Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) v12 — Question 49

An hourly backup job for seven VMware VMs has been configured at the main site, keeping 14 days' worth of backup files. They want to get a copy of the VM backups to a repository at the disaster recovery site. They want to keep six months' worth of backup files at the disaster recovery site. They need to be able to restore the VMs to any given day within two months at disaster recovery, and any given week within the six months, minimizing the storage used at disaster recovery.

How should a backup copy job be configured to meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and 26 weekly GFS restore points.
• B. Use periodic copy (pruning) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and 26 weekly GFS restore points.
• C. Use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 180 days of retention.
• D. Use periodic copy (pruning) mode, keeping 180 days of retention.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Option B is correct because periodic copy (pruning) mode allows for the retention of backups while efficiently managing storage, which aligns with the requirement to minimize space at the disaster recovery site while keeping necessary restore points. Options A and C use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, which does not meet the pruning requirement, and option D retains too many days of backups, exceeding the necessary storage limits.