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Some questions about backup on Azure

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Hi everyone, I have a Vmware infrastructure and I was considering Acronis as backup solution for my virtual machine (the other backup solution we are considering is Veeam). I would to backup my virtual machine on my on-premise repository (it is a NAS) and after, in a second shot, send data to the cloud (in order to respect the 3-2-1 rule). My question is: is it possible to send the backup data to an azure subscription and then (1) recover a single file,or application data, from Azure to my datacenter, without importing all the backup file in advance (in other word, read from my on prem datacenter, the backup file which is on Azure); (2) is it possible to convert the backup (which is stored on Azure) into a virtual machine directy on Azure in order to power it on?

Thank you

 

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Hi Luca,

Thank you for your question. I'll be glad to answer.

Yes, your scenario is supported. Let me describe which steps are required.

1. Set up Cloud Storage on Azure using Acronis Storage Gateway with Azure backend and register it in you Acronis Backup Cloud partner group.

2. Create a new Customer group and associate it with the new Azure Cloud Storage. Create a new account within the new Customer group.

3. Install an Agent for VMware using account from the new Customer group.

4. Configure a VM backup with following settings:

  • Entire machine backup
  • Application-aware feature enabled > specify application credentials for later application-level recovery
  • Destination: network storage on NAS
  • Replication enabled: to Cloud Storage

 

Once you complete the first backup, data will become available on you local storage and in Azure. Then you can perform following recovery operations by selecting the required recovery point:

  • single file recovery
  • application data recovery
  • recovery to new VM on a local hypervisor / to new physical machine
  • run as VM

 

In order to recover a backup into a VM on Azure EC2, do the following, as described in the documentation:

  • Create a new VM in Azure with Windows/Linux OS installed in it. Make sure to preserve the disk layout as in the source VM that you previously protected
  • Install an agent for Windows/Linux into the new VM
  • Using the newly installed Agent, select the backup that you would like to recover, and proceed with "Recover to physical machine" procedure

 

Let me know if you have additional questions.

Best regards,