Is is possible to backup or take a snapshot of a VM created with the Azure preview portal in a Resource Group (not classic/CloudService-based ones)? These new VMs are not visible from the old portal, so I cannot use Azure Backup, and the VM blade does not show any option to capture it/take a snapshot.
Thanks in advance!
Have not seen a snapshot function in the new portal either. The preview portal is still in development, so I would have an eye on it.
In the meantime you can use PowerShell as a workaround. Here are two PowerShell samples: a) how to make a snapshot and b) how to make a blob copy.
https://gist.github.com/pkirch/29f5dc62fcdd640d8627
# step 1: get file
$blobFile = Get-AzureStorageBlob -Container source | Where-Object -Property Name -eq "version.txt"
# step 2: create snapshot
$cloudBlob = $blobFile.ICloudBlob
$cloudBlob.CreateSnapshot()
# step 3: get snapshots
$snapshot = Get-AzureStorageBlob -Container source | Where-Object -Property SnapshotTime
# step 4: download snapshot
$snapshot[0] | Get-AzureStorageBlobContent
https://gist.github.com/pkirch/569c7880d630ddde95bb
"--> Set current storage account."
Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "My Subscription Name" -CurrentStorageAccountName "storagesource"
"--> Get blobs from containers 'source1' and 'source2' from current storage account (storagesource)."
Get-AzureStorageBlob -Container source1
Get-AzureStorageBlob -Container source2
"--> Copy BLOBs from container 'source1' into 'source2'. Each copy command shows the copied BLOBs."
"--> Copy BLOB 'Test1.txt'."
Start-AzureStorageBlobCopy -SrcBlob "Test1.txt" -SrcContainer source1 -DestContainer source2
"--> Copy BLOB 'Test2.txt'."
Start-AzureStorageBlobCopy -SrcBlob "Test2.txt" -SrcContainer source1 -DestContainer source2
Not many ideas about Resource Group, but in normal condition, we can use PowerShell to backup VM. I think you can try it.
The ability to protect ARM VMs with Azure Backup is now in public preview, you can find more information at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/backup-azure-vms-first-look-arm/
