Configuring Backups for Azure VMs

When you configure backups for Azure VMs, the configuration wizard helps you create any new entities that are needed, such as a plan, a hypervisor to represent your Azure account, and a VM group that specifies the VMs to back up.

Prerequisites

You must configure access to your Azure subscription.

Start the Configuration Wizard

From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Virtualization.

The Virtual machines page appears.
In the upper-right area of the page, click Add hypervisor.

The Configure Hypervisor page appears.
Select Azure VM.
Click Next.

The Configure Microsoft Azure Hypervisor page of the configuration wizard appears.
Select Custom configuration.
Click Next.

The Add Hypervisor page of the configuration wizard appears.

Add Hypervisor

In Hypervisor name, enter a descriptive name for the hypervisor.
In Subscription ID, enter the subscription ID for your Azure account.
Specify how you want to give Commvault access to your Azure resources:
- To use a managed identity, enable the Connect using managed identities for Azure resources toggle key.
- To use an Azure application and a secret, for Credentials, select or create a credential.
For more information, see Configuring Access to Azure Resources.
From the Access node list, select the access node to use.
Click Next.

The Add VM Group page of the configuration wizard appears.

Add VM Group

A VM group is a set of VMs that you want to back up with the same settings.

You can add content to the VM group by using rules that auto-discover content, by selecting specific VMs, and by other ways. When you first create the VM group, you can add a cluster that is relatively small, and then later you can update the VM group by adding more content.

In Name, enter a descriptive name for the VM group.
To create rules that auto-discover and select VMs to back up, do the following:
1. Click Add, and then select Rules.
  
  The Add rule dialog box appears.
2. From the list, select the type of rule to create, and then specify the rule, and then specify the rule:
  - Browse: Select specific VMs. (Selecting this option changes the Add rule dialog box to the Add content dialog box.)
  - Power state: Select VMs based on whether they are powered on or off.
  - Region: Select VMs based on the region that they reside in.
  - Resource group: Select VMs based on the Azure resource group they are in.
  - Storage account: Select VMs based on the Azure storage account they are in.
  - Tag name: Select VMs based on the names of tags that are assigned to them. For example, to select VMs that have a tag name of "Department", enter Tag name | Equals | Department.
  - Tag value: Select VMs based on the values of tags that are assigned to them. For example, to select VMs that have a tag value of "Finance", enter Tag value | Equals | Finance.
  - Virtual machine name or pattern: Select VMs based on their names. For example, to select VMs that have a name that includes "east", enter Virtual machine name or pattern | Contains | east.
3. Click Save.
To select VMs in other ways, do the following:
1. Click Add, and then select Content.
  
  The Add content dialog box appears.
2. From the Browse and select VMs list, select one of the following:
  - VMs: Select specific VMs.
  - Resource groups: Backs up the VMs that are in the resource groups you select.
  - Regions: Backs up the VMs that are in the regions you select.
  - Storage account: Backs up the VMs that are in the storage accounts you select.
  - Tags: Backs up the VMs that contain the tags you select.
3. Click Save.
To see the VMs that are selected for the VM group, click the Preview button.
To use IntelliSnap to back up the VM group, move the IntelliSnap toggle key to the right.
Click Next.

The Summary page of the configuration wizard appears.

Summary

Review the summary.
Click Finish.