This template will use existing recovery services vault and existing backup policy, and configures protection of multiple classic and ARM based Azure IaasVMs.
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Parameters
| Parameter Name | Description |
|---|---|
| existingRecoveryServicesVaultName | Name of the Existing Recovery Services Vault (Vault and VM to be protected must be in same GEO) |
| existingProtectionContainers | Array of iaasvm protection containers. This will take different input for classic and ARM vms. e.g. iaasvmcontainer;iaasvmcontainerv2;my-resource-group;my-arm-vm for ARM vm and iaasvmcontainer;iaasvmcontainer;my-classic-vm;my-classic-vm for classic vm |
| existingProtectableItems | Array of iaasvm protectable items. This will take different input for classic and ARM vms. e.g. vm;iaasvmcontainerv2;my-resource-group;my-arm-vm for ARM vm and vm;iaasvmcontainer;my-classic-vm;my-classic-vm for classic vm |
| existingSourceResourceIds | Array of resourceid of iaasvm protectable items. Provide resourceids of each VMs for which you want to configure protection. e.g. /subscriptions/subscriptionid/resourceGroups/resourceGroupName/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vmName |
| existingBackupPolicyName | Name of existing Backup Policy in same Recovery Services Vault. |
| location | Location for all resources. |
Use the template
PowerShell
New-AzResourceGroup -Name <resource-group-name> -Location <resource-group-location> #use this command when you need to create a new resource group for your deploymentInstall and configure Azure PowerShell
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName <resource-group-name> -TemplateUri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-backup-classic-resource-manager-vms/azuredeploy.json
Command line
az group create --name <resource-group-name> --location <resource-group-location> #use this command when you need to create a new resource group for your deploymentInstall and Configure the Azure Cross-Platform Command-Line Interface
az group deployment create --resource-group <my-resource-group> --template-uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-backup-classic-resource-manager-vms/azuredeploy.json