RecoveryServicesBackup - possible to disable (and retain) backups of VM

[ecgg]

Hi,

I'm not seeing a method to disable and retain backups for a VM in RecoveryServicesBackup - Backup​Protected​Items​Operations. Is this foreseen or is it already there in another method with custom headers?

[lmazuel]

@DheerendraRathor can you help here for this question? Thanks!

[DheerendraRathor]

@ecgg Please use method create_or_update in protected_items_operations.py. In parameters you need to set protection_state = ProtectionState.ProtectionStopped.

Use class AzureIaaSComputeVMProtectedItem or AzureIaaSClassicComputeVMProtectedItem depending on type of VM you're working with.

[ecgg]

@DheerendraRathor

So I'd do something like:

vm_name = ""ecazjump1
vm_group = "ecaz_infra"
bkp_rg = "ecaz_backup"
bkp_pol = "DefaultPolicy"
bkp_fab = "backupFabrics"


container_name = "iaasvmcontainer;" + vm_name
vm_in_bkp_name = "vm;iaasvmcontainerv2;" + vm_group + ";" + vm_name

pir = ProtectedItemResource(properties = AzureIaaSComputeVMProtectedItem(protection_state=ProtectionState.protection_stopped))

response = recovery_client.protected_items.create_or_update(bkp_vlt, bkp_rg, bkp_fab, container_name, vm_in_bkp_name, pir)

Except that gives me a

msrestazure.azure_exceptions.CloudError: Azure Error: BMSUserErrorDataSourceObjectNotFound
Message: Item not found.
Selected item might have been deleted. Please check if item is registered to the vault.

although the item is in the vault

[DheerendraRathor]

Here is the snippet:

        protected_item_resource = ProtectedItemResource(
            properties=AzureIaaSComputeVMProtectedItem(source_resource_id=protected_item.virtual_machine_id,
                                                       protection_state=ProtectionState.protection_stopped,
                                                       )
        )

        response = self.client.protected_items.create_or_update(
            self.vault_name, self.resource_group, self.fabric_name, container_name, protected_item_name,
            protected_item_resource, raw=True
        )

container_name is "iaasvmcontainer;iaasvmcontainerv2;{vm_group};{vm_name}".

To get virtual_machine_id, do a list protected item and then use an element from that as protected_item.

protected_items = self.client.backup_protected_items.list(self.vault_name, self.resource_group)
protected_item = next(protected_item for protected_item in protected_items
                              if protected_item.name.lower() == vm_in_bkp_name .lower()).properties

[ecgg]

@DheerendraRathor

That worked beautifully - thank you!