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title: Use Modern Backup Storage with Azure Backup Server
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description: Learn about the new features in Azure Backup Server. This article describes how to upgrade your Backup Server installation.
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.date: 03/01/2023
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 03/27/2024
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ms.service: backup
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author: AbhishekMallick-MS
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ms.author: v-abhmallick
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# Add storage to Azure Backup Server
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This article describes how to add storage to Azure Backup Server.
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Azure Backup Server V2 and later supports Modern Backup Storage that offers storage savings of 50 percent, backups that are three times faster, and more efficient storage. It also offers workload-aware storage.
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Using Backup Server with volumes as disk storage can help you maintain control over storage. A volume can be a single disk. However, if you want to extend storage in the future, create a volume out of a disk created by using storage spaces. This can help if you want to expand the volume for backup storage. This section offers best practices for creating a volume with this setup.
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To create a volume for Modern Backup Storage, follow these steps:
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1. In Server Manager, select **File and Storage Services** > **Volumes** > **Storage Pools**. Under **PHYSICAL DISKS**, select **New Storage Pool**.
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2. In the **TASKS** drop-down box, select **New Virtual Disk**.
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3. Select the storage pool, and then select **Add Physical Disk**.
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4. Select the physical disk, and then select **Extend Virtual Disk**.
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5. Select the virtual disk, and then select **New Volume**.
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6. In the **Select the server and disk** dialog, select the server and the new disk. Then, select **Next**.
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## Add volumes to Backup Server disk storage
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To add a volume to Backup Server, in the **Management** pane, rescan the storage, and then select **Add**. A list of all the volumes available to be added for Backup Server Storage appears. After available volumes are added to the list of selected volumes, you can give them a friendly name to help you manage them. To format these volumes to ReFS so Backup Server can use the benefits of Modern Backup Storage, select **OK**.
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> - Add only one disk to the pool to keep the column count to 1. You can then add disks as needed afterwards.
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> - If you add multiple disks to the storage pool at a go, the number of disks is stored as the number of columns. When more disks are added, they can only be a multiple of the number of columns.
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To add a volume to Backup Server, in the **Management** pane, rescan the storage, and then select **Add**. A list of all the volumes available to be added for Backup Server Storage appears. After available volumes are added to the list of selected volumes, you can give them a friendly name to help you manage them. To format these volumes to ReFS so Backup Server can use the benefits of Modern Backup Storage, select **OK**.
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## Set up workload-aware storage
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With workload-aware storage, you can select the volumes that preferentially store certain kinds of workloads. For example, you can set expensive volumes that support a high number of input/output operations per second (IOPS) to store only the workloads that require frequent, high-volume backups. An example is SQL Server with transaction logs. Other workloads that are backed up less frequently, like VMs, can be backed up to low-cost volumes.
The following screenshot shows the Update-DPMDiskStorage cmdlet in the PowerShell window.
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The changes you make by using PowerShell are reflected in the Backup Server Administrator Console.
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## Migrate legacy storage to Modern Backup Storage for MABS v2
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After you upgrade to or install Backup Server V2 and upgrade the operating system to Windows Server 2016, update your protection groups to use Modern Backup Storage. By default, protection groups aren't changed. They continue to function as they were initially set up.
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Updating protection groups to use Modern Backup Storage is optional. To update the protection group, stop protection of all data sources by using the retain data option. Then, add the data sources to a new protection group.
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To migrate legacy storage to Modern Backup Storage for MABS v2, follow these steps:
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1. In the Administrator Console, select the **Protection** feature. In the **Protection Group Member** list, right-click the member, and then select **Stop protection of member**.
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2. In the **Remove from Group** dialog box, review the used disk space and the available free space for the storage pool. The default is to leave the recovery points on the disk and allow them to expire per their associated retention policy. Select **OK**.
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2. In the **Remove from Group** dialog box, review the used disk space and the available free space for the storage pool. The default is to leave the recovery points on the disk and allows them to expire per their associated retention policy. Select **OK**.
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If you want to immediately return the used disk space to the free storage pool, select the **Delete replica on disk** check box to delete the backup data (and recovery points) associated with that member.
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3. Create a protection group that uses Modern Backup Storage. Include the unprotected data sources.
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## Add disks to increase legacy storage
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If you want to use legacy storage with Backup Server, you might need to add disks to increase legacy storage.
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To add disk storage:
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To add disk storage, follow these steps:
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1. In the Administrator Console, select **Management** > **Disk Storage** > **Add**.
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2. In the **Add Disk Storage** dialog, select **Add disks**.
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3. In the list of available disks, select the disks you want to add, select **Add**, and then select **OK**.
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