AZ CLI Error while using az dataprotection backup-instance update #31960
Description
Describe the bug
I am trying to use the cli to update an Azure Backup Vault to add missing blob container list, but it errors out.
I have tried passing in the json in every conceivable way with no change in behavior.
My az cli version info:
{
"azure-cli": "2.76.0",
"azure-cli-core": "2.76.0",
"azure-cli-telemetry": "1.1.0",
"extensions": {
"authV2": "1.0.0",
"dataprotection": "1.6.0",
"kusto": "0.5.0",
"resource-graph": "2.1.1"
}
}
Related command
az dataprotection backup-instance update --backup-instance-name app1os37crsa-backup-instance -g eastus2-iac-tooling-backup-dev-rg -v eastus2-app1-bv --vaulted-blob-container-list "{"containers_list":["example-container"],"object_type":"BlobBackupDatasourceParameters"}"
Errors
The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:
'policyParameters'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/knack/cli.py", line 233, in invoke
cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 666, in execute
raise ex
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 734, in _run_jobs_serially
results.append(self._run_job(expanded_arg, cmd_copy))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 726, in _run_job
return cmd_copy.exception_handler(ex)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/_exception_handler.py", line 13, in exception_handler
raise ex
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 703, in _run_job
result = cmd_copy(params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 336, in call
return self.handler(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 120, in handler
return op(**command_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/custom.py", line 271, in dataprotection_backup_instance_update
backup_instance['properties']['policyInfo']['policyParameters']['backupDatasourceParametersList'] =
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'policyParameters'
Issue script & Debug output
cli.knack.cli: Command arguments: ['dataprotection', 'backup-instance', 'update', '--backup-instance-name', 'app1os37crsa-backup-instance', '-g', 'eastus2-iac-tooling-backup-dev-rg', '-v', 'eastus2-app1-bv', '--vaulted-blob-container-list', '{"containers_list":["example-container"],"object_type":"BlobBackupDatasourceParameters"}', '--debug']
cli.knack.cli: init debug log:
Enable color in terminal.
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PreExecute []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandParser.OnGlobalArgumentsCreate [<function CLILogging.on_global_arguments at 0x104f1f240>, <function OutputProducer.on_global_arguments at 0x1050ec2c0>, <function CLIQuery.on_global_arguments at 0x10510da80>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableCreate []
cli.azure.cli.core: Modules found from index for 'dataprotection': ['azext_dataprotection']
cli.azure.cli.core: Loading command modules:
cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (0) 0.000 0 0
cli.azure.cli.core: These extensions are not installed and will be skipped: ['azext_ai_examples', 'azext_next']
cli.azure.cli.core: Loading extensions:
cli.azure.cli.core: Name Load Time Groups Commands Directory
cli.azure.cli.core: dataprotection 0.308 13 48 /Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection
cli.azure.cli.core: Total (1) 0.308 13 48
cli.azure.cli.core: Loaded 13 groups, 48 commands.
cli.azure.cli.core: Found a match in the command table.
cli.azure.cli.core: Raw command : dataprotection backup-instance update
cli.azure.cli.core: Command table: dataprotection backup-instance update
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreCommandTableTruncate [<function AzCliLogging.init_command_file_logging at 0x10654bba0>]
cli.azure.cli.core.azlogging: metadata file logging enabled - writing logs to '/Users//.azure/commands/2025-08-18.14-59-08.dataprotection_backup-instance_update.24725.log'.
az_command_data_logger: command args: dataprotection backup-instance update --backup-instance-name {} -g {} -v {} --vaulted-blob-container-list {} --debug
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreArgumentLoad [<function register_global_subscription_argument..add_subscription_parameter at 0x10659c7c0>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostArgumentLoad []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostCommandTableCreate [<function register_ids_argument..add_ids_arguments at 0x10659f060>, <function register_cache_arguments..add_cache_arguments at 0x10659f1a0>, <function register_upcoming_breaking_change_info..update_breaking_change_info at 0x10659f240>]
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnCommandTableLoaded []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPreParseArgs []
cli.knack.cli: Event: CommandInvoker.OnPostParseArgs [<function OutputProducer.handle_output_argument at 0x1050ec360>, <function CLIQuery.handle_query_parameter at 0x10510db20>, <function register_ids_argument..parse_ids_arguments at 0x10659f100>]
az_command_data_logger: extension name: dataprotection
az_command_data_logger: extension version: 1.6.0
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.persistence: build_persistence: location='/Users/liebpat/.azure/msal_token_cache.json', encrypt=False
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.binary_cache: load: /Users//.azure/msal_http_cache.bin
urllib3.util.retry: Converted retries value: 1 -> Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)
msal.authority: Initializing with Entra authority: https://login.microsoftonline.com/
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msal.application: Broker enabled? None
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.credential_adaptor: CredentialAdaptor.get_token: scopes=('https://management.core.windows.net//.default',), kwargs={}
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.msal_credentials: UserCredential.acquire_token: scopes=['https://management.core.windows.net//.default'], claims_challenge=None, kwargs={}
msal.application: Cache hit an AT
msal.telemetry: Generate or reuse correlation_id:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request URL: 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions//resourceGroups/eastus2-iac-tooling-backup-dev-rg/providers/Microsoft.DataProtection/backupVaults/eastus2-app1-bv/backupInstances/app1os37crsa-backup-instance?api-version=2024-04-01'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request method: 'GET'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request headers:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Accept': 'application/json'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-client-request-id': ''
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'CommandName': 'dataprotection backup-instance update'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'ParameterSetName': '--backup-instance-name -g -v --vaulted-blob-container-list --debug'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'User-Agent': 'AZURECLI/2.76.0 (HOMEBREW) azsdk-python-core/1.35.0 Python/3.12.11 (macOS-15.6-arm64-arm-64bit)'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Authorization': '*****'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Request body:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: This request has no body
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTPS connection (1): management.azure.com:443
