Merge pull request #292430 from ankitaduttaMSFT/eee2712

EEE 2812

Author: v-ccolin

articles/site-recovery/azure-to-azure-architecture.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Azure to Azure disaster recovery architecture in Azure Site Recovery
 description: Overview of the architecture used when you set up disaster recovery between Azure regions for Azure VMs, using the Azure Site Recovery service.
 ms.service: azure-site-recovery
 ms.topic: concept-article
-ms.date: 12/23/2024
+ms.date: 12/28/2024
 ms.author: ankitadutta
 author: ankitaduttaMSFT
 ---

articles/site-recovery/hyper-v-azure-common-questions.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Common questions for Hyper-V disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery 
 description: This article summarizes common questions about setting up disaster recovery for on-premises Hyper-V VMs to Azure using the Azure Site Recovery site.
-ms.date: 07/10/2024
+ms.date: 12/27/2024
 ms.service: azure-site-recovery
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.author: ankitadutta
@@ -35,20 +35,23 @@ Yes, you can purchase [reserved Azure virtual machines](https://azure.microsoft.
 For the Hyper-V host server what you need depends on the deployment scenario. Check out the Hyper-V prerequisites in:
 
 * [Replicating Hyper-V VMs (without VMM) to Azure](./hyper-v-azure-tutorial.md)
-* [Replicating Hyper-V VMs (with VMM) to Azure](./hyper-v-vmm-disaster-recovery.md)
+* [Replicating Hyper-V VMs (with VMM) to Azure](./hyper-v-vmm-azure-tutorial.md)
 * [Replicating Hyper-V VMs to a secondary datacenter](./hyper-v-vmm-disaster-recovery.md)
 * If you're replicating to a secondary datacenter read about [Supported guest operating systems for Hyper-V VMs](/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/mt126277(v=ws.11)).
 * If you're replicating to Azure, Site Recovery supports all the guest operating systems that are [supported by Azure](/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc794868(v=ws.10)).
 
 ### Can I protect VMs when Hyper-V is running on a client operating system?
-No, VMs must be located on a Hyper-V host server that's running on a supported Windows server machine. If you need to protect a client computer you could replicate it as a physical machine to [Azure](./vmware-azure-tutorial.md) or a [secondary datacenter](./vmware-physical-secondary-disaster-recovery.md).
+
+No, VMs must be located on a Hyper-V host server that's running on a supported Windows server machine. If you need to protect a client computer you could replicate it as a physical machine to [Azure](physical-server-enable-replication.md) or a [secondary datacenter](./vmware-physical-secondary-disaster-recovery.md). 
 
 ### Do Hyper-V hosts need to be in VMM clouds?
+
 If you want to replicate to a secondary datacenter, then Hyper-V VMs must be on Hyper-V hosts servers located in a VMM cloud. If you want to replicate to Azure, then you can replicate VMs with or without VMM clouds. [Read more](./hyper-v-azure-tutorial.md) about Hyper-V replication to Azure.
 
 
 ### Can I replicate Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines to Azure?
-Yes. Site Recovery converts from generation 2 to generation 1 during failover. At failback the machine is converted back to generation 2. [Read more](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/new-azure-migrate-and-azure-site-recovery-enhancements-for-cloud-migration/).
+
+Yes. Site Recovery converts from generation 2 to generation 1 during failover. At failback the machine is converted back to generation 2.
 
 
 ### Can I deploy Site Recovery with VMM if I only have one VMM server?
@@ -107,23 +110,27 @@ Yes, Site Recovery supports clustered Hyper-V hosts. Note that:
 
 
 ### Can I protect VMs when Hyper-V is running on a client operating system?
-No, VMs must be located on a Hyper-V host server that's running on a supported Windows server machine. If you need to protect a client computer you could [replicate it as a physical machine](physical-azure-disaster-recovery.md) to Azure.
+
+No, VMs must be located on a Hyper-V host server that's running on a supported Windows server machine. If you need to protect a client computer you could [replicate it as a physical machine](./physical-server-enable-replication.md) to Azure.
 
