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Configure Azure Backup reports

09/13/2017 7 minutes to read Contributors

In this article

Supported scenarios
Prerequisites
Configure storage account for reports
View reports in Power BI
Frequently asked questions
Troubleshooting errors
Next steps

This article talks about steps to configure reports for Azure Backup using Recovery Services
vault, and to access these reports using Power BI. After performing these steps, you can
directly go to Power BI to view all the reports, customize and create reports.

Supported scenarios
1. Azure Backup reports are supported for Azure virtual machine backup and file/folder
backup to cloud using Azure Recovery Services Agent.
2. Reports for Azure SQL, DPM and Azure Backup Server are not supported at this time.
3. You can view reports across vaults and across subscriptions, if same storage account is
configured for each of the vaults. Storage account selected should be in the same
region as recovery services vault.
4. The frequency of scheduled refresh for the reports is 24 hours in Power BI. You can also
perform an ad-hoc refresh of the reports in Power BI, in which case latest data in
customer storage account is used for rendering reports.

Prerequisites
1. Create an Azure storage account to configure it for reports. This storage account is used
for storing reports related data.
2. Create a Power BI account to view, customize, and create your own reports using Power
BI portal.
3. Register the resource provider Microsoft.insights if not registered already, with the
subscription of storage account and also with the subscription of Recovery Services
vault to enable reporting data to flow to the storage account. To do the same, you must

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go to Azure portal > Subscription > Resource providers and check for this provider to
register it.

Configure storage account for reports

Use the following steps to configure the storage account for recovery services vault using
Azure portal. This is a one-time configuration and once storage account is configured, you
can go to Power BI directly to view content pack and leverage reports.

1. If you already have a Recovery Services vault open, proceed to next step. If you do
not have a Recovery Services vault open, but are in the Azure portal, on the Hub
menu, click Browse.

In the list of resources, type Recovery Services.

As you begin typing, the list filters based on your input. When you see
Recovery Services vaults, click it.

The list of Recovery Services vaults appears. From the list of Recovery
Services vaults, select a vault.

The selected vault dashboard opens.

2. From the list of items that appears under vault, click Backup Reports under
Monitoring and Reports section to configure the storage account for reports.

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3. On the Backup Reports blade, click Configure button. This opens the Azure
Application Insights blade which is used for pushing data to customer storage
account.

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4. Set the Status toggle button to On and select Archive to a Storage Account check
box so that reporting data can start flowing in to the storage account.

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5. Click Storage Account picker and select the storage account from the list for storing
reporting data and click OK.

6. Select AzureBackupReport check box and also move the slider to select retention
period for this reporting data. Reporting data in the storage account is kept for the
period selected using this slider.

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7. Review all the changes and click Save button on top, as shown in the figure above. This
action ensures that all your changes are saved and storage account is now configured
for storing reporting data.

Note

Once you configure reports by saving storage account, you should wait for 24 hours for initial data
push to complete. You should import Azure Backup content pack in Power BI only after that time.
Refer FAQ section for futher details.

View reports in Power BI

After configuring storage account for reports using recovery services vault, it takes around 24
hours for reporting data to start flowing in. After 24 hours of setting up storage account, use
the following steps to view reports in Power BI:

1. Sign in to Power BI.

2. Click Get Data and click Get under Services in Content Pack Library. Use steps
mentioned in Power BI documentation to access content pack.

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3. Type Azure Backup in Search bar and click Get it now.

4. Enter the storage account name configured in step 5 above and click Next button.

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5. Enter the storage account key for this storage account. You can view and copy
storage access keys by navigating to your storage account in Azure portal.

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6. Click Sign in button. After sign-in is successful, you get Importing data notification.

After some time, you get Success notification after the import is complete. It might
take little longer to import the content pack, if there is a lot of data in the storage
account.

7. Once data is imported successfully, Azure Backup content pack is visible in Apps in
the navigation pane. The list now shows Azure Backup dashboard, reports, and
dataset with a yellow star indicating newly imported reports.

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8. Click Azure Backup under Dashboards, which shows a set of pinned key reports.

9. To view the complete set of reports, click any report in the dashboard.

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10. Click each tab in the reports to view reports in that area.

Frequently asked questions

1. How do I check if reporting data has started flowing in to storage account?

You can go to the storage account configured and select containers. If the container
has an entry for insights-logs-azurebackupreport, it indicates that reporting data has
started flowing in.

2. What is the frequency of data push to storage account and Azure Backup
content pack in Power BI?

For Day 0 users, it would take around 24 hours to push data to storage account.
Once this initial push is compelete, data is refreshed with the following frequency
shown in the figure below.

Data related to Jobs, Alerts, Backup Items, Vaults, Protected Servers and
Policies is pushed to customer storage account as and when it is logged.

Data related to Storage is pushed to customer storage account every 24

hours.

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Power BI has a scheduled refresh once a day. You can perform a manual refresh of
the data in Power BI for the content pack.

3. How long can I retain the reports?

While configuring storage account, you can select retention period of reporting data
in the storage account (using step 6 in Configure storage account for reports section
above). Besides that, you can Analyze reports in excel and save them for a longer
retention period, as per your needs.

4. Will I see all my data in reports after configuring the storage account?

All the data generated after "configuring storage account" will be pushed to the
storage account and will be available in reports. However, In Progress Jobs are not
pushed for Reporting. Once the job completes or fails, it is sent to reports.

5. If I have already configured the storage account to view reports, can I change
the configuration to use another storage account?

Yes, you can change the configuration to point to a different storage account. You
should use the newly configured storage account while connecting to Azure Backup
content pack. Also, once a different storage account is configured, new data would
flow in this storage account. But older data (before changing the configuration)
would still remain in the older storage account.

6. Can I view reports across vaults and across subscriptions?

Yes, you can configure the same storage account across various vaults to view cross-
vault reports. Also, you can configure the same storage account for vaults across
subscriptions. You can then use this storage account while connecting to Azure
Backup content pack in Power BI to view the reports. However, the storage account
selected should be in the same region as recovery services vault.

Troubleshooting errors
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Error details Resolution

After setting up the If you configured storage account successfully, your reporting data will flow in
storage account for despite this issue. To resolve this issue, go to Azure portal > More Services >
Backup Reports, Diagnostic settings > RS vault > Edit Setting. Delete the previously configured
Storage Account setting and create a new setting from the same blade. This time set the field
still shows Not Name to service. This should show the configured storage account.
Configured.

After importing As suggested in this document, you must wait for 24 hours after configuring
Azure Backup reports in Recovery Services vault to see them correctly in Power BI. If you try to
content pack in access the reports before 24 hours, you will get this error since complete data is
Power BI, the error not yet present to show valid reports.
404- container is
not found comes
up.

Next steps
Now that you have configured the storage account and imported Azure Backup content pack,
the next step is to customize these reports and use reporting data model to create reports.
Refer the following articles for more details.

Using Azure Backup reporting data model

Filtering reports in Power BI
Creating reports in Power BI

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