A Recovery Services vault is a storage entity in Azure that houses data. The data is typically copies of data, or configuration information for virtual machines (VMs), workloads, servers, or workstations. You can use Recovery Services vaults to hold backup data for various Azure services, such as IaaS VMs (Linux or Windows) and Azure SQL databases.

The term Replication Item is specifically linked to Azure Site Recovery (ASR). Azure Site Recovery plays a crucial role in business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) by ensuring that your applications remain accessible during both planned and unplanned downtimes.

Azure Backup Protected Items are the resources in your Azure environment safeguarded using Azure Backup. These can include virtual machines (VMs), databases, file shares, and other workloads. Understanding “protected items” is key to grasping how Azure Backup manages and secures the availability of your critical data.

Use the Azure public cloud integration to discover and collect metrics against the Azure service.

Setup

To set up the Azure integration and discover the Azure Backup Vaults resources, do the following:

  1. Create an Azure Integration, if not available in your installed integrations. For more information on how to install the Azure Integration, see Install Azure integration .
  2. Create a discovery profile. For more information on how to create a discovery profile.
  3. Select Recovery Service Vault under the Filter Criteria in the Edit Discovery Profile page.
    Azure Integration Discovery Profile

    Azure Integration Discovery Profile

  4. Save the discovery profile to make them available in the list of Discovery Profiles.
  5. Scan to discover the resources at any time independent of the predefined schedule.
  6. Once the scan is completed, you can view the Azure Backup Vault resources under Infrastructure > Resources > Microsoft Azure category.

Event support

OpsRamp supports Azure events for Azure Recovery Services Vault. Configure Azure Events in OpsRamp Azure integration discovery profile.

See Process Azure Events for more information on how to configure Azure events.

Supported metrics

Recovery service vault metrics

OpsRamp MetricAzure MetricMetric Display NameUnitDescriptionAggregation Type
azure_recoveryservices_vaults_BackupHealthEventBackupHealthEventBackup Health Events (preview)CountThe count of health events pertaining to backup job health.Count
azure_recoveryservices_vaults_RestoreHealthEventRestoreHealthEventRestore Health Events (preview)CountThe count of health events pertaining to restore job health.Count

Replication item metrics

OpsRamp MetricAzure MetricMetric Display NameUnitDescriptionAggregation Type
azure_replication_protected_items_rpoInSecondsrpoInSecondsRPOSecondsRepresents the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) in seconds for protected items in Azure replication scenarios.Average
azure_replication_protected_items_dataPendingAtSourceAgentInMBdataPendingAtSourceAgentInMBPending data in source VMMegabytesRefers to the amount of data, measured in megabytes (MB), that is pending replication at the source agent (VM).Average

Backup protected items metrics

OpsRamp MetricAzure MetricMetric Display NameUnitDescriptionAggregation Type
azure_backup_protected_items_lastBackupStatuslastBackupStatusLast Backup StatusNoneThe last backup status of Recovery Service Vault Backup Protected Items is as follows:
  • No Status: No metric data will be populated.
  • Completed: Marked as Completed or CompletedWithWarnings (value: 1).
  • Any Other State: Assigned a value of 0.
Average

External reference

Recovery Services vaults overview