 ### Can I replicate Hyper-V generation 2 virtual machines to Azure?
+
 Yes. Site Recovery converts from generation 2 to generation 1 during failover. At failback the machine is converted back to generation 2.
 
 ### Can I automate Site Recovery scenarios with an SDK?
+
 Yes. You can automate Site Recovery workflows using the REST API, PowerShell, or the Azure SDK. Currently supported scenarios for replicating Hyper-V to Azure using PowerShell:
 
 - [Replicate Hyper-V without VMM using PowerShell](hyper-v-azure-powershell-resource-manager.md)
-- [Replicating Hyper-V with VMM using PowerShell](hyper-v-vmm-powershell-resource-manager.md)
 
 ## Replication
 
 ### Where do on-premises VMs replicate to?
+
 Data replicates to Azure storage. When you run a failover, Site Recovery automatically creates Azure VMs from the storage account.
 
 ### What apps can I replicate?
+
 You can replicate any app or workload running a Hyper-V VM that complies with [replication requirements](hyper-v-azure-support-matrix.md#replicated-vms). Site Recovery provides support for application-aware replication, so that apps can be failed over and failed back to an intelligent state. Site Recovery integrates with Microsoft applications such as SharePoint, Exchange, Dynamics, SQL Server and Active Directory, and works closely with leading vendors, including Oracle, SAP, IBM and Red Hat. [Learn more](site-recovery-workload.md) about workload protection.
 
 ### What's the replication process?
@@ -164,18 +171,22 @@ Hyper-V VMs can be replicated every 30 seconds (except for premium storage) or 5
 
 ### Can Azure Site Recovery and Hyper-V Replica be configured together on a Hyper-V machine?
 
-Yes, both Azure Site Recovery and Hyper-V Replica can be configured together for a machine. But the machine will have to protected as a physical machine and will be replicated to Azure using a Configuration / Process server. Learn more about protecting physical machines [here](./physical-azure-architecture.md).
+Yes, both Azure Site Recovery and Hyper-V Replica can be configured together for a machine. But the machine will have to be protected as a physical machine and will be replicated to Azure using Modern Appliance. Learn more about protecting physical machines [here](./physical-server-azure-architecture-modernized.md).
 
 ### Can I extend replication?
+
 Extended or chained replication isn't supported. Request this feature in [feedback forum](https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/forum/3ccca344-2d25-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0f84).
 
 ### Can I do an offline initial replication?
+
 This isn't supported. Request this feature in the [feedback forum](https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/7c09c396-2e25-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0f84).
 
 ### Can I exclude disks?
+
 Yes, you can exclude disks from replication. 
 
 ### Can I replicate VMs with dynamic disks?
+
 Dynamic disks can be replicated. The operating system disk must be a basic disk.
 
 ### Can I enable Site Recovery along with other backup or disaster recovery tools?
@@ -197,11 +208,8 @@ Site Recovery needs access to Hyper-V hosts to replicate the VMs you select. Sit
 Site Recovery doesn't explicitly install anything on Hyper-V VMs enabled for replication.
 
 
-
-
 ## Failover and failback
 
-
 ### How do I fail over to Azure?
 
 You can run a planned or unplanned failover from on-premises Hyper-V VMs to Azure.
@@ -215,12 +223,15 @@ You can run a planned or unplanned failover from on-premises Hyper-V VMs to Azur
 
 
 ### How do I access Azure VMs after failover?
-After failover, you can access Azure VMs over a secure Internet connection, over a site-to-site VPN, or over Azure ExpressRoute. You'll need to prepare a number of things in order to connect. [Learn more](failover-failback-overview.md#connect-to-azure-after-failover).
+
+After failover, you can access Azure VMs over a secure Internet connection, over a site-to-site VPN, or over Azure ExpressRoute. You'll need to prepare a number of things in order to connect. [Learn more](hyper-v-vmm-network-mapping.md).
 
 ### Is failed over data resilient?
+
 Azure is designed for resilience. Site Recovery is engineered for failover to a secondary Azure datacenter, in accordance with the Azure SLA. When failover occurs, we make sure your metadata and vaults remain within the same geographic region that you chose for your vault.
 
