Merge pull request #220524 from v-amallick/main

CZR for VM - Removed preview tag

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/backup/backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Restore VMs by using the Azure portal
 description: Restore an Azure virtual machine from a recovery point by using the Azure portal, including the Cross Region Restore feature.
 ms.reviewer: geg
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 11/28/2022
+ms.date: 12/06/2022
 author: v-amallick
 ms.service: backup
 ms.author: v-amallick
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Azure Backup provides several ways to restore a VM.
 **Replace existing** | You can restore a disk, and use it to replace a disk on the existing VM.<br/><br/> The current VM must exist. If it's been deleted, this option can't be used.<br/><br/> Azure Backup takes a snapshot of the existing VM before replacing the disk, and stores it in the staging location you specify. Existing disks connected to the VM are replaced with the selected restore point.<br/><br/> The snapshot is copied to the vault, and retained in accordance with the retention policy. <br/><br/> After the replace disk operation, the original disk is retained in the resource group. You can choose to manually delete the original disks if they aren't needed. <br/><br/>Replace existing is supported for unencrypted managed VMs, including VMs [created using custom images](https://azure.microsoft.com/resources/videos/create-a-custom-virtual-machine-image-in-azure-resource-manager-with-powershell/). It's unsupported for classic VMs, unmanaged VMs, and [generalized VMs](../virtual-machines/windows/upload-generalized-managed.md).<br/><br/> If the restore point has more or less disks than the current VM, then the number of disks in the restore point will only reflect the VM configuration.<br><br> Replace existing is also supported for VMs with linked resources, like [user-assigned managed-identity](../active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview.md) or [Key Vault](../key-vault/general/overview.md).
 **Cross Region (secondary region)** | Cross Region restore can be used to restore Azure VMs in the secondary region, which is an [Azure paired region](../availability-zones/cross-region-replication-azure.md).<br><br> You can restore all the Azure VMs for the selected recovery point if the backup is done in the secondary region.<br><br> During the backup, snapshots aren't replicated to the secondary region. Only the data stored in the vault is replicated. So secondary region restores are only [vault tier](about-azure-vm-restore.md#concepts) restores. The restore time for the secondary region will be almost the same as the vault tier restore time for the primary region.  <br><br> This feature is available for the options below:<br><br> - [Create a VM](#create-a-vm) <br> - [Restore Disks](#restore-disks) <br><br> We don't currently support the [Replace existing disks](#replace-existing-disks) option.<br><br> Permissions<br> The restore operation on secondary region can be performed by Backup Admins and App admins.
 **Cross Subscription Restore (preview)** | Allows you to restore Azure Virtual Machines or disks to any subscription (as per the Azure RBAC capabilities) from restore points.  <br><br>   You can trigger Cross Subscription Restore for managed virtual machines only. <br><br> Cross Subscription Restore is supported for [Restore with Managed System Identities (MSI)](backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-vms-with-managed-identities). <br><br> It's unsupported for [snapshots](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#snapshot-creation) and [secondary region](backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-in-secondary-region) restores. <br><br>  It's unsupported for [unmanaged VMs](#restoring-unmanaged-vms-and-disks-as-managed), [Encrypted Azure VMs](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#encryption-of-azure-vm-backups) and [Trusted Launch VMs](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#tvm-backup).
-**Cross Zonal Restore (preview)** |	Allows you to restore Azure Virtual Machines or disks pinned to any zone to different available zones (as per the Azure RBAC capabilities) from restore points. <br><br> You can trigger Cross Zonal Restore for managed virtual machines only. <br><br> Cross Zonal Restore is supported for [Restore with Managed System Identities (MSI)](#restore-vms-with-managed-identities). <br><br> Cross Zonal Restore supports restore of an Azure zone pinned/non-zone pinned VM from a vault with Zonal-redundant storage (ZRS) enabled. Learn [how to set Storage Redundancy](backup-create-rs-vault.md#set-storage-redundancy). <br><br> It's supported to restore an Azure zone pinned VM only from a [vault with Cross Region Restore (CRR)](backup-create-rs-vault.md#set-storage-redundancy) (if the secondary region supports zones) or Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) enabled. <br><br> Cross Zonal Restore is supported from [secondary regions](#restore-in-secondary-region). <br><br> It's unsupported from [snapshots](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#snapshot-creation) restore point. <br><br> It's unsupported for [Encrypted Azure VMs](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#encryption-of-azure-vm-backups) and [Trusted Launch VMs](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#tvm-backup).
+**Cross Zonal Restore** |	Allows you to restore Azure Virtual Machines or disks pinned to any zone to different available zones (as per the Azure RBAC capabilities) from restore points. <br><br> You can trigger Cross Zonal Restore for managed virtual machines only. <br><br> Cross Zonal Restore is supported for [Restore with Managed System Identities (MSI)](#restore-vms-with-managed-identities). <br><br> Cross Zonal Restore supports restore of an Azure zone pinned/non-zone pinned VM from a vault with Zonal-redundant storage (ZRS) enabled. Learn [how to set Storage Redundancy](backup-create-rs-vault.md#set-storage-redundancy). <br><br> It's supported to restore an Azure zone pinned VM only from a [vault with Cross Region Restore (CRR)](backup-create-rs-vault.md#set-storage-redundancy) (if the secondary region supports zones) or Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) enabled. <br><br> Cross Zonal Restore is supported from [secondary regions](#restore-in-secondary-region). <br><br> It's unsupported from [snapshots](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#snapshot-creation) restore point. <br><br> It's unsupported for [Encrypted Azure VMs](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#encryption-of-azure-vm-backups) and [Trusted Launch VMs](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#tvm-backup).
 
