Merge pull request #220387 from v-amallick/Dec-5-2022-BC

Backup center release for ASR

Author: 19BMG00

articles/backup/backup-center-actions.md

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 ---
 title: Perform actions using Backup center
 description: This article explains how to perform actions using Backup center
-ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 09/22/2021
+ms.topic: how-to
+ms.date: 12/08/2022
+author: v-amallick
+ms.service: backup
+ms.author: v-amallick
 ---
 # Perform actions using Backup center
 
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ Backup center allows you to perform key backup-related actions from a central in
 
 ## Configure backup
 
-If you are backing up Azure VMs, SQL in Azure VMs, SAP HANA in Azure VMs or Azure Files, you should use a Recovery Services vault. If you are backing up Azure Databases for PostgreSQL Server, you should use a Backup vault. 
+If you're backing up Azure VMs, SQL in Azure VMs, SAP HANA in Azure VMs or Azure Files, you should use a Recovery Services vault. If you're backing up Azure Databases for PostgreSQL Server, you should use a Backup vault. 
 
 Depending on the type of datasource you wish to back up, follow the appropriate instructions as described below.
 
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ Depending on the type of datasource you wish to restore, follow the appropriate
 
 ## Create a new vault
 
-You can create a new vault by navigating to Backup center and selecting **+ Vault** at the top of the **Overview** tab.
+You can create a new vault by navigating to the Backup center and selecting **+ Vault** at the top of the **Overview** tab.
 
 ![Create vault](./media/backup-center-actions/backup-center-create-vault.png)
 
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ Depending on the type of datasource you wish to back up, follow the appropriate
 
 Backup center allows you to search for backup instances across your backup estate and execute backup operations on demand.
 
-To stop protection, navigate to Backup center and select the **Backup Instances** menu item. Selecting this lets you view details of all the backup instances that you have access to. You can search for the backup instance you wish to back up. Right-clicking on an item in the grid opens up a list of available actions. Select the **Backup Now** option to execute an on-demand backup.
+To stop protection, navigate to the Backup center and select the **Backup Instances** menu item. Selecting this lets you view details of all the backup instances that you have access to. You can search for the backup instance you wish to back up. Right-clicking on an item in the grid opens up a list of available actions. Select the **Backup Now** option to execute an on-demand backup.
 
 ![On-demand backup](./media/backup-center-actions/backup-center-on-demand-backup.png)
 
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ To stop protection, navigate to Backup center and select the **Backup Instances*
 
 There are scenarios when you might want to stop backup for a backup instance, such as when the underlying resource being backed up doesn’t exist anymore.
 
-To stop protection, navigate to Backup center and select the **Backup Instances** menu item. Select this lets you view details of all the backup instances that you have access to. You can search for the backup instance you wish to back up. Right-clicking on an item in the grid opens up a list of available actions. Select the **Stop Backup** option to stop backup for the backup instance.
+To stop protection, navigate to the Backup center and select the **Backup Instances** menu item. Select this lets you view details of all the backup instances that you have access to. You can search for the backup instance you wish to back up. Right-clicking on an item in the grid opens up a list of available actions. Select the **Stop Backup** option to stop backup for the backup instance.
 
 ![Stop protection](./media/backup-center-actions/backup-center-stop-protection.png)
 
@@ -137,6 +140,26 @@ You can resume backup for your workloads if you have retained data during **Stop
 - [Learn more](manage-azure-managed-disks.md#resume-protection) about resuming protection for your disk.
 - [Learn more](manage-azure-database-postgresql.md#resume-protection) about resuming protection for Azure Database for PostgreSQL server.
 
+## Configure replication
+
+To configure replication on Backup center, follow these steps:
+
+1. Go to the **Backup center** and select **Overview** > **Backup instances** tile > **View ASR Replicated items**.
+
+   :::image type="content" source="./media/backup-center-actions/backup-center-view-replication-item-inline.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to view an item for replication." lightbox="./media/backup-center-actions/backup-center-view-replication-item-expanded.png":::
+
+2. On the **Replicated Items** tab, select **+ Replicate**.
+
+   :::image type="content" source="./media/backup-center-actions/backup-center-start-replication-inline.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to start the replication process." lightbox="./media/backup-center-actions/backup-center-start-replication-expanded.png":::
+
+3. Select the type of source you want to replicate.
+
+   :::image type="content" source="./media/backup-center-actions/backup-center-replication-source-.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to select the replication source.":::
+ 
+4. Select a *Recovery Services vault* > **Proceed**. 
+
+   The replication configuration experience is same as that of the one on a Recovery Services vault. Learn more [how to configure replication for Azure virtual machine](../backup/tutorial-backup-vm-at-scale.md).
+
 ## Next steps
 
