Need Clarification on Azure Site Recovery Backups.

Question

Hi Team,

I hope this message finds you well. We've identified an issue with our Runbook process for enrolling VMs in the Recovery Services vault.

Due to an oversight, all backups for the past month have been enrolling in the incorrect Recovery Services vault with a different name (06). We've since created a new vault with the correct name, and now we need to move all existing backups to the new vault (07).

Both Recovery Services vaults are in the same Resource Group and location. Unfortunately, we cannot manually override the Runbook name in the script.

We urgently need guidance on the best approach to rectify this situation. Your prompt assistance is highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi, you can't move the recovery points from one Backup Vault to another.

But you can stop your backups on the old one and start it on the new one.

If you delete all previous Recovery jobs, you can move the same VMs to the new Recovery Services Vault.

However, if you want to retain the existing data in the old Recovery Services vault, you will need to go through the following process:

1- Stop VM Protection- (Not Delete)
2- Move VM to another RG
3- Enable New or Existing RSV to VM

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1182451/is-it-possible-to-change-the-recovery-service-vaul

Answer 2

Hi @Luke Murray As those are Production Virtual Machines we can move to other RG. I need to know if I could use Old RSV backup items to restore the Virtual Machines if we changed the current RSV (06) to new RSV (07).