Accidentally Deleted VM A Few Hours Ago- Please Help Restoring

Question

I accidentally deleted the wrong VM with my MYSQL DB. I need to restore it. Please help!

Answer 1

This is the 3rd same question from Jan RealDealio with the same topic.

Here are the 3 threads:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2179950/accidentally-deleted-vm-a-few-hours-ago-please-hel

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2179978/vm-disappeared-need-to-restore-without-os-disk

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2179951/accidentally-deleted-vm-a-few-hours-ago-please-hel

I am not sure if asking the same question multiple times is helpful.

If there is no backup, for instance an Azure backup or snapshot, the deleted disk can't be restored.

Maybe it's time to accept, the disk of the deleted Azure VM is deleted and gone.

I know the feeling and it hurts. But gone is gone.

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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards

Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hello Jan RealDealio,

Thanks for your question.

If you deleted both the VM and the OS disk, unfortunately the VM has been permanently deleted.

However if you have backups, you can restore:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-arm-restore-vms

For msql DB see:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/mysql/flexible-server/how-to-restore-dropped-server

Please let me know if yoiu require further assistance

Regards,

Abiola

Answer 3

Hi Jan RealDealio,

We have noticed that you have rated an answer as not helpful. We appreciate your feedback and are committed to improving your experience with the Q&A.

Unfortunately, if a backup was not created there is no chance to recover a deleted Disk in Azure. Azure does not provide a built-in mechanism to recover the deleted disk. Once a disk is deleted, it is typically considered permanently lost.

I recommend implementing a regular backup strategy moving forward to help safeguard your data against accidental deletions in the future.

If you have any further queries, do let us know.

I would request you to kindly please consider accepting it as an answer and do a thumbs up at “Was it helpful”. This in turn will benefit other community members with similar scenario navigate better to right solution.