Steps to Backup Azure VM

In this blog, we will show you the steps to Backup Azure VM using the Azure portal.

 

REQUIREMENTS

• Azure VM
• Azure Subscription

 

CREATING BACKUP VAULT

• Login to azure portal URL https://portal .azure.com using your subscription.

 

• Click on More services link from the menu bar and type recovery services vault in the search box.

 

• From the Recovery Services vaults blade, click on Add button.

 

• Provide the details like name, subscription, resource group and location. Then click on create button.

 

CONFIGURING BACKUP VAULT

• Once the initial setup is completed, click on the vault name.

 

• Click on the Backup link.

 

• Select Azure and Virtual machine as the backup goal and click on the Backup button.

 

• Under the backup policy, we selected the default policy and click on OK.

 

• Select the virtual machines to be back up and click on OK.

 

• Click the Enable Backup button.

 

• It will take few minutes to complete the task.

 

VERIFY THE BACKUP PROCESS

• From the properties of the vault, click on Backup items link.

 

• Click on Azure Virtual Machine

 

• You can able to see the initial backup in pending state.

 

• To take an ad-hoc backup click on the VM name.

 

• Select the Backup now option.

 

• Provide the retention date for this backup and click on the backup button.

 

• Select the jobs link from the backup properties to view the backup job details.

 

• Click on Backup Jobs link.

 

• Select the in-progress task from the job list.

 

• You can view the current status of the backup.

 

• It will take several minutes to complete the task.

 

• Backup item will show the one restore point for the selected VM now.

 

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Thanks for reading this blog.  We hope it was useful for you to learn about the backup progress in Microsoft Azure.