Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
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Azure Backup with Windows Admin Center - Invalid vault credentials provided
Hi, we are trying to set up Azure Backup for our on premises servers with the Windows Admin Center. The WAC is registered in Azure. We set it up one day and created an new vault for AzBackup from within the WAC but then realized that this…
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asked 2022-11-16T15:37:34.513+00:00
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Markus Quirmbach
41
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commented 2024-06-12T11:43:46.7166667+00:00
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Michael Waterman
0
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Please help! MARSAgentInstaller fails and exits with error ID: 116
I have been trying to get a system state and files/folders backup of my windows server 2012 R2 but the MARSAgentInstaller.exe fails. My server, agent installer, and vault credentials files are all up to date. I also made a rule in my firewall to allow…
asked 2021-03-11T14:22:36.543+00:00
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Jack
1
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commented 2024-06-11T17:01:05.4+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
39,726
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
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Azure Cloud Storage Accounts Automatically Backed Up?
Hey Community, I'm fairly new to Azure Portal. My company has a couple of Azure Cloud Storage accounts and I'm trying to figure out if the data in those accounts is automatically backed up like it is for app services like websites and SQL Server. And…
asked 2024-06-07T15:03:56.9166667+00:00
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Harris, Allen
65
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commented 2024-06-11T06:37:04.3333333+00:00
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Srinud
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Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Se puede seleccionar un respaldo incremental o completo a la hora de programar un backup de un servidor onpremise hacia Azure Recovery Service Vault
Configure respaldos desde el agente MARS en un servidor on-premise hacia un almacén de recovery sevices, veo en el portal que se estan efectuando correctamente, pero quiero saber si se guardan de forma completa o incremental, busque en todas partes y no…
asked 2024-05-28T00:27:50.3033333+00:00
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Ricardo Todd Ramos Nava
0
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edited the question 2024-06-10T07:28:12.7866667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
39,726
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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how to remove VM backup from recovery service vault
Hi Team, Please help me how to remove VM backup from the Recovery service vault
asked 2024-06-08T03:55:23.1233333+00:00
Naveen Singh Boura
0
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edited the question 2024-06-08T05:29:56.1366667+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten
99,366
Reputation points MVP
1 answer
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Azure Backup - Unable to restore failed server data to new registered server/client - Errors on the encryption passphase
Our production server was corrupted by ransomware - we installed the MARS backup agent on a new client, registered it with our data vault and attempted to restore our data using the backup agent passphrase we set almost 6 years ago and received the error…
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Need to configure Report to check daily backup, patch and Reboot status for azure virtual machine using Powershell script
Need to configure Report to check daily backup, patch and Reboot status for azure virtual using Powershell script
asked 2024-05-10T17:57:15.4233333+00:00
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Himanshu Garg
0
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edited the question 2024-06-04T11:04:01.74+00:00
vipullag-MSFT
25,366
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How do I add a database to an existing Backup Policy on an Azure SQL VM?
I have a SQL Server on Azure VM. I have made a Backup Policy to protect 5 databases. I want to add a new database recently created to the Policy but I can no longer see the VM in Discovery.
asked 2024-05-31T21:29:52.8933333+00:00
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Raul Massuet
20
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accepted 2024-06-03T11:57:12.63+00:00
Raul Massuet
20
Reputation points
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Why is ZRS Redundancy only available for Recovery Services Vaults in some subscriptions, but not all?
When creating a new recovery services vault, the options for redundancy are LRS, ZRS, and GRS in some Azure subscriptions, while in other subscriptions only LRS and GRS are available. Both subscriptions reside in East US and have similar resources…
asked 2024-05-24T16:32:48.3633333+00:00
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Jared Andrade
0
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edited the question 2024-05-31T20:28:13.8333333+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
39,726
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Retrieve data in D drive for Windows VM
Hello! I have a windows VM which I had to resize. However, I missed taking a snapshot of the disk before this and didn't have any scheduled backup either. Is there any possibility of recovering the files that were present in the D drive [Temporary…
asked 2024-05-28T10:42:46.48+00:00
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Technology Team
0
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commented 2024-05-31T17:25:34.22+00:00
TP
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Full volume restore using MARS console stuck at Estimating size of Backup items...
