Veeam Backup & Replication: Comprehensive Q&A for Administrators

Posted on May 22, 2025 in Computing and Communications

Veeam Backup & Replication: Key Concepts and Solutions

This document provides answers to common questions related to Veeam Backup & Replication, covering various aspects of its functionality and administration.

Backup Copy Job and Backup Files

Question: A Backup Administrator configures a backup copy job containing several VMs, each backed up by different daily jobs. How many backup files will be created as the result of the initial successful run of the backup copy job? (Choose two.)

  • A. One backup file per one VM
  • C. One backup file per each VM multiplied by the number of existing restore points for the daily backup jobs

Finalizing Instant VM Recovery on Hyper-V

Question: A Backup Administrator has restored a VM, on Hyper-V, using Instant VM Recovery. Which additional step should be taken to finalize the Instant VM Recovery process?

  • C. Migrate to production

On-Demand Sandbox and Backup Job Impact

Question: A Backup Administrator has set up a Backup Job, utilizing Reverse Incremental backup mode. After the first successful backup, an on-Demand Sandbox is deployed and started. How will the OnDemand Sandbox be affected if the Backup Job is started?

  • D. The backup job will fail immediately

Achieving Minimal RPO

Question: A Backup Administrator has to achieve minimal RPO. Which of the following setups is most appropriate?

  • B. Backup jobs run continuously

Backing Up Transactional SQL Server VMs

Question: A Backup Administrator must perform a backup of a VM running a highly-transactional Microsoft SQL Server. Point-in-time database recovery is a requirement. Which options must the Backup Administrator select in order for the Backup Job to provide the proper level of recovery? (Choose two.)

  • C. Backup SQL transaction logs
  • D. Enable application-aware processing

Creating a Fully Functional VM in an Isolated Network

Question: A Backup Administrator needs to create a fully functional VM at a secondary location in an isolated network, and the VM should not require manual editing or modifications to the configuration. Which of the following jobs could the Backup Administrator use? (choose the 2 appropriate options)

  • B. VM Copy Job
  • D. SureBackup Job

Optimal Offsite Backup Configuration with NFS Share

Question: A Backup Administrator needs to create an offsite backup job and wants to store the backups on a NFS share at the remote site. Which of the following actions would result in the most optimal configuration?

  • D. Mount the NFS share on a Linux server at the remote site, then add the server as a Veeam Backup Repository

Optimal Veeam Data Mover Service Placement for Offsite Backups

Question: A Backup Administrator needs to create an offsite backup job. A Windows-based server is used as a repository. Which placement of the Veeam Data Mover Service(s) would result in the most optimal configuration?

  • C. At least two – one at the production site and one at the remote site

Scale-Out Backup Repository and Data Locality Policy

Question: A scale-out backup repository is configured with data locality policy. How is an extent selected during an active full backup? (Choose two.)

  • A. Always the same extent as the previous full backup
  • B. An extent determined based on load control settings and free space

Failback Strategy for Permanently Deleted VMs

Question: A virtual machine has been permanently deleted in production but a replica is running in the Disaster Recovery data center. Which strategy would failback the virtual machine to production while saving both recovery time and network utilization?

  • C. Restore this VM up-front from a backup and then perform a failback

Switching Back to the Original VM After Failover

Question: After a successful replica failover, you decide that you want to switch back to the original VM and permanently transfer the changes that occurred in the replica VM while it was in the Failover State. Which course of action should you choose?

  • B. “Undo Failover”

Configuring Forever Forward Incremental Backup Mode

Question: After selecting Incremental mode in the job settings, which setting is required to ensure Forever Forward Incremental Backup Mode is configured?

  • A. Disable synthetic full backups and active full backups

Available Options After Replica Failover

Question: After the Failover Now option is chosen and a Replica VM is started up on the DR side, which options are available? (Choose three.)

  • B. Failback
  • D. Permanent Failover
  • E. Undo failover

Ensuring Forever Forward Incremental Backup Mode (Repeated)

Question: After you selected Incremental mode in the job settings, how do you ensure the forever forward incremental backup mode is configured?

  • C. Disable synthetic full backups and active full backups

U-AIR and Virtual Labs for VMware vSphere

Question: Can Universal Application-Item Recovery (U-AIR) be performed in the absence of a Virtual Lab for a VMware vSphere environment?

  • B. No, deploy a virtual lab – vPower NFS must be configured

Understanding Undo Failover

Question: Choose the correct statement about undoing the failover:

  • B. After the Undo Failover option is performed, the VM replica is used as the original VM.

Failover Plan Functionality

Question: Choose the correct statements about the Failover Plan functionality: (Choose two.)

  • A. Undo failover can be performed for the entire Failover Plan group
  • C. Failover Plans must be created in advance of a disaster situation

Veeam Backup & Replication Capabilities

Question: Choose the correct statements about Veeam Backup & Replication. (Choose two.)

  • C. Allows restoring VMs to new locations.
  • E. Can restore several VMs at once.

Cloud Connect Tenant Operations

Question: Cloud Connect tenants can perform which of the following operations? (Choose three.)

  • C. Perform virtual machine guest OS files restore for Windows virtual machines from a Cloud Repository.
  • D. Perform replication of virtual machines to a Cloud Connect service provider.
  • E. Perform backup of virtual machines to a Cloud Connect service provider.

