VMCE Backup Job Configuration 4

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Weekly full restore points

Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Performance tier placement policy (data locality or performance)

Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Retry failed items processing with a configurable number of attempts

Answer

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

Question 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?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

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VMCE Backup Job Configuration 4