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Review the supported scenarios and limitations of agentless multi-disk crash-consistent backup. [Learn more](backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent-overview.md).
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## Configure backup for a new Azure VM with agentless multi-disk crash-consistent backup
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You need to set *crash-consistent backup* explicitly in this policy because *application/file-system-consistent backup* is the default setting.
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2. On the **Create policy** blade, set the **Consistency type** to **Only crash consistent snapshot (Preview)** to enable *agentless crash consistent backup*.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/configure-agentless-vm-backup-for-new-vm-with-new-policy.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to configure agentless crash-consistent backup for a new VM with a new backup policy.":::
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3. Select **OK**.
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## Move a VM from application/file-system-consistent to crash-consistent backup
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1. Go to a **Recovery Services vault**, and then select **Manage** > **Backup policies** to check the policy for the VMs you want to move to *crash-consistent backup*.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/vault-locate-policy.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to locate all backup policies present in a vault.":::
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2. Select the *backup policy*, and then on the **Modify policy** blade, select **Associated Items** to identify the VMs that you want to move to crash-consistent backup.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/policy-settings.png" alt-text="Scerrnshot shows how to check associated items in a backup policy.":::
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>[!Note]
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>Ensure that the VMs are supported for crash-consistent backups. Learn about the [supported scenarios](backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent-overview.md#supported-scenarios-for-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent-vm-backup-preview).
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4. Go to the **Backup policies** blade, and select **Add** to create a new policy.
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5. On the **Select policy type** blade, select **Azure Virtual Machine**.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/add-backup-policy.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to add a new backup policy.":::
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5. On the **Select policy type** blade, select **Azure Virtual Machine**.
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6. On the **Create policy** blade, select **Enhanced** as the **Policy sub type**, and then configure the new policy with the same backup frequency and retention as the existing policy.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/create-new-enhanced-backup-policy.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows creation of a new backup policy with the same backup frequency and retention rules.":::
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7. Set the **Consistency type** to **Only crash consistent snapshot (Preview)**, and then select **Create**.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/set-crash-consistent-policy.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to set crash-consistent policy.":::
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8. Go to the *existing policy*, select **Associated Items**, and then select **View details** corresponding to the VM you want to move to crash consistent backup.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/view-details-ro-move-vm-crash-consistent.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to view details of a VM.":::
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9. Select **Backup policy** to go to the **Change Backup Policy** blade.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/backup-policy-change.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to initiate changing policy.":::
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10. On the **Change Backup Policy** blade, change the backup policy to the new one you created, verify that it has the Consistency type set to Crash consistent, and then select **Change**.
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A **Modifying protection** notification and a **Configure backup** job in your vault for the VM is triggered. Monitor the notification or job to check if the crash-consistent backup policy is added successfully.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/modify-vm-protection-policy-success-notification.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows the success status for change in VM backup policy.":::
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### Option 2: Modify the backup policy to change from application/file-system-consistent backup to crash-consistent backup
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If you don't want to create a new policy and move only specific VMs, edit the **Consistency type** option in the existing policy.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/vault-locate-policy.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to check for all backup policies present in a vault.":::
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2. On the **Modify policy**, select **Associated Items**.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/policy-settings.png" alt-text="Scerrnshot shows how to check the associated items in a backup policy.":::
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>Ensure that all the VMs in the policy are supported for crash-consistent backups. Learn about the [supported scenarios](backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent-overview.md#supported-scenarios-for-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent-vm-backup-preview).
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> :::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/backup-policy-associated-items-edit.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows the list of VM associated with a backup policy.{alt-text}":::
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3. Go to the **Modify policy** blade, and set the **Consistency type** to **Only crash consistent snapshot (Preview)**, and then select **Update**.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/modify-policy-crash-consistent.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to check for the change in policy settings.":::
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You can monitor the *Modify backup policy* job on the **Backup jobs** blade. The *Configure backup jobs* triggered for each VM in the policy appear.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-agentless-multi-disk-crash-consistent/modify-policy-jobs.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to monitor the policy change operation.":::
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>If the job fails for an unsupported VM, revert the policy to opt out of crash-consistent backup and retry the update after you remove all unsupported VMs from the policy.
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