Planned Failover and Production VM Shutdown

Question: Does the Planned Failover feature shut down the production VM?

  • D. Yes.

Veeam and VMware vSphere Hypervisor Support

Question: Does Veeam Backup & Replication support VMware vSphere Hypervisor, a free bare-metal hypervisor?

  • B. Yes

SureBackup Verification and Redo Logs

Question: During SureBackup verification, a backed up VMware vSphere VM image remains in a read-only state. All changes that take place while the VM is running are written to redo log files that are stored ______________________. When the recovery verification process is complete, the redo logs are removed.

  • D. On a datastore in the production environment, specified in Virtual Lab settings.

SureBackup Job Execution and Redo Logs Location

Question: During the SureBackup job execution, redo logs are created for each verified VM. Where are the redo logs for the job located?

  • D. On the backup repository
  • E. On the datastore specified in Virtual Lab settings

Extreme Compression and Backup Performance

Question: Extreme compression produces the smallest backup file, but it may also reduce:

  • A. Backup performance

Backups Over High-Latency, Low Bandwidth Networks

Question: If the Backup Administrator has to perform a backup over a high-latency, low bandwidth network link, the disruptions to the backup process can be avoided by:

  • A. Adjusting the compression and deduplication settings for this job

Remote Monitoring of Veeam Backup & Replication Infrastructure

Question: From within which of the following software products can the Veeam Backup & Replication Infrastructure be remotely monitored when plug-ins/add-ons are installed? (choose the 2 appropriate options)

  • C. Kaseya
  • D. LabTech

VMware Replica Restore Points Storage

Question: How are VMware replica restoring points stored at the target host?

  • A. As virtual machine snapshot(s)

Configuring User Permissions for Guest OS File Restores

Question: How can a Backup Administrator configure user permissions and restrict those permissions to tasks such as Guest OS file restores or search for Guest OS files?

  • C. Use Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager roles

Veeam Backup & Replication Backup Consistency Check

Question: How does Veeam Backup & Replication check backup consistency for VMs verified by the SureBackup job?

  • D. CRC check

Veeam ONE Business View Alarm Types

Question: How many alarm types does Veeam ONE Business View offer?

  • B. Zero: Alarms are not available in Veeam ONE Business View

Full VM Restore to Original Location

Question: If a VM is restored to its original location via Full VM restore while the original VM still exists, the original VM will be:

  • D. Deleted

Changing Compression and Deduplication Settings in Existing Jobs

Question: If the compression level and deduplication settings are changed in an existing job, previously created backup files will:

  • D. Remain the same

Applying New Deduplication Settings

Question: If the deduplication settings are changed for an existing job, when will the new settings be applied?

  • A. Only when a new active full backup is created

Question: If the network is disconnected during the data transfer process, the “resume on disconnect” feature will NOT reestablish the connection for which of the following Veeam Backup & Replication jobs?

  • C. Tape backup

Question: If the network is disconnected during the data transfer process, the “Resume on Network Disconnect” feature will NOT re-establish the connection for which of the following Veeam Backup & Replication jobs?

  • D. All of these jobs support the “Resume on Network Disconnect” feature

Stabilization Point in SureBackup Jobs Without Hyper-V Integration Services

Question: If the virtual machine does not have Hyper-V Integration Services installed, when is the stabilization point in a SureBackup job reached?

  • D. When maximum allowed boot time is reached

Default Backup Repository Storage Location

Question: In a Veeam Backup & Replication simple deployment scenario, the Veeam Backup Server performs the following roles: -It functions as a management point, coordinates all jobs, controls their scheduling and performs other administrative activities. -It is used as the default backup repository. -It is used as a mount server and guest interaction proxy. On which drive is the Default Backup Repository stored?

  • A. The drive of the Veeam Backup Server with the greatest amount of free disk space at the moment of installation

Deleting a Backup Repository

Question: In order to delete a backup repository from the Veeam Backup & Replication Ul, you must ensure that:

  • C. None of the jobs, including the Configuration Backup job, are targeting it.

Encryption Options in Veeam Backup & Replication

Question: In Veeam Backup & Replication, encryption can be enabled at rest for following: (Choose three.)

  • A. Backup job
  • B. Tapes in media pools
  • C. Backup Copy job

Encryption Levels in Veeam Backup & Replication

Question: In Veeam Backup & Replication, encryption works at which of the following levels: (Choose three.)

  • A. Backup job
  • B. Tapes in media pools
  • C. Backup Copy job

Creating Active Full Backups Manually

Question: Is it possible to create an active full backup manually?

  • B. Yes, but only using the Active Full option from the shortcut menu of a corresponding job.

Disabling Parallel Processing for Replication Jobs

Question: “Is it possible to disable parallel processing for only one replication job configured to use the Direct Data Transfer mode?”

  • A. No, parallel processing is a global setting

Switching Between Backup Methods

Question: Is it possible to switch between backup methods when creating regular backup files?

  • C. Yes, the new method leaves existing backups as they are and continues creating backups in the same backup repository.

Adjusting I/O Control Parameters

Question: It was decided to set up Veeam Backup & Replication to ensure parallel tasks do not impact production storage availability. Which parameters should be adjusted in the I/O Control section of the menu to do this? (Choose the 2 appropriate options)

  • A. Throttle I/O of existing tasks at:
  • C. Stop assigning new tasks to datastore at:

Estimating Backup Repository Disk Space

Question: Once it has been deployed and data has been collected, which Veeam product can estimate when Backup Repositories will run out of disk space and will tell you how much more disk space you will need if you continue doing backups the same way?

