Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) 2020 — Question 2

A customer has a physical proxy configured for Direct Storage Access without failover to network mode. The backup fails. What could be the issue?

Answer options

• A. The disks being processed are IDE and/or SATA
• B. The datastores are properly zoned and exposed to the proxy server but in read-only mode
• C. The storage is not added into the storage infrastructure, inside the backup and replication console
• D. Write access has not been enabled on the SAN
• E. One or more of the VM disk(s) are on Wols

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because write access is essential for the SAN to allow data modifications during the backup process. If write access is not enabled, the backup operation will fail. Options A, B, and C do not directly relate to the failure of the backup in this context, while option E is irrelevant to the primary issue regarding access permissions.