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Azure Backup and Restore

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Lab description

Introduction

All virtual machine disks have a built-in backup system as part of the service level agreement with Azure, however, the settings for the virtual machines are not covered by this.

In this Lab, you will see how to backup and restore a virtual machine.

 

In this Lab exercise, you will:

Start with a pre-existing virtual network and a single virtual machine. Then, you will complete the below tasks.

  • Create an Azure Recovery Service Vault
  • Connect to the VM with RDP
  • Install IIS on the lab VM with PowerShell
  • Backup the VM
  • Perform a restore of the VM

Updates

Nov 23, 2021 - Updated security permission issue with the storage account resource

 

 

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Dave Bedford
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David has been a trainer with QA for over 12 years and has been training cloud technologies since 2017.  Currently certified in Microsoft and Alibaba cloud technologies David has previously been a system and Network administrator amongst other roles.    

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Lab steps
Logging in to the Microsoft Azure Portal
Create an Azure Recovery Vault
Connect to the VM and Install IIS
Backup a Virtual Machine
Perform a restore