blob-backup-create-policy-cli.md

author	AbhishekMallick-MS
ms.service	azure-backup
ms.topic	include
ms.date	05/30/2024
ms.author	v-abhmallick

To create a backup policy for blob vaulted backup, run the following commands:

1. To understand the inner components of a Backup policy for Azure Blobs backup, retrieve the policy template using the az dataprotection backup-policy get-default-policy-template command.

   This command returns a default policy template for a given datasource type. Use this policy template to create a new policy.

2. Once you have saved the policy JSON with all the required values, proceed to create a new policy from the policy object using the az dataprotection backup-policy create command.

   Az dataprotection backup-policy create -g testBkpVaultRG –vault-name TestBkpVault -n BlobBackup-Policy –policy policy.json
   

   The following JSON is to configure a policy with 30 days retention for operational backup and 30 days default retention for vaulted backup. The vaulted backup is scheduled every day at 7:30 UTC.

   {
     "datasourceTypes": [
       "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices"
     ],
     "name": "BlobPolicy1",
     "objectType": "BackupPolicy",
     "policyRules": [
       {
         "isDefault": true,
         "lifecycles": [
           {
             "deleteAfter": {
               "duration": "P30D",
               "objectType": "AbsoluteDeleteOption"
             },
             "sourceDataStore": {
               "dataStoreType": "OperationalStore",
               "objectType": "DataStoreInfoBase"
             },
             "targetDataStoreCopySettings": []
           }
         ],
         "name": "Default",
         "objectType": "AzureRetentionRule"
       },
       {
         "isDefault": true,
         "lifecycles": [
           {
             "deleteAfter": {
               "duration": "P30D",
               "objectType": "AbsoluteDeleteOption"
             },
             "sourceDataStore": {
               "dataStoreType": "VaultStore",
               "objectType": "DataStoreInfoBase"
             },
             "targetDataStoreCopySettings": []
           }
         ],
         "name": "Default",
         "objectType": "AzureRetentionRule"
       },
       {
         "backupParameters": {
           "backupType": "Discrete",
           "objectType": "AzureBackupParams"
         },
         "dataStore": {
           "dataStoreType": "VaultStore",
           "objectType": "DataStoreInfoBase"
         },
         "name": "BackupDaily",
         "objectType": "AzureBackupRule",
         "trigger": {
           "objectType": "ScheduleBasedTriggerContext",
           "schedule": {
             "repeatingTimeIntervals": [
               "R/2023-06-28T07:30:00+00:00/P1D"
             ],
             "timeZone": "UTC"
           },
           "taggingCriteria": [
             {
               "isDefault": true,
               "tagInfo": {
                 "id": "Default_",
                 "tagName": "Default"
               },
               "taggingPriority": 93
             }
           ]
         }
       }
     ]
   }
   

Important

The backup schedule follows the ISO 8601 duration format. However, the repeating interval prefix R is not supported, as backups are configured to run indefinitely. Any value specified with R will be ignored.