Error when Creating Backup Policies: Invalid NO_PARAM Value

Sanket Ghorpade 0

Encountering the following error during Bicep deployment for creating Backup Policies:

"details": [
      {
        "code": "UserErrorInvalidRequestParameter",
        "message": "Parameter NO_PARAM in request is invalid. Please provide correct value for parameter NO_PARAM"
      }
    ]

Assistance is needed to identify what might be missing.

Using the following version from the documentation: Backup Policies Documentation.

Here are the parameters for the backup policy:

param utcValue9PM = '2024-10-21T21:00:00.000Z'

@description('Parameters for the File backup policy')
param paramFileBackupPolicy = {
  properties: {
        backupManagementType: 'AzureStorage'
        workloadType: 'AzureFileShare'
        schedulePolicy: {
          schedulePolicyType: 'SimpleSchedulePolicyV2'
          scheduleRunFrequency: 'Daily'
          dailySchedule: {
            scheduleRunTimes: [
              utcValue9PM
            ]
          }
        }
        timeZone: 'W. Europe Standard Time'
        retentionPolicy: {
          retentionPolicyType: 'LongTermRetentionPolicy'
          dailySchedule: {
            retentionTimes: [
              utcValue9PM
            ]
            retentionDuration: {
              count: 30
              durationType: 'Days'
            }
          }
        }
        vaultRetentionPolicy : {
          snapshotRetentionInDays: 90
          vaultRetention: {
            retentionPolicyType: 'SimpleRetentionPolicy'
            retentionDuration: {
              count: 30
              durationType: 'Days'
            }
          }
        }
      }
}

@description('Array of parameters for multiple Recovery Services Vaults')
param paramsRecoveryServicesVaults = [
  {
    name: 'file'
    environment: 'o'
    backupConfig: {
      softDeleteFeatureState: 'Enabled'
      enhancedSecurityState: 'Disabled'
    }
    backupPolicies: paramFileBackupPolicy
    redundancySettings: {
      storageModelType: 'GeoRedundant'
      crossRegionRestore: 'Enabled'
    }
    monitoringSettings: {
      useOnlyAzureMonitorAlertsForBackup: true
      useOnlyAzureMonitorAlertsForSiteRecovery: true
      azureMonitorAlertForAllFailoverIssues: 'Disabled'
      azureMonitorAlertForAllJobFailures: 'Enabled'
      azureMonitorAlertForAllReplicationIssues: 'Disabled'
    }
    publicNetworkAccess: 'Enabled'
    softDeleteSettings: {
      softDeleteRetentionPeriodInDays: 14
      softDeleteState: 'Enabled' 
      enhancedSecurityState: 'Disabled'
    }
    crossSubscriptionRestoreState: 'Enabled'
    immutabilityState: 'Unlocked'
  }
]

Passing this parameter to the backup policy module:

resource backupPolicy 'Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/backupPolicies@2024-04-01' = {
  parent: recoveryServicesVault
  name: paramsRecoveryServicesVault.backupPolicies.name
  properties: paramsRecoveryServicesVault.backupPolicies.properties
}

Hari Babu Vattepally 635 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-22T15:39:25.1366667+00:00
Hi @Sanket Ghorpade

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum and thanks for post your query.

It looks like you're encountering an error related to an invalid request parameter during your Bicep deployment for creating Backup Policies. The error message indicates that the parameter NO_PARAM in the request is invalid and needs a correct value.

Based on the information provided, here are a few things that you can check and fix:

Parameter Values: Ensure that all parameters required by the Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/backupPolicies resource are correctly defined and passed. Specifically, verify that the paramFileBackupPolicy and paramsRecoveryServicesVaults parameters are correctly structured and contain all necessary properties.

Timestamp Format: The error might be related to the format of the utcValue9PM parameter. Ensure that the timestamp is in the correct format. You can try different variations of the timestamp string, such as 2024-10-21T21:00:00Z or 2024-10-21T21:00:00+00:00.

Required Properties: Double-check that all required properties for the backup policy are included and correctly specified. This includes properties like backupManagementType, workloadType, schedulePolicy, retentionPolicy, and vaultRetentionPolicy.

For additional information, please refer the documents for the template samples:

https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/azure/backup/backup-rm-template-samples

https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/azure/backup/manage-afs-backup-cli

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any further questions!

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Hari Babu Vattepally 635 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-23T12:21:53.0733333+00:00

Hi @Sanket Ghorpade

Just following up to see if the above answer helped. Please do consider clicking 'Up-Vote' or 'Accept Answer' as accepted answers help community as well. Please feel free to contact Microsoft Q&A Forum for any assistance. We will be glad to assist you.
Sanket Ghorpade 0 Reputation points

2024-10-23T15:29:28.2633333+00:00

Hi @Hari Babu Vattepally
Thank you for taking time to respond to my question. The information that you have stated above is already satisfied if you see my code. So that information doesn't solve the problem for me.

Upon further investigation I was able to make this work by using "SimpleSchedulePolicy" instead of "SimpleSchedulePolicyV2". My observation is that something is wrong with the V2 version or maybe I am doing something wrong when I use V2 version.
Hari Babu Vattepally 635 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-24T13:00:37.09+00:00

Hi @Sanket Ghorpade

Good the see that you made it work by using "SimpleSchedulePolicy" instead of "SimpleSchedulePolicyV2". We see from the below Backup policies document that both can be used. It looks like there is something wrong that might happen on your end in template while using "SimpleSchedulePolicyV2". Also, please refer to the template which is already provided above. However, here are the sample templates for any further use.

Reference document of Backup Policies: schedulepolicy-objects along with QuickStart templates in the document.

Hope this finds well.

Please feel free to contact any further assistance or if the issue still persists. We will be glad to assist you closer.

Please do "Up-vote" the Answer wherever the information provided helps you, this can be beneficial to other community members.
Hari Babu Vattepally 635 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-26T04:53:05.73+00:00

Hi @Sanket Ghorpade

Just following up to see if the above answer helped. Please do “up-vote” the answer wherever the information provided helps you, this can be beneficial to other community members.
Hari Babu Vattepally 635 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-28T10:16:22.22+00:00

Hi @Sanket Ghorpade

Following up to see if the above answer was helpful. If this answers your query, do click 'Up-Vote' for was this answer helpful. And, if you have any further query do let us know. For any further assistance, please feel free to contact Microsoft Q&A Forum. We will be glad to assist you.
Sanket Ghorpade 0 Reputation points

2024-10-29T13:12:51.05+00:00

Hi @Hari Babu Vattepally ,

When I use SimpleSchedulePolicyV2 I cannot make it work, I am using all the required parameters as defined in the documentation. For me only SimpleSchedulePolicy is working. This issue I have observed in AzureFile backup policy only.

If I use SimpleSchedulePolicyV2 for AzureIaasVM then it works fine, so I believe there is something wrong at Microsoft end on SimpleSchedulePolicyV2 and AzureFile policy type.

If you have a code that is working fine with SimpleSchedulePolicyV2 and AzureFile backup policy, can you share that? You can try to replicate the issue with my code shared above.
Hari Babu Vattepally 635 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-10-30T17:23:34.1033333+00:00

Hi @Sanket Ghorpade

We would recommend you have a look at the sample templates which might be helpful for you with code. Unsure, why it is not exactly working when using SimpleSchedulePolicyV2.
Hari Babu Vattepally 635 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-11-04T10:40:16.71+00:00

@Sanket Ghorpade

Just checking into see if the issue still persists or resolved. Please feel free to contact Microsoft Q&A Forum for any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

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