VMCE Replication and Disaster Recovery 3

Question 1

After a Failover in Veeam, what are the two actions you can take to conclude the failover process?

Accepted Answer

Failover Commit or Undo Failover

Answer

After failover, you either commit (making the replica the new production VM permanently) or undo failover (reverting to the original source VM).

Question 2

What is the role of the Veeam Backup & Replication 'Network Mapping' feature during failover?

Accepted Answer

It automatically remaps replica VM network adapters to DR-site networks when the replica is powered on

Answer

Network Mapping ensures that when a replica is powered on during failover, its NICs are connected to the correct DR-site networks rather than production networks.

Question 3

Which Veeam replication mode sends only changed data blocks after the initial full replication run?

Accepted Answer

Incremental replication mode using CBT

Answer

After the initial seed, Veeam uses VMware Changed Block Tracking (CBT) or Hyper-V RCT to replicate only changed blocks, drastically reducing bandwidth usage.

Question 4

What happens to replica restore points (snapshots) when you run a 'Failover Commit' in Veeam?

Accepted Answer

All replica restore point snapshots are deleted, leaving a clean running VM

Answer

Failover Commit consolidates and removes all replica snapshots, leaving a clean production-like VM at the DR site with no pending snapshot chain.

Question 5

In Veeam's Failback workflow, what does 'Failback to the original VM' specifically do?

Accepted Answer

Restores changes made on the replica back to the original source VM location

Answer

Failback to the original VM reverses the replication direction, sending delta changes from the replica back to the original source VM so production can resume where it left off.

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VMCE Replication and Disaster Recovery 3