Support matrix for Backup center
This article summarizes the scenarios that Backup center supports for each workload type.
Backup center helps enterprises to govern, monitor, operate, and analyze backups at scale.
Supported scenarios
The following table lists all supported scenarios:
| Category | Scenario | Supported workloads | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | View all backup jobs | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
Seven days worth of jobs available out of the box. Each filter/drop-down supports a maximum of 1000 items. So, Backup center can be used to monitor a maximum of 1000 subscriptions and 1000 vaults across tenants. |
| Monitoring | View all site recovery jobs | Azure to Azure disaster recovery VMware and Physical to Azure disaster recovery |
Same as previous |
| Monitoring | View all backup instances | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
Same as previous |
| Monitoring | View all replicated items | Azure to Azure disaster recovery VMware and physical to Azure disaster recovery |
Same as previous |
| Monitoring | View all backup policies | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
Same as previous |
| Monitoring | View all vaults | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
Same as previous |
| Monitoring | View Azure Monitor alerts at scale | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
Refer Alerts documentation |
| Monitoring | View Azure Backup metrics and write metric alert rules | Azure VM SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs |
You can view metrics for all Recovery Services vaults for a region and subscription simultaneously. Viewing metrics for a larger scope in the Azure portal isn’t currently supported. The same limits are also applicable to configure metric alert rules. For more information, see View metrics in the Azure portal. |
| Actions | Configure backup | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
See support matrices for Azure VM backup |
| Actions | Configure Replication | Azure to Azure disaster recovery VMware and Physical to Azure disaster recovery |
See the support matrices for Azure to Azure disaster recovery and VMware and Physical to Azure disaster recovery. |
| Actions | Restore Backup Instance | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
See support matrices for Azure VM backup |
| Actions | Create vault | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
Refer to support matrices for Recovery Services vault |
| Actions | Create backup policy | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
See support matrices for Recovery Services vault |
| Actions | Execute on-demand backup for a backup instance | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
See support matrices for Azure VM backup |
| Actions | Stop backup for a backup instance | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM Azure Files Azure Blobs Azure Managed Disks |
See support matrices for Azure VM backup |
| Actions | Execute cross-region restore job from Backup center | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure VM SAP HANA in Azure VM |
See the cross-region restore documentation. |
| Insights | View Backup Reports | Azure Virtual Machine SQL in Azure Virtual Machine SAP HANA in Azure Virtual Machine Azure Files System Center Data Protection Manager Azure Backup Agent (MARS) Azure Backup Server (MABS) Azure Blobs |
See supported scenarios for Backup Reports. |
| Governance | View and assign built-in and custom Azure Policies under category Backup. | N/A | N/A |
| Governance | View datasources not configured for backup | Azure Virtual Machine | N/A |
Unsupported scenarios
| Category | Scenario |
|---|---|
| Actions | Configuring vault settings at scale is currently not supported from Backup center |