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ms.date: 07/27/2017
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ms.date: 06/06/2019
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When the data transfer is complete, the snapshot is removed and a recovery point is created.
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## Create a backup
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Create a simple scheduled daily backup to a Recovery Services Vault.
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1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
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2. In the menu on the left, select **Virtual machines**.
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3. From the list, select a VM to back up.
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4. On the VM blade, in the **Operations** section, click **Backup**. The **Enable backup** blade opens.
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5. In **Recovery Services vault**, click **Create new** and provide the name for the new vault. A new vault is created in the same Resource Group and location as the virtual machine.
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6. Click**Backup policy**. For this example, keep the defaults and click **OK**.
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7. On the **Enable backup** blade, click **Enable Backup**. This creates a daily backup based on the default schedule.
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10. To create an initial recovery point, on the **Backup** blade click **Backup now**.
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11. On the **Backup Now** blade, click the calendar icon, use the calendar control to select the last day this recovery point is retained, and click **Backup**.
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12. In the **Backup** blade for your VM, you see the number of recovery points that are complete.
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1. In the menu on the left, select **Virtual machines**.
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1. From the list, select a VM to back up.
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1. On the VM blade, in the **Operations** section, click **Backup**. The **Enable backup** blade opens.
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1. In **Recovery Services vault**, click **Create new** and provide the name for the new vault. A new vault is created in the same resource group and location as the virtual machine.
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1. Under**Choose backup policy**, keep the default **(New) DailyPolicy**, and then click **Enable Backup**.
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1. To create an initial recovery point, on the **Backup** blade click **Backup now**.
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1. On the **Backup Now** blade, click the calendar icon, use the calendar control to choose how long the restore point is retained, and click **OK**.
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1. In the **Backup** blade for your VM, you'll see the number of restore points that are complete.
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2. Connect to the VM.
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3. On the VM, open **File Explorer** and navigate to \inetpub\wwwroot and delete the file **iisstart.png**.
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4. On your local computer, refresh the browser to see that the image on the default IIS page is gone.
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1. Connect to the VM.
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1. On the VM, open **File Explorer** and navigate to \inetpub\wwwroot and delete the file **iisstart.png**.
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1. On your local computer, refresh the browser to see that the image on the default IIS page is gone.
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5. On your local computer, open a new tab and go the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com).
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6. In the menu on the left, select **Virtual machines** and select the VM from the list.
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8. On the VM blade, in the **Settings** section, click **Backup**. The **Backup** blade opens.
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9. In the menu at the top of the blade, select **File Recovery**. The **File Recovery** blade opens.
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10. In **Step 1: Select recovery point**, select a recovery point from the drop-down.
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11. In **Step 2: Download script to browse and recover files**, click the **Download Executable** button. Save the file to your **Downloads** folder.
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12. On your local computer, open **File Explorer** and navigate to your **Downloads** folder and copy the downloaded .exe file. The filename is prefixed by your VM name.
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13. On your VM (over the RDP connection) paste the .exe file to the Desktop of your VM.
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14. Navigate to the desktop of your VM and double-click on the .exe. This launches a command prompt and then mount the recovery point as a file share that you can access. When it is finished creating the share, type **q** to close the command prompt.
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15. On your VM, open **File Explorer** and navigate to the drive letter that was used for the file share.
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16. Navigate to \inetpub\wwwroot and copy **iisstart.png** from the file share and paste it into \inetpub\wwwroot. For example, copy F:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.png and paste it into c:\inetpub\wwwroot to recover the file.
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17. On your local computer, open the browser tab where you are connected to the IP address of the VM showing the IIS default page. Press CTRL + F5 to refresh the browser page. You should now see that the image has been restored.
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18. On your local computer, go back to the browser tab for the Azure portal and in **Step 3: Unmount the disks after recovery** click the **Unmount Disks** button. If you forget to do this step, the connection to the mountpoint is automatically close after 12 hours. After those 12 hours, you need to download a new script to create a new mountpoint.
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1. On your local computer, open a new tab and go the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com).
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1. In the menu on the left, select **Virtual machines** and select the VM from the list.
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1. On the VM blade, in the **Operations** section, click **Backup**. The **Backup** blade opens.
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1. In the menu at the top of the blade, select **File Recovery**. The **File Recovery** blade opens.
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1. In **Step 1: Select recovery point**, select a recovery point from the drop-down.
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1. In **Step 2: Download script to browse and recover files**, click the **Download Executable** button. Copy the password for the file and save it somewhere safe.
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1. On your local computer, open **File Explorer** and navigate to your **Downloads** folder and copy the downloaded .exe file. The filename is prefixed by your VM name.
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1. On your VM (using the RDP connection), paste the .exe file to the Desktop of your VM.
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1. Navigate to the desktop of your VM and double-click on the .exe. A command prompt will start. The program mounts the recovery point as a file share that you can access. When it is finished creating the share, type **q** to close the command prompt.
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1. On your VM, open **File Explorer** and navigate to the drive letter that was used for the file share.
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1. Navigate to \inetpub\wwwroot and copy **iisstart.png** from the file share and paste it into \inetpub\wwwroot. For example, copy F:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.png and paste it into c:\inetpub\wwwroot to recover the file.
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1. On your local computer, open the browser tab where you are connected to the IP address of the VM showing the IIS default page. Press CTRL + F5 to refresh the browser page. You should now see that the image has been restored.
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1. On your local computer, go back to the browser tab for the Azure portal and in **Step 3: Unmount the disks after recovery** click the **Unmount Disks** button. If you forget to do this step, the connection to the mountpoint is automatically closed after 12 hours. After those 12 hours, you need to download a new script to create a new mount point.
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