AZ-303 Exam - Question 298

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You have an Azure subscription.

You have an on-premises file server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2019.

You manage Server1 by using Windows Admin Center.

You need to ensure that if Server1 fails, you can recover the data from Azure.

Solution: From the Azure portal, you create a Recovery Services vault. On VM1, you install the Azure Backup agent and you schedule a backup.

Does this meet the goal?

Examice · Accepted Answer

To ensure recovery of Server1's data from Azure if Server1 fails, creating a Recovery Services vault and installing the Azure Backup agent on Server1 is not the optimal solution. While the Azure Backup agent can back up files, folders, and system state from on-premises machines to a Recovery Services vault, this method does not utilize the benefits specifically offered by Azure File Sync for on-premises file servers. Azure File Sync centralizes file shares in Azure while maintaining the performance and compatibility of an on-premises server, effectively transforming Server1 into a quick cache of the Azure file share. This approach is recommended for scenarios involving on-premises Windows file servers to ensure more efficient recovery and data sync capabilities.

Yiannisthe7th · Answer

Correct for other reason
The question asks about Server1 (on prem) and not the VM1 in azure, so the ASR answer is incorrect. Hence B.

Biden · Answer

Question states "..data needs to be backed up"
Data can be backed up using MARS/Backup agent from on-prem VMs to Recovery Services Vault: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/install-mars-agent
in which case, answer should be YES ?

syu31svc · Answer

I would say No

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/install-mars-agent

Azure Backup uses the MARS agent to back up files, folders, and system state from on-premises machines and Azure VMs. Those backups are stored in a Recovery Services vault in Azure. You can run the agent:

Directly on on-premises Windows machines. These machines can back up directly to a Recovery Services vault in Azure.
On Azure VMs that run Windows side by side with the Azure VM backup extension. The agent backs up specific files and folders on the VM.
On a Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) instance or a System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) server. In this scenario, machines and workloads back up to MABS or Data Protection Manager. Then MABS or Data Protection Manager uses the MARS agent to back up to a vault in Azure.

rdemontis · Answer

I think the answer is wrong and even the question which ask about VM1 but never considered before. Theoretically we don't know what VM1 is. So probably the question would refer to Server1 instead

euve · Answer

One of the sentences should be the same as one in the next question #33:

"You need to ensure that if Server1 fails, you can recover Server1 files from Azure."

Then, clearly, the answer would be NO.

AZ-303 Exam - Question 298

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