1,593 questions with Azure Backup tags

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Backup and disaster recovery

Hi, If the client server already using a disaster recovery service that create a real time replication from one region to other. Can we suggest them to use vm backup service also? If motive to both azure services are almost same. Can some one please…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery
An Azure native disaster recovery service. Previously known as Microsoft Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager.
871 questions
asked 2024-06-15T07:02:49.5933333+00:00
Vindeshwar Singh 0 Reputation points
accepted 2025-10-25T11:29:39.43+00:00
Vindeshwar Singh 0 Reputation points
1 answer

how do we delete a individual backup snapshot of a VM in azure

team, I have ten snapshots for a VM in azure and i want to delete the old 5 snapshots is it possible ? if yes what are steps to be followed

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-24T11:38:05.3733333+00:00
Amith Kumar 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-10-25T00:25:43.8633333+00:00
Divyesh Govaerdhanan 9,355 Reputation points
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deleting backup policies

in azure i have a backup policy that has immutability and is "enhanced". I have a VM that was incorrectly assigned to that backup policy. How do i remove that VM from that backup policy and assign it to the correct policy that is standard and…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-24T15:40:21.9266667+00:00
Vorwald, Matt 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-10-24T16:32:07.5866667+00:00
Naveena Patlolla 6,400 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
0 answers

Unlock Recovery Vault

We need to unlock an immutable vault to make changes in our backup policy. We have been through this before and I know that back end assistance from your engineering team is required. I previously opened a case for this, but for the last 5 weeks,…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-23T21:07:36.58+00:00
Britt Tucker 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-24T13:26:57.03+00:00
Britt Tucker 20 Reputation points
1 answer

Slowness issue when restoring a Linux VM

Hello, When launching a VM restore it took 45 min when it usually takes 4 minutes. This morning, before my DRP test, it took 4 minutes. During my DRP test, it took 45 minutes. What can explain this behavior ? Thank you for your help.

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-22T11:54:49.6633333+00:00
CASTTDE 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-10-24T08:25:41.17+00:00
CASTTDE 0 Reputation points
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Reconfigure backup for data sources in an alternate vault

My customer needs to change their backup storage (RSVs) from LRS to GRS. Since that’s impossible, they need to move to new Recovery Service Vaults.   This can easily be done for VMs however VM SQL and FileShares are a bit different. In the documentation…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-22T06:13:09.5933333+00:00
JohanFlth-6460 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-24T07:23:32.0466667+00:00
Sandhya Kommineni 1,575 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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SQL Backup on azure vm(streamline) Vault backup cost estimation

Hi Team, I need assistance on SQL vm on azure, I am trying to migrate monthly backup to archive storage. before that i would like to estimate the cost difference on the current rsv storage consumption and cost with vault storage and cost. As I checked…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-24T01:50:05.0166667+00:00
Siva 646 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-24T05:59:50.14+00:00
Sandhya Kommineni 1,575 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Azure Agent cannot restore file from a backup

When attempting to restore a file via File and Folders from a restore point with Azure Agent, it takes a long time to mount the disk. However, once it is mounted, I am unable to access it. When I browse, it keeps loading until it gives an invalid…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-14T17:15:33.9566667+00:00
Focagem Soluções de Gestão 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-23T17:32:47.3533333+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 1,880 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

SAP HANA server not visible for setup in Recovery services

Am trying to configure HANA backups to Recovery Services. My vm is not shown in the list of vms when trying to set it up. It does show a Windows VM, but not my sles vm. Already removed the vm from recovery services completely. Did not help. On the vm I…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-23T07:26:48.7866667+00:00
schemert 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-23T08:40:43.0533333+00:00
schemert 0 Reputation points
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Unable to uninstall DPM agent from Azure Local 23H2 via powershell command Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "Microsoft Azure Backup Server DPM Protection Agent" } | ForEach-Object { $_.Uninstall() }

We have restored the MABS server from backup, however we are not able to add the old HCI Cluster back into the protection group. One of the server01 shows it needs to be updated, and the other server02 is missing, when we are trying to add the server02…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-23T06:22:11.48+00:00
Rozario, Peter 25 Reputation points
1 answer

Local Server failing to open MABS

My MABS server ran out of disk space on the OS volume. I increased the drive and rebooted. I am receiving an error that Connection to the DPM service has been lost. Review the application event log for information about a possible service shutdown. …

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-17T19:41:34.9333333+00:00
Jeff Graff 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-22T18:01:30.76+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 1,880 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Is there a factor in Windows Server 2025 that prevents a new install of MABS from registering the server with Azure during Setup?

