I have been having trouble finding specific answers to my questions about Azure Backup Server. Basically, I have a client with a Hyper-V Host and two guests. All are running Server 2019. Does Azure Backup Server provide the mechanism to easily restore and spin up these servers in the Azure cloud for quarterly testing, or will I need to create an Azure cloud host to perform this testing?
You cannot restore a backup of a Hyper-V VM, stored in Azure, to Azure as an Azure VM. Because currently this is not a supported scenario. You can only restore to an on-premises host.
FAQ reference URL - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-dpm-azure-server-faq#can-i-restore-a-backup-of-a-hyper-v-or-vmware-vm-stored-in-azure-to-azure-as-an-azure-vm
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I want to pull data from on-prem to azure data lake gen2 using Azure Data Factory. I have installed an Integration runtime in my local system and added an on-prem server as a linked server to Integration Runtime and was able to pull data successfully.
Now I want to install Integration Runtime in Azure Virtual Machine and add my on-prem server as a Linked service and pull data.
Can I do this?
You can have a look at the documentation where it says
The installation of a self-hosted integration runtime needs an
on-premises machine or a virtual machine inside a private network.
So the answer is yes. But the VM needs to be inside your network. In other words, your on prem network needs to extended to the cloud and the VM needs to be deployed on this.
I have on prem infra in which I have around 9 server. I want to use Azure Backup Server not the MARS agent as I want to create a copy on prem. I DON'T HAVE ACTIVE DIRECTORY. the question I have do I need AD on prem and domain join azure backup server. Since I don't have AD can I still use Azure Backup Server????
I haven't done it my self but as I know its not a problem since you will install software on your server and vault credentials.
From the link
The installation happens in phases. In the first phase the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent is installed on the server.
The wizard also checks for Internet connectivity. If Internet
connectivity is available you can proceed with installation, if not,
you need to provide proxy details to connect to the Internet.
The next step is to configure the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services
Agent. As a part of the configuration, you will have to provide your
vault credentials to register the machine to the recovery services
vault. You will also provide a passphrase to encrypt/decrypt the data
sent between Azure and your premises. You can automatically generate a
passphrase or provide your own minimum 16-character passphrase.
Continue with the wizard until the agent has been configured.
You require a Domain Controller in the org and that is the requirement for deploying SC DPM or Azure Backup Server. Both requires DC. Though you can then protect domain joined machine or workgroup machine both
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-support-matrix-mabs-dpm#management-support
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/dpm/prepare-environment-for-dpm?view=sc-dpm-1807#networking
I have an on-premises Windows Server and Azure File Storage.
From my Windows Server, I want to use "Map network drive" to map the Azure file storage folder to a drive letter.
There is an 'Express route' between my company's intranet and Azure.
I know how to do this within Azure Windows VM. I am struggling to get mapping done from on-Prem server.
First of all, you need to ensure that you have port 445 opened for the SMB protocol to work. This is easier in Azure VM but tough to get approval from any corporate IT security team. If you are through with this, this post on Microsoft Docs gives you required details.
Given:
Couple of websites created using Azure Web Sites execution model.
No RDP access since Azure Web Sites doesn't provide it.
Possibility to install/create Cloud Service on Azure. Cloud Service
does have RDP access to its websites.
Question:
Will it be possible to access the existing websites via RDP on Cloud Service?
Assuming you had deployed your sites in Azure Cloud Services and enabled RD, you can very well look at the setup and config of your site(s) under it.
However if you make any changes, it may not be reflected to the setup as the Azure Cloud Services is non persistent and during any Data center activities like load balancing the fabric controller may just pull of your instance and re-deploy in someother instance. During this process all your changes will be lost and the original package of cscsf and cscfg will utilized during deployment.
Can I host an application in Windows Azure and have the database stored on different server? For example I want to keep my data on a server where I dont have to worry about privicy issues. And if this is possible does it remove the value of having an application hosted in the cloud?
thanks
You mean hosting your application on Windows Azure and then hosting the database on your own servers? This is totally possible, but you'd have to publicly expose your database. You could host your database on SQL Azure and that would be a 'separate server' from your Windows Azure host. With SQL Azure, you can set up a firewall rule to allow only your application to access your database.
If you were to host your database on your own servers, I don't think that it would completely diminish the value of hosting your application on the cloud as your app tier at least would still be hosted "in the cloud". Though, you could also run into performance issues in this scenario as SQL is a little slow to access over the internet using TCP.
You can host on premise and use a secure VPN as part of Azure now. This can be done using Azure network in the latest release.
Can setup an Azure site to site VPN and get access to your private data centre that way.