Hi, I've been attempting to start a full volume recovery from MARS, however it has been stuck at "Estimating size of Backup items..." for 24 hours and I believe there is nothing currently in progress. Additionally, on the Backup jobs blade in…
asked 2024-05-21T00:41:30.1733333+00:00
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FCQ
0
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commented 2024-05-31T14:47:14.43+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
39,726
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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My Azure file share backup deployment has failed multiple time with error 'CloudInternalError'
This is the raw error: { "code": "CloudInternalError", "message": "Microsoft Azure Backup encountered an internal error." } The resource type is Backup Item and the operation name is 462C5B78350DFA0B.This is…
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how to enable full backup of each snapshot instead of incremental in azure db vault
lets say i have a retention period of 2 days. i have enabled daily backup of azure disk. After 3 days, my first backup snapshot (full) will be deleted. Will i be able to restore my entire data after 3 days?
asked 2024-05-14T11:12:28.0766667+00:00
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Preetam Nahak
20
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commented 2024-05-30T18:05:28.7366667+00:00
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Monalla-MSFT
12,596
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
How can I apply the 3-2-1 rule to my Azure VMs?
Hello World! We recently migrated some servers to Azure VMs. When we had our on-premises servers, we applied the 3-2-1 backup rule. How can we apply this rule to the cloud? We used to have two different media backups: a virtual and a physical. Does…
asked 2024-05-29T16:58:14.6966667+00:00
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DAN RODRIGUEZ
20
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accepted 2024-05-30T14:22:28.9466667+00:00
DAN RODRIGUEZ
20
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
How do I recover Azure Backup Passphrase?
Hello, During setup for Azure Backup for on-premises machines, the backup server passphrase was misplaced. I would like to retrieve it since I am taking one of the servers off site recovery. How do I go about retrieving the backup passphrase? since…
asked 2024-05-08T12:29:58.0333333+00:00
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Diana Piloya
45
Reputation points
edited the question 2024-05-30T07:32:27.8833333+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
39,726
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers
Newly added databases not being detected by Azure backup
We have a third party who installed 2 new databases on on Azure VM, but when I try to add these databases to the existing backup plan they fail to detect. All other databases are visible and being backed up. I have to set a maintenance plan to backup…
asked 2024-05-28T09:38:40.6533333+00:00
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Richard Hipkin
0
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commented 2024-05-28T14:14:40.9033333+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
39,726
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Scheduled Backup doe not stop
Hello, i have a running Backup Job, that does not stop. It's running for over 24h now. I tried to stop it via GUI, which is not possible; also via Powershell / CLI which also failed. The GUI has no "Stop" button. The Powershell / CLI claims…
asked 2024-05-24T05:34:58.8566667+00:00
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Andreas Frisch
0
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commented 2024-05-27T11:22:47.89+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
39,726
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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Unable to enable backup on fortigate VM
Hi Team, I have a fortigate VM on which we have deployed fortigate firewall in our environment. Following are the details of the VM. Operating system:Linux (FortiOS v7.0.14) Size:Standard F2s (2 vcpus, 4 GiB memory) I am trying to enable backups on this…
asked 2024-05-17T09:56:09.3633333+00:00
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Rahul Gupta
20
Reputation points
accepted 2024-05-21T10:33:45.0633333+00:00
Rahul Gupta
20
Reputation points
2 answers
How to use REST API to get Recovery Services Vault Security PIN?
I'm trying to use this API to programmatically get the security pin for my recovery services vault. The endpoint is documented here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/backup/security-pi-ns/get?view=rest-backup-2023-02-01&tabs=HTTP But I'm…
asked 2024-05-15T15:16:17.9366667+00:00
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Nathan Given
26
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edited the question 2024-05-17T18:13:06.0866667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
39,726
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Azure backup for VM - Recommend policy settings for archiving of to-be-deleted VM
Hi, I have VMs that will soon be deleted and want to keep 1 backup/snapshot of the VM for archiving. What is the recommendation backup policy settings for such purpose? The goals: Run backup on-demand only. Retain that snapshot/recovery point for 10…
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