We are looking to verify if backups are configured for Azure VMs. Using the following REST API https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/compute/virtual-machines/instance-view, we were able to retrieve the information that we need for Linux VM only Ex output:
{
"computerName": "vm01",
"osName": "ubuntu",
"osVersion": "20.04",
"vmAgent": {
"vmAgentVersion": "2.5.0.2",
"statuses": [
{
"code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
"level": "Info",
"displayStatus": "Ready",
"message": "Guest Agent is running",
"time": "2021-11-17T13:52:54+00:00"
}
],
"extensionHandlers": [
{
"type": "Microsoft.Azure.RecoveryServices.VMSnapshotLinux",
"typeHandlerVersion": "1.0.9187.0",
"status": {
"code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
"level": "Info",
"displayStatus": "Ready",
"message": "Plugin enabled"
}
}
]
},
...
}
Windows Virtual Machine
{
"computerName": "vm02",
"osName": "Windows Server 2019 Datacenter",
"osVersion": "10.0.17763.2300",
"vmAgent": {
"vmAgentVersion": "2.7.41491.1029",
"statuses": [
...
]
},
"disks": [
...
],
"bootDiagnostics": {},
"hyperVGeneration": "V1",
"statuses": [
...
]
}
under extensionHandlers we have Microsoft.Azure.RecoveryServices.VMSnapshotLinux, but there is no equivalent on Windows Virtual Machines. Is there any way to achieve this?
We are not using this approach https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-arm-userestapi-backupazurevms#discover-unprotected-azure-vms as we need to perform a bulk verification and the vault information is not avaialable.
I checked the API on a Windows VM in my environment. I got the same output as you after enabling the Backup for the VM ( even after some time).
So , the solution what I found is after starting a backup by clicking on backup now
, the extension gets visible.
Output: