AZ-104 Question 288
Single answerYou are an Azure Administrator for an organization using Azure Backup to protect multiple Azure virtual machines. The compliance team requests daily email notifications summarizing the latest backup job statuses and demands immediate alerts if a backup fails. You also need to review historical backup activity for trend analysis. Which approach should you take to meet these requirements?
- A
In the Recovery Services vault, enable email notifications for backup events, configure an Action Group to only send alerts when CPU metrics cross thresholds, and rely on Azure Advisor for historical trends.
- B
In the Recovery Services vault, enable Alert Notifications, associate an Action Group to route emails on backup failures, and use Backup Reports in Azure Monitor to analyze trends and historical activity.
- C
Configure Azure Policy to monitor VM backup compliance, and use Azure Resource Health to get real-time alerting for backup job failures.
- D
Disable built-in backup notifications in the Recovery Services vault, create a custom script to poll the Azure Resource Graph, and manually email results to the compliance team daily.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Enabling alert notifications in the Recovery Services vault and associating an Action Group to handle email alerts immediately when a backup fails fulfills the real-time alert requirement. Additionally, configuring Backup Reports in Azure Monitor offers a centralized, graphical interface to review historical backup data and trending, satisfying the need for daily summaries and compliance insight.
- A. Incorrect.
This option only covers email notifications for backup events but also incorrectly focuses on CPU metrics for alerts. Relying on Azure Advisor for historical trends is not specific enough for comprehensive backup reporting.
- B. Correct.
This correctly outlines enabling alert notifications in the Recovery Services vault, routing alerts via an Action Group, and leveraging Backup Reports in Azure Monitor for historical trend analysis and daily summaries.
- C. Incorrect.
Azure Policy can help govern compliance but does not provide the immediate alerts for backup job failures or the reporting features requested in the scenario.
- D. Incorrect.
Disabling built-in notifications and relying on a custom script for daily emails is inefficient, error-prone, and does not provide the robust trend analysis that Azure Monitor and Backup Reports can offer.