  • C. Veeam ONE

Replica from Backup Job Restore Points

Question: Since the last remote replica from backup job, the source backup job ran three times, making 3 new restore points. Now the replica from backup job is run again. How many restore points will this replica from backup job create?

  • B. One
  • C. Three

The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy

Question: The 3-2-1 backup strategy refers to which of the following?

  • B. 3 copies of data, 2 media types, 1 copy offsite

Backup Job Scheduling and Restore Points

Question: Today is Monday morning. You’ve configured the following new Backup Job: Keep 5 restore points, Forward incremental, periodical Active Fulls every Friday as the Backup Mode. You have scheduled the job to run every night at 22:00 hours. Which of the following statements is true in this scenario?

  • C. On Saturday, after adding a new restore point to the backup chain, Veeam Backup & Replication detects an outdated restore point and transforms the backup chain to make room for the most recent restore point
  • D. On Sunday, the number of restore points in the Backup Repository is equal to the number of restore points specified in the retention policy

VMware CBT and Veeam Backup Job Impact

Question: Under certain circumstances, VMware Changed Block Tracking (CBT) may be unavailable ckup & Replication. What effect will a lack of CBT information have on the Veeam backup job?

  • D. The backup job duration will increase

VMware CBT Unavailability and Veeam Backup Job

Question: Under certain circumstances, VMware Changed Block Tracking (CBT) may be unavailable to Veeam Backup & Replication. What effect will a lack of CBT information have on the Veeam backup job?

  • A. Veeam will perform a full backup automatically

Preferred Networks Settings

Question: Under what circumstance should the Preferred Networks settings be altered?

  • D. When the backup traffic must be routed to a specific network

Veeam Backup & Replication Stabilization Point Algorithms

Question: Veeam Backup & Replication establishes the stabilization point during SureBackup verification according to which of the following algorithms? (Choose three.)

  • A. Stabilization by heartbeat
  • B. Stabilization by maximum allowed boot time
  • E. Stabilization by IP

Veeam Backup & Replication In-Line Deduplication

Question: Veeam Backup & Replication in-line deduplication is most helpful when: (Choose two.)

  • B. VMs are created from the same template and Per-VM Backup Files are disabled
  • D. VMs that need to be backed up have a lot of free space on their disks

Veeam Backup & Replication and Deduplicating Storage Appliances

Question: Veeam Backup & Replication provides specific integration with which of the following deduplicating storage appliances? (Choose three.)

  • B. HPE StoreOnce
  • C. ExaGrid
  • E. EMC Data Domain

Veeam Backup & Replication and Dell EMC Data Domain Protocols

Question: Veeam Backup & Replication supports Dell EMC Data Domain storage systems working over the following protocols. (choose the 2 appropriate options)

  • A. FC
  • B. TCP/IP

Veeam Backup & Replication and NetApp Data ONTAP Modes

Question: Veeam Backup & Replication supports which of the following NetApp Data ONTAP modes?

  • C. Both 7-mode and Clustered Data ONTAP

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory Capabilities

Question: Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory offers which of the following capabilities? (Choose the 3 appropriate options)

  • A. Export an object/container to a local folder or network drive
  • B. Search for an object/container
  • C. Restore an object/container to a location which is different from original

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory Capabilities (Repeated)

Question: Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory offers which of the following capabilities? (Choose two.)

  • C. Restore a container to an Active Directory Domain Services server
  • D. Restore a single object to an Active Directory Domain Services server

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server Capabilities

Question: Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server offers which of the following capabilities? (Select 3 options)

  • A. Restoring a database to the original server or different server
  • B. Restoring a SQL table to the original server or different server
  • C. Exporting a database to a local folder or network drive
  • D. Sending SQL tables as attachments via email

Veeam Explorer for Oracle Capabilities

Question: Veeam Explorer for Oracle offers which of the following capabilities? (Choose three.)

  • A. Browsing Oracle system hierarchy
  • C. Restoring an Oracle database to the state before the selected transaction
  • D. Restoring Oracle databases to the original server or different server

Veeam Extract Utility Location

Question: Veeam Extract utility can be used to recover VMs from a full backup file (VBK). The extract utility does not require any interaction with Veeam Backup & Replication and can be used as an independent tool on Linux and Microsoft Windows machines. Where is Veeam Extract utility located?

  • C. %PROGRAMFILES%\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup folder

vPower Technology Features

Question: vPower technology is used to enable which of the following features? (Choose three.)

  • B. SureBackup
  • D. Instant VM Recovery
  • E. Multi-OS File-Level Recovery

Backup from Storage Snapshots on NetApp SnapMirror/SnapVault

Question: What advantage would be served by using Backup from Storage Snapshots on NetApp SnapMirror or SnapVault?

  • B. To minimize the space that the resulting backup chain occupies on the backup storage

Benefits of Replication from Storage Snapshot

Question: “What are some of the benefits of using replication from HP, NetApp or EMC storage snapshot compared to the regular replication process? (Choose the 2 appropriate options)”

  • B. Lower impact on production storage
  • C. Lower RPO

.vsb File Content

Question: What does a .vsb file contain?

