Azure Data Protection Backup Vault pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated July 31, 2025
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    Summary of Azure Data Protection Backup Vault pattern-based discovery

    This documentation outlines how the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application in ServiceNow enables the discovery of Azure Data Protection Backup Vault resources within your Azure cloud environment. It details the prerequisites, configuration, and data handling involved in discovering and mapping these Azure services into your ServiceNow CMDB and related tables.

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    Key Features

    • Pattern-Based Discovery: Utilizes the Azure - Data Protection Backup Vault - Extended Inventory pattern to identify and collect data about Azure Backup Vault resources.
    • Pattern Activation: The discovery pattern is disabled by default. From Visibility Content version 6.28.0 onward, enabling or disabling patterns no longer counts as customization, allowing smooth updates and resets after upgrades.
    • Azure GovCloud Support: For discovering Azure GovCloud (US) accounts, configuration requires setting a datacenter URL when establishing Azure service accounts.
    • Data Storage: Discovery results populate both CMDB and non-CMDB tables:
      • Non-CMDB Table: The cmdbazuredataprotectionbackupvault table stores resource-specific fields such as kind, location, object ID, resource group, subscription ID, tenant ID, and references the Cloud Resource table.
      • CMDB Table: The cmdbcicmpresource table captures install status, location, name, object ID, operational status, and resource type (specifically microsoft.dataprotection/backupvaults).
    • CI Relationships: The pattern establishes key relationships between discovered Configuration Items (CIs), including links between Backup Vaults, Cloud Resources, Resource Groups, and Azure Datacenters, ensuring accurate service mapping.
    • Azure Tag Discovery: Collected Azure tags are stored within the cmdbkeyvalue table, capturing tag names and values to support tagging and filtering capabilities.

    What This Enables You to Do

    By implementing this pattern-based discovery, ServiceNow customers can automate the detection and documentation of Azure Data Protection Backup Vault resources, maintain accurate and up-to-date CMDB entries, understand resource relationships and operational status, and leverage tag data for asset management. This improves visibility into Azure backup infrastructure, supports compliance and audit efforts, and enhances cloud service management.

    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 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.