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Nov 03, 2017Backing up Azure VM's with disks greater than 1TB
The standard VM backup can only backup VM's that have disks of size 1TB or less. Is there a workaround or alternative for this?
kasunsjc
Nov 06, 2017Iron Contributor
Hi Greg,
Yes Azure backup still not supporting more than 1TB disks. There wont be a workaround for this because its a Azure infrastructure limitation. But I can give you a suggestion to try
First Create a VM in Azure and install Azure Backup Server (Free), by using it you can backup VMs to Azure Recovery Service Vault.
Keep in mind we use azure backup server to backup on-prem servers to Azure.
Use following guide to configure Azure Backup Server
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-microsoft-azure-backup
Disclaimer :- I wan't be taking any responsibility of any production workload failures. Please try in test environment before use it in production
Thanks
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Nov 06, 2017Thank you Kasun.
We will investigate this option.
Thanks again.
Greg
- DeletedNov 07, 2017
This option also doesn't allow the backing up of disks larger than 1TB :(
- kasunsjcNov 08, 2017Iron ContributorHi Greg,
Are you wish to backup full VM or any specific files and folders?
Another alternative you can try is backup files and folders if VM level backup is not intended to do- DeletedNov 08, 2017
Ideally, we would want to backup the entire VM. That would make restore very easy if required.