You have an Azure subscription. You plan to deploy an SAP landscape that will store /sapmnt on an NFS Azure file share. You need to recommend a…

Azure Backup is the recommended solution as it is a native, managed service that minimizes administrative effort through policy-based automation. Crucially, it provides recoverability if the entire file share is deleted. When you configure backup for an Azure file share, the data is stored in a Recovery Services vault, separate from the source storage account. Azure Backup also enables a soft delete feature at the storage account level, which retains the backup data for a configurable period (14 days by default) even after the source file share is deleted, allowing for a full restore. This directly addresses both requirements of the question.

A. AzCopy: AzCopy is a command-line utility for data transfer, not a managed backup service. Using it would require custom scripting and scheduling, which increases administrative effort.

C. fpsync: Similar to AzCopy, fpsync is a file synchronization tool. It is not an integrated backup solution and would require significant manual configuration and management.

D. snapshots: While Azure Backup uses snapshots, snapshots alone are insufficient. If the Azure file share is deleted, all of its associated snapshots are also permanently deleted, failing the requirement for recoverability from share deletion.

1. Microsoft Docs

Azure Backup Documentation

"About Azure file share backup": "Azure Backup for Azure Files is a native

cloud-based backup solution... It also helps you protect your file shares against accidental deletion by enabling the soft delete feature on a storage account level and taking a backup of file shares. The backup data is stored in a Recovery Services vault

which is a separate fault and management domain."

2. Microsoft Docs

Azure Storage Documentation

"Prevent accidental deletion of Azure file shares": "When soft delete for Azure file shares is enabled for a storage account

if a file share is deleted

it transitions to a soft deleted state instead of being permanently erased... You can restore a soft deleted share at any time during the retention period." This confirms the mechanism that protects against share deletion.

3. Microsoft Docs

Azure Files Documentation

"NFS file shares in Azure Files"

Section: Data protection: "You can back up your NFS file shares by using Azure Backup. Azure Backup supports both snapshot-based backups and vaulted backups... Vaulted backups copy your snapshots to a Recovery Services vault for off-site protection and longer retention." This explicitly recommends Azure Backup for NFS shares and highlights the vaulted backup feature for protection.