Storing Azure Log Analytics Workspace backups in separate storage accounts

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Creating a backup strategy for Azure Log Analytics Workspace often involves having data copied or transferred to a separate Storage Account to ensure redundancy and protection against data loss. Below, I will provide you with a Pulumi program written in TypeScript that will achieve the following:

1. Define an Azure Log Analytics Workspace.
2. Define a separate Azure Blob Storage Account where backups can be stored.
3. Outline the process where workspace data could theoretically be backed up, although the actual backup logic will depend on specific backup requirements and is beyond the scope of infrastructure definition.

Before we dive into the code, here's a brief rundown of the key resources that we'll be creating:

- `azure-native.operationalinsights.Workspace`: This represents an Azure Log Analytics Workspace, which is a service that allows you to collect, aggregate, and analyze data from different sources.

- `azure-native.storage.StorageAccount`: This is an Azure Storage Account resource, and we will be defining a Blob Storage in it, which can be used to store JSON or CSV files exported from Log Analytics for backup purposes.

Let's start with our Pulumi program:

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as operationalinsights from "@pulumi/azure-native/operationalinsights";
import * as storage from "@pulumi/azure-native/storage";

const projectName = pulumi.getProject();

// Create an Azure Resource Group
const resourceGroup = new storage.ResourceGroup("resourceGroup", {
    resourceGroupName: `${projectName}-rg`,
    location: "West US", // This should be your desired Azure region
});

// Create an Azure Log Analytics Workspace
const analyticsWorkspace = new operationalinsights.Workspace("analyticsWorkspace", {
    workspaceName: `${projectName}-analytics-ws`,
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroup.name,
    location: resourceGroup.location,
    sku: {
        name: "PerGB2018", // Choose the appropriate pricing tier
    },
    retentionInDays: 30, // Set the data retention policy (in days)
});

// Create a separate Azure Storage Account for backups
const backupStorageAccount = new storage.StorageAccount("backupStorageAccount", {
    accountName: `${projectName.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, "")}backupsa`, // Storage account names must be globally unique
    resourceGroupName: resourceGroup.name,
    location: resourceGroup.location,
    sku: {
        name: "Standard_LRS", // Choose Standard Locally-redundant storage (LRS) for backups
    },
    kind: "StorageV2", // Use the latest version of Storage Account
    enableHttpsTrafficOnly: true, // Enforce secure transfer
});

// Export the IDs of the resources created
export const workspaceId = analyticsWorkspace.id;
export const backupStorageAccountId = backupStorageAccount.id;
```

In the code above, we define a Pulumi program that sets up a Log Analytics Workspace and a Storage Account within a resource group. The storage account's name must be unique and is therefore derived from the project name, with non-alphanumeric characters removed to comply with Azure's naming constraints. The `sku` property determines the pricing and performance, which you can adjust according to your needs.

The actual data backup and restore/sync operations that involve transferring data from the Workspace to the Storage Account would have to be set up via Azure's data export or backup services, or with a custom automation script. These operations are performed at the application level and are not defined through infrastructure as code.

Feel free to modify the resource names, locations, and other properties as needed. Once you have your Pulumi stack configured with the correct Azure credentials, you can run `pulumi up` to provision these resources in your Azure subscription.

Remember, you may incur Azure charges for provisioned resources, so ensure you clean up the resources with `pulumi destroy` if they are no longer needed.