Azure Backup Job

Azure Backup enables you to back up and restore your data in the Microsoft Azure cloud.

The following table describes the Azure Backup job type attributes.

Attribute

Description

Connection Profile

Determines the authorization credentials that are used to connect Control-M to Azure Backup.

Rules:

  • Characters: 1−30

  • Case Sensitive: Yes

  • Invalid Characters: Blank spaces.

Action

Determines one of the following Azure Backup actions to perform:

  • Backup: Backs up your data to the Microsoft Azure cloud.

  • Restore from Backup: Restores your data from a previous backup on the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Vault Resource Group

Defines the name of the resource group for the storage vault in the Backup Center, which is the management platform in Azure Backup.

Case Sensitive: No

Vault Name

Defines the name of the storage vault in the Backup Center.

Case Sensitive: No

VM Resource Group

Defines the name of the resource group where the virtual machine with your data is located.

VM Name

Defines the name of the virtual machine with your data that you want to back up.

Policy Name

Defines the Azure policy that is enforced on your virtual machine and backup job.

Default: DefaultPolicy

Include Or Exclude Disks

Determines one of the following actions to perform when you back up your data:

  • Include: Includes the data stored on the logical unit numbers (LUN) defined in the Disk List attribute.

  • Exclude: Excludes the data stored on the logical unit numbers (LUN) defined in the Disk List attribute.

Disk List

Defines the list of logical unit numbers (LUN) to include or exclude in your backup.

A LUN is an address that points to an area of storage on a logical or virtual disk.

Valid Values: 0–9, separated by commas.

0,1,2

Restore to Latest Recovery Point

Determines whether to restore a backup from the latest recovery point.

Recovery Point Name

Defines the name of the recovery point, which is a copy of the original data from a specific time.

This name is found in the Backup Job or Restore Point Collection areas in the Backup Center.

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Storage Account Name

Defines the name of the storage account that is associated with the recovery point.

Restore Region

Determines the region of the virtual machine where the data is restored.

UK South

Status Polling Frequency

Determines the number of seconds to wait before checking the status of the Azure Backup job.

Set to 120 seconds or longer for jobs that run for more than an hour.

Default: 150

Failure Tolerance

Determines the number of times to check the job status before ending Not OK.

Default: 0