 ### Is failover automatic?
+
 [Failover](site-recovery-failover.md) isn't automatic. You initiate failovers with single click in the portal, or you can use [PowerShell](/powershell/module/az.recoveryservices) to trigger a failover.
 
 ### How do I fail back?
@@ -238,4 +249,5 @@ After your on-premises infrastructure is up and running again, you can fail back
 5. After workloads have failed back, you enable reverse replication, so that the on-premises VMs replicate to Azure again.
 
 ### Can I fail back to a different location?
+
 Yes, if you failed over to Azure, you can fail back to a different location if the original one isn't available. [Learn more](hyper-v-azure-failback.md#fail-back-to-an-alternate-location).

articles/site-recovery/media/vmware-azure-architecture/enhanced-failback.png

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: About recovery plans in Azure Site Recovery
 description: Learn about recovery plans in Azure Site Recovery. 
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.service: azure-site-recovery
-ms.date: 01/23/2020
+ms.date: 12/28/2024
 ms.author: ankitadutta
 author: ankitaduttaMSFT
 ---
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ A recovery plan gathers machines into recovery groups for the purpose of failove
 - You can customize a plan by adding order, instructions, and tasks to it.
 - After a plan is defined, you can run a failover on it.
 - Machines can be referenced in multiple recovery plans, in which subsequent plans skip the deployment/startup of a machine if it was previously deployed using another recovery plan.
+- After failover it is recommended to not change a VM from one Recovery Plan and add it to another, as our backend uses the Recovery Plan name to identify the failover operation. 
 
 
 

articles/site-recovery/recovery-plan-overview.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Manage Azure role-based access control in Azure Site Recovery
 description: This article describes how to apply Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) to manage Azure Site Recovery access.
 ms.service: azure-site-recovery
-ms.date: 04/08/2019
+ms.date: 12/28/2024
 author: ankitaduttaMSFT
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.author: ankitadutta
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ A user needs the following permissions to complete replication of a new virtual
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | Compute | Resource Manager | Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/read |
 |  |  | Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read |
+|  |  | Microsoft.compute/disks/delete |
 |  |  | Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write |
 |  |  | Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/delete |
 |  | Classic | Microsoft.ClassicCompute/domainNames/read |
@@ -57,11 +58,11 @@ A user needs the following permissions to complete replication of a new virtual
 |  |  | Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/join/action |
 |  | Classic | Microsoft.ClassicNetwork/virtualNetworks/read |
 |  |  | Microsoft.ClassicNetwork/virtualNetworks/join/action |
-| Storage | Resource Manager | Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read |
+| Storage | Resource Manager | microsoft.storage/storageaccounts/write |
 |  |  | Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listkeys/action |
 |  | Classic | Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts/read |
 |  |  | Microsoft.ClassicStorage/storageAccounts/listKeys/action |
-| Resource Group | Resource Manager | Microsoft.Resources/deployments/* |
+| Resource Group | Resource Manager | Microsoft.RecoveryServices/register/action |
 |  |  | Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read |
 
 Consider using the 'Virtual Machine Contributor' and 'Classic Virtual Machine Contributor' [built-in roles](../role-based-access-control/built-in-roles.md) for Resource Manager and Classic deployment models respectively.

articles/site-recovery/site-recovery-role-based-linked-access-control.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: VMware VM disaster recovery architecture in Azure Site Recovery - Classic
 description: This article provides an overview of components and architecture used when setting up disaster recovery of on-premises VMware VMs to Azure with Azure Site Recovery - Classic
 ms.service: azure-site-recovery
 ms.topic: concept-article
-ms.date: 09/10/2024
+ms.date: 12/28/2024
 ms.author: ankitadutta
 author: ankitaduttaMSFT
 ---
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ After replication is set up and you run a disaster recovery drill (test failover
     - Stage 3: After workloads have failed back, you reenable replication for the on-premises VMs.
 
 
-
 ![Diagram showing VMware failback from Azure.](./media/vmware-azure-architecture/enhanced-failback.png)