Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) 2021 — Question 59

An infrastructure with 50 VMs has a power outage. After the VMware cluster has booted up again, 10 large VMs are orphaned. However, all VM disk files are still on the datastores. What is the quickest way to bring back those VMs with the least possible data loss?

Answer options

• A. Remove the existing VM disk files from the datastore and perform Instant VM Recovery.
• B. Use the “Restore guest files” option to restore the VM configuration files.
• C. Perform Restore VM Files and only restore the VM configuration files.
• D. Perform Instant VM Recovery with quick rollback with automatic Power On VM at the end.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The best answer is C because restoring only the VM configuration files allows for quick recovery of the orphaned VMs without affecting their existing disk files, minimizing data loss. Option A is incorrect as removing disk files would lead to data loss. Option B is not suitable since it focuses on guest files instead of VM configurations. Option D, while useful, involves additional steps that may not be necessary for simply restoring orphaned VMs.