Ad-hoc Virtual Standby on Microsoft Azure

The Ad-hoc Virtual Standby machine is created by converting the recovery points to a Microsoft Azure machine format. Standby VM contains same data, same number of disks, and network configurations as Source node.

This section provides the information on how to create an Ad-hoc Virtual Standby Machine on Microsoft Azure cloud.

Notes:

The Virtual Standby task runs only if the backup task creates a valid recovery point snapshot.
The Ad-hoc VSB sources will not be listed under Virtual Standby in the left pane of the resources tab.

Follow these steps:

On the VM(s) Location (Step 2 of 4) screen, specify the hypervisor details for the ad-hoc standby VM.

For Hypervisor Type, from the drop-down list, select Microsoft Azure as the hypervisor.
For Host, from the drop-down list, select the existing hypervisor or add a new hypervisor.
To add a new hypervisor, follow these steps:

From the Host drop-down list, click +Add New Hypervisor.
On the Add Hypervisor dialog, provide the following details as needed, and then click OK:

Account Name

Select an existing Azure account. You can also add a new account by clicking Add.

For more information, see how to add a cloud account.

Resource Group

Specify a resource group. You should have a resource group in Azure.

For instructions, see Resource group in Azure in the Microsoft documentation.

Region

Select the Azure region where your standby VM want to be located. For more information about Region, see Regions in Azure.

The new hypervisor is added as a host for Ad-hoc Standby VM.
For Configure Monitor, from the drop-down list, select the existing configure monitor or add a new configure monitor.
To add a new configure monitor, follow these steps: