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how to stop/remove Azure backup agent in Azure

I am unable to stop/disable backup items 'Azure Backup Agent' in Recovery services vault. When I click on Backup Items>Azure Backup Agent and then try click on the 3 dots to bring the context menu, nothing happens. As a result of this, am unable to…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-08-05T03:22:43.7166667+00:00
Gaurav Gupta 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-08-08T06:50:29.4033333+00:00
Sreetheja Adusumilli 965 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cant delete Restore Point Collection

I created Recovery service vault , configured backup on Azure VM , it created app-consistent restore point. After completing my Home lab practical, I deleted the vm, the stopped backed and deleted the backup , deleted the resource group in which…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-01T17:06:50.8133333+00:00
Una 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T18:57:53.1+00:00
Sunil Badde 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to recover MABS from existing DPMDB backup

Hi I'm ooking for any document any video or blog where someone has restored the MABS data from DPMDB backup. I have faced OS corruption on MABS server and whenever I tried to recover the MABS data from DPMDB backup I had faced errors like DPMDB alredy…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-08-04T07:05:42.66+00:00
Shubham Prajapati 60 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-06T17:48:28.62+00:00
Shubham Prajapati 60 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can we backup a virtual machine residing in different subscription to a vault associated with different subscription.

Hello Team, We do not want to create multiple vaults and we want to keep all the backup copies at one place. Hence, we would like to know if it is possible to backup VMs from another subscription to a vault located in different subscription. If yes then…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2025-03-03T07:43:53.3566667+00:00
Mishra, Suryakant 50 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-06T10:50:04.4833333+00:00
Mishra, Suryakant 50 Reputation points
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Recovery Services Vault showing 211.77 TB Cloud-GRS backup storage for ~12 TB protected workload

Hi Everyone, We are investigating an Azure Backup storage discrepancy for a Recovery Services Vault and would appreciate your guidance. Scenario: Recovery Services Vault: bak-asco-eastus-003 Backup Storage (Overview): Cloud-GRS = 211.77 TB Protected…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-08-05T17:41:12.45+00:00
Thanvanth Sai Pasupuleti 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-06T02:21:22.47+00:00
Jerald Felix 18,200 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

DPM 2022 - MARS agent failing to register with vault - "encryption passphrase provided is incorrect"

We have stood up a new DPM 2022 server side by side with an old DPM 2019 server that was protecting a VM that had online backups enabled to Azure's recovery services vault. Protection of the VM has been removed on the old server, and the added on the new…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
Microsoft System Center | Other
Microsoft System Center | Other

Additional System Center tools and components for managing infrastructure, applications, and services

1,242 questions
asked 2023-05-03T17:58:49.42+00:00
occasionallydennis 56 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-05T16:34:36.2933333+00:00
occasionallydennis 56 Reputation points
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Switching Azure backup from Enhanced to Standard

Hello, We recently set up a backup policy in our Azure instance. We mistakingly set the backup to "enhanced" and it should be "standard" since this is not a server that needs to be backed up every 4 hours. Sadly, this is proving to be…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-08-05T00:20:53.6066667+00:00
Donovan V Wagner 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-05T10:04:03.6333333+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 16,210 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Problemas recorrentes no backup pela Microsoft Azure

Tenho um servidor aqui na empresa que está com problema e avisos recorrentes nos backups, ele está programado para fazer backup todo dia as 18:00, porém todo dia quando da esse horário ele está com um job em andamento do backup do dia anterior, ai acaba…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-24T11:26:16.6533333+00:00
Gustavo Lorencini 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-04T17:06:03.8633333+00:00
VEMULA SRISAI 13,890 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

I need help removing a immutable lock on one of our recovery service vaults

Description Can you please unlock recovery service vault, they are protected by immutability lock. We require the following to be unlocked Onprem-Servers Onprem-Servers This is required so we can delete some older backups for services who have left the…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-31T09:47:42.66+00:00
Admin Academies Central 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-04T13:00:43.21+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 16,210 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Recovery Services Vault stuck due to deleted Storage Account – backup items frozen in DeleteState = ToBeDeleted

I deleted the Storage Account before deleting the Azure File Share backups registered in the Recovery Services Vault. As a result, the vault is now in an orphan state. The backup items are stuck in DeleteState = ToBeDeleted and never transition to…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-17T17:12:24.4233333+00:00
NIKOLAOS ANTONIADIS 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-04T09:21:46.68+00:00
Suchitra Suregaunkar 16,210 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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what is difference between Recovery Services vault and backup vault

What is difference between Recovery Services vault and backup vault? Which one to use and when?

