Azure backup

Question 1

What is Azure backup?

Answer 1

Enables you you backup VM’s, you can recover files, folders, machine state and app aware backups.

Question 2

I need to backup on-perm VM to remote location like Azure cloud, what options do i have?

Answer 2

You can use Azure backup to support backing up on-perm VM’s, an agent will need to be installed.

Question 3

I need to backup AWS VM to remote location like Azure cloud, what options do i have?

Answer 3

You can use Azure backup to support backing up on-perm VM’s, an agent will need to be installed.

Question 4

What is the Azure recovery services vault?

Answer 4

This is that repository storage used for the backup.

Question 5

With Azure recovery services vault, what redundancy is supported?

Answer 5

• Local (single data center)

- Geo (primary and secondary data center)

Question 6

What is backup center?

Answer 6

Backup Center provides a single unified management experience in Azure for enterprises to govern, monitor, operate, and analyze backups at scale. As such, it’s consistent with Azure’s native management experiences.

Question 7

What is a vault credential file?

Answer 7

This is the creds files downloaded from Azure backup vault and container the creds required for the backup agent (MARS) to auth with azure during the backup process.

Question 8

What is MARS?

Answer 8

This is the backup agent you can download form Azure backup vault to enable the backing up of a VM/server.