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Get Available Azure Backup Restore Point using powershell

Dear All, I was trying a lot to get the available restore points in Azure backup can someone help me with this. trying with the below one but it's not working $subscriptions = Get-AzSubscription ForEach ($Subscription in $Subscriptions) { …

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

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asked 2021-05-13T15:59:57.707+00:00
Kalaimani Thirupathi 411 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-10-26T09:00:03.1933333+00:00
Reddy, Vempalli Naresh Kumar 0 Reputation points
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Azure Backup: Transfer Data to Vault Phase Duration Increased Since October 13 — Performance Regression

Problem description Since 2026-10-13 the "Transfer data to vault" phase of Azure VM backup has gone from under 1 hour to 6 to 8 hours on every Central US VM in our subscription: 7 VMs across 7 separate Recovery Services vaults, all on the same…

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

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asked 2026-10-20T16:34:18.6466667+00:00
Matt 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-25T16:13:01.5366667+00:00
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Azure Backup for PostgreSQL Flexible Server v2 (preview): daily backup duration doesn't scale with changed data — Inquiry about backup behavior and planning

Problem description I am using the preview feature of Azure Backup for PostgreSQL Flexible Server v2 on a development server and have observed that daily backup durations are roughly the same regardless of small changes in data. I want to understand if…

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

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asked 2026-10-09T07:25:53.9966667+00:00
Torben Strüver 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-10-24T11:36:30.8033333+00:00
VEMULA SRISAI 14,075 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Can we request Azure support to purge soft deleted Backup Instance

We have backup vault in Australia East region. One of the backup instances is created manually and have different GUID, then our bicep IaC produces, and its breaking our pipelines. We can't disable soft delete in the regions where secure-by-default…

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Azure Backup

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

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asked 2026-10-22T01:28:56.03+00:00
Azim Sobitov 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-10-22T10:58:51.8066667+00:00
Aliva Mohanty 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Azure Backup: Unable to delete Recovery Services vault due to existing Azure Site Recovery dependencies

Problem description I am trying to delete a Recovery Services vault in Azure Backup, but the operation fails with the error code 'BMSUserErrorVaultDeletionNotAllowed'. The error indicates that the vault still contains an existing resource, specifically a…

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Azure Backup

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

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asked 2026-10-16T14:25:07.4766667+00:00
Koudelia Nikolai (Futurice) 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-22T08:34:30.7133333+00:00
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Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible fails to backup — internal server error after accepted backup request

Problem description I am experiencing failures in vaulted long-term retention (LTR) backups for my Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. Although the backup request is accepted and the pre-backup step completes successfully, the backup fails…

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

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asked 2026-10-20T07:47:14.24+00:00
Erik Melton 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-21T18:51:55.01+00:00
Zoha Fatima 675 Reputation points
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Following an in-place upgrade of an Azure VM from Server 2012 to Server 2016, Azure Recovery Services is unable to complete backups.

Following an in-place upgrade of an Azure VM from Server 2012 to Server 2016, Azure Recovery Services is unable to complete backups. I have already followed Copilot’s suggestions to reinstall the Azure VM Agent and the…

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Azure Backup

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asked 2026-10-21T07:29:57.9233333+00:00
Guofu Admin 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-21T07:30:49.4733333+00:00

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Azure Backup: Inventory synchronization fails with HTTP 500 despite successful DPM backups

DPM 2019 UR6 – Azure Backup Inventory Synchronization HTTP 500 / BMSAgentRetryableError – Zero Backup Items Despite Successful Cloud Backups Problem Description We are experiencing a persistent Azure Backup inventory synchronization failure with System…

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asked 2026-10-15T21:01:27.6133333+00:00
TJ-5069 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-15T21:14:10.4+00:00
Bharath Y P 10,610 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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i want to delete rg and recovy service vault - rahulrsv but not deleting i just made it for learning and testing purpose but now this stuck please help to delete this

i want to delete rg and recovy service vault - rahulrsv but not deleting i just made it for learning and testing purpose but now this stuck please help to delete this

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asked 2026-10-14T18:19:37.9766667+00:00
rahul Gaur 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-15T00:40:11.9933333+00:00
Divyesh Govaerdhanan 11,890 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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Issue trying to get details on Azure Backup Server using MARS in AZURE Portal

I have several local machines protected by Azure Backup MARS agent. The copies are working fine, and are executing as expected. However, when I try to check the backups in the Backup Vault using the Azure Portal, I get a blank page. Here is what I have…

