Hi all.
I've deployed Microsoft Azure backup Server as per this
The installation is working great, including only a few weeks of backup retention stored on the MABS server on site (to keep storage costs low), and long term retention kept in the Azure Recovery Services vault.
However, I understood too late that "Item level Recovery" from an online recovery point (ie; our of the ARS Vault) is not supported, as explained here.
This is a real issue for us, since it means to restore say, a single 1MB file from long term retention, we need to download the ENTIRE BACKUP from Azure to local storage, which could be many hundreds of gigabytes (or terabytes), BEFORE the 1MB file could be extracted.
While this might not be an issue at Redmond where bandwidth and storage is a plenty, most of our customers have limited resources to work with - so efficient use of these systems is vital.
Can anyone share their experience with using MABS / DPM with online retention to Azure and restoring from online recovery points?
I'm starting to wonder if I should have deployed MABS to manage local retention only (to facilitate local DR), and installed the MARS agent to each protected server on premises to achieve offsite long term retention that supported "Item level Recovery", or something... Which seams a bit messy.
Thank you in advance for any feed back or suggestions.