  • D. Pointers to backup data blocks

Advanced Single Host Virtual Lab

Question: What is illustrated in this picture?

  • C. Advanced Single Host Virtual Lab

Replica Metadata Purpose

Question: What is replica metadata used for?

  • C. Detecting changed blocks of data between two replica states

Replication Job Scheduling Interval

Question: What is the lowest interval at which a replication job can be scheduled?

  • E. Continuously

Simultaneous Connections to Veeam Backup Server

Question: What is the maximum number of simultaneous connections to a Veeam Backup Server via remote consoles?

  • C. More than ten administrators can connect concurrently

Linux-Based VM for Virtual Lab Communication

Question: What is the name of the Linux-based virtual machine used to enable communication between the production environment and the isolated networks in the Virtual Lab?

  • A. Proxy Appliance

Process Name for Remote Console Session

Question: What is the name of the process Veeam creates for each remote console session?

  • D. Data Mover

Scheduling Virtual Synthesized Full Backups for Tape Jobs

Question: What is the purpose of scheduling a virtual synthesized full backup for tape jobs? (Choose two.)

  • B. To be able to offload forever forward incremental backups to tape
  • D. To be able to create the synthetic full backup directly on tape

Stabilization Point in a SureBackup Job

Question: What is the stabilization point in a SureBackup job?

  • A. When all recovery verification tests can be started

Veeam vPower NFS Service Purpose

Question: What is Veeam vPower NFS Service used for?

  • B. It allows Veeam Backup & Replication to present VM files in the native format to an ESXi host from a compressed and deduplicated backup file

Alternative Recovery Mechanism for Guest OS Files

Question: What other recovery mechanism can be used to restore quest os files if the virtual machine guest os file system is not supported by Veeam Backup & Replication Windows Instant File Level Recovery or Multi-OS File Level Recovery?

  • D. Use Extract Utility

Benefits of Replication from Backup Files

Question: What would be the primary benefit of replication from backup files compared to a regular replication process?

  • D. Lower impact on production storage

File Copy Job and Restore Points

Question: When a file is copied using a backup copy job, which of the following should be the same for the restore point on the source backup repository and the restore point on the target backup repository?

  • C. Data block size

Components Installed During Server Addition

Question: When a Windows server is added to Veeam Backup & Replication using the Add Server Wizard, which components are always installed to the server? (Choose the 2 appropriate options)

  • A. Veeam Installer Service
  • B. Veeam Data Mover Service

On-Demand Sandbox and Application Group Completion

Question: When configuring an On-Demand Sandbox, when should the Backup Administrator indicate that the Application Group should keep running once the job completes?

  • A. When running a SureBackup job

Single-Host Configuration for SureReplica Verification

Question: When is it NOT possible to use the single-host configuration for SureReplica verification?

  • B. When the VM replicas being verified are on separate ESXi hosts

Full Backup Creation in Backup Copy Jobs for GFS Retention

Question: When is the full backup created in a backup copy job for each GFS retention point?

  • C. On the day that the full backup is scheduled

Mount Server Component Usage

Question: When is the mount server component used?

  • C. When restoring files or application items with Veeam Explorers

Veeam-Provided Encryption for Tape Media

Question: When is Veeam-provided (software level) encryption used for tape media?

  • C. If the hardware encryption is disabled at the tape device level or not supported, but the administrator has enabled encryption

Veeam-Provided Encryption for Tape Media (Repeated)

Question: When is Veeam-provided (software level) encryption used for tape media?

  • C. If the hardware encryption is disabled at the tape device level or not supported

Veeam Management Pack vs. Veeam ONE

Question: When might a Veeam Backup Administrator choose to use Veeam Management Pack instead of Veeam ONE for monitoring and reporting?

  • C. If the infrastructure contains Microsoft Hyper-V hosts

SureBackup Recovery Verification VM Power Order

Question: When performing SureBackup recovery verification, Veeam Backup & Replication powers VMs from the Application Group according to what order?

  • D. The order specified in the Virtual Lab settings

SQL Server Edition for Veeam Backup & Replication

Question: When should SQL Server Standard (or higher) be deployed for the instance used by Veeam Backup & Replication instead of the SQL Server Express instance installed by default?

  • B. Enterprise Plus versionis used

Veeam ONE and Remote Microsoft SQL Server

Question: When should Veeam ONE utilize a remote Microsoft SQL Server as a backend?

  • A. When you have a large infrastructure (1000+ virtual machines)

