Restore files from Azure Backup

Sundram Sontirkey 122 Reputation points
2022-03-25T03:17:28.133+00:00

Hello,
We have used azure Backup and MARS(Microsoft Azure Recovery Services) agent to backup our files.
We are able to recover files by mounting drives using MARS Agent.

Can we restore these files from Azure Backup to another azure VM ?
Please suggest possible to ways to do this.

Thank you

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  1. Prrudram-MSFT 28,201 Reputation points Moderator
    2022-03-25T06:04:09.823+00:00

    Hello @Sundram Sontirkey ,

    Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to answer your question.
    Yes, you can always restore MARS agent backups to another server, and is called alternate machine restore.

    Important Notes:

    • Please note that the alternate server you will be restoring to is running same or later version of the windows as source machine.
    • Backups can't be restored to a target machine that's running an earlier version of the operating system. For example, a backup taken from a Windows 7 computer can be restored on a Windows 7 (or later) computer. A backup taken from a Windows 10 computer can't be restored to a Windows 7 computer.
    • Make sure you install MARS agent on the alternate server and register it to the same recovery services vault as the original server in azure.
    • Make sure you have the backup encryption passphrase for the restore on alternate machine.

    The option you would select during restore is "Another Server" as shown in the below screenshot.

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    Please find the detailed document by following the link Use Instant Restore to restore data to an alternate machine

    Please "Accept as Answer" and Upvote if any of the above helped to help others in the community looking for remediation for similar issues.

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