Blob Container backup question

[samabc]

Your company Azure Subscription contains the following resources:
Name Type Region
RSV1 Recovery Services vault East Asia
VM1 Virtual Machine West Asia
RSV2 Recovery Services vault Central US
SA1 Storage Account East Asia
VM2 Virtual Machine Central US

You have created a file share named FS1 and a blob container named BC1.

Which of the following resources can be backed up in the Recovery Services vaults?

Select the correct answer from the drop-down list of options. Each correct selection is worth one point.

Backups can be performed using RSV1

Backups can be performed using RSV2

> You can only use Recovery Services vaults to hold backup data for
various Azure services such as IaaS VMs (Linux or Windows) and SQL
Server in Azure VMs.

> Therefore, the correct answers are:

– Backups can be performed using RSV1 = FS1

– Backups can be performed using RSV2 = VM2

Why can the blob container not be backed up using RSV1? Perplexity.ai says:

> Thus, yes, a blob container can be backed up to a Recovery Services
vault by backing up its storage account configured in the vault, subject
to permissions, backup policies, and operational constraints.

• This discussion was modified 2 weeks, 1 day ago by  samabc.

[Lois-TutorialsDojo]

Hello samabc!

You’re right that blob containers can be backed up, but they can’t be backed up directly using a Recovery Services Vault (RSV). RSVs are mainly designed for resources such as Azure VMs, SQL databases, and Azure Files. For blob containers, you would actually back up the entire storage account that holds the blob container, and this is done through Azure Backup with a Backup Vault.

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/blob-backup-configure-manage?tabs=operational-backup

So, the answer is still correct because the backup is managed at the storage account level, not the blob container itself, and it requires using a Backup Vault instead of an RSV.

Let me know if you need any more clarification. I’m happy to help!

Regards,

Lois @ Tutorials Dojo