Azure Data Protection Backup Vault pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated August 11, 2026
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    Summary of Azure Data Protection Backup Vault pattern-based discovery

    The Azure Data Protection Backup Vault pattern-based discovery enables ServiceNow customers to identify and map Azure Data Protection Backup Vault resources within their Azure cloud environments. This discovery is part of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application, which finds and inventories Azure services to populate data into both CMDB and non-CMDB tables for comprehensive asset and configuration management.

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    Key Features

    • Pattern Activation: The Azure Data Protection Backup Vault discovery pattern is disabled by default. Customers must enable it to begin discovery. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, enabling or disabling patterns does not count as a customization and patterns will update to the latest version upon upgrade, preserving the active state.
    • Prerequisites and Configuration: Customers must verify Microsoft Azure discovery prerequisites and configure discovery schedules appropriately, especially when discovering Azure GovCloud (US) accounts, which require specific datacenter URLs in service account setup.
    • Data Population: The discovery populates detailed information in CMDB tables such as Cloud Resource [cmdbcicmpresource] and in non-CMDB tables like Azure Data Protection - Backup Vault [cmdbazuredataprotectionbackupvault]. This includes key attributes such as resource location, object ID, subscription and tenant IDs, install and operational status, and resource type.
    • CI Relationships: The pattern automatically creates relationships between discovered Configuration Items (CIs), linking backup vaults to resource groups, datacenters, and other cloud resources for accurate service mapping.
    • Tag Discovery: Tags associated with Azure resources are collected and stored in the Key Value [cmdbkeyvalue] table, enabling enhanced filtering and reporting capabilities based on resource tagging.

    What Customers Can Expect

    By enabling and running this discovery pattern, ServiceNow customers gain visibility into Azure Data Protection Backup Vaults within their cloud environment, including detailed metadata and relationships. This supports accurate CMDB population and service mapping, facilitating better cloud asset management, operational insight, and governance. The pattern’s integration with both CMDB and non-CMDB tables allows for comprehensive data collection without requiring manual input, streamlining cloud resource management processes.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Azure services on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the Microsoft Azure discovery prerequisites
    For more information, see the prerequisites section in Microsoft Azure Cloud components discovery using patterns.
    Enable the relevant pattern
    The pattern for this service is disabled by default. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, activating or deactivating a pattern won't be considered a customization, and it will continue to receive updates. Patterns that were previously activated or deactivated will reset to the latest predefined version after upgrading while retaining the last active field value. For more information on enabling patterns, see Activate a disabled pattern.
    Configure the Discovery schedule to support GovCloud
    Discovering Azure GovCloud (US) accounts requires using a datacenter URL when setting up an Azure service account. For more information, see Set up Azure service accounts.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables.

    Data stored in non-CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the non-CMDB table when running the Azure - Data Protection Backup Vault - Extended Inventory(LP) pattern.

    You can review the non-CMDB Azure tables by navigating to All > Configuration > Azure. You can also search the navigation filter for the specific pattern name.

    Table 1. Azure Data Protection - Backup Vault [cmdb_azure_data_protection_backup_vault]
    Field Description
    Kind [kind] The type or category of the resource.
    Location [location] The geographic location where the resource is deployed.
    Object Id [object_id] The unique identifier for the resource.
    Resource Group [resource_group] Name of the resource group.
    Subscription ID [subscription_id] The subscription ID.
    Tenant ID [tenant_id] The identifier of the Azure Active Directory tenant.
    Configuration Item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.

    Data stored in CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the CMDB when running the Azure - Data Protection Backup Vault - Extended Inventory(LP) pattern.

    Table 2. Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Field Description
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.
    Location [location] The geographic location where the resource is deployed.
    Name [name] The name given to the resource.
    Object ID [object_id] The unique identifier for the resource.
    Operational status [operational_status] Operational status of the resource. Default value is Operational.
    Resource type [resource_type] Type of resource. The value is set to microsoft.dataprotection/backupvaults.

    CI relationships

    The pattern creates these relationships to support discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Resource Group [cmdb_ci_resource_group] Contains::Contained by Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] Hosted on::Hosts Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]
    Azure Data Protection - Backup Vault [cmdb_azure_data_protection_backup_vault] References Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]

    Azure tag discovery

    The pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.
    Table 3. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.