isabella232 / archivefeaturesupport

This repository will contain the scripts for Archive feature support

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sample	powershell	azure	Automates top asks using PowerShell for Azure Backup archive feature

Automate top asks using PowerShell for Azure Backup

Automate archive move using PowerShell for Azure Backup

Features

Runbooks for Archive move

Sample Scripts

1. Run Latest Version of Powershell in administrator mode

2. Run the following command to set the execution policy (this allows permission for scripts to be run)

    Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process 
   

3. Download the scripts

4. Use the following commands for installation and setup

    cd <Location of the script> 
   
    install-module -name Az.RecoveryServices -Repository PSGallery -AllowClobber -Force
   

5. Connect to Azure using the "Connect-AzAccount" cmdlet.

6. Run the scripts

View Archivable Points

Location

Download viewArchivableRPs

Purpose

This sample script is used to view all the archivable recovery points associated with a backup item between any time range.

Input Parameters

1. Subscription
2. ResourceGroupName
3. VaultName
4. ItemType – {AzureVM,MSSQL)
5. StartDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-x).ToUniversalTime()
6. EndDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-y).ToUniversalTime()
7. VMName
8. DBName(Only for SQL DB)

Where x and y are the time-range between which you want to move the recovery points.

Output

A list of archivable recovery point

Example Usage

$ArchivableRecoveryPoints = .\viewArchivableRPs.ps1 -Subscription xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroupName" -VaultName "VaultName" -ItemType "MSSQL/AzureVM" -VMName "VMName" -DBName "DBName" -StartDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-165).ToUniversalTime() -EndDate (Get-date).AddDays(0).ToUniversalTime()

Move all Archivable recovery point for a SQL Server in Azure VM

Location

Download moveArchivableRecoveryPointsForSQL

Purpose

This sample script moves all the archivable recovery point for a particular SQL Backup Item to archive.

Input Parameters

1. Subscription
2. ResourceGroupName
3. VaultName
4. VMName
5. DBName
6. StartDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-x).ToUniversalTime()
7. EndDate (Get-date).AddDays(-y).ToUniversalTime()

Where x and y are the time-range between which you want to move the recovery points.

Output

A list of move jobs initiated for each recovery point being moved to archive.

Example Usage

$MoveJobsSQL = .\moveArchivableRecoveryPointsForSQL.ps1 -Subscription xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroupName" -VaultName "VaultName" -VMName "VMName" -DBName "DBName" -StartDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-165).ToUniversalTime() -EndDate (Get-date).AddDays(0).ToUniversalTime()

Move all Archivable recovery point for all the databases for a particular SQL Server in Azure VM

Location

Download moveArchivableRecoveryPointsForSQLServer

Purpose

This sample script moves all the archivable recovery point for all the databases for a SQLServer to archive.

Input Parameters

1. Subscription
2. ResourceGroupName
3. VaultName
4. ServerName
5. StartDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-x).ToUniversalTime()
6. EndDate (Get-date).AddDays(-y).ToUniversalTime()

Where x and y are the time-range between which you want to move the recovery points.

Output

A list of move jobs initiated for each recovery point being moved to archive.

Example Usage

$MoveJobsSQL = .\moveArchivableRecoveryPointsForSQLServer.ps1 -Subscription xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroupName" -VaultName "VaultName" -ServerName "ServerName" -StartDate (Get-Date).AddDays(-165).ToUniversalTime() -EndDate (Get-date).AddDays(0).ToUniversalTime()

Move all recommended recovery points to archive for a Virtual Machine workload

Location

Download moveRecommendedRPsForIaasVM

Purpose

Move all the recommended recovery points to archive for a particular Virtual Machine workload.

Input Parameters

1. Subscription
2. ResourceGroupName
3. VaultName
4. VMName

Output

A list of move jobs initiated for each recovery point being moved to archive

Example Usage

$MoveJobsIaasVM = .\moveRecommendedRPsForIaasVM.ps1 -Subscription xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroupName" -VaultName "VaultName" -VMName "VMName"

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