How to know the Azure backup frequency retention range associated with Azure Backup Policy

Question

I want to find the actual configuration associated with the Azure backup policy. I can get backup policy name via PowerShell. Please can someone help me with the command to find the Backup Frequency and Retention Range for the policy?

Answer 1

The following code snippet will provide you with exactly what you're looking for:

##Replace Recovery service vault name
Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVault -Name "shui" | Set-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVaultContext

##FriendlyName is your Azure VM name
$namedContainer=Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupContainer -ContainerType "AzureVM" -Status "Registered" -FriendlyName "shui"
$item = Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupItem -Container $namedContainer -WorkloadType "AzureVM"

$policyname=$item.ProtectionPolicyName
$policy=Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupProtectionPolicy -Name $policyname

##BACKUP FREQUENCY
$policy.SchedulePolicy
##RETENTION RANGE
$policy.RetentionPolicy