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Difficulty: MediumRecovery Services Vaults and Backup Vaults

An administrator is setting up backups for a new deployment in an Azure subscription named sub-logistics-core. The deployment contains the following resources:

* A virtual machine named vm-shipping-east in the East US region
* A virtual machine named vm-inventory-west in the West US region
* An Azure File share named share-shipping-docs hosted in a storage account in the East US region

The administrator needs to configure backups for all three resources while minimizing the number of vaults.

Which two of the following actions should the administrator perform? (Select two)

  1. Create a Recovery Services Vault in the East US region.Answer
  2. Create a Recovery Services Vault in the West US region.Answer
  3. C
    Configure the backup of the virtual machine in the West US region to a Recovery Services Vault in the East US region.
  4. D
    Assign the Contributor role on the storage account to the administrator to browse and restore files directly from the recovery point.

Answer

Create a Recovery Services Vault in the East US region, and create a Recovery Services Vault in the West US region.
To back up the resources while complying with regional constraints, you must create one Recovery Services Vault in the East US region (to protect the East US virtual machine and the East US File share) and one Recovery Services Vault in the West US region (to protect the West US virtual machine). Azure Virtual Machines can only be backed up to a vault in the same region.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the regional requirements for backing up Azure Virtual Machines.
Azure Virtual Machines must be backed up to a Recovery Services Vault located in the same region as the VM.
This is a key regional design requirement for Azure Backup.
2
Identify the regional requirements for backing up Azure File shares.
Azure File shares must be backed up to a Recovery Services Vault located in the same region as the storage account hosting the file share.
Azure File shares must align regionally with the vault protecting them.
3
Determine the required vaults based on the resources' regions.
A Recovery Services Vault is needed in East US for the East US VM and File share, and another Recovery Services Vault is needed in West US for the West US VM.
This setup respects the regional constraints while using the minimum number of vaults.

Key Concept

Azure Backup requires virtual machines and the Recovery Services Vaults protecting them to reside in the same geographical region. Similarly, Azure File shares must be backed up to a Recovery Services Vault in the same region as their parent storage account.
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Recovery Services Vaults and Backup Vaults

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