 >[!Tip]
 >To receive alerts/notifications when a restore operation fails, use [Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Backup](backup-azure-monitoring-built-in-monitor.md#azure-monitor-alerts-for-azure-backup). This helps you to monitor such failures and take necessary actions to remediate the issues.

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

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Support matrix for Azure VM backup
 description: Provides a summary of support settings and limitations when backing up Azure VMs with the Azure Backup service.
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 11/28/2022
+ms.date: 12/06/2022
 ms.custom: references_regions 
 ms.reviewer: geg
 author: v-amallick
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Recovery points on DPM/MABS disk | 64 for file servers, and 448 for app servers.
 **Replace existing** | You can restore a disk, and use it to replace a disk on the existing VM.<br/><br/> The current VM must exist. If it's been deleted, this option can't be used.<br/><br/> Azure Backup takes a snapshot of the existing VM before replacing the disk, and stores it in the staging location you specify. Existing disks connected to the VM are replaced with the selected restore point.<br/><br/> The snapshot is copied to the vault, and retained in accordance with the retention policy. <br/><br/> After the replace disk operation, the original disk is retained in the resource group. You can choose to manually delete the original disks if they aren't needed. <br/><br/>Replace existing is supported for unencrypted managed VMs and for VMs [created using custom images](https://azure.microsoft.com/resources/videos/create-a-custom-virtual-machine-image-in-azure-resource-manager-with-powershell/). It's not supported for unmanaged disks and VMs, classic VMs, and [generalized VMs](../virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource.md).<br/><br/> If the restore point has more or less disks than the current VM, then the number of disks in the restore point will only reflect the VM configuration.<br><br> Replace existing is also supported for VMs with linked resources, like [user-assigned managed-identity](../active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview.md) and [Key Vault](../key-vault/general/overview.md).
 **Cross Region (secondary region)** | Cross Region restore can be used to restore Azure VMs in the secondary region, which is an [Azure paired region](../availability-zones/cross-region-replication-azure.md).<br><br> You can restore all the Azure VMs for the selected recovery point if the backup is done in the secondary region.<br><br> This feature is available for the following options:<br> - [Create a VM](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#create-a-vm) <br> - [Restore Disks](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-disks) <br><br> We don't currently support the [Replace existing disks](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#replace-existing-disks) option.<br><br> Permissions<br> The restore operation on secondary region can be performed by Backup Admins and App admins.
 **Cross Subscription (preview)** | Cross Subscription restore can be used to restore Azure managed VMs in different subscriptions.<br><br> You can restore Azure VMs or disks to any subscription (as per the Azure RBAC capabilities) from restore points. <br><br> This feature is available for the following options:<br> - [Create a VM](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#create-a-vm) <br> - [Restore Disks](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-disks) <br><br> Cross Subscription Restore is unsupported for [snapshots](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#snapshot-creation) and [secondary region](backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-in-secondary-region) restores. It's unsupported for [unmanaged VMs](backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restoring-unmanaged-vms-and-disks-as-managed), [Encrypted Azure VMs](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#encryption-of-azure-vm-backups) and [Trusted Launch VMs](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#tvm-backup).
-**Cross Zonal Restore (preview)** | Cross Zonal restore can be used to restore Azure zone pinned VMs in available zones.<br><br> You can restore Azure VMs or disks to different zones (as per the Azure RBAC capabilities) from restore points. <br><br> This feature is available for the following options:<br> - [Create a VM](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#create-a-vm) <br> - [Restore Disks](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-disks) <br><br> Cross Zonal Restore is unsupported for [snapshots](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#snapshot-creation) restore points. It's unsupported for [Encrypted Azure VMs](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#encryption-of-azure-vm-backups) and [Trusted Launch VMs](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#tvm-backup).
+**Cross Zonal Restore** | Cross Zonal restore can be used to restore Azure zone pinned VMs in available zones.<br><br> You can restore Azure VMs or disks to different zones (as per the Azure RBAC capabilities) from restore points. <br><br> This feature is available for the following options:<br> - [Create a VM](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#create-a-vm) <br> - [Restore Disks](./backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-disks) <br><br> Cross Zonal Restore is unsupported for [snapshots](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#snapshot-creation) restore points. It's unsupported for [Encrypted Azure VMs](backup-azure-vms-introduction.md#encryption-of-azure-vm-backups) and [Trusted Launch VMs](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#tvm-backup).
 
 
 ## Support for file-level restore
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ The following table summarizes support for backup during VM management tasks, su
 --- | ---
 <a name="backup-azure-cross-subscription-restore">Restore across subscription</a> | [Cross Subscription Restore (preview)](backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-options) is now supported in Azure VMs.
 [Restore across region](backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#cross-region-restore) | Supported.
-<a name="backup-azure-cross-zonal-restore">Restore across zone</a> | [Cross Zonal Restore (preview)](backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-options) is now supported in Azure VMs.
+<a name="backup-azure-cross-zonal-restore">Restore across zone</a> | [Cross Zonal Restore](backup-azure-arm-restore-vms.md#restore-options) is now supported in Azure VMs.
 Restore to an existing VM | Use replace disk option.
 Restore disk with storage account enabled for Azure Storage Service Encryption (SSE) | Not supported.<br/><br/> Restore to an account that doesn't have SSE enabled.
 Restore to mixed storage accounts |Not supported.<br/><br/> Based on the storage account type, all restored disks will be either premium or standard, and not mixed.