Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
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Azure gets stuck on generating metadata
Azure server backup - Stuck on Generating backup metadata I am backing up files from Windows server 2012. It was running fine for years. Thank you for your help
asked 2023-01-17T15:48:13.16+00:00
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Adil Elkari
40
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answered 2024-09-16T13:30:54.09+00:00
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Surendra N
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DPM 2022 dpm 2022 resize replica disk size
Hello All, how to increase the size of the disk allocated for the replica The following situation, I increased disk size on VM and now DPM can't perform backup I suspect that you should also increase the size of the allocated disk for backup and…
asked 2024-09-05T19:53:04.7833333+00:00
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Alex_Nick
81
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commented 2024-09-13T11:32:58.0033333+00:00
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Amardeep Saini
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Azure policy does not back up persistent AVD VMs.
We're running into a weird issue. We have two Azure policies, one which adds a tag for any VM, the tag name is "backup" and it sets the value to [true]. Then a second policy is set to backup VMs with a given tag to an existing vault in the…
asked 2024-09-12T15:11:56.0933333+00:00
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Richard Duane Wolford Jr
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edited the question 2024-09-12T23:51:45.65+00:00
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Mahesh Goud Juvvadi
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Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Can a given backup container contain multiple backup items?
I'm entering into the world of trying to manage my Azure backups via Powershell using the Az* cmdlets. I understand the hierarchy for backups are as follows: Recovery Vaults -> Backup Containers -> Backup Items -> Recovery Points I see…
asked 2024-09-10T00:10:12.53+00:00
McDonald, Matthew
181
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edited a comment 2024-09-12T18:27:30.6133333+00:00
McDonald, Matthew
181
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File share backup failed with Error code 1073871825
Hi, I have a 2 file shares backups running daily and after some successful completions both of them are taking about 40 minutes to 1 hour trying to complete and finally they are ending with the following info: Error code: 1073871825 Error message: …
asked 2024-08-09T08:21:22.91+00:00
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Greg Pap
0
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commented 2024-09-11T09:59:57.9+00:00
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S, Dheenadhayalan
0
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MARS Backup failed to access the shadow copy because of inadequate disk space on the volume (0x08174)
Hello world! Our MARS backup agent has started to throw this message from a scheduled backup. The total amount of the backup is around ~9.2TB and there is plenty of space on the data drive and OS drive (7.03TB, 657GB respectively). I was able to make it…
asked 2024-09-05T13:58:23.8133333+00:00
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Bullshevic
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commented 2024-09-11T07:56:40.8+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
44,336
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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How to fix Backup vault name error
Hello, This is the first time I use Microsoft Azure, right now I am trying to back up and restore a sample database. While creating the new vault name, I did try to put in my own backup vault name, but whatever I put in returns this error, even when I…
asked 2024-09-10T04:32:25.0533333+00:00
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VIET TRUNG NGUYEN
20
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accepted 2024-09-10T08:17:06.66+00:00
VIET TRUNG NGUYEN
20
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Azure backup imutável e bloqueado
Olá. Estou precisando excluir cofres no Azure backup que estão imutáveis e bloqueados, pois não é mais necessário fazer a retenção dos backups. Como proceder com esta exclusão?
