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This article describes how to manage Azure Managed Disk using the Azure portal.
Change policy
You can change the associated policy with a backup instance.
To change the backup policy for Azure Disk, follow these steps:
Go to the Backup vault, and then select Manage > Backup instances.
On the Backup instances pane, select the Azure Disk backup instance > More icon > Edit backup instance.
On the Edit backup instance pane, under Policy, select a new backup policy from the drop-down list, and then select Validate.
After a successful validation, select Apply.
Note
Changing a backup policy assigned to a backup instance doesn't affect existing recovery points and their retention duration. The updated retention settings will apply only to new recovery points created after the policy change.
Monitor the backup and restore operations for Azure Managed Disks
The Azure Backup service creates a job to track the progress of backup (scheduled and on-demand) and restore operations. After you trigger a backup or restore, Azure Backup initiates a job and shows notifications about its status in the Azure portal. To view the job progress for backup or restore, follow these steps:
Go to the Business Continuity Center and select Monitoring + Reporting > Jobs.
The Jobs pane shows the jobs dashboard with operation and status for the past six hours. You can extend the list upto two weeks or set a custom time range.
On the Jobs pane, select the Datasource type as Azure Disks.
Review the list of backup and restore jobs and their status. To view job details, select a job from the list.
The following screenshots show completed backup and restore jobs.
Manage operations using the Azure portal
This section describes several Azure Backup supported management operations that make it easy to manage Azure Managed disks.
Stop Protection
You can stop protecting an Azure Disk using one of the following methods:
Stop Protection and Retain Data (Retain forever): This option helps you stop all future backup jobs from protecting your disk. However, Azure Backup service retains the recovery points that are backed up forever, which allows you to restore the disk when needed. You're charged to keep the recovery points in the vault (see Azure Backup pricing for details). To resume disk protection, use the Resume backup option.
Stop Protection and Retain Data (Retain as per Policy): This option helps you stop all future backup jobs from protecting your disk. The recovery points are retained as per policy and are chargeable as per the Azure Backup pricing. However, the latest recovery points are retained forever.
Stop Protection and Delete Data: This option helps you stop all future backup jobs from protecting your disks and delete all the recovery points. You can't restore the disk or use the Resume backup option.
Stop Protection and Retain Data
Go to Business Continuity Center and select Protection inventory > Protected items.
On the Protected items pane, select Datasource type as Azure Disks, and then select the required protected item from the list.
On the protected disk pane, choose the required disk backup instance from the list that you want to stop backup and retain data.
On the protected disk instance pane, select Stop Backup.
On the Stop Backup pane, select one of the following data retention options:
- Retain forever
- Retain as per policy
You can also select the reason for stopping backups from the drop-down list.
Select Stop backup > Confirm to stop data protection.
Stop Protection and Delete Data
Go to Business Continuity Center and select Protection inventory > Protected items.
On the Protected items pane, select Datasource type as Azure Disks, and then select the required protected item from the list.
On the protected disk pane, choose the required disk backup instance from the list that you want to stop backup and delete data.
On the protected disk instance pane, select Stop Backup.
On the Stop Backup pane, select Stop backup level as Delete backup data, enter Name of backup item, and then choose a reason for stopping backups from the dropdown list.
Select Stop backup > Confirm to stop data protection.
Resume Protection
If you stop protection with the Retain backup data option, you can resume protection for your disks.
Note
When you resume protecting a backup instance, the existing backup policy will start applying to new recovery points only. Recovery points that have already expired based on their original retention duration, as defined by the backup policy in effect at the time of their creation, will be cleaned up.
To resume protection for a disk backup instance, follow these steps:
Go to Business Continuity Center and select Protection inventory > Protected items.
On the Protected items pane, select Datasource type as Azure Disks, and then select the required protected item from the list.
On the protected disk pane, choose the required disk backup instance from the list that you want to resume backup.
On the protected disk instance pane, select Resume Backup.
On the Resume Backup pane, select Resume backup.
Delete Backup Instance
If you choose to stop all scheduled backup jobs and delete all existing backups, use Delete Backup Instance.
Note
Deleting a backup instance will fail if the Snapshot Resource Group is deleted manually or permission to the Backup vault’s managed identity is revoked. In such failure cases, create the Snapshot Resource Group (with the same name) temporarily and provide Backup vault’s managed identity with required role permissions as documented here. You can find the name of Snapshot Resource Group on the Essentials tab of Backup instance screen.
To delete a disk backup instance, follow these steps:
Go to Business Continuity Center and select Protection inventory > Protected items.
On the Protected items pane, select Datasource type as Azure Disks, and then select the required protected item from the list.
On the protected disk pane, choose the required disk backup instance from the list that you want to delete.
On the protected disk instance pane, select Delete.
On the Delete Backup Data pane, enter confirmation details including name of the Backup instance, reason for deletion, and other comments.
Select Delete > Confirm to proceed with deleting backup instance.
Next steps
Troubleshoot Azure Managed Disk backup failures.