Merge pull request #251156 from roygara/improveConnect

Connection improvements, variable refresh

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-connect-linux.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Learn how to connect to an Azure Elastic SAN Preview volume from a
 author: roygara
 ms.service: azure-elastic-san-storage
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 07/11/2023
+ms.date: 09/12/2023
 ms.author: rogarana
 ms.custom: references_regions, ignite-2022, devx-track-linux
 ---
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Before you can connect to a volume, you'll need to get **StorageTargetIQN**, **S
 Run the following command to get these values:
 
 ```azurecli
+# Connect to Azure
+az login
+
+# Get volume information
 az elastic-san volume show -e yourSanName -g yourResourceGroup -v yourVolumeGroupName -n yourVolumeName
 ```
 

articles/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-connect-windows.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Learn how to connect to an Azure Elastic SAN Preview volume from a
 author: roygara
 ms.service: azure-elastic-san-storage
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 07/11/2023
+ms.date: 09/12/2023
 ms.author: rogarana
 ms.custom: references_regions, ignite-2022
 ---
@@ -70,11 +70,19 @@ Set-MSDSMGlobalDefaultLoadBalancePolicy -Policy RR
 
 Before you can connect to a volume, you'll need to get **StorageTargetIQN**, **StorageTargetPortalHostName**, and **StorageTargetPortalPort** from your Azure Elastic SAN volume.
 
-Run the following commands to get these values:
+Fill in the variables with your values, then run the following commands:
 
 ```azurepowershell
+# Connect to Azure
+Connect-AzAccount
+
 # Get the target name and iSCSI portal name to connect a volume to a client 
-$connectVolume = Get-AzElasticSanVolume -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -ElasticSanName $sanName -VolumeGroupName $searchedVolumeGroup -Name $searchedVolume
+$resourceGroupName="yourRGName"
+$sanName="yourSANName"
+$volumeGroup="yourVolumeGroupName"
+$volumeName="yourVolumeName"
+
+$connectVolume = Get-AzElasticSanVolume -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -ElasticSanName $sanName -VolumeGroupName $volumeGroup -Name $volumeName
 $connectVolume.storagetargetiqn
 $connectVolume.storagetargetportalhostname
 $connectVolume.storagetargetportalport

articles/storage/elastic-san/elastic-san-create.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Learn how to deploy an Azure Elastic SAN (preview) with the Azure p
 author: roygara
 ms.service: azure-elastic-san-storage
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 08/30/2023
+ms.date: 09/12/2023
 ms.author: rogarana
 ms.custom: references_regions, ignite-2022, devx-track-azurepowershell, devx-track-azurecli
 ---
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ $VolumeName = "<VolumeName>"
 $Location   = "<Location>"
 $Zone       = <Zone>
 
+# Connect to Azure
+Connect-AzAccount
+
 # Create the SAN.
 New-AzElasticSAN -ResourceGroupName $RgName -Name $EsanName -AvailabilityZone $Zone -Location $Location -BaseSizeTib 100 -ExtendedCapacitySizeTiB 20 -SkuName Premium_LRS
 ```
@@ -107,6 +110,10 @@ VolumeName="<VolumeName>"
 Location="<Location>"
 Zone=<Zone>
 
+# Connect to Azure
+az login
+
+# Create an Elastic SAN
 az elastic-san create -n $EsanName -g $RgName -l $Location --base-size-tib 100 --extended-capacity-size-tib 20 --sku "{name:Premium_LRS,tier:Premium}" --availability-zones $Zone
 ```