Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) 2020 — Question 1

A customer currently has one backup job that runs every four hours to backup their VMs in a transaction consistent state. Which job configuration will keep all restore points safe in case the primary site and backups go down while still being able to do a point-in-time recovery of a SQL database from the backups on the second site?

Answer options

• A. Configure a second VM backup job and schedule it to copy every four hours, starting at midnight, to a repository on the second site
• B. Configure a backup copy job in mirror mode, to a repository on the second site
• C. Configure a backup copy job in pruning mode and schedule it to copy every four hours, starting at midnight, to a repository on the second site
• D. Configure a backup copy job in pruning mode and have it copy data every day, starting at midnight, to a repository on the second site

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because configuring a backup copy job in mirror mode ensures that all restore points are retained at the secondary site, providing a complete and immediate copy of the original backups. The other options either do not guarantee the same level of retention (like pruning mode in C and D) or do not provide the needed frequency and immediacy of backups (as in A).