urllib3.connectionpool: https://management.azure.com:443 "GET /subscriptions//resourceGroups/eastus2-iac-tooling-backup-dev-rg/providers/Microsoft.DataProtection/backupVaults/eastus2-app1-bv/backupInstances/app1os37crsa-backup-instance?api-version=2024-04-01 HTTP/1.1" 200 1344
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response status: 200
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response headers:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Pragma': 'no-cache'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Content-Length': '1344'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Expires': '-1'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-operation-identifier': 'tenantId=,objectId=/eastus2/'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-ratelimit-remaining-subscription-resource-requests': '1099'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-request-id': ''
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-correlation-request-id': ''
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'x-ms-routing-request-id': 'EASTUS2:20250818T195909Z:9dad78d7-de6d-4a4e-a996-e612d164e548'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Strict-Transport-Security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-Cache': 'CONFIG_NOCACHE'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'X-MSEdge-Ref': 'Ref A: 02BDFF4E692D497E964ABDC672068980 Ref B: CH1AA2020603051 Ref C: 2025-08-18T19:59:08Z'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: 'Date': 'Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:59:09 GMT'
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: Response content:
cli.azure.cli.core.sdk.policies: {"properties":{"friendlyName":"app1os37crsa-backup-instance","dataSourceInfo":{"resourceID":"/subscriptions//resourceGroups/centralus-iac-tooling-storage-dev-rg/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/app1os37crsa","resourceUri":"/subscriptions//resourceGroups/centralus-iac-tooling-storage-dev-rg/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/app1os37crsa","datasourceType":"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices","resourceName":"app1os37crsa","resourceType":"Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts","resourceLocation":"eastus2","objectType":"Datasource"},"policyInfo":{"policyId":"/subscriptions//resourceGroups/eastus2-iac-tooling-backup-dev-rg/providers/Microsoft.DataProtection/backupVaults/eastus2-app1-bv/backupPolicies/app1os37crsa-blob-policy"},"protectionStatus":{"status":"ProtectionStopped"},"currentProtectionState":"ProtectionStopped","provisioningState":"Succeeded","objectType":"BackupInstance"},"id":"/subscriptions//resourceGroups/eastus2-iac-tooling-backup-dev-rg/providers/Microsoft.DataProtection/backupVaults/eastus2-app1-bv/backupInstances/app1os37crsa-backup-instance","name":"app1os37crsa-backup-instance","type":"Microsoft.DataProtection/backupVaults/backupInstances"}
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/knack/cli.py", line 233, in invoke
cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 666, in execute
raise ex
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 734, in _run_jobs_serially
results.append(self._run_job(expanded_arg, cmd_copy))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 726, in _run_job
return cmd_copy.exception_handler(ex)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/_exception_handler.py", line 13, in exception_handler
raise ex
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 703, in _run_job
result = cmd_copy(params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 336, in call
return self.handler(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 120, in handler
return op(**command_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/custom.py", line 271, in dataprotection_backup_instance_update
backup_instance['properties']['policyInfo']['policyParameters']['backupDatasourceParametersList'] =
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'policyParameters'
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:
az_command_data_logger: The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:
cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: 'policyParameters'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/knack/cli.py", line 233, in invoke
cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 666, in execute
raise ex
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 734, in _run_jobs_serially
results.append(self._run_job(expanded_arg, cmd_copy))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 726, in _run_job
return cmd_copy.exception_handler(ex)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/_exception_handler.py", line 13, in exception_handler
raise ex
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 703, in _run_job
result = cmd_copy(params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 336, in call
return self.handler(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 120, in handler
return op(**command_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/custom.py", line 271, in dataprotection_backup_instance_update
backup_instance['properties']['policyInfo']['policyParameters']['backupDatasourceParametersList'] =
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'policyParameters'
az_command_data_logger: 'policyParameters'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/knack/cli.py", line 233, in invoke
cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 666, in execute
raise ex
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 734, in _run_jobs_serially
results.append(self._run_job(expanded_arg, cmd_copy))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 726, in _run_job
return cmd_copy.exception_handler(ex)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/_exception_handler.py", line 13, in exception_handler
raise ex
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 703, in _run_job
result = cmd_copy(params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/init.py", line 336, in call
return self.handler(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 120, in handler
return op(**command_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/custom.py", line 271, in dataprotection_backup_instance_update
backup_instance['properties']['policyInfo']['policyParameters']['backupDatasourceParametersList'] =
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'policyParameters'
To check existing issues, please visit: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues
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az_command_data_logger: exit code: 1
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telemetry.process: Return from creating process 24737
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Expected behavior
I was expecting the instance to be updated to include the provided blob container list.
Environment Summary
azure-cli 2.76.0
core 2.76.0
telemetry 1.1.0
Extensions:
authV2 1.0.0
dataprotection 1.6.0
kusto 0.5.0
resource-graph 2.1.1
Dependencies:
msal 1.33.0b1
azure-mgmt-resource 23.3.0
Python location '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/azure-cli/2.76.0/libexec/bin/python'
Config directory '/Users/liebpat/.azure'
Extensions directory '/Users/liebpat/.azure/cliextensions'
Python (Darwin) 3.12.11 (main, Jun 3 2025, 15:41:47) [Clang 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.3)]
Additional context
No response