Disabling Multithreaded Data Transfer

? //// A. When severaljobs are scheduled to run at the same time ###### When using Forward Incremental backups on a CIFS based Backup Repository, which benefit would be realized by performing synthetic fulls rather than active fulls? //// D. Minimize the load on the production storage when creating a new full backup ###### When VMware vSphere CBT is not available, Veeam Backup & Replication: //// A. Uses Veeam’s proprietary filtering mechanism ###### Where is the Veeam CBT file system filter driver installed? //// C. On every managed Hyper-V 2012 R2 or older host
###### Where is the Veeam CBT filter driver installed? //// D. On every managed Hyper-V or SMB 3.0 server ###### Which actions can be used to locate the exact extent of a Scale-Out Backup Repository containing a particular virtual machine’s backup data? (Choose two.) //// “A. Check Job session data  C. Check Scale-Out Backup Repository settings ” ###### Which additional metadata is captured when backing up vCloud Director VMs? //// B. vApp metadata ###### Which are valid types of Veeam backup repositories? (Choose four.) //// “A. Deduplicating storage appliance 
 C. Microsoft Windows server  D. Linux server  F. CIFS (SMB) share” ###### Which backup method is described below? “After a full VM backup is created, subsequent backups are incremental. Only data blocks that have changed since the last job run are backed up. All the changes are injected into the created .vbk file to rebuild it to the most recent state of a VM.” //// ” B. Reverse incremental backup 
C. Forward incremental backup with synthetic fulls with transform to rollbacks ” ###### Which of the following statements is true regarding the Veeam Backup & Replication integration with supported Storage Systems for VMware vSphere are true? (Choose three). //// “A. On storage accesses through NFS, VMs with snapshots will be skipped from Backup from Storage Snapshots B. Veeam Backup & Replication can backup virtual machines from a supported secondary storage array E. Enabling Backup from Storage Snapshots for all backup jobs are not recommended” ###### Which backup method will always produce a full backup as the most recent restore point? //// B. Reverse Incremental backup ###### Which backup mode uses the file extension .vib for incremental backup files? //// C. Forever forward incremental backup D. Reverse incremental backup ###### Which can be used if the user key for an encrypted backup is forgotten or lost? //// D. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager ###### Which can be used if the user key for an encrypted backup is forgotten or lost? //// C. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager can decrypt using a master key – also called Enterprise Manager key  ###### Which component is used by Veeam Backup & Replication to transfer data from the Veeam Backup Proxy to an HPE StoreOnce deduplication appliance? ////  C. Gateway server ###### Which cryptographic algorithm is used in Veeam Backup & Replication for backup-to-disk backup files? //// B. AES-256 ###### Which data is NOT included in a configuration backup? //// A. SMTP settings ###### Which Dell EMC SAN storage systems are compatible with the Backup from Storage Snapshots feature in Veeam Backup & Replication? (Choose two.) //// “C. Dell EMC VNX, VNXe and VNX2  D. Dell EMC Unity” ###### Which editions of Veeam Availability Suite fully support Native Tape and vCloud Director? //// C. vCloud Director is fully supported only in Enterprise Plus edition, write Native Tape is fully supported in both Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions ###### Which editions of Veeam Backup & Replication include Backup from Storage Snapshots? //// E. Enterprise Plus Edition for VMware only ###### Which EMC SAN storage systems are compatible with the Backup from SAN Snapshot feature in Veeam Backup & Replication? (choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “A. EMC VNXe C. EMC VNX ” ###### Which events in Veeam Backup & Replication can be configured for automatic email or general UI notifications? (choose the 4 appropriate options) //// “A. Low disk space at the repository B. Veeam support contract expiration  E. Necessary updates for the Microsoft Hyper-V hosts and off-host backup proxies  F. Necessary updates for the VMware vSphere hosts and backup proxies” ###### Which file extension are associated with Veeam Backup & Replication? //// B. .bco ###### Which file extensions are associated with Veeam Backup & Replication? (Choose three.) //// “A. .vbk  C. .vrb E. .vlb ” ###### Which HPE SAN storage systems are supported by the Backup from Storage Snapshot feature in Veeam Backup & Replication? (Choose the 3 appropriate options) //// “A. HPE StoreVirtual  D. HPE StoreVirtual VSA  E. HPE StoreServ” ###### Which is a prerequisite in order for the CRC check to be executed during a SureBackup Job? //// B. The Backup file integrity check option was enabled in the SureBackup job settings ###### Which is a prerequisite in order for the CRC check to be executed during a SureBackup Job? //// D. The Backup file integrity check option was enabled in the SureBackup job settings ###### Which is the main advantage of using SAN snapshots for backups? //// B. Decreases the amount of time the VM is running on a VMware snapshot.###### Which job statistics index can be used to identify the slowest component of the data path of a backup job? //// D. Bottleneck statistics ###### Which job type cannot be set to use job-level encryption? (Choose two). //// “B. Configuration backup  D. Replication” ###### Which mechanism allows network traffic to flow into the virtual lab while protecting the production environment from the contents of the virtual lab? //// E. IP Masquerading ###### Which of the following actions can be performed to finalize Instant VM Recovery? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “A. VMware Storage vMotion E. Quick Migration” ###### Which of the following actions generated the data recommended when raising a technical support case regarding a failed Veeam Backup & Replication job? //// B. Generate a zip of log files using the Support Information function ###### Which of the following applications should be backed up using pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts to ensure transactional consistency? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “A. Microsoft Active Directory  B. Microsoft SQL Server” ###### Which of the following are among the requirements for an off-host backup proxy server? (Choose four.) //// “A. The Hyper-V Role must be installed  B. The hardware VSS provider must be configured  D. The proxy server must access the shared storage where the VM’s reside  F. Hyper-V must be Windows 2012 or Windows 2012 R2” ###### Which of the following are benefits of using DD Boost integration with Dell EMC Data Domain in Veeam Backup & Replication? (Choose three.) //// “B. Enhanced synthetic full backup creation 
