Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) 2021 — Question 37

A daily backup job for seven Hyper-V VMs has been configured at the main site, keeping 14 days’ worth of backup files. They want to get a copy of the VM backups to a repository at the disaster recovery site. They want to keep six months’ worth of backup files at the disaster recovery site. They also need to be able to restore the VMs to any given day within two months and any given week within six months. How should a backup copy job be configured to meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Use periodic copy (pruning) mode, keeping 180 days of retention.
• B. Use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and 26 weekly GFS restore points.
• C. Use periodic copy (pruning) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and six monthly GFS restore points.
• D. Use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 180 days of retention.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because it allows for immediate copying of backups with a retention of 62 days and includes 26 weekly GFS restore points, which meets the requirement to restore VMs to any week within six months. Options A, C, and D do not provide the necessary weekly restore points or have excessive retention periods that do not align with the specified requirements.