We set up a Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V VM to replace a failing existing MABS server. When it hits the MARS Agent registration section of the install the program hits a 130001(?) failure to connect error. The system has internet, can validate the Keys…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-14T21:03:07.3933333+00:00
Bryce David 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-21T16:39:36.08+00:00
Naveena Patlolla 6,400 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Update Issue with Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent on Windows 11

I’d like to report an issue we've encountered during the update of the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent (MARS). When attempting to update the agent, the process fails with the following error message: "Error: Failed to install the Microsoft…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-09-12T17:49:44.6466667+00:00
Breno Takase Gomes 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-17T13:48:06.71+00:00
Breno Takase Gomes 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Azure Backup Immutability - Lock from Deletion

I am Enabling Azure Backup for our workloads like Virtual Machines. I know there is a feature of immutability that disables the ability to delete older snapshots till the retention period expires. However, what happens if a malicious attacker gains…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-09T06:05:42.83+00:00
zgmp 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-10-13T10:34:20.9866667+00:00
zgmp 20 Reputation points
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Azure account enforced to MFA and notifications aren't received by my Authenticator app.

I've registered my personal microsoft account years ago with (for example) ******@gmail.com. I used the same email to sign up in Azure. Yesterday, when I tried to sign in into Azure it popped up MFA codes to get approved in Authenticator app. I didn't…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-14T06:49:10.2333333+00:00
Aidar Darmesh 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-10-14T09:57:44.32+00:00
Alex Burlachenko 18,310 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can I get reservation recommendations for Azure Backup ?

I’ve recently started working with Azure Reservations and came across the following APIs: Reservations Summaries - Retrieves details on reservation usage. Reservation Recommendations - Provides suggestions for potential reservation purchases. Based on my…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-14T08:31:09.5333333+00:00
Ananya 60 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-21T10:29:14.55+00:00
Ananya 60 Reputation points
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Azure MARS: must drive replacement force ugly resync?

Have successfully for years been using MARS from home PC for Azure Backup. Just replaced a drive (hard to SSD) but kept same drive letter (E:) and copied over same folder hierarchy from old to new drive. But now MARS backup doesn't work for those…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-15T01:33:34.51+00:00
Frank Iannarilli 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Azure VM backup failure

Hello Team, Azure VM backup got failed with this message. It was working before. As checked few days ago VM agent shows running, tried reboot VM and manually start backup still same error. According below suggestion, uninstalled VM extensions but…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-17T11:00:29.7833333+00:00
Nikhil Singh 50 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-21T16:22:24.92+00:00
Naveena Patlolla 6,400 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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MARS Client refuses to bring up drive from backup archive

We have a Windows 2022 server protected by MARS and it backs up 2 drives a c: and e: drive to the Azure Recovery Vault. The backup seems to be working, but we are unable to restore data from one of the drives. When we pick c: drive it mounts the volume…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-17T20:40:29.69+00:00
JB 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-20T17:58:30.18+00:00
JB 0 Reputation points
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Problema na montagem do disco ao finalizar a recuperação do Azure Backup

Olá, Uma vez ao mes eu realizado o backup do meu servidor e restauro o arquivo para exportação, com isso agora estou ficando travado no processo de montagem do disco, aonde quando finaliza a recuperação e eu seleciono para explorar os arquivos o Azure…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,593 questions
asked 2025-10-20T14:34:40.0766667+00:00
Juliano Gustavo Becker 0 Reputation points