Is it possible to back up an Azure VM onto our own on-prem environment?

Mike T 1 Reputation point
2020-09-09T20:55:53.437+00:00

We have a VM on Azure. The VM runs fine, however we would like to back up this VM onto our own on-prem environment.

Is that possible?

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  1. SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 40,441 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-09-10T07:09:52.047+00:00

    Hi @Mike T ,
    Thanks for reaching out to us!

    Currently, we do not support restoring of Azure VM backup as VM in on-premise environment. You can refer to the restore options available with Azure VM backup here - https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-arm-restore-vms#restore-options

    Also, backup of on-premise VM to Azure is supported but restoring the VM in Azure is not a supported scenario. Feedback reference: https://feedback.azure.com/forums/258995-azure-backup/suggestions/6197211-backup-on-premises-vm-to-azure-and-restore-the-vm

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  2. Peter van Oord van der Vlies 1 Reputation point
    2020-09-14T11:19:33.557+00:00

    There is always a way but also depends on your network topology.

    Using for example an Microsoft Azure Backup server on-premise and install an agent on the Azure vm.
    But this will require and vpn connection between your azure environment and on-premise netwerk.

    Restoring will require some additional steps but depends also on the workload you wanna protect.

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