Where can I find out the expiry time of on-demand backup over 15 days?

Question

Hi,

If I want to find out the expiry time of on-demand backup over 15 days , where can I find it?

I can't find it in backup jobs.

The expiry time seems to be show only backup jobs within 15 days.

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/blob/main/articles/backup/manage-recovery-points.md#frequently-asked-question

Answer 1

@MENGYING LI Thank you for reaching out to us!

I understand that you are looking for expiry time of on-demand backup over 15 days.

For Azure VMs, in the job details page (for on-demand backup jobs), users can see the expiry time for the recovery point based on the expiry time that they had set while creating the on-demand backup. Is this what you are looking for?

Update:
In Backup center we show jobs for the last 15 days because this view is meant more for operational monitoring. In Recovery Services vault, you can see jobs for a slightly longer duration of time.

For jobs older than 6 months, we recommend not to take dependency on these views and instead use Log Analytics to store older jobs information.

More details in the ‘Note’ under this section https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-monitoring-built-in-monitor?tabs=recovery-services-vaults#backup-jobs-in-backup-center

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Answer 2

@SadiqhAhmed-MSFT ：Thanks for your assistance.

I find some differences about backup jobs in Azure Portal.

In Backup Center, backup jobs are only shown within 15 days.

If you click "view jobs" in Backup Item from VM: Operations or Recovery Service vaults, you will can list all backup jobs more than 15 days.

and you can find the recovery point expiry time in UTC of older backup jobs.