| title | Disable geo-backups |
|---|---|
| description | How-to guide for disabling geo-backups for a dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) in Azure Synapse Analytics |
| author | joannapea |
| ms.author | joanpo |
| ms.date | 07/23/2024 |
| ms.service | azure-synapse-analytics |
| ms.subservice | sql-dw |
| ms.topic | how-to |
| ms.custom | sfi-image-nochange |
In this article, you learn to disable geo-backups for your dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) in the Azure portal.
Follow these steps to disable geo-backups for your dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW):
Note
If you disable geo-backups, you will no longer be able to recover your dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) to another Azure region.
- Disabling geo-backup results in the deletion of all existing geo-backups associated with the instance.
- Once geo-backup is disabled, you cannot use existing geo-backups.
- If the instance is active at the time of disabling geo-backup, all geo-backups will be deleted.
- If the instance is paused, geo-backups will be deleted upon resuming the instance.
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Sign in to your Azure portal account.
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Select the dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) resource where you would like to disable geo-backups.
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Under Settings in the left-hand navigation panel, select Geo-backup policy.
:::image type="content" source="media/sql-data-warehouse-restore-from-geo-backup/disable-geo-backup-menu.png" alt-text="A screenshot from the Azure portal, of the navigation menu, showing where to find the geo-backup policy page.":::
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To disable geo-backups, select Disabled.
:::image type="content" source="media/sql-data-warehouse-restore-from-geo-backup/disable-geo-backup-option.png" alt-text="A screenshot from the Azure portal, of the disable geo-backup option.":::
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Select Save to ensure that your settings are saved.
:::image type="content" source="media/sql-data-warehouse-restore-from-geo-backup/disable-geo-backup-save.png" alt-text="A screenshot from the Azure portal, showing the Save geo-backup settings button.":::