C. Support for Reverse Incremental Backup Mode   E. Managed File Replication leveraged by Backup & Replication for Backup Copy Jobs”
###### Which of the following are benefits utilizing the Backup from Storage Snapshots feature when backing up virtual machines from a VMware vSphere environment? (Choose two.) //// “A. Lower Recovery Point Objective (RPO) D. Higher transfer speed from production datastores “
###### Which of the following are true regarding a synthetic full backup as compared to an active full backup? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “A. In terms of content and retention,the synthetic full backup file is identical to an active full backup file. E. Synthetic fulls impose less load on the production environment.” ###### Which of the following are true regarding Quick Backup? (Choose two.) //// “A. Quick Backup can be run for both incremental and reverse incremental backup chains.  D. From the retention policy perspective, a partial restore point created by Quick Backup is grouped with a regular restore point neighboring it.” ###### Which of the following backup file placement policies are available for Scale-Out Backup Repository? (choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “B. Performance  D. Data locality” ###### Which of the following Backup Proxy transport mode statements are true about Network Mode? (choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “B. To take the load off the LAN, Veeam Backup & Replication provides two alternative modes: Direct LAN Access and Virtual Appliance E. The Network mode is the only applicable mode when the backup proxy role is assigned to a physical machine and the host uses local storage” ###### Which of the following best describes the Snapshot Hunter feature? //// C. A Veeam technology used to detect and remove orphaned VMware vSphere snapshots that may remain after backup or replication job sessions  ###### Which of the following best describes VMware Tools quiescence? //// C. Creating a file index for the VM guest OS during backup ###### Which of the following built-in predefined tests can be performed to verify a VM replica started in a Virtual Lab? (Choose the 3 appropriate options) //// “A. Application test  B. Heartbeat test  F. Ping test” ###### Which of the following built-in predefined tests can be performed to verify that a VM replica started in a Virtual Lab? (Choose three.) //// “B. Ping test  C. Application test  E. Heartbeat test” ###### Which of the following can be restored from tape using Veeam backup & Replication? (Choose two.) //// “A. Full virtual machine directly back to the  roduction hypervisor C. Guest OS files directly back to the production virtual machine ” ###### Which of the following can help to reduce the amount of traffic that is sent over the network during a second run of a replication job? //// D. Replica seeding ###### Which of the following conditions require Microsoft VSS rather than VMware quiescence? (Choose two.) //// “C. You want Veeam to truncate backup logs for your Exchange server  D. You want to use reverse incremental backup mode E. The backup data is to be encrypted” ###### Which of the following conditions require Microsoft VSS rather than VMware Tools quiescence? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “B. The backup data is to be encrypted  E. The VM in question utilizes Linux as a guest operating system” ###### Which of the following describes the Partial Site Failover functionality of Veeam Cloud Connect? //// A. One or several VMs become corrupted and fail over to their replicas on the cloud host, while other VMs will still be running in the production site. ###### Which of the following describes Veeam Data Mover Service function most accurately? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// ” B. Deploys and coordinates executable modules that perform main job activities on behalf of Veeam Backup & Replication 
D. Communicates with the VSS framework during backup, replication and other jobs, and performing recovery tasks B. Deploys and coordinates executable modules that perform main job activities on behalf of Veeam Backup & Replication  D. Communicates with the VSS framework during backup, replication and other jobs, and performing recovery tasks” ###### Which of the following editions introduces the Scale-Out Backup Repository feature? //// C. Enterprise ###### Which of the following is a limitation imposed on Native Tape Support in Veeam Backup & Replication Standard Edition? //// B. Only File-to-Tape jobs are allowed ###### Which of the following is a prerequisite for installation of the Veeam plug-in for vSphere Web Client? //// D. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager ###### Which of the following is always recommended to attach to a technical support case regarding a failed Veeam Backup & Replication job? //// “B. License file C. Zipped VMs involved in the failed job”
###### Which of the following is an extension for a full backup file if the Reverse Incremental Backup mode is used? //// C. .vbk
###### Which of the following is correct regarding Direct NFS Access transport mode? (Choose two.) //// “B. VM data is transferred over the LAN 
D. Direct NFS mode can be used for restores”###### Which of the following is leveraged as part of the “Network Mode” transport mode in Veeam Backup & Replication for data transfer from vSphere environments? //// B. VMware VADP ###### Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using Veeam Backup & Replication and EMC Data Domain with DD Boost integration compared to no DD Boost integration? //// A. Lower RTO
