Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure Management Flashcards

What is Veeam Cloud Connect and what problem does it solve for managed service providers?

Answer: A platform enabling service providers to offer BaaS/DRaaS to tenants over the internet without complex VPN setups

Veeam Cloud Connect allows MSPs to offer Backup-as-a-Service and DR-as-a-Service to tenants through a secure, multi-tenant cloud repository accessible over the internet.

In Veeam's multi-tenant Cloud Connect architecture, what isolates one tenant's backup data from another's on the same repository?

Answer: Tenant-isolated backup repositories within a Scale-out Backup Repository

Cloud Connect uses tenant-isolated repository namespaces within the SOBR so each tenant's data is logically separated and inaccessible to other tenants.

What is the role of the WAN Accelerator in Veeam Backup & Replication and when should it be deployed?

Answer: It deduplicates and compresses backup data across WAN links to reduce bandwidth consumption for remote jobs

WAN Accelerators use global data deduplication caching at both source and target to dramatically reduce the data transferred over slow or expensive WAN connections.

When Veeam performs a 'Failover Plan' for VM replicas, what is the correct order of operations for a multi-VM plan?

Answer: VMs fail over in administrator-defined order with configurable delays between groups

Veeam Failover Plans allow administrators to specify VM groups, boot order, and delays to ensure dependent services (e.g., DB before app server) start in the correct sequence.

Which Veeam feature enables administrators to run a test failover for replica VMs without impacting the live replication job or production workloads?

Answer: SureReplica (via SureBackup with replica verification)

SureReplica leverages the Virtual Lab infrastructure to start replica VMs in an isolated environment for testing without interrupting ongoing replication.

In Veeam's integration with Microsoft Azure, which service does Veeam use as the target for Azure-native VM backups via Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure?

Answer: Azure Blob Storage with snapshot-based backups stored in the Azure subscription

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure stores backup data in Azure Blob Storage within the customer's own Azure subscription using native Azure snapshots.

What is 'Immutable Backup' in Veeam and which storage technology enables it on-premises?

Answer: Backups written to Linux-based repositories with object lock (immutability flag) preventing deletion for a set period

Veeam supports immutable backups on Linux repositories using the immutability flag (via chattr or object storage lock), preventing deletion or modification for a configured retention period.