Merge pull request #301959 from AbhishekMallick01/Jun-27-2025-MABS

MABS/DPM - updates as per the latest support

Author: denrea

articles/backup/backup-azure-backup-server-vmware.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Back up VMware VMs using Azure Backup Server
 description: Learn how to back up VMware VMs running on VMware ESXi hosts/vCenter Server to Azure using Azure Backup Server (MABS).
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 02/25/2025
+ms.date: 06/27/2025
 author: jyothisuri
 ms.author: jsuri
 ms.service: azure-backup
@@ -597,8 +597,9 @@ Application consistent backups for VMware VMs running Windows can fail with the
 To resolve this quiescing error and retry the failed application consistent backup with a crash consistent backup, use the following registry key on the MABS server running V4 UR1 or above:
 
 ```azurepowershell
-Name - FailbackToCrashConsistentBackup DWORD = 1
-Path- SOFTWARE\\MICROSOFT\\MICROSOFT DATA PROTECTION MANAGER\\VMWare
+Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
+[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MICROSOFT DATA PROTECTION MANAGER\VMWare]
+" FailbackToCrashConsistentBackup"=dword:00000001
 
 ```
 

articles/backup/backup-azure-dpm-azure-server-faq.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   ms.reviewer: srinathv
   ms.topic: faq
   ms.service: azure-backup
-  ms.date: 10/13/2021
+  ms.date: 06/27/2025
   author: jyothisuri
   ms.author: jsuri
 
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ sections:
   - name: VMware and Hyper-V backup
     questions:
       - question: |
-          Can I back up VMware vCenter servers to Azure?
+          Can I back up VMware vSphere or ESXI Host VMs to Azure?
         answer: |
-          Yes. You can use Azure Backup Server to back up VMware vCenter Server and ESXi hosts to Azure.
+          Yes, you can use Azure Backup to back up VMware vSphere or ESXI Host VMs to Azure.
 
           - [Learn more](backup-mabs-protection-matrix.md) about supported versions.
           - [Follow these steps](backup-azure-backup-server-vmware.md) to back up a VMware server.
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ sections:
         answer: |
           Because SharePoint databases are configured in SQL Always On, they can't be modified unless the availability group is removed. As a result, DPM can't restore a database to the original location. You can recover a SQL Server database to another SQL Server instance.
 
+      - question: |
+          What is the retention range of an on-demand online backup triggered via Azure Backup or DPM Server?
+        answer: |
+          Azure Backup and DPM Server currently don't allow setting an expiry date for on-demand online backups. These backups follow the daily retention policy configured for the data source. If only weekly, monthly, or yearly retention is set, the backup is retained for the day and deleted the next day.
+
 additionalContent: |
 
   ## Next steps

articles/backup/backup-azure-microsoft-azure-backup.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Use Azure Backup Server to back up workloads
 description: In this article, learn how to prepare your environment to protect and back up workloads using Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS).
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 11/23/2024
+ms.date: 06/27/2025
 ms.service: azure-backup
 author: jyothisuri
 ms.author: jsuri
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Use the following steps to upgrade MABS:
 
 ## Increase maximum parallel online backups
 
-You can increase the number of maximum parallel online backup jobs from the default 8 to a configurable number using the following registry keys (if your underlying hardware and network bandwidth can support it).
+You can increase the number of maximum parallel online backup jobs from the default 8 to a configurable limit of 20 using the following registry keys (if your underlying hardware and network bandwidth can support it).
 
 The example below increases the limit to 12 jobs.
 

articles/backup/backup-mabs-whats-new-mabs.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: What's new in Microsoft Azure Backup Server
 description: Microsoft Azure Backup Server gives you enhanced backup capabilities for protecting VMs, files and folders, workloads, and more.
 ms.service: azure-backup
 ms.topic: release-notes
-ms.date: 02/28/2025
+ms.date: 06/27/2025
 author: jyothisuri
 ms.author: jsuri
 ---
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The following table lists the included features in MABS V4:
 | VMware 8.0 support | MABS V4 can now back up VMware VMs running on VMware 8.0. MABS V4 supports VMware, version 6.5 to 8.0. [Learn more](backup-azure-backup-server-vmware.md). <br><br> Note that MABS V4 doesn't support the DataSets feature added in vSphere 8.0. |
 | Item-level recovery from online recovery points for Hyper-V and Stack HCI VMs running Windows Server | With MABS V4, you can perform item-level recovery of files and folders from your online recovery point for VMs running Windows Server on Hyper-V or Stack HCI without downloading the entire recovery point. <br><br> Go to the *Recovery* pane, select a *VM online recovery point* and double-click the *recoverable item* to browse and recover its contents at a file/folder level. <br><br> [Learn more](back-up-hyper-v-virtual-machines-mabs.md). |
 | Parallel Restore of VMware and Hyper-V VMs | MABS V4 supports parallel restore of [VMware](restore-azure-backup-server-vmware.md) and [Hyper-V](back-up-hyper-v-virtual-machines-mabs.md) virtual machines. With earlier versions of MABS, restore of VMware VM and Hyper-V virtual machine was restricted to only one restore job at a time. With MABS V4, by default you can restore *eight* VMs in parallel and this number can be increased using a registry key. |
-| Parallel online backup jobs - limit enhancement | MABS V4 supports increasing the maximum parallel online backup jobs from *eight* to a configurable limit based on your hardware and network limitations through a registry key for faster online backups. [Learn more](backup-azure-microsoft-azure-backup.md). |
+| Parallel online backup jobs - limit enhancement | MABS V4 supports increasing the maximum parallel online backup jobs from eight to a configurable limit of twenty through a registry key for faster online backups. [Learn more](backup-azure-microsoft-azure-backup.md). |
 | Faster Item Level Recoveries | MABS V4 moves away from File Catalog for online backup of file/folder workloads. File Catalog was necessary to restore individual files and folders from online recovery points, but increased backup time by uploading file metadata. <br><br> MABS V4 uses an *iSCSI mount* to provide faster individual file restores and reduces backup time, because file metadata doesn't need to be uploaded. |
 
 ## What's new in MABS V3 UR2 Hotfix?