Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) v12 — Question 102

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. Perform Instant VM Recovery with quick rollback with automatic Power On VM at the end.
• C. Perform Restore VM Files and only restore the VM configuration files.
• D. Use the "Restore guest files" option to restore the VM configuration files.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because restoring only the VM configuration files allows for the quickest recovery of the orphaned VMs without affecting the existing disk files. Options A and B involve processes that either remove existing data or may take longer due to additional steps, while option D does not directly restore the necessary VM configurations needed for full functionality.