VMCE Replication and Disaster Recovery 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What Veeam feature enables replication directly from a VMware storage snapshot without impacting the source VM's performance?
- Backup from Storage Snapshots used as a replication source (Correct answer)
- Direct SAN Access replication mode
- Veeam Agent replication
- NFS datastore direct copy
Correct 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.
Question 2: Which Veeam setting, configured per replication job, defines how often the replica is synchronized with the source VM?
- Retention policy
- Recovery point objective (RPO) schedule
- Job schedule interval (Correct answer)
- Replica seeding frequency
Correct 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.
Question 3: After committing a failover in Veeam, what must you do to re-establish protection for the VM now running at the DR site?
- Run a Failback immediately
- Create a new replication job with the DR-site VM as the source to replicate back to the original site (Correct answer)
- Re-enable the original replication job unchanged
- Restore the original VM from backup and resume replication
Correct 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.
Question 4: What does Veeam's 'Permanent Failover' option do differently from a standard Failover followed by Commit?
- It performs a live vMotion of the source VM to the DR site
- It removes all replica restore points immediately and makes the replica the permanent production VM in a single step (Correct answer)
- It replicates one final time before powering off the source VM
- It converts the replica to a backup file before committing
Correct 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.
Question 5: In Veeam replication to a cloud provider via Veeam Cloud Connect, what protects the replication data stream in transit?
- IPsec VPN tunnel between the tenant and provider
- TLS encryption over the standard Veeam transport protocol (TCP 6160) (Correct answer)
- SSH tunneling with per-session keys
- HTTPS with mutual certificate authentication
Correct 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.
Question 6: 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?
- Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
- Veeam Backup & Replication Console
- Veeam Backup Proxy and Transport Service (Correct answer)
- Veeam Agent for Windows
Correct 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.
Question 7: What is the effect of enabling 'Replica re-IP' in a Veeam failover plan for a Windows VM?
- The replica VM's MAC address is randomized to avoid ARP conflicts
- Veeam automatically changes the replica VM's IP address to a DR-site address upon failover (Correct answer)
- The replica is cloned with a new SID to prevent domain conflicts
- The source VM's IP is released via DHCP before the replica powers on
Correct 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.
VMCE Replication and Disaster Recovery 5
What Veeam feature enables replication directly from a VMware storage snapshot without impacting the source VM's performance?