Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) v12 — Question 91

A backup job is configured at Site A with 14 days of retention specified. The business requirements are:

• Virtual machine backups must be copied to a secondary location
• Six months of historical data to be kept at a secondary location
• Restore virtual machines from any given day within the previous two months
• Restore virtual machines from any given week within the previous six months

Which backup copy jobs should be set to meet the requirements?

Answer options

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

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Option A is correct because it allows for 62 days of retention and includes 26 weekly GFS restore points, meeting all the restoration requirements. Options B and D do not offer the necessary weekly restore points, while option C does not provide sufficient retention to fulfill the six-month data requirement.