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  1. A Veeam backup job is configured with GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) retention. What do 'Father' restore points represent?

    Answer: Weekly full restore points

    In GFS terminology, Father restore points are weekly fulls, Son restore points are daily, and Grandfather restore points are monthly.

  2. When configuring a backup job targeting a scale-out backup repository, which setting determines which extent receives new backup files?

    Answer: Performance tier placement policy (data locality or performance)

    The SOBR placement policy (data locality or performance) controls how Veeam distributes backup files across extents.

  3. What is the purpose of the 'Health check' option in Veeam backup job settings?

    Answer: It verifies the integrity of the latest restore point by reading and CRC-checking backup data blocks

    Health check reads backup data blocks and verifies their CRC checksums to detect silent data corruption in the backup chain.

  4. Which backup job setting allows Veeam to automatically retry failed VM processing within the same job run?

    Answer: Retry failed items processing with a configurable number of attempts

    The retry setting instructs Veeam to reattempt processing for VMs that failed during the job run, up to a specified number of times.

  5. A backup administrator wants to back up only changed blocks since the last backup using CBT (Changed Block Tracking). Which prerequisite must be met on VMware VMs?

    Answer: VM hardware version must be 7 or higher and CBT must be enabled on the VM

    VMware CBT requires VM hardware version 7+ and the CBT flag to be enabled; Veeam enables it automatically on eligible VMs.

  6. When configuring email notifications for a backup job in Veeam, which notification level sends an email only when the job finishes with warnings or errors?

    Answer: Notify on warning or error only

    'Notify on warning or error' reduces email noise by skipping success notifications while still alerting on any non-success outcome.

  7. What is the function of the 'Swap files exclusion' option in Veeam backup job guest processing settings?

    Answer: It excludes Windows page files and hibernation files from the backup to reduce backup size

    Excluding swap and hibernation files removes large, non-critical OS files from the backup, significantly reducing backup size and transfer time.