From c887c12c01ee533691dff3be1ea15696e2b49716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rohan-sahini <143089459+rohan-sahini@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 12:22:40 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revise storage and resiliency information for backups Updated storage and resiliency details for Managed Disk incremental snapshots, including ZRS support and conditions for new Backup Instances. --- articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md b/articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md index cae51e5dc5bb1..e12bd068274ab 100644 --- a/articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md +++ b/articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md @@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ Elastic SAN backup includes the following key features: - **Region availability**: The feature is currently [available in specific regions](azure-elastic-storage-area-network-backup-support-matrix.md#supported-regions) only. - **Snapshot export**: Exports the selected Elastic SAN to an independent managed disk incremental snapshot (operational tier) at a given point in time. -- **Storage and resiliency**: Managed Disk incremental snapshot is stored in Locally redundant storage (LRS) resiliency (in LRS-[supported regions](azure-elastic-storage-area-network-backup-support-matrix.md#supported-regions)), independent of the Elastic SAN lifecycle. +- **Storage and resiliency**: Managed Disk incremental snapshot can be stored in Zonally redundant storage (ZRS) or Locally redundant storage (LRS) resiliency (in supported regions), independent of the Elastic SAN lifecycle. + + >[!Note] + >ZRS snapshot storage applies only to new Backup Instances created in regions where ZRS is supported, and only when there is no Managed Disk incremental snapshot already exported from the volume snapshot. In such cases, snapshots will be stored in ZRS by default. Existing Backup Instances and regions without ZRS support will continue to have snapshots stored as LRS. - **Recovery points**: Supports up to **450** recovery points, which allows you customize **daily** or **weekly** schedules to align your backup strategy with business continuity and compliance needs. - **Backup tier**: Supports operational tier. From c0ffa5c6245d2a0be346b1ec5fa467074457055d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristine Toliver Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:13:38 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Edit updated content --- articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md b/articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md index e12bd068274ab..3fca8f45827cc 100644 --- a/articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md +++ b/articles/backup/azure-elastic-san-backup-overview.md @@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ Elastic SAN backup includes the following key features: - **Snapshot export**: Exports the selected Elastic SAN to an independent managed disk incremental snapshot (operational tier) at a given point in time. - **Storage and resiliency**: Managed Disk incremental snapshot can be stored in Zonally redundant storage (ZRS) or Locally redundant storage (LRS) resiliency (in supported regions), independent of the Elastic SAN lifecycle. - >[!Note] - >ZRS snapshot storage applies only to new Backup Instances created in regions where ZRS is supported, and only when there is no Managed Disk incremental snapshot already exported from the volume snapshot. In such cases, snapshots will be stored in ZRS by default. Existing Backup Instances and regions without ZRS support will continue to have snapshots stored as LRS. + > [!NOTE] + > ZRS snapshot storage applies only to new Backup instances created in regions that support ZRS, and only when no managed disk incremental snapshot is already exported from the volume snapshot. In these scenarios, snapshots are stored in ZRS by default. Existing Backup instances and regions that don't support ZRS continue to store snapshots as LRS. + - **Recovery points**: Supports up to **450** recovery points, which allows you customize **daily** or **weekly** schedules to align your backup strategy with business continuity and compliance needs. - **Backup tier**: Supports operational tier.