Backup Policy still exists after deletion

Maurice Rossi 101 Reputation points
2021-11-09T12:21:56.697+00:00

When i delete a Backup Policy in the Backupcenter, i get the Message "Deleting Backup Policy: Operation successful" but the Backup Policy still exists. How can i remove them?

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  1. Maurice Rossi 101 Reputation points
    2021-11-10T07:14:42.377+00:00

    I figured out the problem:

    I deleted the Backup Vault for a Policy and recreated a Backup Vault with the same name. Then i wasn't able to delete the Backup Policy anymore. Looks like it was in an inconsistent state. The old Backup Vault was deleted and the Policy wasn't assigned cleanly to the new Backup Vault with the same name.

    The solution was to create a new Backup Policy with the same name as the inconsistent Policy. After that there wasn't a new Policy created instead the inconsistent Policy was reassigned to the Backup Vault and then i was able to delete the Policy.

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  1. SUNOJ KUMAR YELURU 13,926 Reputation points MVP
    2021-11-09T14:39:42.197+00:00

    Hi @Maurice Rossi

    Before you can delete a Backup protection policy, the policy must not have any associated Backup items. To associate another policy with a Backup item, use the backup item set-policy command.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/backup/policy?view=azure-cli-latest#az_backup_policy_delete-examples

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