Manage the Backup Scopes for Azure Storage
The backup scopes can be used as virtual tenants. To protect Azure Blob Storage and Azure File Share, you must define the backup scopes separately for the two storage types, and the storages in the same backup scope are from the same tenant.
*Note: Backup for Azure Storage may incur additional costs on data transfer, snapshots, operations, or API calls, etc. For more details, refer to FAQs.
The storages in the same backup scope will be protected in the same backup frequency and applied with the same data retention policy.
Note that each storage can only be included in one backup scope. Additionally, if the Azure storage account that you want to protect has enabled a firewall, ensure you have read and completed the settings in Allow AvePoint Agent Servers to Access Your Storage Account.
- To create a new backup scope for Azure Storage, refer to Create a New Backup Scope for Azure Storage.
- For the existing backup scopes, you can perform the following actions:
- Edit – To edit a backup scope, you can select a backup scope and click **Edit** button on the command bar, or you can click the **Edit** button when you are viewing the backup scope details. For details on the backup scope settings, refer to Create a New Backup Scope for Azure Storage.
- Delete – To delete a backup scope, you can select a backup scope and click **Delete** button on the command bar, or you can click the **Delete** option from the More actions list when you are viewing the details of a backup scope. You can also select multiple backup scopes to delete. When deleting backup scopes, you can select how to handle your backup data: keep the data and follow the configured retention policy, keep the data for 30 days before deletion, or delete the backup data immediately
- Run backup now – If you want to start a backup immediately, you can select a backup scope and click **Run backup now**, or you can click the **Run backup now** from the More actions list when you are viewing the details of a backup scope.
