Replication and Disaster Recovery Flashcards

What Veeam feature enables replication directly from a VMware storage snapshot without impacting the source VM's performance?

Answer: Backup from Storage Snapshots used as a replication source

Veeam can use existing storage-array snapshots (via Storage Integration) as the source for replication jobs, offloading I/O from the production VM entirely.

Which Veeam setting, configured per replication job, defines how often the replica is synchronized with the source VM?

Answer: Job schedule interval

The job schedule interval (e.g., every hour, every 15 minutes) determines how frequently Veeam runs the replication job and thus how current the replica is.

After committing a failover in Veeam, what must you do to re-establish protection for the VM now running at the DR site?

Answer: Create a new replication job with the DR-site VM as the source to replicate back to the original site

After commit, the DR VM becomes the new production VM; you must create a new (or reconfigure the existing) replication job pointing from the DR site back to the primary site to restore protection.

What does Veeam's 'Permanent Failover' option do differently from a standard Failover followed by Commit?

Answer: It removes all replica restore points immediately and makes the replica the permanent production VM in a single step

Permanent Failover is a single-step operation that immediately makes the replica the production VM and removes all restore points, without a separate commit step.

In Veeam replication to a cloud provider via Veeam Cloud Connect, what protects the replication data stream in transit?

Answer: TLS encryption over the standard Veeam transport protocol (TCP 6160)

Veeam Cloud Connect uses TLS-encrypted connections over its standard transport ports to secure replication traffic between the tenant and the cloud provider.

Which Veeam component must be deployed at a remote site to enable replication to that site without requiring a full Veeam Backup & Replication installation there?

Answer: Veeam Backup Proxy and Transport Service

A Veeam Backup Proxy with the Veeam Data Mover (transport service) must be deployed at the target site to receive and write replica data; a full Veeam server is not required at the DR site.

What is the effect of enabling 'Replica re-IP' in a Veeam failover plan for a Windows VM?

Answer: Veeam automatically changes the replica VM's IP address to a DR-site address upon failover

Replica re-IP uses Veeam's guest OS scripting to modify the IP, subnet, gateway, and DNS settings inside the replica VM when it is powered on at the DR site, so it matches the DR network addressing scheme.