AZ-104 Question 277
Select 2You are an Azure Administrator for a company that hosts a mission-critical application on an Azure VM. A single configuration file on the VM was accidentally deleted, and you need to restore only that file using Azure Backup. What steps must you take to perform a file-level restore from the VM’s most recent backup?
- A
Download and run the provided script from the Azure portal to mount the backup data
- B
Create an Active Directory user in the domain with restore privileges
- C
Copy the required files from the mounted volume to the destination
- D
Configure the VM restore wizard to create a new VM from the restore point
- E
Install the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) Agent on the VM to perform the file restore
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Correct answers: A, C
Explanation
To restore individual files from an Azure VM backup, you initiate a file-level restore from the Recovery Services vault, download the custom script provided by Azure, mount the backup volume, and then copy the required files. No additional AD users or installing the MARS Agent is needed specifically for file-level restore of Azure IaaS VMs.
- A. Correct.
This is the correct method to access file-level recovery for an Azure VM backup. The portal generates a script that mounts the backup as a volume inside the VM (or on a client machine).
- B. Incorrect.
You do not need to create a domain user dedicated to restore operations. Azure Backup file-level restore does not require additional Active Directory privileges for a single file restore.
- C. Correct.
Once the volume is mounted, you can browse, copy, and paste or restore the individual files you need. This is the second crucial step.
- D. Incorrect.
This option covers a full VM restore rather than a file-level restore. In this scenario, only a single file is needed, so a full VM restore is not necessary.
- E. Incorrect.
The MARS Agent is used for Azure Backup of on-premises workloads or for file/folder backup from on-premises machines, not for file-level restore when the VM is backed up through Azure IaaS VM backups.