AZ104-Q: Enabling VM backup — which vault
Q: To enable backups for Azure VMs (scheduled point-in-time restore points with retention), which vault do you create and register the VM to?
- A) Recovery Services vault ✓
- B) Azure Key Vault
- C) Azure Storage account
- D) Log Analytics workspace
Answer: A — Recovery Services vault. Azure Backup uses a Recovery Services vault to store and manage backups of Azure VMs, along with backup policies (frequency + retention). Key Vault (B) holds secrets/certificates; a storage account (C) is where data itself may live but is not the backup vault; Log Analytics (D) stores logs. (Note: Site Recovery, for DR replication, also uses a Recovery Services vault.)
Why it helps
Backups → Recovery Services vault. Remember the pairing: Azure Backup + Recovery Services vault, and that Site Recovery uses the same vault type for DR.
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recovery-services-vault · azure-backup · azure-backup-policy