azure backup for sql and vms

Question

dears,

i have a one tier app on azure ( microsoft sql and app on the same virtual machine) and i want to backup both os, files and folders and the sql databases.

if i choose to backup the vm as sql server on vm option, it will only backup the databases.
my question is can i choose it the vm another time to backup it now as backup for azure vms in order to backup os and files?

in this way, i will be backing up the vm twice once using sql on azure vm and one time using azure vms

your help is appreciated

Answer 1

@eg1995 Thank you for your post!

This is covered in FAQ - Backing up SQL Server databases on Azure VMs - Azure Backup | Microsoft Learn
Just setup policies to take VM and SQL Backups at different times.

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