I have created a backup item in Recovery Services vault, from a Windows 2008 R2 server (Azure Backup Agent). Now I try to delete this backup item, I select the option to delete, it asks me to confirm the name of the server, but by pressing delete it does not do any action. Keep showing this backup item. Nothing happens.
Hi There, i have a requirement to implement Microsoft Azure backup Server. We have multiple remote sites and i was wondering what the MABS architecure would look like regarding remote sites.
There will be approx 500-600 VM's in Azure after migration and there will be 50 on premise servers left behind
I have done quite a bit of internet research but can't seem to get a clear picure on how many MABS i need - Questions below:
Regards
J
Hi,
We have azure backup protecting files and folders on a file server virtual machine. The backups are scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 23:00, the retention policy is set for 4 weeks and to retain backups taken on Friday. We are protecting 4 TB
of data.
1. Can I change for a daily backup without the need of a initial full backup?
2. Is the retention policy configured correctly? do I need to select Monday and Wednesday on the weekly retention policy?
Thanks
Hi,
I know it's not possible because it says so in the manual
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-file-folder-backup-faq
but I'm actually wondering why it's not possible and if it will be in the future.
At the moment we have several Windows servers which are backuped by the MARS agent.
this works fine. But we also have a NAS for filestorage, The NAS provides some possibilities for backups but I'm not satisfied with them, Versioning is not possible and a lot of errors occur.
So my thought was, I can use the MARS Agent for this, just select my network drive and I'm done. But it seems like This feature is not supported And I am wondering why.
The MARS agent uses VSS but as for as I know that is compatible with the SMB protocol(but I'm not an expert on this)
So my 2 questions are, Why isn't this possible and will it be possible in the future?
Thank you for your answer.
Hi,
I recently set up a backup on Azure Backup and started uploading to it. I just noticed that it's set to GRS. i want to change that to LRS, but can't seem to find that setting. can anyone help?
Thanks,
Albert
Regards, Sachith H M
Hi,
I am setting up Azure Backup for the first time. I have installed all pre-requisites and have reached the stage where you enter your vault credentials and then register with the Azure Backup instance I have created in the Dashboard.
However, I am getting the following error:
The activation did not complete successfully. The Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent was unable to connect to Microsoft Azure Backup. Check your network settings and ensure that you are able to connect to the internet.
I have checked the proxy settings and they are correct. I have also tested internet browsing etc works as expected. It does.
I have ran Fiddler and the process does not even register any Internet traffic when trying to register...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
I am trying to extract the job detail using powershell i am following below steps and backup type is Files and folders
1.
Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVault -Name "vault name"|Set-AzureRmRecoveryServicesVaultContext
2.
$container=Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupContainer -ContainerType Windows -FriendlyName "vault name" -BackupManagementType MARS
Name ContainerType BackupManagementTypeGet-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupItem -Container $container -WorkloadType
i am not sure what parameter i have to pass in workload type i have tried AzureVM and AzureSQLDatabase for this i am getting the below error
Get-AzureRmRecoveryServicesBackupItem : Cannot bind parameter 'Container'. Cannot convert the "Windows" value of type "System.String" to type "Microsoft.Azure.Commands.RecoveryServices.Backup.Cmdlets.Models.ContainerBase".Please help.
Prashant Dev Pandey LIVE IN YOUR OWN WAY Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help
Hi there,
Having an issue on a Microsoft Server SBS 2011 where the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent is stuck in a starting status. The error message we get from the CBEngineCurr.errlog."date/time".Crash log is the following:
CRITICALException Message = A TCP error (10013: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions) occurred while listening on IP Endpoint=[::1]:6049. of type System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException, process will terminate after generating dump
Has anybody else had this issue?
Setting up Server Core to back up to Azure Backup using PowerShell is not trivial and examples online are sparse. After much trial and error I figured it out and decided to share.
