On-Premise Server using MARS Agent - Recover

Question

Using MARS Agent to backup on premise server. The Recovery Vault has undelete option that allows for recovery of data beyond retention period. how do i access that data with MARS agent or access the backup data beyond what I;m seeing in the MARS Agent?

Works for Azure but dont see an options for MARS Agent.

Answer 1

Hello @Paul Simcox

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to answer your question.

For Azure workload, it is the soft-delete feature that protects the data under undelete option from accidental deletions. For on-premises workload it is the security feature that needs to be enabled which helps in retaining data for 14 days, in case of deletion with the intent not retain data as described in this document.

To answer your question, for MARS agent backups, in order to get the undeleted data, you need to re-enable backup.

1. Ensure you have the Security Feature is enabled on the Azure portal for the Recovery Services vault. This setting is under Recovery Service Vault->Properties->Security Settings
2. You are making use of this feature in case of "Stop protection and delete backup data"
   

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