ACE Cloud Deployment & Migration 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When using Acronis Cyber Protect to recover a workload to a different cloud region, which consideration is most critical for licensing?
- Cloud region selection does not affect licensing
- Each cloud region requires a separate Acronis license
- The workload license follows the protected machine, not the region (Correct answer)
- A new subscription must be purchased for cross-region recovery
Correct answer: The workload license follows the protected machine, not the region
In Acronis Cyber Protect, the license is tied to the protected workload, not the recovery region, so cross-region recovery does not require a new license.
Question 2: What is the maximum supported incremental backup chain length before Acronis recommends creating a new full backup in cloud deployments?
- 7 incrementals
- 30 incrementals
- Acronis recommends using the GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) scheme to manage this automatically (Correct answer)
- 50 incrementals
Correct answer: Acronis recommends using the GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) scheme to manage this automatically
Acronis recommends using GFS retention schemes to automatically manage backup chain length rather than setting a fixed incremental count.
Question 3: In Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI), what is the primary function of the storage node when deployed as part of a cloud solution?
- Running virtual machines for compute workloads
- Providing scalable object and block storage for backup data (Correct answer)
- Managing user authentication and access control
- Monitoring network traffic between cloud regions
Correct answer: Providing scalable object and block storage for backup data
Storage nodes in ACI provide scalable object and block storage that underpins backup repositories and cloud workload storage.
Question 4: Which protocol does Acronis Cyber Protect use to securely transfer backup data to Acronis Cloud over the internet?
- FTP over SSL
- TLS-encrypted HTTPS (Correct answer)
- SMB over IPSec
- SSH tunneling
Correct answer: TLS-encrypted HTTPS
Acronis Cyber Protect uses TLS-encrypted HTTPS to securely transmit backup data to Acronis Cloud over the internet.
Question 5: When an administrator runs a 'test failover' in Acronis Disaster Recovery, what happens to the production environment?
- Production workloads are paused during the test
- The test runs in an isolated network so production is unaffected (Correct answer)
- Production traffic is redirected to the cloud VM temporarily
- A snapshot is taken of all production VMs before the test
Correct answer: The test runs in an isolated network so production is unaffected
Test failover runs in an isolated environment within Acronis Cloud so that production workloads and networks remain completely unaffected.
Question 6: In Acronis Cloud deployments, what does 'deduplication at the cloud storage level' primarily reduce?
- CPU usage on the backup agent
- Total storage consumed by eliminating redundant data blocks (Correct answer)
- Encryption overhead during data transfer
- The number of restore points stored per workload
Correct answer: Total storage consumed by eliminating redundant data blocks
Deduplication eliminates redundant data blocks across backups, significantly reducing total cloud storage consumption.
Question 7: An ACE is configuring a migration from VMware vSphere to Acronis Cloud. Which migration type avoids downtime by syncing data incrementally before the final cutover?
- Cold migration
- Live migration (Correct answer)
- Offline migration
- Snapshot migration
Correct answer: Live migration
Live migration syncs data while the source VM is running, then performs a brief final cutover, minimizing or eliminating downtime.
ACE Cloud Deployment & Migration 3
When using Acronis Cyber Protect to recover a workload to a different cloud region, which consideration is most critical for licensing?