asked 2024-09-09T17:05:02.22+00:00
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Juliano Charao
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answered 2024-09-10T05:30:58.4933333+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
44,336
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Azure backup - About the size of system states backup using the MARS agent
Using the MARS agent to backup system states on a on-prem VM, I notice that all my backups are the same size. Witch is the size of the original backup. The schedule is one backup per week for a 4 weeks retention. I was expecting a Full backup for the…
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Azure MABs setup
Hello All, We have couple of Linux VM which is not part of the domain, So is it possible if we can take the complete VM backup by using MABs. If so kindly help us with a steps. Thanks, Ashadeep
asked 2024-08-22T15:40:51.37+00:00
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Ashadeep Parida
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edited the question 2024-09-06T21:28:43.55+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
44,336
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Azure Backup Failing
Hi folks, One of our Azure servers are failing backup because of some VSS Writer issue, currently we are working to fix that. However, I observed that though backup is failing for Azure VM I get a successful backup log for 'Files and folders'. Could…
asked 2024-08-14T08:00:39.98+00:00
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Apurva Pathak
535
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commented 2024-09-05T15:41:46.6733333+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
44,336
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Azure Backup Job size
I would like to be able to get the size of Azure Backups. Preferably in both a Recovery Services vault and a Backup vault. I am using the Go SDK. For Backup Vaults I am using…
asked 2024-09-03T20:18:33.9533333+00:00
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Greg Jansen
0
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commented 2024-09-04T20:54:30.29+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
44,336
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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Log Analytics retirement - AddonAzureBackupJobs
Hi team. We currently run a query to get the "AddonAzureBackupJobs" from some Log Analytics Workspaces, but I saw in this post that the log analytics agent will be retired. Will that affect this query? I think I can get the same information…
asked 2024-09-02T14:20:21.33+00:00
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Rosa Junior, Carlos
20
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commented 2024-09-04T14:11:22.83+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
44,336
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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How can fix LongTermRetentionBackupInternalError
I am trying to make a backup to Azure database Postgres SQL flexible server but it fails and gives me this error LongTermRetentionBackupInternalError I followed https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-database-postgresql-flex but…
asked 2024-08-13T06:40:28.3766667+00:00
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Youssef Yassa
25
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commented 2024-09-03T15:59:16.0766667+00:00
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Anderson Leite
10
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How to create full backup for Azure VM everytime, not incremental backup after the initial one?
Hi team. I would like to design a system to back up a VM on demand. We will create the backup manually and keep at most 3 full-backup. When we create a fourth backup, we will delete the oldest one and then do the backup. However, I found that only the…
asked 2024-08-24T07:21:07.41+00:00
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Jason Yang
20
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commented 2024-09-03T09:43:59.09+00:00
Vinodh247
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2 answers
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How to restore a MABS with the DPMSync
Got some error when im trying to recover a MABS to another computer.what happened is as follow. first i backuped the dpmdb of the MABS to Azure,and we can call this server "M04" secondly i clothed the M04 and move it out of the domain i…
asked 2024-08-23T07:11:00.51+00:00
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li_shouheng
40
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edited an answer 2024-09-02T02:19:55.4733333+00:00
li_shouheng
40
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1 answer
Como recuperar una back up que fue borrado
Como recuperar una back up que fue borrado, necesito recuperar el backup de una maquina virtual realizado el 01082024 y se borro el 31082024
asked 2024-09-01T07:26:02.65+00:00
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Olman Yair Vasquez Mejia
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answered 2024-09-01T07:38:40.9433333+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten
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Azure Backup - MARS Agent - On-Premises File Level Restore Very Slow
I am currently restoring files and folders of my on-premises server. I have mounted the drive containing the backup files and currently in the process of copying them over. I've used a few different methods, including the recommended Robocopy but all…
asked 2024-08-27T20:18:10.8066667+00:00
Shawn Davis
50
Reputation points
commented 2024-08-30T15:16:06.1533333+00:00
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Ragnar
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1 answer
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discovered SQL Server databases on an Azure VM but have not enabled the backup incur costs ?
If you have discovered all SQL Server databases on an Azure VM using Azure Backup but have not enabled the backup, you generally won't incur costs for the actual backup storage and operations. Costs typically begin once you enable backup and start…
asked 2024-07-22T09:59:14.7066667+00:00
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Yasar Shaikh
40
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accepted 2024-08-30T14:18:04.42+00:00
Yasar Shaikh
40
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2 answers
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MABS Installation Fails with a SQL Error
MABS Installation Fails with a SQL Error about to many cores
asked 2024-08-26T20:08:26.6733333+00:00
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Sam Albright
40
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commented 2024-08-29T18:28:23.69+00:00
Sam Albright
40
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