Microsoft Azure Administrator: AZ-104: Configure Blob Lifecycle Management — Part 35
Azure cloud storage provides many great features and capabilities for organizations storing critical data. Like other cloud storage providers, Azure blob storage has tiers of storage that can be used to store different data types more cost-effectively. Adding automation to these tiers to transition data between them adds extra value. Understanding how to automate and transition your data using lifecycle policies in Microsoft Azure is also covered on the AZ-104 exam. Let’s look at configuring blob lifecycle management in Azure cloud storage.
What is a Lifecycle Management policy?
The Azure Blob storage lifecycle management policy is a way to use automated rules to transition blob data from one tier of Azure storage to another. You can also use the lifecycle rules to expire data once it reaches the end of the data lifecycle.
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First, the lifecycle policy is applied to the base blob, and then, optionally, it is applied to the blob versions and snapshots.
Rules define actions
The rules you configure with the lifecycle policy define distinct actions to take on certain conditions being met. The following are the rule actions you can take depending on the condition met:
- Days since the Azure blob was created
- Days since the blob was modified
- Days since the blob was accessed (this depends on the enable last access time tracking being turned on)
The action is carried out on the specified blob storage based on these conditions being met and showing as true.
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