I am trying to move a VM which has azure back up running on recovery vault. Recovery vault is in a different resource group and my SQL VM is on a different RG. When i try moving to CSP subscription under same tenant i have an validation error.
Error- The move resources request contains resources like ----- that
are being backed up as a part of a azure backup job.
I stopped the backup and tried moving to CSP, still i had the same error.
Stopping the backup will not help. You need to remove any backup job before moving the Resources. Stop the backup job remove it and try moving the resources.
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I currently have a Backup job in progress in Azure...File and Folder level only. I need to stop the job it has been running for too long. How can I stop it.
In Azure Storage (Azure Files), you can go to Azure Files > Backup > select the ... > Stop Backup.
You can also stop a backup job through Powershell.
Stop-AzureRmBackupJob
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azurerm.backup/stop-azurermbackupjob?view=azurermps-6.13.0
To stop backup on a VM, you can go to the vault item's dashboard and select one of the following:
Stop protection and retain backup data. This option will stop all future backup jobs from protecting your VM; however, Azure Backup service will retain the recovery points that have been backed up. You'll need to pay to keep the recovery points in the vault (see Azure Backup pricing for details). You'll be able to restore the VM if needed. If you decide to resume VM protection, then you can use Resume backup option.
Stop protection and delete backup data. This option will stop all future backup jobs from protecting your VM and delete all the recovery points. You won't be able to restore the VM nor use Resume backup option.
I'm aware I can now do this through the portal in the storage blade however the account I need to migrate is a production account. It's just blobs, tables and queues, no VMs.
I can stomach some downtime (say an hour or 2) but am unsure how long it would take to migrate approx 750GB, does anyone have experience with the migration and an idea on the time it takes based on a similar volume size?
I also assume once migrated all my storage keys will change so I will need to update all the references in my app settings.
For anyone else wondering about this what #4c74356b41 said appears to be true.
Thanks to this post and the PowerShell command, couldn't get the ARM template to dpeloy at least not from VS, I was able to create a classic storage account. Didn't think this was still possible!
I then kicked off a 50k files container copy from another storage account in the Azure Storage Explorer container into this new classic resource and then while that was running ran the full migration including commit and the file copy carried on regardless.
Final step was to move the new resource (file copy is still ongoing at this point) from the migrated resource group back into the same resource group as the original classic storage account.
Once the move was complete the file copy was still going smoothly and all the Keys remained unchanged so this does seem to be truly seamless.
I can't get my VM disk restored in Azure: it is only "converted" to the Storage Account linked to my VM.
Does anyone know how to get a VM fully restored from a Recovery Service Vault backup in Azure please?
Edit :
For additional precision, I made a simple Linux VM hosting a test website in order to experience Azure's backup and restore feature.
So once the test website was online, I waited for a backup job to be done.
Then I deliberately broke the test website inside the VM, and launched a disk restore.
Unfortunately, the restore did nothing to the VM. I checked on the jobs and restore was marked as "Successful", and a VM restart did nothing.
Anyway, I can find the "vhd" in the Conainer tab of the Storage Account. But I can't find a way to attach it to the VM...
Is the disk restoration feature even supposed to work like intended ?
I tried to replicate a backed up restore of a virtual machine using Azure Site Recovery.
When you restore the virtual machine you have the option to select if you want to restore the disks or the virtual machine.
Selecting here to restore as a VM, will create the VM for you.
You can check that status of the restore by going to the jobs section of the machine in ASR.
For reference, see this page for more detailed instructions.
This likely flies in the face of what Azure thinks it can do, but have you tried to create the VM first and then just restore your data? Other possible options are:
The user you are logged in as does have the correct permissions to create a VM in that space as well as restore the data, yes?
And you did select Recovery Service vaults in the portal, correct?
check if the original VM had any special conditions, such as multiple NICs or a load balancer. Any custom VM configurations, including HUB licensing, will not be duplicated with the Create Virtual Machine option as it uses Quick Create. You will need to use PowerShell to attach the restore disks to your chosen VM configuration. You can get additional information on PowerShell and Azure backups here.
And in the link that kim provided above, scroll down to the "Create a new VM from a restore point" section and review the options and notes for creating a new VM. You can get more information on ASR at this page.
I create a VM in West US by mistake. Now I want to migrate it to another location. The guide I am using is https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/tutorial-migrate-azure-to-azure
It involves several steps:
Create a vault
Select the source
Enable replication for Azure VMs
Run a failover
Now I am stuck at the second stage - I am just unable to select the source - it does not show any resource group!
I am very new to Azure and have no idea how to troubleshoot it.
You should have at least one resource group in the source VM location.
I have started using the Azure Recovery Services Vault to backup some Azure VMs for the first time. While looking at the vault I noticed in both recovery services vaults that the backup files were being stored in Cloud-GRS storage and not Cloud-LRS storage. I've looked everywhere I can think of and I can't find a way to change it (or anything even saying why I would want to). So, a couple of questions:
Is it possible to change the backup destination to Cloud-LRS?
If yes, why would one want to change it?
Is it possible to change the backup destination to Cloud-LRS?
Once you have registered servers on it, no. You have to remove all protected items before switching vault type. By default, GRS is used.
Assuming you have no protected items, select the Recovery Services Vault >> Backup Infrastructure >> Backup Configuration >> Select storage type
If yes, why would one want to change it?
Basically, you'd want to change it only if Azure is not your primary backup storage endpoint or if your backup data is not so critical after all.