Not able to delete my backup vault

Question

Not able to delete my backup vault, Despite no instances or any new Policy exist in my backup vault

Answer 1

Hello Subash, Welcome to MS Q&A

Here are some more thing you can check to troubleshoot and resolve the issue

1. Check for Recovery Points: Ensure that there are no recovery points associated with the vault. Navigate to the "Recovery Points" section and delete any existing recovery points.
2. Check for Azure Site Recovery: If the vault is being used for Azure Site Recovery, ensure that there are no replication items or recovery plans associated with the vault.
3. Check for Soft Delete: If the vault has soft delete enabled, ensure that there are no soft-deleted items. You may need to disable soft delete or purge the soft-deleted items.
4. Check for Resource Locks: Ensure that there are no resource locks applied to the vault. Navigate to the "Locks" section and remove any existing locks.

If you have verified all the above steps and are still unable to delete the vault, please let us know here with exact error details that you are getting

Please let us know if any further questions

Thanks
Deepanshu

Answer 2

@SHAH, SUBASH Greetings!

You can't delete a Recovery Services vault with any of the following dependencies:

• You can't delete a vault that contains protected data sources (for example, IaaS VMs, SQL databases, Azure file shares).
• You can't delete a vault that contains backup data. Once backup data is deleted, it will go into the soft deleted state.
• You can't delete a vault that contains backup data in the soft deleted state.
• You can't delete a vault that has registered storage accounts.

If you try to delete the vault without removing the dependencies, you'll encounter one of the following error messages:

Vault cannot be deleted as there are existing resources within the vault. Please ensure there are no backup items, protected servers, or backup management servers associated with this vault. Unregister the following containers associated with this vault before proceeding for deletion.

Recovery Services vault cannot be deleted as there are backup items in soft deleted state in the vault. The soft deleted items are permanently deleted after 14 days of delete operation. Please try vault deletion after the backup items are permanently deleted and there is no item in soft deleted state left in the vault. For more information, see Soft delete for Azure Backup.

• If you have Backup Items deleted , bring them back
• Disable Soft Delete
• Delete bacup Items
• Delete Vault Please read carefully : ------>

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-delete-vault?tabs=portal

Hope this helps. Please feel free to post a reply if you have any questions.

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