You can either specify your own or let the program generate one. It’ll ask for a passphrase to encrypt the backups with. It’ll check if the prerequisites are installed and then start by asking for the credential file so it can connect to Azure. Note that you can have several vaults with different settings for LRS/GRS that protect different workloads.Īfter you’ve configured the vault with either LRS or GRS and downloaded the vault credential file, run the MABS installer. Instead, you might opt for the Locally Redundant Storage (LRS), which keeps three copies in a single datacenter. That might be overkill for your scenario (and budget). The default is using Geo Redundant Storage (GRS) with three copies in one datacenter and three in another. Before you register any servers with Azure for backup, make sure you decide on your storage model because you can’t change the setting after you register the MABS server. Once that’s done, you’ll be taken to the quick start page where you can download the vault credentials file.
Then, log in to the current Azure console and create a backup vault by clicking New – Data Services – Recovery Services – Backup Vault – Quick Create. It is 3.2 GB so the download might take some time. Setting up Microsoft Azure Backup Serverįirst, download MABS. The recommendation is 1.5x the size of the data you’re going to protect. You’ll need separate disks for backup storage. If you’re not on Windows Server 2012 R2, you’ll also need the Windows Management Framework 4 installed.
NET 4 during the installation if it’s not present. The MABS server must be domain joined and have.
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