You have two Azure virtual machines named VM1 and VM2. You have two Recovery Services vaults named RSV1 and RSV2. VM2 is backed up to RSV1. You need to back up VM2 to RSV2. What should you do first?

The correct answer is A. From the RSV1 blade, click Backup items and stop the VM2 backup. For an Azure VM, you can stop protection with retain data for the VM in the old vault, move the VM to another resource group, and then protect the VM in the new vault. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-move-recovery-services…

Submitted by lars.no· Mar 4, 2026Monitor and back up Azure resources

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You have two Azure virtual machines named VM1 and VM2. You have two Recovery Services vaults named RSV1 and RSV2. VM2 is backed up to RSV1. You need to back up VM2 to RSV2. What should you do first?

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AFrom the RSV1 blade, click Backup items and stop the VM2 backup
BFrom the RSV2 blade, click Backup. From the Backup blade, select the backup for the virtual
CFrom the VM2 blade, click Disaster recovery, click Replication settings, and then select RSV2 as
DFrom the RSV1 blade, click Backup Jobs and export the VM2 job

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Explanation

For an Azure VM, you can stop protection with retain data for the VM in the old vault, move the VM to another resource group, and then protect the VM in the new vault. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-move-recovery-services- vault#must-preserve-previous-backed-up-data

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