Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
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Azure Backup, Delete Old Drive
Hello, We use Azure Backup to backup our on premise server. Recently we got a new server and switched drive letters. I am unable to view or delete the old drive letter from Azure backup. The retention policies are not being honoured because the drive…
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Prevent automatic lock by azure backup on storage account
Currently Azure Backup places a lock on a storage account that is being backed up. We don't want these locks as they prevent any removal of role assignments. Is there a way to prevent the lock being automatically placed?
asked 2024-11-07T17:11:50.83+00:00
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carlintveld
26
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edited an answer 2024-11-07T22:48:11.4166667+00:00
brtrach-MSFT
16,586
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Error: Failed to download the Vault Credentials file.
Hi, I am working on a few virtual machines. I have successfully uninstalled and reinstalled MARS on 3 other machines. I am working on the last machine, I was able to uninstall it, but when I try download the vault credentials to register the vault - I…
asked 2024-10-29T16:46:15.11+00:00
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Kimberly Salazar
0
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commented 2024-11-06T14:10:10.9966667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
46,206
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Backup snapshots for Linux virtual machine
Is it true to say snapshots aren't available for the root partiton of a linux VM?
asked 2024-11-06T05:29:21.5666667+00:00
Bob Watson
0
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edited the question 2024-11-06T09:31:22.6733333+00:00
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RDash
2,160
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Retain forever & Retain as per policy options are only available on an immutable RSV
Hi Team, I am unable to get the "Retain forever" & "Retain as per policy" options in backup vault with non-immutable vaults. Are these options being only available for immutable vaults only. If yes, do we have a document for the…
asked 2024-10-30T16:50:43.7+00:00
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Narendra Kandula
0
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commented 2024-11-04T11:09:09.7966667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
46,206
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Error when Creating Backup Policies: Invalid NO_PARAM Value
Encountering the following error during Bicep deployment for creating Backup Policies: "details": [ { "code": "UserErrorInvalidRequestParameter", "message": "Parameter NO_PARAM in request…
asked 2024-10-22T08:38:14.71+00:00
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Sanket Ghorpade
0
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commented 2024-11-04T10:40:16.71+00:00
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Hari Babu Vattepally
555
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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MABS Server cannot connect to the vCenter Error 33623
Hello Team, I have installed MABS server and cannot connect to the vCenter. vCenter version is 8.0 Please, read carefully before answering because all I could find over the Internet and on the Learn network Q&A was already applied. Certificates…
asked 2024-11-04T01:38:57.4333333+00:00
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Serge Kovalev
0
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edited an answer 2024-11-04T08:31:54.86+00:00
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Amardeep Saini
1,255
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Backing up blob storage with vaulted backup only (NO operational backup) - can I set blob versions to expire?
I have enabled Azure Backup for my storage account. The policy ONLY includes vaulted backup (I have disabled operational backup). This automatically checks the two checkboxes: "Enable versioning for blobs" and "Enable blob change…
asked 2024-10-14T13:38:54.3433333+00:00
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Lasse A
0
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answered 2024-11-04T04:33:33.3233333+00:00
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Rahul Podila
195
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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6 days of backups are gone with no errors in the event logs
Server 2022 all updates current. For some reason, after vacation, I came in and checked the backups. We have a local (first image) and cloud backup (second image) Looks like backups stopped on the 13th and started again on the 20th. I find nothing in…
asked 2024-10-22T17:59:41.41+00:00
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Jim
301
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commented 2024-11-03T16:02:49.03+00:00
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Darrell Gorter
2,121
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How can I script the creation of an Enhanced Azure Recovery Services backup policy for Virtual Machines?
I have over 70 backup recovery services vaults and I'm trying to mass create a new Enhanced Azure Virtual Machine Backup policy[1]. Doing this through Azure Portal works great, but is quite tedious. We've looked into using powershell to script this out,…
asked 2024-10-31T18:33:14.73+00:00
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Nathan Given
26
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commented 2024-11-01T16:48:48.8433333+00:00
Nathan Given
26
Reputation points
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DPM 2022 no clearing in the database
HI, everyone, encountered such a problem as slow execution of tasks, I have a suspicion that the database records are not cleared correctly, checked it with this query how can this be fixed? use DPMDB --you will need to put in your DPMDB name…
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How to fix MABS console crash while selecting OPTION to Configure SMTP in MABS console.
