Welcome! This guide helps you set up backups for your Azure VMs and their managed disks.
Understand Azure VM data protection
Understand Azure VM data protection
Druva helps protect your Azure VMs from data loss, ransomware, and other issues. Here's how:
No extra software: It works without needing to install anything extra on your VMs.
Secure storage: Your backups are stored safely in an air-gapped cloud environment managed in AWS.
Easy recovery: You can easily restore your data across different Azure regions or subscriptions.
Cost-effective: It's designed to be budget-friendly.
Additional resources to help you get started:
Get started with Enterprise Workloads
Get started with Enterprise Workloads
Log into the management console to:
Create and manage Administrators and Administrative Groups.
Enable organizations. Alternatively, you may use the Default Organization.
For more information, see Quick reference guide to deploy Enterprise Workloads.
Plan and set up your Azure VM environment
Plan and set up your Azure VM environment
Check compatibility: Make sure your Azure VM setup is supported. Check the support matrix for details on features, encryption, and supported AWS, Azure, and Gov Cloud regions.
Access and permissions: You must have the Global Administrator role with Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments permission. Alternatively, you must have Owner access at the tenant level. To know more, see Roles and permissions for Azure VMs.
Application registration: The Global Administrator role is required to:
Register the application in Azure Entra ID.
Define and assign custom roles.
Provision the Resource Group and Azure Key Vault.
Ensure that the Users can register applications setting is enabled in Azure Entra ID.
Service configuration: The subscription must have Azure Key Vault service (Microsoft.KeyVault) registered under Resource Providers.
Onboard Azure Subscriptions
Onboard Azure Subscriptions
Register your Azure Tenant and authorize Druva to add new subscriptions.
Assign an administrative group to manage subscriptions. If none exist, create one.
Choose Druva storage based on the Azure region where your data resides.
Authorize subscriptions by allowing Druva to create an access key in Azure Key Vault. This key secures your backups.
Once added, Druva automatically detects and lists the VMs under the Azure subscription.
Configure Azure VMs for backup
Configure Azure VMs for backup
To configure virtual machines, first create backup policies and define backup settings.
You can configure backup using:
Manual Configuration: Assign policies manually.
Auto Configuration: Set up auto configuration rules and apply policies automatically.
Restore Azure virtual machines
Restore Azure virtual machines
On successful backup, you can perform the following restores:
Full Restore: You can restore a virtual machine along with any associated managed disks to the same storage region or across regions.
File-level Restore: You can restore specific files and folders from Azure disk backups. You can recover files and folders to a custom storage container within your chosen Region and Storage Account.
Protect Azure VMs from Cyber-threats
Protect Azure VMs from Cyber-threats
Druva’s Cyber Resiliency solutions safeguard backup data from cyber threats, automate recovery, and deliver real-time security monitoring. Achieve fast, secure, and efficient data restoration with advanced capabilities like Quarantine Bay, Restore Scan, Sandbox Recovery, Data Anomalies, Threat Hunt, and Rollback Actions.
Quarantine for Virtual Machines - Protects your organization from ransomware spread by leveraging the Quarantine Bay feature to isolate infected Azure Virtual Machine (VM) snapshots.
Threat Hunt: Searches for malware Indicators of Compromise (IoCs). Identifies and neutralizes threats to data centers and your virtualization software.
📌 Additional information
Watch a quick onboarding video to see how it all happens.
Review the Troubleshooting Azure onboarding issues.