What should you do?

A company uses Azure Backup Server to back up re deployed in an availability group.

The company reports that a backup operation for a database fails. The following error message displays:

Unable to configure protection.

You need to ensure that the backup operation runs successfully.

What should you do?
A . Add a partitioned drive to the storage pool on the backup server.
B. Add the Sysadmin role to the system account on the SQL Server instance.
C. Run the following command on the backup server: net stop OBEngine
D. Configure the availability group replicas to allow read and write operations on the SQL Server instance.

View Answer

Answer: B

Explanation:

To ensure that the backup operation for a database in an availability group using Azure Backup Server runs successfully, you should add the Sysadmin role to the system account on the SQL Server instance. The system account on the SQL Server instance must have the Sysadmin role to perform backup operations. So the correct answer is B. Add the Sysadmin role to the system account on the SQL Server instance. You can find more information about Azure Backup Server and its requirements in the official Microsoft documentation.