Fortigate in Azure - Backup/Restore

[skibi]

Hi
I have deployed a single Fortigate in Azure (marketplace) and thought I could take a backup of the vm by using Azure Backup, but I now found that it is not possible.

How do you do? How do you handle a restore?I would like to have a routine for recovery where I get both all config for the Fortigate and also Azure resources connected to it as route tables, public ip addresses etc.

Thanks

[spoojary]

Can you check this doc: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn/backup-fortigate-firewall-vm-with-azure-backu...

[Nchandan]

At this time, the Azure Backup service does not support FortiGate-VM on Azure. As an alternative, you can:

Create an Azure snapshot and use it to create a new OS disk. You can then perform a disk swap.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/snapshot-copy-managed-disk
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/azure/virtual-machines/windows/os-disk-swap

To ensure that all settings are preserved on a redeployed Fortigate, it is advisable to take a configuration backup. This can be easily restored to the device when needed, saving you time and effort.