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Hello everyone,

I have 2 questions for one of my clients who wishes to install a Clearpass server hosted on Azure.

Here is the installation procedure: Creating the Azure Custom Storage Account and Virtual Appliance

1. What is the purpose of the Data Disk?

In the documentation, it asks us to create a Data Disk as follows:

Create and Attach a New Disk: This setting is optional, as you do not need to create and attach a new disk at this time. You may choose to attach a disk when you are ready to move your VA from a test environment into production.

This disk reminded me of the additional disk we usually add in VMware environments.

However, this 1TB disk costs €200/month, and since the wording is a bit suggestive (optional and may), the client is challenging me on the necessity of this disk. The client also mentioned that in the documentation, we created a "Custom Storage Account," which is already a storage space...

2. Do you have any feedback on the server model to use?

We need to choose a server model, and here's what is stated in the documentation:

Click this drop-down menu and select one of the following recommended sizes. Each of the recommended disk sizes corresponds with a ClearPass hardware appliance model.

• The Standard_D2s_v3 - 2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C1000 appliance.
• The Standard_D4s_v3 - 4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C2000 or C2010 appliance.
• The Standard_D16s_v3 - 16 vcpus, 64 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C3000 or 3010 appliance.

These servers are older generations (from an Azure perspective). Have you ever installed Clearpass with more recent versions, and does that work well?

Thank you.

1 - The initial disk in the appliance is only 40GB. Just enough to get the basic appliance built with the initial settings. The second disk is added and then the command 'vmorph' is used to basically rebuild the server with the larger (and faster) disk to be the actual storage used for the appliance. The documentation talks about it "when it's ready for production" but I found this not very helpful as the first thing I wanted to do was upgrade the version and there was problems doing this before I added the extra disk.

2 - I used the closest comparible server Standard D4s v3 which was available in our main regions. 

Hello everyone,

I have 2 questions for one of my clients who wishes to install a Clearpass server hosted on Azure.

Here is the installation procedure: Creating the Azure Custom Storage Account and Virtual Appliance

1. What is the purpose of the Data Disk?

In the documentation, it asks us to create a Data Disk as follows:

Create and Attach a New Disk: This setting is optional, as you do not need to create and attach a new disk at this time. You may choose to attach a disk when you are ready to move your VA from a test environment into production.

This disk reminded me of the additional disk we usually add in VMware environments.

However, this 1TB disk costs €200/month, and since the wording is a bit suggestive (optional and may), the client is challenging me on the necessity of this disk. The client also mentioned that in the documentation, we created a "Custom Storage Account," which is already a storage space...

2. Do you have any feedback on the server model to use?

We need to choose a server model, and here's what is stated in the documentation:

Click this drop-down menu and select one of the following recommended sizes. Each of the recommended disk sizes corresponds with a ClearPass hardware appliance model.

• The Standard_D2s_v3 - 2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C1000 appliance.
• The Standard_D4s_v3 - 4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C2000 or C2010 appliance.
• The Standard_D16s_v3 - 16 vcpus, 64 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C3000 or 3010 appliance.

These servers are older generations (from an Azure perspective). Have you ever installed Clearpass with more recent versions, and does that work well?

Thank you.

Hello everyone,

I have 2 questions for one of my clients who wishes to install a Clearpass server hosted on Azure.

Here is the installation procedure: Creating the Azure Custom Storage Account and Virtual Appliance

1. What is the purpose of the Data Disk?

In the documentation, it asks us to create a Data Disk as follows:

Create and Attach a New Disk: This setting is optional, as you do not need to create and attach a new disk at this time. You may choose to attach a disk when you are ready to move your VA from a test environment into production.

This disk reminded me of the additional disk we usually add in VMware environments.

However, this 1TB disk costs €200/month, and since the wording is a bit suggestive (optional and may), the client is challenging me on the necessity of this disk. The client also mentioned that in the documentation, we created a "Custom Storage Account," which is already a storage space...

2. Do you have any feedback on the server model to use?

We need to choose a server model, and here's what is stated in the documentation:

Click this drop-down menu and select one of the following recommended sizes. Each of the recommended disk sizes corresponds with a ClearPass hardware appliance model.

• The Standard_D2s_v3 - 2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C1000 appliance.
• The Standard_D4s_v3 - 4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C2000 or C2010 appliance.
• The Standard_D16s_v3 - 16 vcpus, 64 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C3000 or 3010 appliance.

These servers are older generations (from an Azure perspective). Have you ever installed Clearpass with more recent versions, and does that work well?

Thank you.

Hello everyone,

I have 2 questions for one of my clients who wishes to install a Clearpass server hosted on Azure.

Here is the installation procedure: Creating the Azure Custom Storage Account and Virtual Appliance

1. What is the purpose of the Data Disk?

In the documentation, it asks us to create a Data Disk as follows:

Create and Attach a New Disk: This setting is optional, as you do not need to create and attach a new disk at this time. You may choose to attach a disk when you are ready to move your VA from a test environment into production.

This disk reminded me of the additional disk we usually add in VMware environments.

However, this 1TB disk costs €200/month, and since the wording is a bit suggestive (optional and may), the client is challenging me on the necessity of this disk. The client also mentioned that in the documentation, we created a "Custom Storage Account," which is already a storage space...

2. Do you have any feedback on the server model to use?

We need to choose a server model, and here's what is stated in the documentation:

Click this drop-down menu and select one of the following recommended sizes. Each of the recommended disk sizes corresponds with a ClearPass hardware appliance model.

