Delete a Resource Group with
Recovery Service Vault and Backup
inside
[Edition 03]
[Last Update 200930]
Atul Kumar
Oracle ACE & Cloud Expert
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Contents
1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................3
2 Documentation Links ........................................................................................................................................4
3 Recovery Service Vault .....................................................................................................................................5
4 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................................................................6
5 Deleting A Resource Manager with Recovery Service Vault and Backup Inside ..........................7
5.1 Deleting Backups Inside RS Vault ....................................................................................................................... 10
5.2 Deleting an RS Vault ................................................................................................................................................. 15
5.3 Deleting a Resource Group .................................................................................................................................... 17
6 Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................................................. 19
6.1 Delete resource group failed ................................................................................................................................ 19
6.2 Vault deletion Error ................................................................................................................................................. 20
7 Summary............................................................................................................................................................. 22
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1 INTRODUCTION
This activity guide cover steps to
• Delete a Resource Group containing Recovery Service Vault and Backups.
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2 DOCUMENTATION LINKS
1. Azure Resource Manager: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-
manager/management/overview
2. Recovery Service Vault Overview: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/azure/backup/backup-azure-recovery-services-vault-overview
3. Create an RS Vault: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-create-rs-
vault
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3 RECOVERY SERVICE VAULT
A Recovery Services vault is a storage entity in Azure that houses data. The data is
typically copies of data, or configuration information for virtual machines (VMs), workloads,
servers, or workstations. You can use Recovery Services vaults to hold backup data for
various Azure services such as IaaS VMs (Linux or Windows) and Azure SQL databases.
Recovery Services vaults support System Center DPM, Windows Server, Azure Backup
Server, and more. Recovery Services vaults make it easy to organize your backup data
while minimizing management overhead.
Within an Azure subscription, you can create up to 500 Recovery Services vaults per
subscription per region.
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4 PREREQUISITES
1. You must have a Resource Group created which you want to delete.
2. A Virtual Machine Backup is stored in the Recovery Service Vault in the same Resource
Group.
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5 DELETING A RESOURCE MANAGER WITH RECOVERY SERVICE
VAULT AND BACKUP INSIDE
1. Log in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
2. Creating a Recovery service vault in Resource Group. Go to Search and Search for
Recovery service vault and configure for the same resource group.
3. Go into the Recovery service vault and create a backup of Virtual machine.
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4. Add Virtual machine in the backup and service recover vault and enable the backup as
process follows.
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5. Go to the Resource Group containing Recovery Service Vault and Backup.
Note: Before deleting the resource group we must delete the Backup inside the Recovery
Service Vault and the Recovery Service Vault.
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5.1 Deleting Backups Inside RS
Vault
1. Click on the Recovery Service Vault containing the Backup of your resources.
2. Click on Properties.
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3. Click on Update present under Security Settings to update the Security Settings
4. Select Disabled for Soft Delete and Click on Save. (This will disable soft delete, so when you
delete any backup it will be deleted permanently)
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5. Now, Click on Overview and then go to Backup to get information about your backups.
6. Click on Backup items to check the backups of your resources.
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7. Click on the Azure Virtual Machine that contains Backup. (Note: You need to select the
resource that contains the backup)
8. Click on the drop-down and select Stop Backup to delete/stop the backup.
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9. Select Delete Backup Data, type the name of Backup Item, and Click on Stop Backup.
10. Check if any more backup is remaining in your Backups Items and delete it.
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5.2 Deleting an RS Vault
1. Click on the Recovery Service Vault you want to delete.
2. Click on Delete and Click on Yes.
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3. This will delete the Recovery Service Vault in your Resource Group
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5.3 Deleting a Resource Group
1. Open the Resource Group you want to delete and click on Delete Resource Group.
2. Write the Name of the resource group you are deleting and click on Delete.
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3. It will take some time to delete all the remaining resources in the Resource Group. Once
deleted you will get the Notification.
This section completes Deleting a Resource Group with Recovery Service Vault and
Backup inside.
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6 TROUBLESHOOTING
6.1 Delete resource group failed
Issue: You deleted the Resource Group but got an error saying “Delete resource group
failed”
Fix: You need to delete the Recovery Service Vault present inside the Resource Group.
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6.2 Vault deletion Error
Issue: Even after deleting the backup you are getting “Vault deletion error”.
Fix: This is caused due to the Soft delete of your Backup. Make sure to disable soft delete
before deleting the backup stored in the vault. Follow Section 5.1 (Steps 1 to 4) to disable
Soft delete. After you have disabled Soft delete you still need to remove the backup again
which is in Soft deleted State. Follow the below after disabling the soft delete:
1. Go into the Recovery Service Vault, Click on Backup and then click on Backup
items.
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2. Click on Azure Virtual Machine (Select the resource that has the backup) and click
on the Backup.
3. Click on Undelete.
4. Click on Undelete again. This will restore the deleted backup which was in a soft-
deleted state.
5. Once all the steps are performed, Follow Section 5.1 (Steps 8 to 10) to delete the
Backup.
6. Now you can delete the Recovery Service Vault.
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7 SUMMARY
This completes step by step guide covering:
• How to Delete Resource Group with Recovery Service Vault and Backup inside.
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