SQL backup of a DTU instance

Question

Good morning,
I am trying to configure the backup of a DTU instance from the Backup center. I have read from the Microsoft documents that the backup is included in the monthly cost of the DTU database. From the Backup Center I configured the Recovery Services vault and the backup policy. When I configure the backup instance, in Datasource Type I enter "SQL in Azure VM", I select the Recovery Services vault I created. I start discovery but can't find any database. How do you configure the baskup of an sql DB with a DTU instance?

Regards
Cristian

Answer 1

Crsitian,

The automated backups, that are fully managed by Azure, are included on the Azure SQL Database (DTU-model) pricing. However, backuups that are created using Azure Backup recovery services vault are known as long term backups is a paid service, and you will pay extra money for that. They are known as long term backups becaused you can configure backup retention for longer than 35 days up to 10 years of retention. Automated backups can be configured to retain no more than 35 days.

To configure free automated backups make a click the Azure Logical server, select Backup on the left panel, make a click on Retention Policies, and make a click on Configure Policies.

and configure Retention days.