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2021-05-23T13:51:21.3+00:00
ramesh singh 166 Reputation points
answered 2026-08-04T06:41:52.7+00:00
Abhinav Bhushan 0 Reputation points
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Deleted Gokaddal Resources and Resource Group Accidently from my Azure subscription "MERKADO RHA TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED"

Deleted Gokaddal Resources and Resource Group Accidently from my Azure subscription "MERKADO RHA TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED" with domain name "merkadorha.com". Need help to retrieve them.

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-30T19:15:02.71+00:00
Sharad Gogna 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-03T13:01:22.68+00:00
Jose Benjamin Solis Nolasco 10,321 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to delete Azure Blob Backup Instance after Storage Account was deleted. Policy remains permanently referenced

Hi, I am testing Azure Backup Vault (Microsoft.DataProtection) with Azure Blob Operational Backup and encountered what appears to be an orphaned backup instance scenario. Scenario A Storage Account was protected using a Backup Vault and a Backup…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-30T10:13:29.7033333+00:00
Fankhauser Silvio 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-03T06:04:48.5433333+00:00
Fankhauser Silvio 20 Reputation points
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Microsoft Azure Backup Server issue

问题1:备份副本完整性同步和检查失败。错误ID3106和ID910。需要如何修复此备份副本。 问题2:MABS技术支持: 报错ID3188. 单个服务器Online备份无法激活,即使延长备份副本保存时长,也无法激活在线备份。本地磁盘备份正常。 Moderator edit: Translated message Issue 1: Backup replica integrity synchronization and check failed. Error ID3106 and ID910. How…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-21T09:27:30.1366667+00:00
Linfeng Wen (dadminlw) 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-07-30T17:34:48.27+00:00
Lakshma Reddy Vattijonnala 1,415 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Virtual Machine and Disks

Hi I have a question about Disaster Recovery, the disks created and the accessibility of these disks at times when the VM is not available for some reason. Never happened to us, but we are only two months into using Azure. Are all 'non-operating system'…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-21T05:45:23.42+00:00
TBFG Azure Admin 65 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-29T08:41:36.1266667+00:00
Sina Salam 31,216 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Join: Microsoft Azure Q&A Champions Program

The Microsoft Azure Q&A Champions Program recognizes and empowers a global community of internal and external Azure experts who help customers succeed by providing high-quality, trusted answers on Microsoft Q&A. The program scales expert led…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-05-25T22:52:44.2633333+00:00
Ashley Swearingen 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
edited the question 2026-07-28T21:28:19.4033333+00:00
Ashley Swearingen 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Azure Recovery Service Vault

We have deployed multiple virtual machines in Azure, and Azure Backup is enabled for them. We would like to view the backup cost breakdown for a specific virtual machine in the Azure portal. Could you please advise how we can identify the backup cost…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-21T06:27:13.3433333+00:00
Bindu M S 60 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-24T09:00:31.1133333+00:00
TP 161K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

VM Disaster Recovery

Hi Just looking for some easy to follow advice on what the best DRP procedure is for our setup. We have a Windows 2022 DataCentre Server and two 1TB disks, all of which have nightly Snapshots created. Would I be correct in saying the following process…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-21T05:54:08.1166667+00:00
TBFG Azure Admin 65 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-23T08:10:36.1866667+00:00
TBFG Azure Admin 65 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can one Recovery Services vault store backups from multiple servers?

If I back up several servers to the same Recovery Services vault, how can I restore data from only one server? I'm not sure how Azure separates the backups.

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-07-12T22:08:27.5066667+00:00
Archie 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-18T10:53:34.9433333+00:00
Archie 20 Reputation points
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I need to end an Azure Pay as You Go Backup Subscription but cannot remove backup items from Recovery Vaults

We decommissioned our old MABS server. We have serveral Recovery Services Vaults with old backup data no longer needed. When trying to delete the server from Azure in any of them, I am getting "Container already in deferred unregister state" I…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup

An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.

1,794 questions
asked 2026-06-23T18:44:20.94+00:00
Matt Spencer 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-18T09:38:44.6333333+00:00
Christos Panagiotidis 3,546 Reputation points