Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) v12 — Question 110

A customer is backing up to a local hardened repository configured with XFS for the purpose of keeping their most recent backups immutable. Their retention is set to keep 90 days with synthetic full backups running once a week. After several months, the backup storage is twice the amount originally sized, and yet the growth rate is normal.

What is the cause of the storage increase compared to the sizing?

Answer options

• A. XFS does not allow for fast cloning.
• B. The fast cloning process is hung.
• C. Immutability settings for the repository are set too high.
• D. XFS does not allow for immutability.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because setting the immutability settings too high can lead to additional storage consumption as backups cannot be deleted or modified, leading to accumulation over time. Option A is incorrect as XFS does support fast cloning, while option B is not relevant here since there is no indication of the process being hung. Option D is also wrong because XFS does allow for immutability.