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Difficulty: MediumRecovery Services Vaults and Backup Vaults

An administrator is configuring backups for the resources in an Azure subscription named Sub-CloudAdmin-Prod. The subscription contains the resources shown in the following table:

Resource NameResource TypeRegion
vm-billing-neVirtual machineNorth Europe
vm-shipping-weVirtual machineWest Europe
rsv-billing-neRecovery Services vaultNorth Europe
bv-shipping-weBackup vaultWest Europe
sa-shipping-dataStorage account (contains share-shipping)West Europe

The administrator needs to configure backups for vm-shipping-we and the Azure file share named share-shipping.

Which backup configuration should the administrator use?

  1. Create a new Recovery Services vault in West Europe, and configure it to back up both vm-shipping-we and share-shipping.Answer
  2. B
    Back up vm-shipping-we to rsv-billing-ne, and back up share-shipping to bv-shipping-we.
  3. C
    Back up vm-shipping-we to a new Recovery Services vault in West Europe, and configure bv-shipping-we to back up share-shipping by assigning the Contributor role on the storage account.
  4. D
    Back up both vm-shipping-we and share-shipping to rsv-billing-ne by enabling the Cross-Region Restore feature on rsv-billing-ne.

Answer

Create a new Recovery Services vault in West Europe, and configure it to back up both vm-shipping-we and share-shipping.
To back up Azure Virtual Machines and Azure File Shares, a Recovery Services vault must be used. Additionally, the Recovery Services vault must be located in the same region as the source resources. Since both the virtual machine and the storage account containing the file share are in the West Europe region, a new Recovery Services vault must be created in West Europe to configure backups for both resources.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the vault type required for each target resource.
Azure Virtual Machines and Azure File Shares both require a Recovery Services vault for backup configuration (Backup vaults support disks, blobs, and select databases).
Choosing the correct vault type is necessary because Backup vaults and Recovery Services vaults support distinct workloads.
2
Determine the regional constraints for the backup vault alignment.
The vault must reside in the same region as the target resources (West Europe for both vm-shipping-we and the storage account).
Azure Backup does not support backing up virtual machines or file shares to a Recovery Services vault located in a different region.
3
Select or create the appropriate vault in the target region.
Since the existing Recovery Services vault (rsv-billing-ne) is in North Europe and the existing Backup vault (bv-shipping-we) is of the wrong vault type, a new Recovery Services vault must be deployed in West Europe.
This satisfies both the regional constraint and the workload support matrix requirements for both resources.

Key Concept

Recovery Services vaults support virtual machine and file share backups, and must reside in the same region as the source resources.
Estimated Time:1m 30s
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