Implementing Microsoft Azure Backup

CONFIGURING RECOVERY SERVICES VAULT

Gary Grudzinskas
AZURE CONSULTANT AND AUTHOR

@garygrud
 Know how you use Microsoft Azure
Backup and what the benefits are
Overview
Set up your recovery services vault
Configure how often you take backups
and how long to keep your backup data
Install an Azure VM and assign it to a
recovery services vault and a backup
policy
 Microsoft Azure Backup Benefits

Automatic storage Application-

Unlimited scaling
management consistent backup

Unlimited data
Data encryption Long-term retention
transfer
 Microsoft Azure Backup Components

Microsoft Azure IaaS Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure

VM Backup Backup (MARS) Agent Backup Server
 Microsoft Azure IaaS VM Backup

Scheduled and on- No impact on Multiple backups,

demand backups, production centralized
multiple recovery environment and no management,
points shutdown of VMs detailed tracking

Policy-driven backup Application-consistent Fabric level backup

and retention backup
 Microsoft Azure Backup Agent (MARS)

Centralized
Protected Instance
Need connectivity management of all
is registered with
to Microsoft Azure on-premises
Azure
backups

Backup on-premises Same configuration Secure backup and

computers to Azure and control recovery
 Microsoft Azure Backup Server

Installed on a server Similar functionality Backup workloads,

in Azure or on- as Data Protection VMWare, and
premises Manager (DPM) HyperV VMs

Centralized It is free Backup a variety of

installation instances
Recovery Services Vault
Online storage entity in Azure used to hold data such as
backup copies, recovery points, and backup policies.
 Microsoft Azure Storage Types

Provides a higher level of

The low-cost option for
durability for your data,
protecting your data from
even if there is a regional
local hardware failures
outage

Locally redundant storage (LRS) Geo-redundant storage (GRS)

Protected Instance
A virtual machine, an application server, an application
workload, or a personal computer that has been
configured to back up to Microsoft Azure.
Deploying a Recovery Services Vault

Create plazvault1
The storage account is
automatically created and
configured
Examine the properties of
plazvault1
Configuring a Backup and Retention Policy

Create two policies: regular

and critical
Decide the policy type
Backup frequency
Retention range: daily,
weekly, monthly, yearly
Deploying a VM with a Backup Policy

Create a new virtual

machine
Use VM for testing
backup
Must be in same
location to choose
current policy