###### Which of the following is required for the user to remotely log into the Veeam Remote Console? //// B. The user must have an administrator role in Veeam Backup & Replication ###### Which of the following is required to enable Tape Parallel Processing? //// B. The tape library has multiple drives ###### Which of the following is the extension of a configuration backup file? //// B. .bco  ###### Which of the following is the extension of a Veeam Backup & Replication configuration backup file? //// B. .vbk ###### Which of the following is the function of the guest integration proxy component? //// C. Deploys a temporary runtime coordination process on every Windows VM to be processed ###### Which of the following is the optimal mechanism to provide multiple users with access to a VM running in a Virual Lab? //// B. Configure Static IP Mapping in the Virtual Lab configuration ###### Which of the following is used in order to avoid unwanted changes to VM replicas when performing verification or recovery? //// D. .vlb file ###### Which of the following jobs can use a Scale-Out Backup Repository as a target? (Choose two appropriate options) //// “A. A backup job  E. A backup copy job”  ###### Which of the following jobs CANNOT utilize parallel processing? //// D. All of the above can utilize parallel processing ###### Which of the following jobs is NOT affected by parallel processing? ////  D. All of the above are affected by parallel processing ###### Which of the following object types can be added to the “Add Objects” option when creating a backup job? (Choose the 3 appropriate options) //// “A. VMs grouped by vApp  D. VMs grouped by vSphere tag  E. VMs grouped by Folder” ###### Which of the following objectives is achieved by adding additional proxy servers, in conjunction with parallel processing? (choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “B. Distributing backup processing across multiple proxy servers  D. Setting the I/O latency limit for production storages ” ###### Which of the following options should be selected in order to temporarily bring up a production VM that has been previously been replicated to the DR site, while the production VM itself is brought down by a problem? //// C. Planned Failover of the Replica VM ###### Which of the following process occur during Instant VM Recovery at the destination Hyper-V host? (Choose two.) //// “A. A dummy VM is created. D. A proprietary Veeam driver is started.”
###### Which of the following refers to the situation when the retention is breached on a forever forward incremental backup? //// B. A transform operation re-builds the oldest full backup file in the chain to include changes of the incremental backup following the full backup.
###### Which of the following restore options is NOT available to an administrator account in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager? //// D. Instant Recovery ###### Which of the following restores can be performed using Veeam Explorer for Storage Snapshots? (choose the 4 appropriate options) //// “B. Restore application items from Microsoft SQL Server databases C. Instant VM recovery  D. Restore application items from Oracle databases 
E. Restore application items from Microsoft Exchange mailbox items” ###### Which of the following should be taken into account when estimating the amount of disk space necessary to store backups? (Choose two.) //// “B. Total size of used data for the VMs being backed up   E. Retention period for backups” ###### Which of the following statements about Oracle Transaction Log Backup are true? (Choose the 3 appropriate options) //// “C. Automatic Storage Management (ASM) is supported for Oracle 11g and later D. Oracle Express Databases are supported if running on Microsoft Windows machines only  E. Automatic Storage Management (ASM) is supported for Oracle l2c and later” ###### Which of the following statements about the Guest Interaction Proxy component is true? //// “A. Deploys a Veeam persistent agent on every Windows virtual machine to be processed
 D. Deploys a temporary runtime coordination process on every Windows virtual machine to be processed with Enterprise edition or higher 
E. Deploys a temporary runtime coordination process on every virtual machine to be processed” ###### Which of the following statements are true about Veeam Backup Repositories? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “B. EMC DataDomain deduplication appliance requires a Veeam Gateway Server  C. Veeam vPower NFS Service is only supported on Linux based Backup Repositories ” ###### Which of the following statements are true in regards to the Veeam plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client? (Choose two.) //// “A. Automatically deleting a VeeamZIP backup after a certain time interval is not possible if created through VMware vSphere Web Client  B. To open Veeam ONE reports, accounts must also be included in the Veeam ONE Users or Veeam ONE Administrators groups ” ###### Which of the following statements are true when backing up a Microsoft Exchange 2016 server with Veeam Backup & Replication? (Choose two.) //// “A. The Microsoft VSS is unable to quiesce/ freeze Microsoft Exchange for more than 20 seconds  D. If Microsoft Exchange has to be kept frozen for more than 20 seconds, the Veeam VSS writer holds the freeze operation for the necessary amount of time” ###### Which of the following statements are true when comparing a synthetic full backup to an active full backup, on a NTFS-based Backup Repository? (Choose two.) //// “A. In terms of content and retention, the synthetic full backup file is identical to an active full backup file   C. Synthetic full backups impose less load on the production environment” ###### Which of the following statements are true when considering the Forever Forward Incremental backup method, on a NTFS-based backup repository? (Choose two.) //// “B. Even when retention is breached, only sequential writes to the backup repository are performed  C. The most recent restore point in the backup chain is always a full backup”
###### Which of the following statements are true when utilizing a Microsoft Hyper-V Off-Host Backup Proxy? (Choose two) //// “B. The version of the Hyper-V host and the Off-Host Backup Proxy must match   E. The Hardware VSS provider must be configured”
###### Which of the following statements is true regarding the Veeam Cloud Connect feature? //// D. Backup Copy Jobs, utilizing a Cloud Repository as a source Backup Repository, are supported ###### Which of the following statements is true when a Virtual Lab is deployed without configuring a Proxy Appliance? //// A. Routing requests from the Virtual Lab are sent directly to the production environment ###### Which of the following statements regarding encryption in Veeam Backup & Replication are true? (Choose three.) //// “A. If data is encrypted at rest, it means a Backup to Tape job is storing encrypted backups on tape  C. A Backup Jab has encryption enabled and is used at the source for a Backup to tape Job. If the Tape Media Pool has encryption enabled, the data will be encrypted a second time F. To ensure backups stored on tape are encrypted, enable encryption in the Tape Media Pool” ###### Which of the following statements regarding the Backup from Storage Snapshots feature when backing up virtual machines from a VMware vSphere environment are true? (Choose two.) //// “B. Higher transfer speed from production NFS datastores 
 E. Reduce the impact of consolidating VM snapshots” ###### Which of the following suggestions is considered best practices for the Veeam Backup & Replication Integration with Dell EMC Data Domain? //// C. Ensure the reverse incremental backup method is utilized
