Windows NT creating additional backups, aside from ASR backups

Jessica Willman 0 Reputation points
2025-06-09T14:24:11.31+00:00

VM Palmdale shows full backups are being created by Windows NT Authority, this is concerning because we already have ASR backups running through azure, please advise why SQL would allow additional backups

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  1. Erland Sommarskog 121.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-06-09T21:18:26.0833333+00:00

    SQL Server never denies anyone who has the permission to run a Backup. The user running the backup is assuming to what he/she/it is doing. If you don't want these extra backups to happen, you need to find out what is taking them and stop that job.


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