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Difficulty: MediumAzure Virtual Machine Backup Configuration

You have an Azure virtual machine named vm-db-prod with the following configuration:
- Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2
- Region: West US 3
- Disk Configuration: One 128 GB OS disk (Premium SSD) and two 1 TB data disks (Premium SSD v2)
- Recovery Services Vault: rsv-db-prod (located in West US 3)

You need to configure backup for vm-db-prod to ensure that all disks are backed up successfully.

Which action should you perform?

  1. Create an Enhanced backup policy in the Recovery Services Vault and associate it with the virtual machine.Answer
  2. B
    Create a Standard backup policy in the Recovery Services Vault and enable the option to exclude the Premium SSD v2 data disks.
  3. C
    Deploy a new Recovery Services Vault in the East US region, create an Enhanced backup policy, and associate it with the virtual machine.
  4. D
    Create a Standard backup policy and configure the storage account firewall settings of the virtual machine's OS disk to allow trusted Microsoft services.

Answer

Create an Enhanced backup policy in the Recovery Services Vault and associate it with the virtual machine.
The correct action is to create an Enhanced backup policy in the Recovery Services Vault and associate it with the virtual machine. Azure Backup supports backing up VMs with Premium SSD v2 or Ultra Disks only when using an Enhanced backup policy. The vault rsv-db-prod is in West US 3, which matches the virtual machine's region, enabling a valid backup configuration.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the disk types used by the virtual machine.
The VM uses one Premium SSD disk and two Premium SSD v2 disks.
Different disk tiers have different backup policy tier requirements in Azure Backup.
2
Determine the backup policy type needed for Premium SSD v2 disks.
Premium SSD v2 disks require the Enhanced backup policy type; they are not supported by the Standard backup policy.
To back up all disks successfully, the policy must support the Premium SSD v2 tier.
3
Select the correct Recovery Services Vault.
The vault must be in the same region as the VM (West US 3). Use rsv-db-prod.
Azure Backup does not support backing up VMs to a Recovery Services Vault located in a different region.

Key Concept

Azure Backup Enhanced policies support advanced features such as Premium SSD v2, Ultra Disks, multiple backups per day, and zone-redundant storage.
Estimated Time:1m 30s
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