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How do you patch the operating system of an Azure File Sync server
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We are considering deploying Azure File Sync to extend our on-prem Windows 2019 file servers, for various reasons clustering and DFS-N are not possible within the environment.
The guidance notes make clear that snapshots and local backups are not supported, so my question is how do I apply patches to the on-prem server?
Normally we would perform either a VMware snapshot (or traditional backup) of the systems before an O/S patch was applied and be able to use that as a recovery point, if these are unsupported and could corrupt the data, what are the options here please?
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Sumarigo-MSFT 47,471 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator2022-07-06T13:33:37.823+00:00 @JohnC As I understand you need to update patches for your On-prem server where you have installed azure file sync agent am I correct?
Do you want to update azure file sync agent?Release notes for the Azure File Sync agent: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/file-sync/file-sync-release-notes
Use Azure File Sync to centralize your organization's file shares in Azure, while keeping the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of an on-premises file server. Azure File Sync transforms Windows Server into a quick cache of your Azure file share with the optional cloud tiering feature. You can use any protocol that's available on Windows Server to access your data locally, including SMB, NFS, and FTPS.
Once your files have synced to the cloud, you can connect multiple servers to the same Azure file share to sync and cache the content locally—permissions (ACLs) are always transported as well. Azure Files offers a snapshot capability that can generate differential snapshots of your Azure file share. These snapshots can even be mounted as read-only network drives via SMB for easy browsing and restore. Combined with cloud tiering, running an on-premises file server has never been easier. For more info, see Planning for an Azure File Sync deployment.
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