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Expert knowledge for Azure Elastic SAN development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when creating Elastic SAN volumes, AVS datastores, iSCSI client

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Azure Elastic SAN Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Elastic SAN. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

  • Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
  • Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL37-L41Diagnosing and fixing Elastic SAN issues: connectivity, performance, provisioning/attachment failures, health checks, and step-by-step resolution guidance.
Best PracticesL42-L48Tuning Elastic SAN performance and configuration (including AVS datastores) and using, configuring, and managing Elastic SAN snapshot features
Decision MakingL49-L53Guidance on sizing and configuring Elastic SAN (performance, capacity, architecture) and deciding how to integrate it with AKS workloads and storage patterns.
Architecture & Design PatternsL54-L58Patterns for running clustered apps (SQL, Failover Cluster, etc.) on Azure Elastic SAN, including shared volume setup, fencing, failover behavior, and high-availability design.
Limits & QuotasL59-L64Details on Elastic SAN capacity limits, max IOPS/throughput, and how VM sizes, volume groups, and workloads affect achievable performance and scaling.
SecurityL65-L74Configuring encryption (platform and customer-managed keys) and secure access to Elastic SAN using private endpoints, service endpoints, and other network security options.
ConfigurationL75-L83Deploying, resizing, deleting, and monitoring Azure Elastic SAN instances/volumes, plus configuring iSCSI IQN naming and safe operational best practices.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL84-L91Creating and benchmarking Elastic SAN volumes, plus step-by-step guidance to connect Linux and Windows clients using iSCSI and optimize performance.
DeploymentL92-L95Guides for migrating Azure VMware Solution (AVS) datastores to Azure Elastic SAN, including configuring and using multiple private endpoints for secure connectivity.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Diagnose and resolve Azure Elastic SAN issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-troubleshoot

Best Practices

TopicURL
Optimize Azure Elastic SAN configuration and performancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-best-practices
Optimize Elastic SAN datastore performance on AVShttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-performance-on-azure-vmware-solutions
Use and manage Azure Elastic SAN snapshotshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-snapshots

Decision Making

TopicURL
Plan Azure Elastic SAN capacity and configurationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-planning

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Use clustered applications with shared Azure Elastic SAN volumeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-shared-volumes

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Understand Azure Elastic SAN and VM performance limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-performance
Azure Elastic SAN capacity, IOPS, and throughput limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-scale-targets

Security

TopicURL
Configure customer-managed keys for Azure Elastic SANhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-configure-customer-managed-keys
Configure private endpoints for Azure Elastic SAN volume groupshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-configure-private-endpoints
Configure service endpoints for Azure Elastic SAN accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-configure-service-endpoints
Manage customer-managed encryption keys in Elastic SANhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-encryption-manage-customer-keys
Configure encryption options for Azure Elastic SANhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-encryption-overview
Configure secure networking for Azure Elastic SANhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-networking

Configuration

TopicURL
Deploy and configure Azure Elastic SAN resourceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-create
Delete Azure Elastic SAN resources correctlyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-delete
Resize Azure Elastic SAN resources and volumes safelyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-expand
Monitor Azure Elastic SAN with built-in metricshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-metrics
Transition Elastic SAN IQN naming authorityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-transition-iqn-naming-authority

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Batch-create Azure Elastic SAN volumes with PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-batch-create-sample
Benchmark Azure Elastic SAN with DiskSpd and fiohttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-benchmarking
Connect Linux clients to Azure Elastic SAN volumeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-connect-linux
Connect Windows clients to Azure Elastic SAN volumeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-connect-windows

Deployment

TopicURL
Migrate AVS datastores to Elastic SAN with more private endpointshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-increase-private-endpoints-azure-vmware-solutions

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