The goal of this task is to protect a virtual machine with Azure backup. This includes provisioning and configuring a vault, backing up a virtual machine.

Note: The backup process may take 20-55 minutes.

Task 1: Provision a vault

For this requirement you will provision a Backup and site recovery vault (also called a Recovery Services vault). Provision the vault in the same region as the virtual machine it is going to protect. If you used the pre-requisite deployment the region will be East US. Disable *soft delete** for the vault. This is important to allow easy cleanup at the end of the task.*

• Use your credentials and log in to the Azure portal.

• After Login you will able to see the following resources in the resource group. Now, click on + Create.

• Search for Backup and Site Recovery.

• Click on Create.

• Valut name: inevault
• Click on Review+Create.

• On validation success click on Create.

• Once the deployment is success then click on Go to Resource.

• This is the Important step that we should follow.
• Go to properties and click on update for Security Settings.

• We should Disable the Soft Delete. If we don't disable, we cannot delete the created backup VM data.

Successfully we have completed our Task 1.

Task 2: Configure Backup for a virtual machine

Next you will create a backup policy and configure the virtual machine to use the policy for backups. You will also trigger the initial backup manually. Follow the steps to complete this task:

• Now, goto Backup policies and click on + Add

• Policy type: Azure Virtual Machine

• Policy sub type: Standard
• Policy Name: task
• Frequency: Daily, Time: 1:00AM
• Scroll Down for more

• Weekly Retention: 52 weeks
• Monthly Retention: 24 weeks
• Scroll Down for more

• Yearly Retention: 10 years
• Click on Create. It will take 2 minutes for deployment.

• On successful deployment click on Go to resource.

• Navigate to Backup items, choose Azure Virtual Machine. You can 0 items in the list now we will add a VM.

• You can see no items in the backup, now we will add a VM for backup.

• Workload: Azure
• Backup: Virtual Machine
• Click on Backup

• Policy sub type: Standard
• Backup policy: task

• Scroll Down and click on Add.

• Choose the virtual machine task-vm and click on OK.

• After adding the VM click on Enable backup.

• Deployment takes 1-2minutes

• Click on Go to resource

• Navigate to Backup items click on Azure Virtual Machine. You can see one item has been added.

• The Backup Pre-Check is passed, Backup status: Initial backup pending. This backup takes 25-55minutes.

• Now lets trigger a manual backup as well. To do that click on ellipsis menu and click on Backup now.

• And choose the till date and click on OK.

• The manual backup will be triggered. Remember Backup will takes 25-55 minutes.
• The requried tasks are finished but it is important to delete the backup vm and clean up. Follow those important steps in the Clean up section.

Clean up:

• Valut won't be deleted until we delete the Backup data.
• Click on View details

• Click on Stop Backup.

• Choose Reason: Others
• Click on Stop backup

• It will take 1-2minutes. Once it is done refresh the page and click on Delete backup data.

• Backup item name: task-vm
• Reason: Others
• Click on Delete button.

• Deletion will be done in 1-2 minutes.

• Now, goto resource group then select all the resources and click on ellipsis menu to Delete all the resources.

• Check on the Apply force delete and Type yes then click on Delete button.