What is the procedure to restore a registered file sync server: Azure File sync on BMR

Question

Hi everybody,

I had to bare metal restore a file sync server without the data disk on lets say d:\ drive.Now after, I think file sync agent automatically, recreated the folders on d:\ all seems healthy in file sync,

But the files are not downloaded from azure to the server. Is there a how to procedure out there, what to do, if a registered server needs to be bare metal restored? 

[Note: As we migrate from MSDN, this question has been posted by an Azure Cloud Engineer as a frequently asked question.]

Source: MSDN thread.

Answer 1

Azure File Sync doesn’t support BMR because the registry maintains configuration information that can get out of sync with the Azure File Sync service when performing a BMR.
If you notice that creating, deleting, or updating server endpoints on the server is failing.

Recommended steps if the system and data volumes are lost.

Option #1:

1. • Perform a clean install of Windows Server
2. • Install the Azure File Sync agent
3. • Register the server
4. • Re-add the server endpoint in the existing sync group
5. • Sync will download the data to the new server
6. List item Option #2:
7. • Perform a clean install of Windows Server
8. • Install the Azure File Sync agent
9. • Register the server
10. • Restore the data volume from backup
11. • Re-add the server endpoint in the existing sync group
12. • Sync will reconcile the data on the server and Azure file share

Source: MSDN thread.