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asked 2026-10-09T10:46:53.1233333+00:00
Jordi Pera 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-14T11:37:12.33+00:00
Jordi Pera 0 Reputation points
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Azure Blob vaulted backup stuck in ProtectionError/SubscriptionSuspended after subscription reactivation

An Azure Blob vaulted backup instance remains stuck after its Azure subscription was briefly suspended and then reactivated. Current backup-instance state: provisioningState: SubscriptionSuspended currentProtectionState: ProtectionError …

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

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asked 2026-08-18T02:58:00.8533333+00:00
Clayton Parker 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-12T14:55:55.3366667+00:00
Hugo Rodrigues 0 Reputation points
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Recovery Service vault cost

Currently i have Recovery Service Vault (RSV) on region1 to backup all VMs on region1, and now i have need to create VM under region2. Since Azure backup can't cross region then i need to create another RSV in region2. When I create the RSV then i will…

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asked 2026-10-11T02:41:18.07+00:00
Handian Sudianto 7,616 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-12T05:35:11.67+00:00
Handian Sudianto 7,616 Reputation points
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Azure Backup VM Move RSV

Can we move Azure VM Backup to another recovery service vault?

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Azure Backup

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

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asked 2026-10-10T14:27:28.8033333+00:00
Handian Sudianto 7,616 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-11T02:46:22.2333333+00:00
Handian Sudianto 7,616 Reputation points
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Azure Recovery Services Vault | Stuck Backup Jobs After Server Rename and MARS Agent Registration Error 34507

Hello everyone, I'm experiencing an issue with Azure Recovery Services Vault and the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) Agent, and I'd appreciate any guidance from the community. Originally, I had a server named BRCPSSRVDC01 registered with a…

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asked 2026-10-05T12:34:48.84+00:00
Ezequiel Ferreira 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-10T15:34:29.2933333+00:00
Salamat Shah 990 Reputation points MVP
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Azure vm backup snapshot taking much longer than usual via recovery vault

Hi, We carry out a weekly full backup of a handful of VM's and have done for some time. One Vm in particular has started to take a few hours longer to process. Looking into it the snapshop section over the past 2 weeks has gone from under 10 mins to over…

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Azure Backup

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

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asked 2026-10-05T12:24:29.4933333+00:00
Mark Pearson 365 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-06T09:57:39.6633333+00:00
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Using Azure backup with Partner Success Core Benefits

It appears I'm getting charged for this service separate from Core Benefits. I was under the impression that it would be covered with Azure credits. I guess I'm looking for clarification as to what is covered and if it is covered, why I'm getting charged…

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Azure Backup

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

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asked 2026-10-05T20:57:32.65+00:00
Andrew Gonzalez 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-05T21:10:01.63+00:00
Andrew Gonzalez 0 Reputation points
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Unable to delete Restore Point Collection

I have a restore point collection created automatically by Azure Backup, and I am unable to delete it. All related resources (VM, disks, snapshots, vault, etc.) have already been deleted as part of a lab environment cleanup. The restore point collection…

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Azure Backup

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asked 2026-09-26T06:06:32.6366667+00:00
Sarah Ashlie 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-01T14:53:37.7633333+00:00
Sarah Ashlie 40 Reputation points
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Backup Failing on C drive

Scheduled backup failed on the c drive There is enough space. See attached screen shot.

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Azure Backup

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

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asked 2026-10-01T13:40:21.94+00:00
Devon Ramkissoon 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-01T13:40:43.4733333+00:00

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Azure Native Backup

Can we have Native backup taken in Azure for VMX having Linux Operating system and that too when the VM instance is running.

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Azure Backup

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asked 2026-09-04T15:44:08.2066667+00:00
VishalKulkarni-0961 0 Reputation points
recommended 2026-10-01T07:16:12.7333333+00:00
Ana Mihaila (BLUEHAWK LLC) 0 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I no longer see Azure Business Continuity Center in the portal? How do you access it?

Azure Backup Center was replaced by Azure Business Continuity Center. For a short while I could access this by enter "Azure Business Continuity Center" in the search bar. Now it does not appear anywhere. All I see is Recovery Services Vaults…

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Azure Backup

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asked 2025-11-17T20:11:17.19+00:00
Phillip Ankerson 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-09-30T23:39:42.27+00:00
JohnSebastian-3934 606 Reputation points