[dataprotection] Auto-install k8s-extension for AKS backup

[anshulahuja98]

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az dataprotection enable-backup trigger

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[azure-client-tools-bot-prd]

Hi @anshulahuja98,
Please write the description of changes which can be perceived by customers into HISTORY.rst.
If you want to release a new extension version, please update the version in setup.py as well.

[yonzhan]

k8s

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

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Copilot was unable to run its full agentic suite in this review.

Bumps the dataprotection package version and improves AKS backup enablement by ensuring the required k8s-extension Azure CLI extension is available (prompting or auto-installing when --yes is used).

Changes:

• Bump version to 1.11.2 and add release note.
• Add _ensure_k8s_extension() and wire yes through the AKS backup enablement flow.
• Move prompting import to module scope and handle non-interactive sessions.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File	Description
src/dataprotection/setup.py	Updates package version to 1.11.2.
src/dataprotection/azext_dataprotection/manual/aks/aks_helper.py	Adds logic to ensure/install k8s-extension and threads yes through AKS backup setup.
src/dataprotection/HISTORY.rst	Documents the new auto-install behavior in release notes.

[anshulahuja98]

@FumingZhang can you please review the PR?

[FumingZhang]

Hi @anshulahuja98, I'm not the owner of dataprotection module

[Miraj50]

Gave a minor comment. The PR looks good to me.