Unable to apply backup policy to Azure Blob Storage, storage account not listed

Question

I have an Azure Blob Storage account located in the "westeurope" zone with LRS replication and configured as General Purpose v1. I need a backup solution for this account, so I followed these steps:

1. In the Business Continuity center, I created a backup vault in the same resource group and location as the storage account. However, the location in the vault's properties is displayed as "West Europe" instead of "westeurope."
2. Next, in the storage account settings, under Access Control (IAM), I created a role assignment for the Storage Account Backup Contributor role, assigning it to the backup vault I created.
3. In the vault's page, I created a new backup policy with both Operational and Vaulted backups enabled and configured the respective retention policies.

Everything seemed fine up to this point.

When I proceeded to create a backup:

1. I clicked on +Backup, and the Configure Backup wizard opened.
2. In Step 1, I selected Azure Blob Storage as the data source type and the vault I created.
3. In Step 2, I selected my backup policy.
4. In Step 3 (Datasources), it showed "No resources to display".

When I clicked Add, the "Select resources to backup" window opened. However, no storage account was listed. I ensured the following:

• The correct subscription ("Pay-As-You-Go") was selected.
• The Resource Group was set to "All."

Still, my storage account does not appear. It is in the same subscription, location, and resource group as the backup vault, so it should be listed.

Am I missing a step or misconfiguring something? Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Hi,

General purpose v1 storage accounts are not supported by Azure Backup. Only v2 accounts are supported. Either migrate to v2 or look for third party solution that supports v1 accounts.

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