VMCE Backup Job Configuration 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which backup method creates a full backup file that references blocks from previous backup chains to avoid storing duplicate data?
- Synthetic full backup (Correct answer)
- Active full backup
- Reversed incremental backup
- Forever-forward incremental backup
Correct answer: Synthetic full backup
A synthetic full is assembled on the repository from existing incremental blocks without reading data from the source VM again.
Question 2: What is the effect of enabling 'Encrypt backup files' in a Veeam backup job without configuring a password hint?
- Backups are encrypted but recovery without the password is impossible if the Veeam configuration database is lost (Correct answer)
- Backups are encrypted and a master key is stored on the backup repository
- Encryption is silently disabled until a password hint is entered
- Veeam generates a random password stored in the configuration database
Correct answer: Backups are encrypted but recovery without the password is impossible if the Veeam configuration database is lost
Without the configuration database, there is no way to recover the password if no hint is provided, making the backup unrestorable.
Question 3: A backup job is configured with 'Forward incremental' backup mode and no synthetic or active full is scheduled. What will Veeam create after the initial full backup on subsequent runs?
- Incremental VIB files referencing the last full (Correct answer)
- A new full VBK each run
- Reversed incremental VRB files
- Delta VDI files merged into the VBK
Correct answer: Incremental VIB files referencing the last full
In forever-forward incremental mode, every subsequent run creates a VIB (incremental) file that references the original full VBK.
Question 4: When configuring a backup job's guest OS processing credentials, what is the minimum permission required for the account used for application-aware processing on a Windows VM?
- Local administrator on the guest VM (Correct answer)
- Domain administrator
- Backup operator role in Active Directory
- Read-only access to the VSS writers
Correct answer: Local administrator on the guest VM
Application-aware processing requires local administrator rights on the guest to interact with VSS writers and application logs.
Question 5: In Veeam, which feature allows a backup job to exclude specific VM disks (e.g., a data drive) from being backed up?
- Excluded disks configuration under VM processing settings (Correct answer)
- VM exclusion list at the job level
- Backup proxy disk filter
- Repository exclusion rules
Correct answer: Excluded disks configuration under VM processing settings
Per-VM disk exclusion settings let administrators omit specific virtual disks from backup to save space or meet policy requirements.
Question 6: What happens to the backup chain when an active full backup is triggered manually in a job running forever-forward incremental mode?
- A new full VBK is created and subsequent incrementals reference this new full (Correct answer)
- All existing VIBs are merged into the existing VBK
- The job switches permanently to synthetic full mode
- The existing chain is deleted and a fresh chain starts
Correct answer: A new full VBK is created and subsequent incrementals reference this new full
An active full reads all VM data from the source and writes a new VBK; the old chain is retained per retention policy until it ages out.
Question 7: Which Veeam backup job schedule type triggers a backup run immediately after the previous job run completes, ensuring minimal gaps between backups?
- Continuously (run as soon as the previous run completes) (Correct answer)
- Periodically every N minutes
- Daily at a specific time
- After another job completes
Correct answer: Continuously (run as soon as the previous run completes)
The 'Continuously' schedule option starts a new job run immediately after the prior run finishes, minimizing the RPO window.
VMCE Backup Job Configuration 3
Which backup method creates a full backup file that references blocks from previous backup chains to avoid storing duplicate data?