Restore to Azure with no NSG

[gjg_allegis]

Does anyone know if there is a way to do a restore to Azure in the PowerShell console, and not associate a network security group? So far I've had to do the restore with an NSG, then use the Az module to disassocate the NSG. We have a large number of restores to do and it would save time if we could skip that second step. Thanks.

[jhoughes]

The 'NetworkSecurityGroup' parameter is optional, it is not required for a restore to Azure using PowerShell.

You can see this in the examples on the cmdlet documentation page, or also in other demos that we have done in the past.

[gjg_allegis]

Thanks for the quick reply, but without specifying the parameter, one is still created and associated with the netowrk interface. What we want is an interface without any assocated NSG. So for example, with no "NetworkSecurityGroup" parameter, the restore does this:

AzureVM Name = "restoredvm01"
NetworkSecurityGroup = "restoredvm01netsecuritygroup"

We are going to use NSG's at the subnet level, and do not want one associated with any of the VM interfaces.

[veremin]

Correct, if you do not specify a network security group, backup server will automatically create a new one, allow RDP and SSH on it and connect network interfaces to it, this is done to guarantee that restored VM is accessible.

Currently, there is no way to bypass this behaviour, but thank you for your feedback, it's been taken into account.

[gjg_allegis]

OK, thanks very much. We'll stick with using the Az module to dis-associate the NSG after restore completes.