Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) v12 — Question 31

An engineer sets up a backup job with direct backup to the AWS S3. The retention of the job is set to 31 days and the immutable period is set to 31 days. However, one full backup data is not removed automatically after 60 days.

Which option could be the reason for this?

Answer options

• A. The backup job is disabled accidentally.
• B. The backup data is encrypted.
• C. It is an active full backup, not synthetic full.
• D. A retention exception is enabled for the restore point.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because a retention exception can prevent data from being deleted even after the specified retention period. Options A, B, and C are incorrect because they do not address the retention policy or how it is applied to the backup data.