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Source facts

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Microsoft documents application-consistent VM restore points as the default when consistencyMode is omitted. For crash-consistent capture, the request explicitly sets consistencyMode to crashConsistent. The guide states that crash consistency is unsupported for Azure Boost and directs those workloads to application-consistent restore points. Microsoft Learn

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Applicability

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This applies when a team defines an Azure VM restore-point capture request and must agree the consistency requirement with the application owner.

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DSE recommendation

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DSE recommends documenting the intended consistency mode before scheduling the capture. Ask the application owner to identify the recovery checks that will demonstrate a usable result, and verify the documented support conditions for the VM. Review the actual request field instead of inferring the mode from a job name. Record any excluded disks and require an explicit owner decision about the resulting recovery boundary.

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Verification

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Inspect the submitted request and resulting restore-point information together. Compare the selected mode with the approved application requirement, then use a controlled recovery test to evaluate the captured workload. Record capture success and recovery acceptance as separate observations, keeping an untested or failed recovery outcome visible in the backup review.

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Official references

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