Unable to delete Physical machine in Azure Site Recovery

Question

Hi All,

I'm trying to replicate a VMware with iSCSI disk to Azure Site Recovery.

Because it has iSCSI disk, So I try to replicate as Physical machine.

The first time is OK. However, in the mid-way, I "disable replication" in order to make some change.

Then I'm unable to choose and start the replication again.

It says "Machine is already protected by Azure Site Recovery".

Where can I see and delete the orphaned machine?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

@Le Vinh Dat Thanks for sharing the script.

Summarizing from the discussion (above). @Le Vinh Dat, Thanks for sharing the info/solution with the community.

Issue: Unable to delete Physical machine in Azure Site Recovery

Error: Machine is already protected by Azure Site Recovery

Solution: Resolved by Azure support "Need to run some PowerShell scripts to update properties of the servers in Azure physical site."

Steps to be followed:
Go to your VM, Follow below steps:

1. ArmClient has to be pre-installed. (https://github.com/projectkudu/ARMClient/releases )
2. Open the PowerShell window. Run the login command.

ARMClient.exe login

1. Get the recovery services fabric details using below commands. Replace the subscription and vault details.

.\ARMClient.exe get /Subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/<vaultName>/replicationFabrics?api-version=2021-06-01

1. Pick the physicalSiteId from the above results. To get the site details, machine details and machine list run the below commands. 

.\ARMClient.exe get "/subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.OffAzure/ServerSites/<physicalsite>?api-version=2020-09-09-preview"

.\ARMClient.exe get "/subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.OffAzure/ServerSites/<physicalsite>/machines?api-version=2020-09-09-preview"

1. Get the Physical site Id and machine Id from the above commands output. And run below script to remove the protected tag on that machine:

$armId = "/subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.OffAzure/ServerSites/<physicalsite>"

$apiInput = @{}

 $tags = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary"[String,String]"

 $machines = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList

 $machine = @{}

$machine['machineArmId'] = "/subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.OffAzure/ServerSites/<physicalsite>/machines/<machineId>"

$machine['tags'] = $tags

 $machines.Add($machine)

 $apiInput['machines'] = $machines

 $armCmd = $armId + "/UpdateProperties?api-version=2020-09-09-preview"

 $apiInput | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 | armclient.exe post $armCmd -verbose

Then go back and see your server is available for replication again.Go to your VM, Follow below steps:

1. ArmClient has to be pre-installed. (https://github.com/projectkudu/ARMClient/releases )
2. Open the PowerShell window. Run the login command.

ARMClient.exe login

1. Get the recovery services fabric details using below commands. Replace the subscription and vault details.

.\ARMClient.exe get /Subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/<vaultName>/replicationFabrics?api-version=2021-06-01

1. Pick the physicalSiteId from the above results. To get the site details, machine details and machine list run the below commands. 

.\ARMClient.exe get "/subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.OffAzure/ServerSites/<physicalsite>?api-version=2020-09-09-preview"

.\ARMClient.exe get "/subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.OffAzure/ServerSites/<physicalsite>/machines?api-version=2020-09-09-preview"

1. Get the Physical site Id and machine Id from the above commands output. And run below script to remove the protected tag on that machine:

$armId = "/subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.OffAzure/ServerSites/<physicalsite>"

$apiInput = @{}

 $tags = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary"[String,String]"

 $machines = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList

 $machine = @{}

$machine['machineArmId'] = "/subscriptions/<subscritionId>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.OffAzure/ServerSites/<physicalsite>/machines/<machineId>"

$machine['tags'] = $tags

 $machines.Add($machine)

 $apiInput['machines'] = $machines

 $armCmd = $armId + "/UpdateProperties?api-version=2020-09-09-preview"

 $apiInput | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 | armclient.exe post $armCmd -verbose

Then go back and see your server is available for replication again.

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