It is unclear how to use az backup policy create in conjunction of -PolicySubType "Enhanced"

[V4A001]

Documention is unclear on how to create an enhanced policy. It seems that - and -- are used. And the azure cli command do not work.

It is unclear how to use az backup policy create in conjunction of -PolicySubType "Enhanced"

Please provide better example and/or update documentation with working samples. Using list to get an online through GUI created policy and pushing it back with create does not work at all.

My code:

`backupResourceGroupName="RecoveryVaultProd"
serverrecoveryvault="servers-recovery-vault-prod"
retentionpolicyname="servers-retention-policy"

Create vault in separate resource group

az group create --name $backupResourceGroupName --location $location

az backup vault create
--resource-group $backupResourceGroupName
--name $serverrecoveryvault
--location $location

az backup vault backup-properties set
--resource-group $backupResourceGroupName
--name $serverrecoveryvault
--backup-storage-redundancy "GeoRedundant"

customPolicy=$(cat <<EOF
{
"name": "${retentionpolicyname}",
"properties": {
"backupManagementType": "AzureIaasVM",
"instantRpDetails": {
"azureBackupRgNamePrefix": null,
"azureBackupRgNameSuffix": null
},
"instantRpRetentionRangeInDays": 2,
"policyType": "V2",
"protectedItemsCount": 0,
"resourceGuardOperationRequests": null,
"retentionPolicy": {
"dailySchedule": {
"retentionDuration": {
"count": 30,
"durationType": "Days"
},
"retentionTimes": [
"2024-11-07T18:00:00+00:00"
]
},
"monthlySchedule": {
"retentionDuration": {
"count": 12,
"durationType": "Months"
},
"retentionScheduleDaily": null,
"retentionScheduleFormatType": "Weekly",
"retentionScheduleWeekly": {
"daysOfTheWeek": [
"Sunday"
],
"weeksOfTheMonth": [
"First"
]
},
"retentionTimes": [
"2024-11-07T18:00:00+00:00"
]
},
"retentionPolicyType": "LongTermRetentionPolicy",
"weeklySchedule": null,
"yearlySchedule": null
},
"schedulePolicy": {
"dailySchedule": {
"scheduleRunTimes": [
"2024-11-07T18:00:00+00:00"
]
},
"hourlySchedule": null,
"schedulePolicyType": "SimpleSchedulePolicyV2",
"scheduleRunFrequency": "Daily",
"weeklySchedule": null
},
"snapshotConsistencyType": null,
"tieringPolicy": {
"ArchivedRP": {
"duration": 0,
"durationType": "Invalid",
"tieringMode": "DoNotTier"
}
},
"timeZone": "W. Europe Standard Time"
},
"resourceGroup": "${backupResourceGroupName}",
"tags": null,
"type": "Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/backupPolicies"
}
EOF
)

echo $customPolicy

az backup policy create
--resource-group $backupResourceGroupName
--vault-name $serverrecoveryvault
--name $retentionpolicyname
--backup-management-type AzureIaasVM
--workload-type VM
--policy $customPolicy

list policies of type enhanced

az backup policy list
--resource-group $backupResourceGroupName
--vault-name $serverrecoveryvault
--backup-management-type AzureIaasVM
--workload-type VM
--policy-sub-type Enhanced

az backup protection enable-for-vm
--resource-group $printerserverGroupName
--vault-name $serverrecoveryvault
--vm $printservervmName
--policy-name $retentionpolicyname

vmid=$(az vm show -g $printerserverGroupName -n $printservervmName --query id | tr -d '"')
echo $vmid

az backup protection enable-for-vm
--resource-group $backupResourceGroupName
--vault-name $serverrecoveryvault
--vm $vmid
--policy-name "EnhancedPolicy"
--policy-name $retentionpolicyname`

[TPavanBalaji]

@V4A001
It would be great if you could add a link to the documentation you are following for these steps? This would help us redirect the issue to the appropriate team. Thanks!

[V4A001]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/backup/policy?view=azure-cli-latest

[TPavanBalaji]

@V4A001
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
I've delegated this to content author, who will review it and offer their insightful opinions.