Support for azurerm_backup_policy_vm to include tiering

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Description

When defining an azure backup policy for a vm in the Azure Console you can enable tiering to move recovery points to an archive tier of the recovery services vault.

It would be great if this were exposed through the azurerm_backup_policy_vm resource.

The underlying API seems to support it.

New or Affected Resource(s)/Data Source(s)

azurerm_backup_policy_vm

Potential Terraform Configuration

# no tiering is the default no extra variables
resource "azurerm_backup_policy_vm" "example" {
...
}

# enable recommended tiering
resource "azurerm_backup_policy_vm" "example" {
...
  tiering = "recommended"
}

# enable eligible tiering after 3 months
resource "azurerm_backup_policy_vm" "example" {
...
  tiering = "eligible"
  tiering_eligible_period = 3
}

References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/archive-tier-support
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-arm-userestapi-createorupdatepolicy

[craigmoyle]

Any update on this please? Has the potential to save customers quite a lot of money. Currently deploying via AzApi but it would be good to get native support.

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