I use Recovery Service Vault to restore VM. After selecting "Restore point" and activating "Replace existing" operation, I go to "View all jobs" page and can see that immediately after "Restore" operation a "Backup" operation is started. I cannot find any documentation on why this is the case. For what reason this backup operation is started?
as part of replace disks functionality, we take an on-demand backup before replacing the disks so that any error in the restore operation, we can roll back the operation and keep the source VM clean.
As per [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-arm-restore-vms#replace-existing-disks-from-a-restore-point],
"During replace existing disk(s) operations, as a precautionary measure, we backup the data before initiating the replace disks operations."
These might what you are looking for when you replace existing disks from a restore point:
Backup for restored VMs
If you restored a VM to the same resource group with the same name as
the originally backed-up VM, backup continues on the VM post restore.
If you restored the VM to a different resource group or you specified
a different name for the restored VM, the VM is treated as if it's a
new VM. You need to set up backup for the restored VM.
Related
I'm trying to move a disk from a resource group to another one(with the same region) and I get an error telling me it's attached to a Azure Backup job. "Resource X are being backed up as part of a Azure Backup job"
The backup is set in a Recovery Vault.
I tried to stop the backup and delete the data in it (it's a dev environment) and I still get this error.
Is there something I am missing?
Thanks,
I used the Azure Backup client (MARS) to back up a server he had. The server no longer exists. In the Azure portal I am unable to delete the vault because the resource group contains backup items.
I tried using Powershell but Az.RecoveryServices is not meant to be used for MARS BackupManagementType. You can Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupContainer but then Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupItem fails because there is no WorkLoadType for MARS
So I cant delete the backup items from the Portal. I cant delete backup Items using powershell and the server no longer exists so I can use the MARS agent to delete items.
You can't delete a Recovery Services vault that has servers registered in it, or that holds backup data.
To gracefully delete a vault, unregister servers it contains, remove vault data, and then delete the vault.
If you try to delete a vault that still has dependencies, an error message is issued, and you will need to manually remove the vault dependencies, including:
Backed up items
Protected servers
Backup management servers (Azure Backup Server, DPM)
Refer to this article for detailed info:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-delete-vault
Note: You can use Cloud Shell available in portal to achieve this. Please select PowerShell after you launch Cloud Shell.
Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.
I have a test restore point (it's older than 30 days) I wanted to delete to save on the cost. I tried via azure portal the only option I found is to delete the backup data, not the restore point of a particular vm.
I'm currently using classic deployment and the VMs are deployed using classic deployment.
Now it is possible thought portal, powershell and CLI.
First of all you need to stop backup (retain backup).
Disable soft delete in RSV properties.
After that find appropriate RG - AzureBackupRG-location_of_vm, example: AzureBackupRG_westus2_1 Remember to check "Show hidden types" in RG.
Last step is to delete restore points in this RG. You only delete restore point, not backup from vault
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*PORTAL**:
Temporarily stop the backup and retain backup data.
To move virtual machines configured with Azure Backup, do the following steps:
Find the location of your virtual machine.
Find a resource group with the following naming pattern: AzureBackupRG_<location of your VM>_1. For example, AzureBackupRG_westus2_1
In the Azure portal, check Show hidden types.
Find the resource with type Microsoft.Compute/restorePointCollections that has the naming pattern AzureBackup_<name of your VM that you're trying to move>_###########.
Delete this resource. This operation deletes only the instant recovery points, not the backed-up data in the vault.
After the delete operation is complete, you can move your virtual machine.
Move the VM to the target resource group.
Resume the backup.
Link to MS Doc
As for as I know, It's impossible to delete a restore point in Azure backup. According to delete backup date in the official doc.
Unlike the process for restoring recovery points, when you delete
backup data, you can't choose specific recovery points to delete. If
you delete your backup data, you delete all associated recovery
points.
Moreover, It's not necessary to select specific recovery points to delete as you could customize retention range in backup policy. The Retention means how long data needs to be stored. Refer to this.
