Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) is another backup option for Dell Integrated System. You can use MABS to manage the backup and recovery of on-premises physical servers, VMs, apps, and production data.
MABS is based on Data Protection Manager (DPM), which is used with System Center. One advantage of using MABS is that it does not require additional licenses, while DPM does. You can run MABS from both an on-premises physical server or from an Azure Stack Hub VM.
MABS supports the following backup scenarios:
- Machine-level with system-state backup
- Machine-level with bare-metal backup
- Backup for specific network shares, folders, or files
- Crash-consistent backup (point-in-time, no application logic)
- Application-consistent backup (point-in-time, with application logic)
For more information about MABS, see What is the Azure Backup service?.
You can download MABS from Microsoft Azure Backup Server v3.
The supported best practices for hosting MABS include:
- MABS on-premises server must be a 64-bit operating system with MABS v3 on Windows Server 2022 (Standard, Essentials, or Datacenter). You can also deploy MABS on an Azure VM with a minimum of A2 Standard, two cores, and 3.5 GB RAM.
- MABS cannot be installed on domain controller or Application Server Roles.
- MABS cannot be installed with System Center, SQL Server, or Exchange Server.
- MABS cannot be installed on any clustered nodes.