Azure Site Recovery new automation account created in wrong region

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Azure Site Recovery new automation account created in wrong region

Smorczak 0

Guys,

I tried a few times to configure Azure Site Recovery with new automation account, managed by ASR.

After click "create" button I have below error ... VM is in Sweden, replication between AZs. in the end I have automation account created in Norway region.

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I've tried to use another, previously created automation account. During deployment I had below error which is not enough detail.

What is strange. Replication works, and even I can test failover. What is wrong?

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Naveena Patlolla 4,175 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hi Smorczak

Azure resource names, like Automation Accounts, must be globally unique per region and per subscription. You’re trying to deploy an Automation Account with a name that already exists in norwayeast.

Replication and test failover work because the existing Automation Account is functional and configured properly for those actions.

But deployment when reconfiguring might attempt to recreate Automation account and that’s where it fails.

You can ignore that error message.

Please let me know if you face any challenge here, I can help you to resolve this issue further

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Naveena Patlolla 4,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-07-03T23:48:40.1366667+00:00

Hi Smorczak
Just want to check if the above answer worked for you or else please let us know if any help, we are always here to help whenever you need us.

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Smorczak 0 Reputation points

2025-07-07T13:21:13.3666667+00:00

Actually no, before deployment I didn't had any automation account in Norway, and even no automation account in whole tenant. Same issue we have trying to create ASR in different regions.

"Replication and test failover work because the existing Automation Account is functional and configured properly for those actions." so which aa is used to manage replication and updates of VM's extension? automation account which is in different region?
Naveena Patlolla 4,175 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-07-09T18:16:39.6466667+00:00

Hi Smorczak

Automation Account region must match the VM’s region (not the recovery region)

If ASR creates an Automation Account automatically, it may not always pick the correct region — this is why manual creation is safer in region-sensitive cases like AZ-to-AZ replication.

Go to the VM resource group and check for any hidden resource automation account

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