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azure-data-box-family

Expert knowledge for Azure Data Box development including troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when handling Data Box/Disk orders, SMB/NFS/REST copies, Key Vault CMKs, blob tiering, or VHD-to-managed-disk flows, and other Azure Data Box related development tasks. Not for Azure Import Export (use azure-import-export), Azure Stack Edge (use azure-stack-edge), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Blob Storage (use azure-blob-storage).

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Azure Data Box Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Data Box. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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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

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Category Index

Category Lines Description
Troubleshooting L34-L50 Diagnosing and fixing Data Box/Disk issues: validation, unlock tool, SMB/REST copy, upload errors, time sync, and using audit/logs to track and troubleshoot import/export orders.
Best Practices L51-L56 Guidance on preserving NTFS ACLs, file permissions, and metadata when copying data to Azure Data Box and Data Box Disk using supported tools and settings
Limits & Quotas L57-L64 Device capacity, disk size, share/volume and connection limits for Data Box, Disk, and Heavy, plus how usage is calculated and constrained during data import/export.
Security L65-L75 Securing Azure Data Box: certificates, CMKs in Key Vault, Customer Lockbox, built‑in protections, and applying Azure Policy (including regulatory controls) to Data Box and Data Box Disk.
Configuration L76-L95 Configuring and operating Data Box/Heavy/Disk: cabling, system/network requirements, local UI/portal admin, SMB/NFS/NAS copy workflows, and setting blob access tiers (Hot/Cool/Archive).
Integrations & Coding Patterns L96-L105 Patterns and tools for integrating Data Box with apps and backup products (REST APIs, VHD to managed disks, file share to SharePoint, Commvault, OpenText, Veeam migrations).

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Use Azure Data Box audit logs for diagnostics and security https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-audit-logs
Use logs to resolve Azure Data Box Disk validation issues https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-troubleshoot
Troubleshoot Azure Data Box Disk data copy problems https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-troubleshoot-data-copy
Review and fix Azure Data Box Disk upload errors https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-troubleshoot-data-upload
Troubleshoot Azure Data Box Disk unlock tool errors https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-troubleshoot-unlock
Use logs to troubleshoot Azure Data Box Disk upload issues https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-troubleshoot-upload
Track and audit Azure Data Box export orders and logs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-export-logs
Track and audit Azure Data Box import orders and logs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-logs
Troubleshoot Azure Data Box data copy errors https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-troubleshoot
Resolve Azure Data Box upload copy errors https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-troubleshoot-data-upload
Troubleshoot Azure Data Box REST copy issues https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-troubleshoot-rest
Fix SMB share connection failures to Azure Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-troubleshoot-share-access
Fix time synchronization issues on Azure Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-troubleshoot-time-sync

Best Practices

Topic URL
Preserve ACLs and metadata with Azure Data Box Disk https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-file-acls-preservation
Preserve ACLs and metadata when copying to Azure Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-file-acls-preservation

Limits & Quotas

Topic URL
Capacity and usage limits for Azure Data Box Disk https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-limits
Capacity and connection limits for Azure Data Box Heavy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-heavy-limits
Azure Data Box device and connection limits https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-limits
Understand Azure Data Box device capacities and usage https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-overview

Security

Topic URL
Use custom certificates for Azure Data Box web UI and Blob https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-bring-your-own-certificates
Configure Customer Lockbox approvals for Azure Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-customer-lockbox
Manage customer-managed keys for Azure Data Box in Key Vault https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-customer-managed-encryption-key-portal
Security features and protections in Azure Data Box Disk https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-security
Understand and manage Azure Data Box security features https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-security
Apply Azure Policy built-ins to Azure Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/policy-reference
Apply Azure Policy regulatory controls to Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/security-controls-policy

Configuration

Topic URL
Choose cabling options for Azure Data Box data transfer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-cable-options
Copy data to Azure Data Box via SMB with access tiers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-deploy-copy-data
Use Azure Data Box local copy service from NAS https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-deploy-copy-data-via-copy-service
Copy data to Azure Data Box via NFS with access tiers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-deploy-copy-data-via-nfs
Copy exported data from Azure Data Box via SMB https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-deploy-export-copy-data
Copy exported data from Azure Data Box via NFS https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-deploy-export-copy-data-via-nfs
Copy data to Data Box Disk with access tiers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-deploy-copy-data
Set up and unlock Azure Data Box Disk securely https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-deploy-set-up
System and network requirements for Azure Data Box Disk https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-disk-system-requirements
System and network requirements for Azure Data Box Heavy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-heavy-system-requirements
Send Azure Data Box data to Hot, Cool, or Archive tiers https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-how-to-set-data-tier
Configure and manage Azure Data Box using local web UI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-local-web-ui-admin
Administer Azure Data Box devices via Azure portal https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-portal-admin
Administer Azure Data Box Disk via Azure portal https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-portal-ui-admin
Review Azure Data Box system and client requirements https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-system-requirements
Supported APIs and tools for Azure Data Box Blob storage https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-system-requirements-rest

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Migrate on-premises VHDs to Azure managed disks via Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-deploy-copy-data-from-vhds
Use REST APIs with Azure Data Box Blob storage https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-deploy-copy-data-via-rest
Copy data to Data Box Heavy via REST APIs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-heavy-deploy-copy-data-via-rest
Migrate file shares to SharePoint Online with Data Box Heavy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/data-box-heavy-migrate-spo
Plan migrations using Commvault Air Gap Protect with Azure Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/migrate-commvault-data-box
Migrate data with OpenText solutions and Azure Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/migrate-opentext-data-box
Migrate backups with Veeam and Azure Data Box https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databox/migrate-veeam-data-box

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