Remove Backup Data for Azure Virtual Machine

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Azure Backup provides backup for virtual machines "" created through both the classic deployment model and the Azure Resource Manager deployment model "" by using custom-defined backup policies in a Recovery Services vault.

With the release of backup policy management, customers can manage backup policies and model them to meet their changing requirements from a single window. Customers can edit a policy, associate more virtual machines to a policy, and delete unnecessary policies to meet their compliance requirements.

Incorrect Answers:

B: You can't delete a Recovery Services vault if it is registered to a server and holds backup data. If you try to delete a vault, but can't, the vault is still configured to receive backup data.

The correct answer is C. Stop the backup.

Explanation: When you delete a virtual machine that is protected by Azure Backup, the backup data for that virtual machine remains in the backup vault until it is explicitly deleted. To remove the backup data, you need to stop the backup for that virtual machine.

Option A (modify the backup policy) is incorrect because modifying the backup policy will not delete the backup data that already exists in the backup vault.

Option B (delete the Recovery Services vault) is incorrect because deleting the vault will delete all backup data for all protected virtual machines within that vault, not just VM1.

Option D (delete the storage account) is incorrect because the backup data for VM1 is stored in the backup vault, not in the storage account. Deleting the storage account will not delete the backup data.

Therefore, the correct answer is to stop the backup for VM1, which will trigger the deletion of the backup data for that virtual machine.