Today Microsoft announced an increase in the size of datasources it can protect with the Azure Backup Service. Where earlier 1700GB was the maximum size of a single datasource, we can now provide backups from a datasource up to 54400 GB in size.
You can find all required information on the Azure Blog, but below is a short description for the people willing to update their protection to the improved Azure Backup service.
Pre-requisites:
1.Azure Backup Agent Version 2.0.8715.0 or above.
You can verify the Azure Backup agent version number by navigating to the Control Panel –> All Control Panel items –> Programs and features –> Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent.Azure Backup Agent 2.0.8715
2.System Center Data Protection Manager Update Roll Up 6 or higher (download the latest UR).
3. Windows Server 2012 or above, for backups of volumes directly to Azure
Windows 8 or above, for backups of desktop/laptop volumes directly to Azure
Windows Server 2012 or above on the DPM server, for backups via DPM to Azure; the production server backed up by DPM can be Windows Server 2003 or above
4.Azure Backup Cache Space: For file servers with a large number of files (>1 Million) in a single volume, the amount of cache space needed for the backups could be up to 20% of the size of the volume.
5. Connectivity. To be able to upload all of this massive data you’d want a broadband internet connection.
Have a great backup!
