You can perform on-demand backups for a single VM or for all the VMs in a VM group.
Considerations
If your VMs are encryped with Azure Key Vault, consider the following:
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If your VMs are encryped with Azure Key Vault, then your Azure Key Vault and VMs must reside in the same Azure region and subscription.
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You cannot run a backup for a Linux guest VM that has only the operating system disk encrypted (using Azure Key Vault). However, if this type of guest VM is included in a backup job, the job does not fail but completes with errors (identifying the VM that is not backed up).
Procedure
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From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtualization.
The Virtual machines page appears.
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Go to the VM or VM group that you want to back up:
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To back up a VM, on the Virtual machines tab, in the row for the VM, click the action button , and then select Back up.
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To back up all the VMs in a VM group, on the VM groups tab, in the row for the VM group, click the action button , and then select Back up.
The Backup options dialog box appears.
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For Backup type, select the type of backup to perform.
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If you are backing up a single VM, for Retention, to specify a custom retention period for the backup, do the following:
By default, the retention period is inherited from the plan. The Retention setting is not available for VM groups.
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Click the edit button .
The Edit retention settings dialog box appears.
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Select Retention period, and then specify the amount of time to retain the backup for.
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Click Save.
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Click Submit to start the backup.