what is difference between Recovery Services vault and backup vault

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what is difference between Recovery Services vault and backup vault

ramesh singh 141

What is difference between Recovery Services vault and backup vault?
Which one to use and when?

Andreas Baumgarten 123.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2021-06-01T06:30:22.073+00:00

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Answer 1

Andreas Baumgarten 123.4K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hi @ramesh singh ,

the first difference between an Azure Recovery Services Vault (ARSV) and an Azure Backup Vault (ABV) is are the available datasources of each vault.

If you create a new Vault in Azure Backup Center there is a screen that is showing the different available datasources of each vault type:

The second difference is: In an ARSV you can be used for Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery data. An ABV is for Azure Backup data only.

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Rajesh Swarnkar 911 Reputation points

2023-10-26T09:28:04.8366667+00:00

Thanks for the screenshot!
Mazda Naqvy 20 Reputation points

2024-03-05T09:27:26.6666667+00:00

Thank
AKASH MAJUMDAR 0 Reputation points

2024-12-30T13:29:37.86+00:00

Thnx fro this wonderful explanation!!!!

Answer 2

Mohtasham Sayeed Mohiuddin 46

There are many differences between Backup vaults and Recovery Services vaults in Azure. Backup vaults are the older versions. Recovery Services vaults are the current version. This is based on the Azure Service Manager model. This is based on the Azure Resource Manager model of Azure. These features are not available with Backup vaults.

Evan Kaye 26 Reputation points

2022-10-05T16:02:39.807+00:00

I suspect that Backup Vaults are the legacy solution; they're obsolete, but long-term tenants might have large amounts of infrastructure and workflow around them that they can't easily move to Recovery Services Vaults. So RSV is the modern solution with more features that should be used for new setup, while BV is still supported for the sake of existing setup.
Alessio Sciuto 46 Reputation points

2022-12-06T11:36:22.52+00:00

Hi Evan,
in truth, Backup Vault (BV) is not the legacy solution but it is complementary to Recovery Services Vault (RSV).

Some of the key differences are: BV supports some datasources that RSV does not support (Azure Blobs, Azure Disks, Azure Database for PostgreSQL servers); BV does not transfer data to vault storage for long term retention, it only works at snapshot level (you are only charged for the delta storage costs, not for backup storage).

You should use either BV or RSV depending on your datasources and in some cases you will use both.

Hope that helped.

BR,
Alessio
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-12-07T09:38:15.18+00:00

Thank you for your contribution!
Calogero Quattrocchi 71 Reputation points

2023-02-20T10:09:03.17+00:00

Thank you. But then why do we need two different type vaults and not only using ARSV?
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-02-20T10:11:29.2233333+00:00

@Calogero Quattrocchi Both vaults provide different features and capabilities, and the choice between the two depends on the specific needs of your organization. Your question has been already answered by Alessio.

Do you have any specific questions or a suggestion?

Answer 3

Peter Kutter 11

below article describes the key differences

https://azurealan.ie/2022/05/31/azure-backup-recovery-services-vault-versus-backup-vault/

Answer 4

Pierre Levesque 10

I think the proper way that helped me understand the difference, is that Recovery Vaults were there first, to provide backup and recovery solution. Then came Azure Backup and the Backup Vault that addresses some new services.

Answer 5

Recovery Services Vault

Legacy backup vault — the traditional vault used before Azure introduced the Backup Vault.
Supports:
- Azure Backup (VMs, Azure Files, SQL Server in Azure VMs, etc.)
- Azure Site Recovery (replication and disaster recovery for VMs)
Offers centralized management for:
- Backup and replication
- Monitoring and alerts
- Recovery operations
Widely used for hybrid backup scenarios (on-premises + cloud)
Supports older services and classic workloads

Backup Vault

A newer and simpler vault introduced as part of the Azure Backup Center initiative.

Supports:

Backup for modern workloads like Azure Disks, Azure Blobs, Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Does not support Site Recovery — it's solely for backup

Integrated with RBAC and Azure Policy for better governance

Improved scalability and management through Backup Center

Future-focused; newer workloads will only be supported here

SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2025-06-02T10:51:16.38+00:00

@Vijay kumar Natarajan Thanks for sharing information on RSV and backup vault. This should be helpful for the users looking for information on different between Backup vault and RSV.

Thanks once again, much appreciate your contribution.

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