This lab requires an Azure subscription. Your subscription type may affect the availability of features in this lab. You may change the regions, but the steps are written using East US and West US.
Your organization is evaluating Azure Recovery Services for backup and restore of files hosted on Azure virtual machines. They want to identify methods of protecting data stored in the Recovery Services vault from accidental or malicious data loss.
There is an interactive lab simulation that you might find useful for this topic. The simulation lets you to click through a similar scenario at your own pace. There are differences between the interactive simulation and this lab, but many of the core concepts are the same. An Azure subscription is not required.
+ **[Backup virtual machines and on-premises files.](https://mslabs.cloudguides.com/guides/AZ-104%20Exam%20Guide%20-%20Microsoft%20Azure%20Administrator%20Exercise%2016)**. Create a recovery services vault and implement an Azure virtual machine backup. Implement on-premises file and folder backup using the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services agent. On-premises backups is outside the scope of this lab, but might be helpful to view those steps.
1. If necessary, download the **\\Allfiles\\Labs\\10\\az104-10-vms-edge-template.json** and **\\Allfiles\\Labs\\10\\az104-10-vms-edge-parameters.json** lab files to your computer.
1. From the Azure portal, search for and select `Deploy a custom template`.
1. On the custom deployment page, select **Build you own template in the editor**.
1. On the edit template page, select **Load file**.
1. Locate and select the **\\Allfiles\\Labs\\10\\az104-10-vms-edge-template.json** file and select **Open**.
1. Select **Save**.
1. On the custom deployment page, select **Edit parameters**.
1. On the edit parameters page, select **Load file**. Locate and select the **\\Allfiles\\Labs\\10\\az104-10-vms-edge-parameters.json** file and select **Open**.
1. Select **Save**.
1. Use the following information to complete the custom deployment fields, leaving all other fields with their default values:
1. Click **Review + Create**, ensure that the validation passed and click **Create**.
>**Note**: Wait for the deployment to complete. The deployment should take less than 1 minute.
1. When the deployment is completed, click **Go to Resource**.
1. On the **az104-vault1** Recovery Services vault blade, in the **Settings** section, click **Properties**.
1. On the **az104-vault1 - Properties** blade, click the **Update** link under **Backup Configuration** label.
1. On the **Backup Configuration** blade, review the choices for **Storage replication type**. Leave the default setting of **Geo-redundant** in place and close the blade.
>**Note**: This setting can be configured only if there are no existing backup items.
1. Back on the **az104-vault1 - Properties** blade, click the **Update** link under **Security Settings** label.
1. On the **Security Settings** blade, note that **Soft Delete (For workload running in Azure)** is **Enabled**.
1. Close the **Security Settings** blade and, back on the **az104-vault1** Recovery Services vault blade, click **Overview**.
In this task, you will implement Azure virtual-machine level backup. As part of a VM backup, you will need to define the backup and retention policy that applies to the backup. Different VMs can have different backup and retention policies assigned to them.
>**Note**: Before you start this task, make sure that the deployment you initiated in the first task of this lab has successfully completed.
1. On the **az104-vault1** Recovery Services vault blade, click **Overview**, then click **+ Backup**.
1. On the **Backup Goal** blade, specify the following settings:
1. Click **OK** to create the policy and then, in the **Virtual Machines** section, select **Add**.
1. On the **Select virtual machines** blade, select **az-104-10-vm0**, click **OK**, and, back on the **Backup** blade, click **Enable backup**.
>**Note**: Wait for the backup to be enabled. This should take approximately 2 minutes.
1. Navigate back to the **az104-vault1** Recovery Services vault blade, in the **Protected items** section, click **Backup items**, and then click the **Azure virtual machine** entry.
1. On the **Backup Items (Azure Virtual Machine)** blade select the **View details** link for **az104-10-vm0**, and review the values of the **Backup Pre-Check** and **Last Backup Status** entries.
1. On the **az104-10-vm0** Backup Item blade, click **Backup now**, accept the default value in the **Retain Backup Till** drop-down list, and click **OK**.
>**Note**: Do not wait for the backup to complete but instead proceed to the next task.
1. Select **Next** and move to the **Replication settings** tab. Notice the target location and failover network information. These resources will be automatically created. Take the defaults and select **Next**.
1. In the **Protected items** section, select **Replicated items**. Check that the virtual machine is showing as healthy for the replication health. Note that the status will show the synchronization (starting at 0%) status and ultimately show **Protected** after the initial synchronization completes.
**Did you know?** It is a good practice to test the failover of a protected VM. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/tutorial-dr-drill-azure#run-a-test-failover-for-a-single-vm for more information.
+ Azure Site Recovery is a disaster recovery solution that provides protection for your virtual machines and applications.
+ Azure Site Recovery replicates your workloads to a secondary site, and in the event of an outage or disaster, you can failover to the secondary site and resume operations with minimal downtime.
+ A Recovery Services vault stores your backup data and minimizes management overhead.
If you are working with your own subscription take a minute to delete the lab resources. This will ensure resources are freed up and cost is minimized. The easiest way to delete the lab resources is to delete the lab resource group.