• The Standard_D2s_v3 - 2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C1000 appliance.
• The Standard_D4s_v3 - 4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C2000 or C2010 appliance.
• The Standard_D16s_v3 - 16 vcpus, 64 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C3000 or 3010 appliance.

These servers are older generations (from an Azure perspective). Have you ever installed Clearpass with more recent versions, and does that work well?

Thank you.

The additional disk is a must. Without that it is only a lab ClearPass and you cannot install patches due to space issues.

It is important to attach the additional disk when the VM is powered off otherwise morph-vm will not see the disk. I recommend to make a backup/snapshot of the VM before the morph-vm command because if there is an error during morph-vm there is no way to roll back just to reinstall the server.

Hello everyone,

I have 2 questions for one of my clients who wishes to install a Clearpass server hosted on Azure.

Here is the installation procedure: Creating the Azure Custom Storage Account and Virtual Appliance

1. What is the purpose of the Data Disk?

In the documentation, it asks us to create a Data Disk as follows:

Create and Attach a New Disk: This setting is optional, as you do not need to create and attach a new disk at this time. You may choose to attach a disk when you are ready to move your VA from a test environment into production.

This disk reminded me of the additional disk we usually add in VMware environments.

However, this 1TB disk costs €200/month, and since the wording is a bit suggestive (optional and may), the client is challenging me on the necessity of this disk. The client also mentioned that in the documentation, we created a "Custom Storage Account," which is already a storage space...

2. Do you have any feedback on the server model to use?

We need to choose a server model, and here's what is stated in the documentation:

Click this drop-down menu and select one of the following recommended sizes. Each of the recommended disk sizes corresponds with a ClearPass hardware appliance model.

• The Standard_D2s_v3 - 2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C1000 appliance.
• The Standard_D4s_v3 - 4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C2000 or C2010 appliance.
• The Standard_D16s_v3 - 16 vcpus, 64 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C3000 or 3010 appliance.

These servers are older generations (from an Azure perspective). Have you ever installed Clearpass with more recent versions, and does that work well?

Thank you.

Thanks Itsvan.

Another question. By default the data disk is a premium disk while the OS Disk is a standard if I remember well.

Do you know if we must use a premium disk ?

The additional disk is a must. Without that it is only a lab ClearPass and you cannot install patches due to space issues.

It is important to attach the additional disk when the VM is powered off otherwise morph-vm will not see the disk. I recommend to make a backup/snapshot of the VM before the morph-vm command because if there is an error during morph-vm there is no way to roll back just to reinstall the server.

Hello everyone,

I have 2 questions for one of my clients who wishes to install a Clearpass server hosted on Azure.

Here is the installation procedure: Creating the Azure Custom Storage Account and Virtual Appliance

1. What is the purpose of the Data Disk?

In the documentation, it asks us to create a Data Disk as follows:

Create and Attach a New Disk: This setting is optional, as you do not need to create and attach a new disk at this time. You may choose to attach a disk when you are ready to move your VA from a test environment into production.

This disk reminded me of the additional disk we usually add in VMware environments.

However, this 1TB disk costs €200/month, and since the wording is a bit suggestive (optional and may), the client is challenging me on the necessity of this disk. The client also mentioned that in the documentation, we created a "Custom Storage Account," which is already a storage space...

2. Do you have any feedback on the server model to use?

We need to choose a server model, and here's what is stated in the documentation:

Click this drop-down menu and select one of the following recommended sizes. Each of the recommended disk sizes corresponds with a ClearPass hardware appliance model.

• The Standard_D2s_v3 - 2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C1000 appliance.
• The Standard_D4s_v3 - 4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C2000 or C2010 appliance.
• The Standard_D16s_v3 - 16 vcpus, 64 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C3000 or 3010 appliance.

These servers are older generations (from an Azure perspective). Have you ever installed Clearpass with more recent versions, and does that work well?

Thank you.

Thanks Itsvan.

Another question. By default the data disk is a premium disk while the OS Disk is a standard if I remember well.

Do you know if we must use a premium disk ?

The additional disk is a must. Without that it is only a lab ClearPass and you cannot install patches due to space issues.

It is important to attach the additional disk when the VM is powered off otherwise morph-vm will not see the disk. I recommend to make a backup/snapshot of the VM before the morph-vm command because if there is an error during morph-vm there is no way to roll back just to reinstall the server.

Hello everyone,

I have 2 questions for one of my clients who wishes to install a Clearpass server hosted on Azure.

Here is the installation procedure: Creating the Azure Custom Storage Account and Virtual Appliance

1. What is the purpose of the Data Disk?

In the documentation, it asks us to create a Data Disk as follows:

Create and Attach a New Disk: This setting is optional, as you do not need to create and attach a new disk at this time. You may choose to attach a disk when you are ready to move your VA from a test environment into production.

This disk reminded me of the additional disk we usually add in VMware environments.

However, this 1TB disk costs €200/month, and since the wording is a bit suggestive (optional and may), the client is challenging me on the necessity of this disk. The client also mentioned that in the documentation, we created a "Custom Storage Account," which is already a storage space...

2. Do you have any feedback on the server model to use?

We need to choose a server model, and here's what is stated in the documentation:

Click this drop-down menu and select one of the following recommended sizes. Each of the recommended disk sizes corresponds with a ClearPass hardware appliance model.

• The Standard_D2s_v3 - 2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C1000 appliance.
• The Standard_D4s_v3 - 4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C2000 or C2010 appliance.
• The Standard_D16s_v3 - 16 vcpus, 64 GiB memory option corresponds to a ClearPass C3000 or 3010 appliance.

These servers are older generations (from an Azure perspective). Have you ever installed Clearpass with more recent versions, and does that work well?

Thank you.