AZ-104 Question 265
Single answerYour organization runs multiple Azure virtual machines and requires that each VM backup is recoverable even if the primary region becomes unavailable. You have created a Recovery Services Vault to store backups using geo-redundant storage (GRS). Which additional action must you take to enable restoring VMs in another region in the event of a primary region outage?
- A
Enable Cross Region Restore for the Recovery Services Vault
- B
Switch the vault to locally redundant storage to reduce cost
- C
Deactivate soft delete to allow immediate point-in-time restoration
- D
Implement Azure Site Recovery to replicate VM data between regions
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
You must enable Cross Region Restore in the Recovery Services Vault settings to restore VM backups to a secondary region when the primary region is unavailable. While GRS ensures data replication, it is the Cross Region Restore feature that allows you to initiate a restore job directly in the secondary region without additional configuration.
- A. Correct.
Enabling Cross Region Restore is required to restore VM backups in a secondary region without manual vault reconfiguration, making it the correct choice for full cross-region backup recovery.
- B. Incorrect.
Locally redundant storage (LRS) only keeps data within a single region, which would not protect against a region-wide outage.
- C. Incorrect.
Soft delete protects backups from accidental deletion but does not enable cross-region restores in a disaster scenario.
- D. Incorrect.
Azure Site Recovery supports replication for disaster recovery, but for backup-based cross-region restore, you must leverage the Cross Region Restore feature of Azure Backup.