version: "1.0.1" name: azure-elastic-san description: 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 provisioning Elastic SAN volumes, AVS datastores, iSCSI clients, snapshots, or CMK-encrypted deployments, and other Azure Elastic SAN related development tasks. Not for Azure Blob Storage (use azure-blob-storage), Azure NetApp Files (use azure-netapp-files), Azure Managed Lustre (use azure-managed-lustre), Azure Container Storage (use azure-container-storage). compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. metadata: generated_at: "2026-08-02" generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
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
| Category | Lines | Description | |
|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L41 | Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Elastic SAN issues, including provisioning failures, connectivity/IO errors, performance problems, and typical error codes/logs. | |
| Best Practices | L42-L48 | Performance tuning, benchmarking, and configuration best practices for Azure Elastic SAN (including AVS datastores) plus guidance on using snapshots for backup. | |
| Decision Making | L49-L53 | Guidance on sizing and configuring Elastic SAN (performance, capacity, architecture) and deciding how to integrate it with AKS workloads and storage patterns. | |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L54-L58 | Patterns for running clustered apps (SQL, Failover Cluster, etc.) on Azure Elastic SAN, including shared volume setup, fencing, failover behavior, and high-availability design. | |
| Limits & Quotas | L59-L64 | Details on Elastic SAN capacity limits, max IOPS/throughput, and how VM sizes, volume groups, and workloads affect achievable performance and scaling. | |
| Security | L65-L74 | Encrypting Elastic SAN with customer-managed keys and securing access via encryption options, private endpoints, service endpoints, and network configuration for volumes. | |
| Configuration | L75-L83 | Deploying, resizing, deleting, and monitoring Azure Elastic SAN instances/volumes, plus configuring iSCSI IQN naming and safe operational best practices. | |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L84-L91 | Creating and benchmarking Elastic SAN volumes, plus step-by-step guidance to connect Linux and Windows clients using iSCSI and optimize performance. | |
| Deployment | L92-L95 | Guides for migrating Azure VMware Solution (AVS) datastores to Azure Elastic SAN, including configuring and using multiple private endpoints for secure connectivity. | |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Troubleshoot common Azure Elastic SAN issues and errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-troubleshoot | |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Optimize Azure Elastic SAN configuration and performance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-best-practices | |
| Optimize Elastic SAN datastore performance on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-performance-on-azure-vmware-solutions | |
| Use snapshots to back up Azure Elastic SAN volumes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-snapshots | |
Decision Making
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Plan Azure Elastic SAN capacity and configuration | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-planning | |
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Use clustered applications with shared Azure Elastic SAN volumes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-shared-volumes | |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Understand Azure Elastic SAN and VM performance limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-performance | |
| Azure Elastic SAN capacity, IOPS, and throughput limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-scale-targets | |
Security
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Configure customer-managed keys for Azure Elastic SAN | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-configure-customer-managed-keys | |
| Configure private endpoints for Azure Elastic SAN volume groups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-configure-private-endpoints | |
| Configure service endpoints for Azure Elastic SAN access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-configure-service-endpoints | |
| Manage customer-managed encryption keys in Elastic SAN | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-encryption-manage-customer-keys | |
| Configure encryption options for Azure Elastic SAN | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-encryption-overview | |
| Configure secure networking for Azure Elastic SAN volumes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-networking | |
Configuration
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Deploy and configure Azure Elastic SAN resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-create | |
| Delete Azure Elastic SAN resources correctly | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-delete | |
| Resize Azure Elastic SAN resources and volumes safely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-expand | |
| Monitor Azure Elastic SAN with built-in metrics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-metrics | |
| Transition Elastic SAN IQN naming authority | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-transition-iqn-naming-authority | |
Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Batch-create Azure Elastic SAN volumes with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-batch-create-sample | |
| Benchmark Azure Elastic SAN with DiskSpd and fio | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-benchmarking | |
| Connect Linux clients to Azure Elastic SAN volumes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-connect-linux | |
| Connect Windows clients to Azure Elastic SAN volumes | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-connect-windows | |
Deployment
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Migrate AVS datastores to Elastic SAN with more private endpoints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-increase-private-endpoints-azure-vmware-solutions | |