Merge pull request #264806 from AbhishekMallick-MS/Jan-31-2024-VMdisksGA

VM with Premium V2 and Ultra SSD disks backup support - GA doc updates

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/backup/backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Back up Azure VMs with Enhanced policy
 description: Learn how to configure Enhanced policy to back up VMs.
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 09/14/2023
+ms.date: 02/07/2024
 ms.reviewer: sharrai
 ms.service: backup
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli, devx-track-azurepowershell
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Azure Backup now supports _Enhanced policy_ that's needed to support new Azure o
 
 >[!Important]
 >- [Default policy](./backup-during-vm-creation.md#create-a-vm-with-backup-configured) will not support protecting newer Azure offerings, such as [Trusted Launch VM](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#tvm-backup), [Ultra SSD](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support), [Premium SSD v2](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support), [Shared disk](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support), and Confidential Azure VMs.
->- Enhanced policy now supports protecting both Ultra SSD (preview) and Premium SSD v2 (preview). To enroll your subscription for these features, fill these forms - [Ultra SSD protection](https://forms.office.com/r/1GLRnNCntU) and [Premium SSD v2 protection](https://forms.office.com/r/h56TpTc773).
+>- Enhanced policy now supports protecting both Ultra SSD and Premium SSD v2.
 >- Backups for VMs having [data access authentication enabled disks](../virtual-machines/windows/download-vhd.md?tabs=azure-portal#secure-downloads-and-uploads-with-azure-ad) will fail.
 
 You must enable backup of Trusted Launch VM through enhanced policy only. Enhanced policy provides the following features:

articles/backup/backup-support-matrix-iaas.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Support matrix for Azure VM backups
 description: Get a summary of support settings and limitations for backing up Azure VMs by using the Azure Backup service.
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 01/24/2024
+ms.date: 02/07/2024
 ms.custom: references_regions 
 ms.reviewer: sharrai
 ms.service: backup
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ Adding a disk to a protected VM | Supported.
 Resizing a disk on a protected VM | Supported.
 Shared storage| Backing up VMs by using Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) or Scale-Out File Server isn't supported. CSV writers are likely to fail during backup. On restore, disks that contain CSV volumes might not come up.
 [Shared disks](../virtual-machines/disks-shared-enable.md) | Not supported.
-<a name="ultra-disk-backup">Ultra disks</a> | Supported with [Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md). The support is currently in preview.       <br><br>    [Supported regions](../virtual-machines/disks-types.md#ultra-disk-limitations).      <br><br>    - The preview can be tested on any subscription and no enrollment is required.       <br><br>    - Configuration of Ultra disk protection is supported via Recovery Services vault and via virtual machine blade.       <br><br>    - Cross-region restore is currently not supported for machines using Ultra disks. <br><br> - GRS type vaults cannot be used for enabling backup. <br><br>    - File-level restore is currently not supported for machines using Ultra disks. 
-<a name="premium-ssd-v2-backup">Premium SSD v2</a> | Supported with [Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md). The support is currently in preview.       <br><br>    [Supported regions](../virtual-machines/disks-types.md#regional-availability).     <br><br>    - The preview can be tested on any subscription and no enrollment is required.   <br><br>    - Configuration of Premium SSD v2 disk protection is supported via Recovery Services vault and via virtual machine blade.       <br><br>    - Cross-region restore is currently not supported for machines using Premium v2 disks.  <br><br> - GRS type vaults cannot be used for enabling backup.  <br><br>    - File-level restore is currently not supported for machines using Premium SSD v2 disks. 
+<a name="ultra-disk-backup">Ultra disks</a> | Supported with [Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md).        <br><br>    [Supported regions](../virtual-machines/disks-types.md#ultra-disk-limitations).      <br><br>    - Configuration of Ultra disk protection is supported via Recovery Services vault and via virtual machine blade.       <br><br>    - Cross-region restore is currently not supported for machines using Ultra disks. <br><br> - GRS type vaults cannot be used for enabling backup. <br><br>    - File-level restore is currently not supported for machines using Ultra disks. 
+<a name="premium-ssd-v2-backup">Premium SSD v2</a> | Supported with [Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md).       <br><br>    [Supported regions](../virtual-machines/disks-types.md#regional-availability).     <br><br>    - Configuration of Premium SSD v2 disk protection is supported via Recovery Services vault and via virtual machine blade.       <br><br>    - Cross-region restore is currently not supported for machines using Premium v2 disks and GRS type vaults cannot be used for enabling backup.  <br><br>    - File-level restore is currently not supported for machines using Premium SSD v2 disks. 
 [Temporary disks](../virtual-machines/managed-disks-overview.md#temporary-disk) | Azure Backup doesn't back up temporary disks.
 NVMe/[ephemeral disks](../virtual-machines/ephemeral-os-disks.md) | Not supported.
 [Resilient File System (ReFS)](/windows-server/storage/refs/refs-overview) restore | Supported. Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) supports app-consistent backups on ReFS.