 * [Monitor and Operate backups](backup-center-monitor-operate.md)

articles/backup/backup-center-monitor-operate.md

@@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
 ---
-title: Monitor and operate backups using Backup Center
-description: This article explains how to monitor and operate backups at scale using Backup Center
-ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 03/21/2022
+title: Monitor and operate backups and disaster recovery using Backup center
+description: This article explains how to monitor and operate backups and disaster recovery at-scale using Backup center.
+ms.topic: how-to
+ms.date: 12/08/2022
 author: v-amallick
 ms.service: backup
 ms.author: v-amallick
 ---
 
-# Monitor and operate backups using Backup center
+# Monitor and operate backups and disaster recovery using Backup center
 
 As a backup admin, you can use Backup center as a single pane of glass to monitor your jobs and backup inventory on a day-to-day basis. You can also use Backup center to perform your regular operations, such as responding to on-demand backup requests, restoring backups, creating backup policies, and so on.
 
+Now, you can use Backup center to monitor your jobs and replication inventory as a disaster recovery admin. You can also use Backup center to enable replication for new virtual machines.
+
 ## Supported scenarios
 
-* Backup center is currently supported for Azure VM backup, SQL in Azure VM backup, SAP HANA in Azure VM backup, Azure Files backup, Azure Blobs backup, Azure Managed Disks backup and Azure Database for PostgreSQL Server backup.
-* Refer to the [support matrix](backup-center-support-matrix.md) for a detailed list of supported and unsupported scenarios.
+* Backup center is supported for Azure VM backup, SQL in Azure VM backup, SAP HANA in Azure VM backup, Azure Files backup, Azure Blobs backup, Azure Managed Disks backup and Azure Database for PostgreSQL Server backup.
+
+* Backup center is also supported for Azure VM disaster recovery, VMware and Physical machine disaster recovery.
+
+Learn more about the [supported and unsupported scenarios](backup-center-support-matrix.md).
 
 ## Backup instances
 
-Backup center allows for easy search and discoverability of backup instances across your backup estate.
+Backup center allows easy search and discoverability of backup instances across your backup estate.
 
-Selecting the **Backup Instances** tab in Backup center lets you view details of all the backup instances that you have access to.
+On Backup center, select the **Backup Instances** tile to get a summarized view of all the backup instances that you've access to.
 
  You can view the following information about each of your backup instances:
 
@@ -41,9 +46,43 @@ Selecting the **Backup Instances** tab in Backup center lets you view details of
 * Protection status
 * Datasource tags
 
-Right-clicking on any of the items in the grid lets you perform actions on the given backup instance, such as navigating to the resource, triggering on-demand backups and restores, or stopping backup.
+Right-click any of the items in the grid to perform actions on the given backup instance, such as navigating to the resource, trigger on-demand backups and restores, or stopping backup.
+
+![Screenshot shows the Backup center instances.](./media/backup-center-monitor-operate/backup-center-instances.png)
+
+## Replicated items
+
+Backup center allows easy search and discoverability of replicated items across your replication estate.
+
+On Backup center, select the **Backup Instances** tile to get a summarized view of all replicated items across your entire replication estate.
+
+You can view the following information about each of your replicated items:
+
+- Datasource subscription
+- Datasource resource group
+- Datasource location
+- Replication health
+- failover health
+- Vault associated with the replicated item
+- Status
+- Active location
+
+You can also filter the list of backup instances on the following parameters:
+
+- Datasource subscription
+- Datasource resource group
+- Datasource location
+- Replication health
+- Failover health
+- Replication type
+- Vault
+- Protection status
+- Datasource tags
+
+Right-click any of the items on the grid to go to the resource details.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-center-monitor-operate/backup-center-instances-replicated-items-inline.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows the Backup center replication instances." lightbox="./media/backup-center-monitor-operate/backup-center-instances-replicated-items-expanded.png":::
 
-![Backup Center - Instances](./media/backup-center-monitor-operate/backup-center-instances.png)
 
