Use AzCopy to Interact with Azure Storage Account

Use AzCopy to Interact with Azure Storage Account

Assumptions

• Familarity with command line (e.g. PowerShell, Linux Shell scripting)
• For command line interaction onl. Users may choose to use Azure Storage Explorer and DataHub Portal Storage Explorer as alternatives if not using command line

Prerequisites

• Download AzCopy from Azure (no installation required)
• Generate SAS token in Azure or in DataHub Portal

Folder Initial Sync from Local

• In the line below, change C:\mydata\stage to your local directory where the data is located.
• Run AzCopy to sync data from local PC or network drive to Azure azcopy sync C:\mydata\stage "<sas_uri>"

Folder Sync Deleting Missing Files in Azure

• In the line below, change C:\mydata\stage to your local directory where the data is located.
• Add --delete-destination option to delete files if they have been deleted in the source. azcopy sync C:\mydata\stage "<sas_uri>" --delete-destination

Download

• In the line below, change C:\mydata\stage to your local directory where the data will be downloaded.
• Download all files from Azure to local (costs apply) azcopy cp "<sas_uri>" C:\mydata\stage