AzureTier

Set the storage tier (Hot, Cool, or Archive) for containers, files, or folders in your Azure storage account

Choose either the container, file, or folder functionality

General usage

usage: AzureTier [-h] {container,file,folder} ...

Set the storage tier of containers/files/folders in Azure storage

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Available functionality:
  {container,file,folder}
    container           Change the storage tier of a container in Azure storage
    file                Change the storage tier of a file in Azure storage
    folder              Change the storage tier of a folder in Azure storage

AzureTier container

Set the storage tier of a container in your Azure storage account

Required arguments:

  • container name
  • account name
  • storage tier

Optional arguments:

  • verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info

Example command:

These commands will use container-name as the name of the container and account_name as the name of the storage account

To change the storage tier of a container to Cool

AzureTier -a account_name -c container-name -s Cool

Usage

usage: AzureTier container [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME
                           [-v VERBOSITY] -s STORAGE_TIER

Change the storage tier of a container in Azure storage

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
  -a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage account
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
                        Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
  -s STORAGE_TIER, --storage_tier STORAGE_TIER
                        Set the storage tier for a container/file/folder. Options are "Hot", "Cool", and "Archive"

AzureTier file

Set the storage tier of a file in your Azure storage account

Required arguments:

  • container name
  • account name
  • file name
  • storage tier

Optional arguments:

  • verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info

Example command:

These commands will use container-name as the name of the container and account_name as the name of the storage account

To change the storage tier of the file file_name.gz to Archive

AzureTier -a account_name -c container-name -f file_name.gz -s Archive

Usage

usage: AzureTier file [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME
                      [-v VERBOSITY] -s STORAGE_TIER -f FILE

Change the storage tier of a file in Azure storage

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
  -a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage account
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
                        Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
  -s STORAGE_TIER, --storage_tier STORAGE_TIER
                        Set the storage tier for a container/file/folder. Options are "Hot", "Cool", and "Archive"
  -f FILE, --file FILE  Name of file in Azure storage that will have its storage tier sete.g. 220202-m05722/2022-SEQ-0001_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz

AzureTier folder

Set the storage tier of a folder in your Azure storage account

Required arguments:

  • container name
  • account name
  • folder name
  • storage tier

Optional arguments:

  • verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info

Example command:

These commands will use container-name as the name of the container and account_name as the name of the storage account

To change the storage tier of the folder results/folder_name to Hot

AzureTier -a account_name -c container-name -f results/folder_name -s Hot

Usage

usage: AzureTier folder [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME
                        [-v VERBOSITY] -s STORAGE_TIER -f FOLDER

Change the storage tier of a folder in Azure storage

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
  -a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
                        Name of the Azure storage account
  -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
                        Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
  -s STORAGE_TIER, --storage_tier STORAGE_TIER
                        Set the storage tier for a container/file/folder. Options are "Hot", "Cool", and "Archive"
  -f FOLDER, --folder FOLDER
                        Name of the folder in Azure storage that will have its storage tier set e.g. InterOp