###### Which of the following Veeam Backup & Replication jobs can be set up to support GFS retention? (Choose two.) //// “A. Backup Copy 
B. Backup ” ###### Which of the following Veeam Backup & Replication jobs can leverage storage snapshots? (Choose two.) //// “A. Backup
 B. Replication ” ###### Which of the following Veeam Backup & Replication jobs can use integration with secondary arrays as a data source? //// A. Backup  ###### Which of the following Veeam Backup & Replication jobs can use secondary NetApp systems (SnapMirror and SnapVault) as a data source? //// A. Backup ###### Which of the following Veeam ONE components have a web-based UI? (Choose two.) //// “C. Veeam ONE Business View  D. Veeam ONE Reporter” ###### Which of the following Veeam products can estimate the required free space needed on target backup repositories? //// A. Veeam ONE ###### Which of the main advantage of using the Backup from Storage Snapshots feature? //// C. Speeds up the backup process ###### Which of these functionalities rely on the guest OS file system indexing? ////  B. Application-aware processing
###### Which of these repository types can NOT be an extent of the scale-out repository? (Choose two.) //// “A. Another scale-out repository 
B. A cloud repository ” ###### Which one of these functionalities relies on the guest OS file system indexing? //// B. Searching within Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager ###### Which optional component is used to centrally manage multiple Veeam Backup Servers? //// A. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager ###### Which permission roles can be assigned in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager for delegation of responsibilities? (Choose the 3 appropriate options) //// “A. Restore Operator  B. db_owner  C. Portal Administrator” ###### Which predefined test performed on the Application Group during verification differs between SureReplica and SureBackup jobs? //// C. There is no difference ###### Which prerequisites are necessary in order to complete a configuration restore on a Veeam Backup & Replication v9.5 Backup Server? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “B. All Veeam Backup & Replication jobs are stopped  E. Configuration Backup was created using version 8.0 Update 3 or newer” ###### Which procedure is an option to finalize replica failback? //// C. Commit Failback ###### Which process would finalize a Full VM Recovery? //// A. Full VM Recovery does not need to be finalized ###### Which recovery verification tests can be executed when verifying both backups and replicas? (Choose three.) //// “B. Heartbeat test  C. Application test  D. Ping test ” ###### Which requirements must be met in order to perform transaction log backups for a database on a Microsoft SQL Server with Veeam Backup & Replication? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “B. The recovery model for the database must be set to Full or Bulk-Logged.  C. No other backup tool truncates the SQL server’s log files.” ###### Which roles are performed by the client with the remote console installed? (Choose three.) //// “B. A mount server in remote restore scenarios  C. A configuration backup repository  D. Remote PowerShell capabilities” ###### Which services are installed on every Veeam Backup Proxy server? (Choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “A. Veeam Installer service   D. Veeam Data Mover service” ###### Which statement best describes Virtual Lab Manager? //// B. A special tool used to check Virtual Lab performance ###### Which transport mode uses the VMware vSphere Hot-Add feature to attach the virtual disks of a source VM to the Backup Proxy VM? //// A. Virtual Appliance ###### Which type of jobs can be sent to tape using a “Backup to Tape” job? (choose the 2 appropriate options) //// “A. Backup  B. Backup Copy” ###### Which types of data are inducted in a Veeam Backup & Replication configuration backup? (Choose the 3 appropriate options) //// “A. Backup infrastructure configuration data  D. Replication job configuration  E. SMIP settings” ###### Which types of jobs can be sent to tape using a “Backup to Tape” job? (Choose two.) //// “B. Backup Copy D. Backup” ###### Which Veeam Backup & Replication architecture component is intended to take the data processing load off the backup server? //// A. Veeam Backup Proxy ###### Which Veeam Backup & Replication component or service should be added to the scenario below in order to optimize backups to an off-site CIFS share? //// B. A WAN Accelerator service in the remote location ###### Which Veeam Backup & Replication feature can be leveraged to perform a manual verification of a virtual machine backup? //// D. Instant VM recovery with network disconnected ###### Which Veeam Backup & Replication feature can be used to keep the production VM online while the production host is patched? //// D. Planned Failover of the Replica VM ###### Which Veeam Backup & Replication feature or component is able to utilize SQL transaction log backups for point-in-time restore? //// B. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL ###### Which Veeam backup & Replication functionality allows a VM to be powered on a directly from a backup file? //// C. Instant VM Recovery ###### Which Virtual Lab configurations are available when configuring recovery verification for replicas? (Choose the 3 appropriate options) //// “B. Advanced multi-host  C. Advanced single-host  D. Basic single-host ” ###### Why is it recommended to install Veeam ONE before Veeam Backup & Replication? //// B. Veeam ONE can access the infrastructure for potential issues prior to performing backup  ###### You want to deploy an On-Demand Sandbox. While creating the application group, which sources can be used to add virtual machines to the Application Group? (Choose three.) //// “B. Replica on non-Cloud Connect VMware vSphere host  D. Backup in Cloud Repository  E. Storage Shapshot ” ###### Your Veeam Backup & Replication environment currently has three Backup Jobs, each containing a single virtual machine with three restore points. You configure a new Backup Copy Job, add all three virtual machines and wait for the first initial copy to complete. Depending on the Simple Backup Repository configuration, how many VBK files will be created on the Simple Backup Repository? (Choose two.) //// “B. One VBK file per virtual machine, in total three VBK files D. One VBK file in total”