ACE Virtual Environment Protection 2

Question 1

Which Acronis feature allows you to run a backup of a VMware VM directly from the ESXi host without installing an agent inside the guest OS?

Accepted Answer

Agentless backup via vSphere API

Answer

Acronis leverages VMware's vSphere API for Data Protection (VADP) to perform agentless backups at the hypervisor level without a guest agent.

Question 2

What is the purpose of Changed Block Tracking (CBT) in VMware VM backups with Acronis?

Accepted Answer

Tracks only the disk blocks that changed since the last backup to speed up incrementals

Answer

CBT records which disk blocks have changed since the previous backup, enabling Acronis to back up only modified blocks during incremental jobs.

Question 3

When protecting a Hyper-V VM with Acronis, which component must be installed on the Hyper-V host to enable agentless VM backup?

Accepted Answer

Acronis Agent for Hyper-V

Answer

Acronis Agent for Hyper-V is installed on the Hyper-V host and uses VSS to take consistent snapshots of VMs without requiring in-guest agents.

Question 4

A VMware backup fails with 'snapshot consolidation error.' What is the most likely root cause?

Accepted Answer

Residual snapshot files left from a previous failed backup causing delta disk chain issues

Answer

Leftover delta VMDK files from a prior failed snapshot cause consolidation errors when Acronis attempts to take a new snapshot.

Question 5

Which Acronis recovery option lets you instantly start a backed-up VMware VM directly from Acronis backup storage without fully restoring its VMDK files first?

Accepted Answer

Instant VM Recovery (Run VM from Backup)

Answer

Acronis Instant VM Recovery mounts the backup as a datastore and boots the VM directly from backup storage, minimizing downtime.

(ACE) Acronis Certified Engineer Practice Test

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ACE Virtual Environment Protection 2