volumes directly through the Azure Portal or using Azure CLI.

• Create an SMB volume using the Azure Portal:
  Go to the Azure NetApp Files resource.
  Choose the capacity pool where you want to provision the volume.
  Click on “Add volume” and fill out the necessary fields like volume name, quota, etc.Using
• Azure CLI.

az netappfiles volume create --resource-group example-rg \
  --account-name example-account \
  --pool-name example-pool \
  --name example-volume \
  --location eastus \
  --service-level Standard \
  --usage-threshold 100 \
  --protocol-types SMB \
  --subnet-id example-subnet-id

Create an SMB volume for Azure NetApp Files

Configure Azure Files using Terraform

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