Hello Everyone, We have a Azure MABS Console of version 14.0.46.0, Earlier when we have configured SMTP in this server for receiving the alerts through email notification and it was working perfectly. But Now the email notification is been stopped from a…
asked 2024-10-24T14:59:00.62+00:00
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Rakshith B
20
Reputation points
answered 2024-10-30T07:41:43.76+00:00
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Ondřej Tučný
1
Reputation point
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All backups fail with "replica is inconsistent"
Backups are... bare metal and vmware guests. All fail with the error "replica is inconsistent". Event log for a vmware backup: The replica of <server> on Mvcenter> is inconsistent with the protected data source. All protection…
asked 2024-10-23T21:43:31.9333333+00:00
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Deron J White
5
Reputation points
answered 2024-10-28T09:57:18.36+00:00
Amardeep Saini
1,255
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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How to stop "DPM: Resolved alert" ?
Hello All, We have configured alerts for backup failure. whenever there is a failure, we will get a ServiceNow incident. But the problem is, We are getting incident for "DPM: Resolved alert" as well. Unfortunately I did not find any option in…
asked 2024-10-25T04:26:38.9566667+00:00
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Rajeswaran Sundarsingh
20
Reputation points
accepted 2024-10-28T09:01:16.62+00:00
Rajeswaran Sundarsingh
20
Reputation points
1 answer
Azure DB for PostgreSQL Flexible Server - Reporting for Backup Restore Points
Hello, Building a product that will scale out Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server instances and for which backup availability is a stringent requirement, that I need reporting automation & alerting for. On my Flexible Server instance at present, all…
asked 2024-10-11T04:10:08.3133333+00:00
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WHITE, J. (JADA)
0
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edited the question 2024-10-28T05:16:13.6066667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
46,206
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Unable to move Disk from one subscription to another subcription
Hi, I'm unable to move disk from one subscription to another subscription. It is giving below error msg. ResourceMoveProviderValidationFailed","message":"Resource move validation failed. Please see details. Diagnostic…
asked 2021-03-10T07:39:11.357+00:00
GVS
146
Reputation points
commented 2024-10-26T16:48:14.35+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
46,206
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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UserErrorOpeningSQLConnection
Hello all , I am trying to enable SQL backup on Azure VM but discovery fails with message "UserErrorOpeningSQLConnection" . What i have checked windows fw is disabled and no other fw is in place option "allow remote connections "…
asked 2024-10-24T08:20:12.9433333+00:00
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Nikos Sotiriadis
40
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commented 2024-10-25T21:03:01.1066667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
46,206
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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How do i backup all resources in a resource group that hosts an app service and its related resources to a backup vault?
Hi, I have a app service that is not very much in use. i would like to back up the app service and its related resource to our backup vault in case we may need to restore it in future. The goal is to backup everything and delete this resource group and…
asked 2024-10-07T08:30:29.27+00:00
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Phillip Chima
0
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commented 2024-10-25T16:23:01.9166667+00:00
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Pranay Reddy Madireddy
440
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
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Azure Recovery Services Vault no restore option?
Hello, we have a local MABS Server and some Backup files on it, now we want to test if we can do a recovery in the Azure Portal without the MABS Server. In the Recovery Services Vault -> Backup Items Section i can select the type of data (Azure…
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Remove azure fileshare with RSV backup enabled via terraform gives error of share or snapshots may have active leases
I have two recovery service vaults in two different regions, south east asia and west europe. But I only get this error message when using terraform to destroy the azure fileshare that has snapshot inside for SEA only. I did the same testing for…
asked 2024-10-08T04:07:15.69+00:00
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Po Cin Teo
5
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commented 2024-10-24T14:39:43.41+00:00
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Balestieri, Riccardo (CSS)
0
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