9_1: Introduction

Azure Recovery Services provide reliable and cost-effective solutions for backup and disaster recovery. Using the Recovery Services Vault, you can manage

backups of your virtual machines (VMs), ensuring business continuity in case of data loss or VM failure.

9_2: Create a Recovery Services Vault

Search for Recovery Services Vault in the Azure Portal.

Click on Create.

Fill in the required details:

Subscription

Resource Group

Vault Name

Region

Click Review + Create, then Create.

9_3: Configure Backup

Navigate to the newly created Recovery Services Vault.

Click on Backup from the left panel.

In the Backup Goal section, set the following:

Where is your workload running? → Azure

What do you want to back up? → Virtual Machine

Click Backup to proceed.

9_4: Select the VM to Backup

Under Policy Sub-Type, select the appropriate backup policy (Default/Custom).

In the Virtual Machines section, select the VM you want to back up.

Click OK.

Note: You can't use the Standard backup policy for Azure VMs with Trusted Launch enabled; you must use the Enhanced backup policy instead.

9_5: Enable Backup

After selecting the VM, click on Enable Backup to finalize the configuration.

The initial backup schedule will now be based on the selected policy.

9_6: Trigger Backup Manually

Go to the Recovery Services Vault.

Under Protected Items, click on Backup Items.

Select Azure Virtual Machine.

Locate the VM, click on the three dots (⋮) next to it.

Select Backup now to manually trigger a backup.