I got an 'internal system error' while trying to delete the restore point. This was because the VM had already been deallocated. I turned it back on, then was able the delete the restore point successfully, then shut the VM down again.
I am cleaning out some old items from my azure account and cannot remove an older version Bacup Vault.
I get the following error when I try to delete it:
Vault cannot be deleted as there are existing resources within the
vault. Please ensure there are no backup items, protected servers or
backup management servers associated with this vault. Unregister the
following containers associated with this vault before proceeding for
deletion : COMPUTER-NAME. Unregister all containers from the vault and then
retry to delete vault
Notice the COMPUTER-NAME
That is the name of my computer, but I can not find the Azure back up agent installed on that computer. I also cannot find the computer name container in any storage containers in my entire azure account.
Can someone help me figure out how to remove these items
thanks in advance
First screenshot shows the Backup vault and the error message I get when I try to delete.
the second screenshot shows the BackupItems that remain, but I cannot delete them.
the red boxes cover my COMPUTER-NAME
Looks like my previous answer was turned into a comment due to brevity. Here's an update to make it a better answer anyway. Answer from that link quoted below for reference.
I have not mapped this answer to the corresponding Azure commands, but I was able to find my way to a solution via the Azure Portal. The steps were as follows:
Selected my Recovery Service resource
Under the Manage section, clicked Backup Infrastructure
Under Management Servers, clicked Protected Servers
In the list that followed, clicked on the row where my Protected Server > Count was greater than 0, in my case, Azure Backup Agent (because the backup agent was installed on my Windows Desktop)
Clicked on my server name in the Protected Server list
Clicked Delete in the card for my protected server
After that completed, I was able to delete the entire vault. These steps may be helpful if you have other Backup Infrastructure resources and possibly even Site Recovery Infrastructure resources associated with a vault.
Update: It seems like there's an open issue for Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupItem not having any capacity to return MARS backup items which is ultimately what the issue here was.
When I attempt to delete a blob from my storage account container, I get an error message, "There is currently a lease on the blob and no lease ID was specified in the request."
I have 4 virtual machine instances. I also have 8 virtual machine disks, 4 of which are in use (one by each of the virtual machine instances). Strangely, I have 10 blobs listed in my single storage account's lone container, called vhds. Here is a screenshot of the 10 blobs, highlighting the two that I cannot delete.
Can anyone give me guidance on how to delete these blobs? I have no use for them and I'd like to cut down on my storage costs for my subscription.
You need to delete the disks from the Virtual Machines section of the portal.
Navigate to Virtual Machines -> Disks
Delete the disks
Check this MSDN blog post for the complete instructions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_azure_technical_support_wats_team/archive/2013/02/05/iaas-unable-to-delete-vhd-there-is-currently-a-lease-on-the-blob.aspx
Alternatively, you can just kill the lease on the Blobs with PowerShell:
(Get-AzureRmStorageAccount -Name "STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME" | Get-AzureStorageBlob -name "CONTAINER_NAME").ICloudBlob.BreakLease()
Just realize when you do this, the VM's that use this storage will not be able to turn on. (And you should turn them off if they aren't already before you do this.
However, if you might use the VM's again in the future this technique allows you to:
Stop the VM in question.
Download a copy of the VHD.
Release the lease on the VHD
Delete the VHD in the storage account.
Insert arbitrary time period where you don't need the VM
Upload the VHD to the same storage account with the same container and same file name.
Start the VM back up and have it work :-).
There is an alternate (easier) way to break a lease if you use (or download) Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer (a really cool tool to manage Azure Storage).
You can browse to the Storage Account and find the relevant file (vhd) and then select the Break Lease option.
The same CAUTIONS above apply and the Explorer tool makes these clear.
You should have images associated to your VMs. Even if you have deleted your VMs, the images have to be explicitly deleted.
Once the images are deleted, you should see VHD getting cleared as well