 ## Backup jobs
 

articles/backup/backup-center-overview.md

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 ---
-title: Overview of Backup center for Azure Backup
+title: Overview of Backup center for Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery
 description: This article provides an overview of Backup center for Azure.
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 11/30/2022
+ms.date: 12/08/2022
 author: v-amallick
 ms.service: backup
 ms.author: v-amallick
 ms.custom: engagement-fy23
 ---
 
-# About Backup center for Azure Backup
+# About Backup center for Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery
 
-Backup center provides a *single unified management experience* in Azure for enterprises to govern, monitor, operate, and analyze backups at scale. So, it's consistent with Azure's native management experiences.
+Backup center provides a *single unified management experience* in Azure for enterprises to govern, monitor, operate, and analyze backups at scale. It also provides at-scale monitoring and management capabilities for Azure Site Recovery. So, it's consistent with Azure's native management experiences.
 
 In this article, you'll learn about:
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Some of the key benefits of Backup center include:
 - **Single pane of glass to manage backups**: Backup center is designed to function well across a large and distributed Azure environment. You can use Backup center to efficiently manage backups spanning multiple workload types, vaults, subscriptions, regions, and [Azure Lighthouse](../lighthouse/overview.md) tenants.
 - **Datasource-centric management**: Backup center provides views and filters that are centered on the datasources that you're backing up (for example, VMs and databases). This allows a resource owner or a backup admin to monitor and operate backups of items without needing to focus on which vault an item is backed up to. A key feature of this design is the ability to filter views by datasource-specific properties, such as datasource subscription, datasource resource group, and datasource tags. For example, if your organization follows a practice of assigning different tags to VMs belonging to different departments, you can use Backup center to filter backup information based on the tags of the underlying VMs being backed up without needing to focus on the tag of the vault.
 - **Connected experiences**: Backup center provides native integrations to existing Azure services that enable management at scale. For example, Backup center uses the [Azure Policy](../governance/policy/overview.md) experience to help you govern your backups. It also leverages [Azure workbooks](../azure-monitor/visualize/workbooks-overview.md) and [Azure Monitor Logs](../azure-monitor/logs/data-platform-logs.md) to help you view detailed reports on backups. So, you don't need to learn any new principles to use the varied features that the Backup center offers. You can also [discover community resources from the Backup center](#access-community-resources-on-community-hub).
+- **At-scale monitoring capabilities**: Backup center now provides at-scale monitoring capabilities that help you to view replicated items and jobs across all vaults and manage them across subscriptions, resource groups, and regions from a single view for Azure Site Recovery.
 
 ## Supported scenarios
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ Backup center is currently supported for:
 - Azure Blobs backup
 - Azure Managed Disks backup
 - Azure Database for PostgreSQL Server backup
+- Azure to Azure disaster recovery
+- VMware and Physical to Azure disaster recovery
 
 Learn more about [supported and unsupported scenarios](backup-center-support-matrix.md).
 
@@ -58,11 +61,19 @@ On the **Jobs** tile, you get a summarized view of all backup and restore relate
 - You can view information on the number of jobs that have completed, failed, and are in-progress.
 - Select any of the numbers in this tile allows you to view more information on jobs for a particular datasource type, operation type, and status.
 
+On the **Jobs** tile, you also get a summarized view of all Azure Site Recovery related jobs that were triggered across your entire replication estate in the last 24 hours.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-center-overview/azure-site-recovery-job-backup-center.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing an Azure Site Recovery job on Backup center.":::
+
 On the **Backup Instances** tile, you get a summarized view of all backup instances across your backup estate. For example, you can see the number of backup instances that are in soft-deleted state compared to the number of instances that are still configured for protection.
 
 - Select any of the numbers in this tile allows you to view more information on backup instances for a particular datasource type and protection state.
 - You can also view all backup instances whose underlying datasource isn't found (the datasource might be deleted, or you may not have access to the datasource).
 
+On the **Backup Instances** tile, you can also get a summarized view of all replicated items across your entire replication estate.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-center-overview/azure-site-recovery-replication-estate-backup-instance.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing a backup instance of a replicated item of Azure Site Recovery on Backup center.":::
+
 Watch the following video to understand the capabilities of Backup center:
 
 > [!VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFRMBSXZcUk?t=497]