Question

Difficulty: MediumAzure Virtual Machine Recovery and Restore

An administrator needs to recover a business-critical virtual machine named `vm-sales-prod` by restoring its managed disks and recreating the virtual machine using the system-generated Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template. What is the correct sequence of steps to perform this recovery process?

  1. 1From the Recovery Services vault, initiate a restore, select a recovery point, and select 'Restore disks' as the restore type.
  2. 2Wait for the restore job to complete in the vault to generate the restored disks and the deployment template in the target resource group.
  3. 3Access the template and parameters JSON files from the deployment history of the resource group or the staging storage account.
  4. 4Run a custom deployment using the template files to provision the new virtual machine connected to the restored disks.

Answer

The correct sequence starts with initiating the restore and selecting 'Restore disks' in the vault, waiting for the backup job to complete, accessing the generated template files, and finally executing a custom deployment using those templates.
The correct order follows the logical process of restoring disks: first, initiating the disk recovery in the vault; second, waiting for the disks and template to be fully generated; third, obtaining the template files; and fourth, deploying the template to recreate the virtual machine.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Initiate restore from the vault and select 'Restore disks'.
The restore process is triggered to extract the virtual machine disks from the recovery point.
This is the first action required to retrieve the underlying virtual hard disks from the backup vault.
2
Wait for the restore job to complete in the vault.
The restored disks and the deployment template are written to the target location.
You cannot deploy the template or attach the disks until the export and restore process finishes.
3
Retrieve the template and parameters JSON files.
The ARM template files are made available for download or custom deployment.
The system-generated template contains the configuration mappings required to recreate the virtual machine with the restored disks.
4
Deploy the template using custom deployment in the Azure portal or command line.
A new virtual machine is provisioned using the configuration from the template and linked to the restored disks.
This completes the recovery process by spinning up a functional VM from the recovered disks.

Key Concept

Azure Virtual Machine Recovery and Restore using the 'Restore disks' feature and ARM templates.
Estimated Time:2m 0s
Rate this question