Follow the steps here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-client-automation to set up your recovery vault, download and install the MARS agent, and register the client machine to a Recovery Services Vault. One gotcha with server core the GUI installer fails at the point where you browse to the vault credentials file. You need to register the machine using PowerShell:
Start-OBRegistration -VaultCredentials [path to credentials file]
To see a list of commands:
Get-Command -Module MSOnlineBackup
To set up a backup job:
$P = New-OBPolicy
$S = New-OBSchedule -DaysOfWeek Sunday,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday -TimesOfDay 21:00
Set-OBSchedule -Policy $P -Schedule $S
$RP = New-OBRetentionPolicy -RetentionDays 7 -RetentionWeeklyPolicy -RetentionWeeks 8 -WeekTimesOfDay 21:00 –Retention MonthlyPolicy -RetentionMonths 24
Set-OBRetentionPolicy -Policy $P -RetentionPolicy $RP
$F = New-OBFileSpec -FileSpec @("D:\Temp")
Add-OBFileSpec -Policy $P -FileSpec $F
Set-OBPolicy -Policy $PNote that the weekly retention time and the schedule time of day need to be the same, else it will throw an error.
Another useful tip: instead of trying to use cumbersome PowerShell scripts to do a recovery, install the MARSAgent on your computer and recover from "Another Server". This requires you to download fresh vault credentials from the Azure portal.
Hope this helps.
Azure on premises file and folder backup sudnely stoped working. Error description was more or less useless. It only said that there was internal error. After that I downloaded last azure backup client, and try to connect to azure backup vault again. No success, just error; invalid vauld credentials provided.
After that I created completely new azure backup vault, download new credentials, but error is still the same.
Azure backups doesn't work for more than a week now. Please contact me to marko.abc@xyz, or phone +1234567890.
My e-mail is hosted on exchange online, so you should be able to get in touch with me via e-mail.
Kind regards!Marko.
Hey guys -
Can someone help me understand the steps involved in setting up a recovery vault and site replication?
Below is my understanding of how things work together:
Step 1. set up a recovery vault and backup the chosen VM in this vault
Step 2. When the location hosting the primary VM fails, use the backup in step 1 to restore service to a secondary region.
Is this correct or do you have to be replicating the VM to a secondary region on an ongoing basis?
Thanks,
I had been backing up the T: drive on my server and have since discontinued that backup and want to remove fully from my vault. How do I do that?
Using Azure Backup version 2.09109.0
Hello there,
I recently setup VSTS in my organization, Would like to know the process of recovering the Team Project if it is deleted.
Whom should we need to contact immediately if it is happened.
I went through this url which was not clear whom to contact, what to do. but we can get data 30days old only.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/articles/team-services-security-whitepaper?view=vsts
Thanks,
Satheesh
Hi guys,
I have a virtual machine in Azure. The backup on file-level (by means of MARSA) is scheduled at 6AM, 12PM and 6PM.
The size if data disk (unmanaged) is 1023 GB with around 700GB of data inside.
For about a couple of month ago backup job started to take ages to complete and sometimes it fails.
On the screenshot you can the the initial stage started at 6PM and as of now it's been running for more 3 hours.
I upgraded MARSA today to the latest version but apparently it didn't help.
If someone could explain why is it so that would be highly appreciated.
Regards
Hi guys,
I have a virtual machine in Azure. The backup on file-level (by means of MARSA) is scheduled at 6AM, 12PM and 6PM.
The size if data disk (unmanaged) is 1023 GB with around 700GB of data inside.
For about a couple of month ago backup job started to take ages to complete and sometimes it fails.
On the screenshot you can the the initial stage started at 6PM and as of now it's been running for more 3 hours.
I upgraded MARSA today to the latest version but apparently it didn't help.
If someone could explain why is it so that would be highly appreciated.
Regards
I've been reading many different Azure docs and confused about the difference between all of the backup agents and what they do and when to use one over the other. I can't find a document that delineates these clearly. Can someone explain the following?
1. What is Azure Recovery Service Agent? Where do you install it? When to use it?
2. What is Azure Backup Agent? Where do you install it? When to use it?
3. What is Azure IaaS VM Backup Extension? Where do you install it? When to use it?
4. What is the Microsoft Azure Backup Server and Recovery Services Agent? When to use this option?
5. What is Data Protection Manager and Recovery Service Agent?When to use this option?
6. Then there is Online Backup Integration Module? When do I use this?I've tried to get Azure Backup to back up one of my servers for quite some time. However the job just fails at preparing storage every time. I've uninstall and re-installed the agent multiple times.
The log isn't very helpful and this is the only error that i see.
async.cpp(958)B7AF153A-0220-47E6-80B1-A71650CF0F55FATALHr: = [0xc03a0014] DoAsync operation failed.
Fault bucket 203754410, type 29