Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) 2021 — Question 65

An administrator is reviewing backup jobs and notices that backups of VMware VMs that are located on a SAN are taking longer than normal to back up. What could be a cause of this?

Answer options

• A. The backup proxy in use is failing over to Virtual Appliance mode.
• B. The guest interaction proxy is failing over to data access mode.
• C. The backup proxy in use is failing over to Network mode.
• D. The backup repository needs to be changed to a Scale-out Backup Repository.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because if the backup proxy is failing over to Network mode, it may be using the network for data transfer instead of direct SAN access, which can significantly slow down the backup process. Options A and B describe different modes that do not pertain to SAN performance issues, while D suggests a repository change that may not directly relate to the current slowdown.