Where is the Azure Backup snapshot stored while it's being "transferred to vault"? Is it safe to restart during this period?

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Where is the Azure Backup snapshot stored while it's being "transferred to vault"? Is it safe to restart during this period?

Mike Qu 151

Each Azure Backup job is mostly a two step process:

Take Snapshot
Transfer data to vault

My question is where is the "snapshot" stored after it is taken and being transferred to the vault? Is it safe to restart the VM during the transfer process (which can take many hours)? Will restarting the VM interrupt or slow down the transfer?

Nadeem Hussain Joo 51 Reputation points

2021-12-24T18:08:09.753+00:00

Which local storage account is there wherein snapshots are being stored for Instant recovery ?

Is that storage account being managed by Azure and we can't see it ?
Sadiqh Ahmed 49,671 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2021-12-25T07:31:24.553+00:00

for unmanaged you will see the snapshots getting created under the Storage account which hosts the disks, for managed VMs you cannot see it as you cannot see the storage account itself.

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Sadiqh Ahmed 49,671 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

@Mike Qu Sorry for the confusion!

My question is where is the "snapshot" stored after it is taken and being transferred to the vault?

Answer: Azure backup snapshot is stored locally in the local storage account. More info in this link - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-instant-restore-capability#frequently-asked-questions. Also, this picture explains

Is it safe to restart the VM during the transfer process (which can take many hours)? Will restarting the VM interrupt or slow down the transfer?

Answer: Yes its safe and there is absolutely no impact in data transfer speed

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Nadeem Hussain Joo 51 Reputation points

2021-12-24T18:08:09.753+00:00

Which local storage account is there wherein snapshots are being stored for Instant recovery ?

Is that storage account being managed by Azure and we can't see it ?
Sadiqh Ahmed 49,671 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2021-12-25T07:31:24.553+00:00

for unmanaged you will see the snapshots getting created under the Storage account which hosts the disks, for managed VMs you cannot see it as you cannot see the storage account itself.

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Syed mohsin 0

5 years apart same questions, where is the local storage account, is it MS managed or customer managed?

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