articles/virtual-machines/disks-types.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Select a disk type for Azure IaaS VMs - managed disks
 description: Learn about the available Azure disk types for virtual machines, including ultra disks, Premium SSDs v2, Premium SSDs, standard SSDs, and Standard HDDs.
 author: roygara
 ms.author: rogarana
-ms.date: 01/25/2024
+ms.date: 02/07/2024
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.service: azure-disk-storage
 ms.custom: references_regions

includes/disks-prem-v2-limitations.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  author: roygara
  ms.service: azure-disk-storage
  ms.topic: include
- ms.date: 02/13/2024
+ ms.date: 02/19/2024
  ms.author: rogarana
 ms.custom:
   - include file
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ ms.custom:
 - Azure Disk Encryption (guest VM encryption via Bitlocker/DM-Crypt) isn't supported for VMs with Premium SSD v2 disks. We recommend you to use encryption at rest with platform-managed or customer-managed keys, which is supported for Premium SSD v2. 
 - Currently, Premium SSD v2 disks can't be attached to VMs in Availability Sets. 
 - Azure Site Recovery isn't supported for VMs with Premium SSD v2 disks.
-- Azure Backup support for VMs with Premium SSD v2 disks is currently in public preview. Azure Backup has limitations when using Premium SSD v2, see [VM storage support](../articles/backup/backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support) for details.
+- Azure Backup support for VMs with Premium SSD v2 disks is [generally available](/azure/backup/backup-support-matrix-iaas#vm-storage-support).
 - The size of a Premium SSD v2 can't be expanded without either deallocating the VM or detaching the disk.
 - Premium SSDv2 doesn't support host caching.

includes/managed-disks-ultra-disks-GA-scope-and-limitations.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: include file
 author: roygara
 ms.service: azure-disk-storage
 ms.topic: include
-ms.date: 02/13/2024
+ms.date: 02/19/2024
 ms.author: rogarana
 ms.custom: include file
 ---
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The following list contains Ultra Disks's limitations:
 - Existing disks currently can't change their type to an Ultra Disk. They must be [migrated](../articles/virtual-machines/disks-convert-types.md#migrate-to-premium-ssd-v2-or-ultra-disk).
 - Currently only supports Single VM and Availability zone infrastructure options.
 - Snapshots are supported with [additional limitations](../articles/virtual-machines/disks-incremental-snapshots.md#incremental-snapshots-of-premium-ssd-v2-and-ultra-disks).
+- Azure Backup support for VMs with Ultra Disks is [generally available](../articles/backup/backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support).
 - Azure Backup support for VMs with Ultra Disks is currently in public preview. Azure Backup has limitations when using Ultra Disks, see [VM storage support](../articles/backup/backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support) for details.
 
 Ultra disks support a 4k physical sector size by default but also supports a 512E sector size. Most applications are compatible with 4k sector sizes, but some require 512-byte sector sizes. Oracle Database, for example, requires release 12.2 or later in order to support 4k native disks. For older versions of Oracle DB, 512-byte sector size is required.