How to exclude a specific set of disks from Azure native backup? I had the same question for a long time. Finally, Azure Backup now supports selective disk backup and restore. Why should I backup the disks which are not needed or not useful for any kind of recovery? System/applications might generate a lot of […]
Configure Application/Crash consistent backup for VM – Azure
How to configure application-consistent backup on Azure native backup? Backup is extremely important for any services that you use on the cloud. Azure native backup takes VM snapshot and transfers to vault for data protection. In the Azure native backup page, have you noticed three different kinds of restore points? Here are the three different […]
How to update the Ansible Tower Inventory using API?
Ansible Tower offers various REST API to integrate with other tools. I had come across the scenario where the playbook needs to update tower inventory after provisioning cloud instance. tower-cli is one of the methods to update/import inventory on ansible tower but at the time of writing this article, tower-cli is not supported by Red […]
Ansible Tower License expired? How to renew it?
Ansible tower requires a valid license to run any job. Red Hat License management is much easier if you directly manage from the Red Hat subscription portal. But in some cases, you might receive the license from Red Hat sales execute to renew/extended the licenses. This article will cover both scenarios to extend expired licenses. […]
Azure Backup – Recover VM from Crash/ Accidental delete
Backup plays a crucial role in infrastructure management. Backup could be anything like flat files, Operating system files, database files and application files, etc. Backup also needs to be consistent to recovery the respective object failures. This article will walk you through how to recover Azure VM (Windows/Linux) from failure or accidental VM delete. VM […]
How to Enable Azure native backup for Linux & Windows VM?
How to enable Azure native backup for Linux and Windows instances in Azure? To enable the Azure native backup, you need to set up a recovery service vault. Recovery service vault is an online-storage entity in Azure that’s used to hold data, such as backup copies, recovery points, and backup policies. It supports both Local-redundant […]
Azure Cloud Shell – Create a Linux VM using Terraform?
How fast you can spin up a VM in Azure Cloud? Have you experienced an azure cloud shell and terraform builder tool? Let’s quickly spin up a Linux VM using terraform code from Azure Cloud Shell. There are 100 ways to build the VM but this article just shows the robustness of the terraform and […]
How to use Terraform from Azure Cloud Shell?
How to use terraform from Azure cloud shell? Do we need to install an additional package to use terraform? Nope. Azure provides commonly used CLI tools including Linux shell interpreters, PowerShell modules, Azure tools, text editors, source control, build tools (ex: terraform), and more in cloud shell. This makes azure builders to quickly deploy Azure […]
How to enable Azure Cloud Shell – bash / Powershell?
How to launch bash or PowerShell from the Azure portal? Azure offers cloud based shell access for advanced users almost from every corner. Microsoft maintains a cloud shell with commonly used CLI tools including Linux shell interpreters, PowerShell modules, Azure tools, text editors, source control, build tools, container tools, database tools, and more. Azure Cloud […]
Azure native backup vs Azure disk snapshot
Azure offers multiple methods to protect the data of Linux and Windows VM’s. But it’s up to the business to determine what kind of backup needed. This article will debate over azure native backup vs Azure disk snapshot. Azure native backup uses a recovery service vault to store the data. What is the recovery service […]