Restore Azure VM from Recovery Service Vault

The following graphic shows the object hierarchy from the RecoveryServicesVault down to the BackupRecoveryPoint.

To restore backup data, identify the backed-up item and the recovery point that holds the point-in-time data. Use the Restore-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupItemcmdlet to restore data from the vault to the customer’s account.

The following graphic shows the object hierarchy from the RecoveryServicesVault down to the BackupRecoveryPoint.

Select the VM

To get the PowerShell object that identifies the right backup item, start from the container in the vault, and work your way down the object hierarchy. To select the container that represents the VM,

$VaultName = “Vaultname”# Vault Name for Recovery Points (Backups)

$VmName = “vmname” # VM Name of the backup to be used

$StAcName = “storageaccountname” # Storage Account Name to be used for recovery

$StAcRGName = “storageaccountRG” #Storage Account Resource Group Name

$VaultName = “xxxx”# Vault Name for Recovery Points (Backups)

$VmName = “xxxxxx” # VM Name of the backup to be used

$StAcName = “xxxxx” # Storage Account Name to be used for recovery

$StAcRGName = “xxxx”# Storage Account Resource Group Name

$Region = “UK South”

$RestoredVmName = “xxxxx”# Name for Restored VM (Can be same name as source if souce has been deleted)

$destination_path = “C:tempvmconfig.json”# Path to download config file

#Select Vault

Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVault -Name $VaultName| Set-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVaultContext

#Select VM

$backupitem = Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupItem-BackupManagementType AzureVM-WorkloadType AzureVM-Name $VmName

Choose a Recovery point

Use the Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupRecoveryPointcmdlet to list all recovery points for the backup item. Then choose the recovery point to restore. If you are unsure which recovery point to use, it is a good practice to choose the most recent RecoveryPointType = AppConsistent point in the list.

In the following script, the variable, $rp, is an array of recovery points for the selected backup item, from the past seven days. The array is sorted in reverse order of time with the latest recovery point at index 0.

#### List available recovery points for up to 7 days old or alter value (-7)

$startDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)

$endDate = Get-Date

#Select Recovery point

$rp = Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupRecoveryPoint -Item $backupitem-StartDate $startdate.ToUniversalTime() -EndDate$enddate.ToUniversalTime()

$rp | ft

#Select the restore point – 0 = Most recent RP, 1 = 2nd newest RP etc…

Write-Host “Select the restore point – latest is 0, next is 1 etc…” -ForegroundColor Red

$rpselected = ($input = Read-Host)

$rps = $rp[$rpselected]

#### Define Storage Account to be used

$restorejob = Restore-AzureRMRecoveryServicesBackupItem-RecoveryPoint $rps-StorageAccountName $StAcName-StorageAccountResourceGroupName $StAcRGName

#### Start Restore Job

$restorejob

#### Monitor job status

Do {

Start-Sleep -Seconds 180

Get-Date -Format T

$JobStatus = Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupJobDetails -job $restorejob

$JobStatus

$JobStatusCheck = $JobStatus.Status

} While ($JobStatusCheck -eq “InProgress”)

If ($JobStatusCheck -ne “Completed”) {

Write-Host “Seems Job has not completed successfully!”

exit

}

Once the Restore job has completed, use the Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupJobDetails cmdlet to get the details of the restore operation. The JobDetails property has the information needed to rebuild the VM.

PS C:> $restorejob = Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupJob -Job $restorejob

PS C:> $details = Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupJobDetails -Job $restorejob

Create a VM from restored disks

After you have restored the disks, use these steps to create and configure the virtual machine from disk.

[!NOTE] To create encrypted VMs from restored disks, your Azure role must have permission to perform the action, Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/deploy/action. If your role does not have this permission, create a custom role with this action.

1. Query the restored disk properties for the job details.

PS C:> $properties = $details.properties

PS C:> $storageAccountName = $properties[“Target Storage Account Name”]

PS C:> $containerName = $properties[“Config Blob Container Name”]

PS C:> $blobName = $properties[“Config Blob Name”]

2. Set the Azure storage context and restore the JSON configuration file.

PS C:> Set-AzureRmCurrentStorageAccount -Name $storageaccountname -ResourceGroupName “testvault”

PS C:> $destination_path = “C:vmconfig.json”

PS C:> Get-AzureStorageBlobContent -Container $containerName -Blob $blobName -Destination $destination_path

PS C:> $obj = ((Get-Content -Path $destination_path -Raw -Encoding Unicode)).TrimEnd([char]0x00) | ConvertFrom-Json

3. Use the JSON configuration file to create the VM configuration.

PS C:> $vm = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMSize $obj.’properties.hardwareProfile’.vmSize -VMName “testrestore”

4. Attach the OS disk and data disks. Depending on the configuration of your VMs, refer to the relevant section to view respective cmdlets:

Non-managed, non-encrypted VMs

Use the following sample for non-managed, non-encrypted VMs.

PS C:> Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $vm -Name "osdisk" -VhdUri $obj.'properties.StorageProfile'.osDisk.vhd.Uri -CreateOption "Attach"

PS C:> $vm.StorageProfile.OsDisk.OsType = $obj.'properties.StorageProfile'.OsDisk.OsType

PS C:> foreach($dd in $obj.'properties.StorageProfile'.DataDisks)

$vm = Add-AzureRmVMDataDisk -VM $vm -Name "datadisk1" -VhdUri $dd.vhd.Uri -DiskSizeInGB 127 -Lun $dd.Lun -CreateOption "Attach"

Managed, non-encrypted VMs

For managed non-encrypted VMs, you’ll need to create managed disks from blob storage, and then attach the disks. For in-depth information, see the article, Attach a data disk to a Windows VM using PowerShell. The following sample code shows how to attach the data disks for managed non-encrypted VMs.

PS C:> $storageType = "StandardLRS"

PS C:> $osDiskName = $vm.Name + "_osdisk"

PS C:> $osVhdUri = $obj.'properties.storageProfile'.osDisk.vhd.uri

PS C:> $diskConfig = New-AzureRmDiskConfig -AccountType $storageType -Location "West US" -CreateOption Import -SourceUri $osVhdUri

PS C:> $osDisk = New-AzureRmDisk -DiskName $osDiskName -Disk $diskConfig -ResourceGroupName "test"

PS C:> Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $vm -ManagedDiskId $osDisk.Id -CreateOption "Attach" -Windows

PS C:> foreach($dd in $obj.'properties.storageProfile'.dataDisks)

 $dataDiskName = $vm.Name + $dd.name ;

 $dataVhdUri = $dd.vhd.uri ;

 $dataDiskConfig = New-AzureRmDiskConfig -AccountType $storageType -Location "West US" -CreateOption Import -SourceUri $dataVhdUri ;

 $dataDisk2 = New-AzureRmDisk -DiskName $dataDiskName -Disk $dataDiskConfig -ResourceGroupName "test" ;

 Add-AzureRmVMDataDisk -VM $vm -Name $dataDiskName -ManagedDiskId $dataDisk2.Id -Lun $dd.Lun -CreateOption "Attach"

5.      Set the Network settings.

PS C:> $nicName=”p1234″

PS C:> $pip = New-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -Name $nicName -ResourceGroupName “test” -Location “WestUS” -AllocationMethod Dynamic

PS C:> $vnet = Get-AzureRmVirtualNetwork -Name “testvNET” -ResourceGroupName “test”

PS C:> $nic = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name $nicName -ResourceGroupName “test” -Location “WestUS” -SubnetId $vnet.Subnets[$subnetindex].Id -PublicIpAddressId $pip.Id

PS C:> $vm=Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $vm -Id $nic.Id

6. Create the virtual machine.

PS C:> New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName “test” -Location “WestUS” -VM $vm

Choose a Recovery point

Create a VM from restored disks

Non-managed, non-encrypted VMs

Managed, non-encrypted VMs

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