VMCE Veeam Components and Architecture 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a Scale-out Backup Repository (SOBR), what is the role of the 'Extents'?
- They are the policies that define backup retention
- They are individual storage systems that make up the SOBR pool (Correct answer)
- They represent the proxy servers assigned to the SOBR
- They are the metadata databases for backup chains
Correct answer: They are individual storage systems that make up the SOBR pool
Extents are the individual storage systems (simple repositories) that are combined into a Scale-out Backup Repository pool.
Question 2: Which transport mode used by the Veeam Backup Proxy reads data directly from a SAN LUN without traversing the ESXi host's network?
- Network (NBD) mode
- Virtual Appliance (HotAdd) mode
- Direct SAN Access mode (Correct answer)
- Backup from Storage Snapshots mode
Correct answer: Direct SAN Access mode
Direct SAN Access mode allows the proxy to read VM data directly from the SAN LUN, bypassing ESXi host network bandwidth.
Question 3: What Veeam architectural feature allows backup jobs to be offloaded from primary storage to a cheaper tier automatically?
- Backup Copy Jobs
- SOBR Capacity Tier (Correct answer)
- WAN Accelerator
- Veeam Cloud Connect
Correct answer: SOBR Capacity Tier
The SOBR Capacity Tier automatically moves or copies older backup data from the Performance Tier to object storage like S3.
Question 4: Which Veeam component is deployed on a Linux server to serve as a hardened, immutable backup repository?
- Veeam Backup & Replication Server
- Veeam Linux Hardened Repository (Correct answer)
- Veeam Data Mover on Linux
- Veeam Agent for Linux
Correct answer: Veeam Linux Hardened Repository
The Veeam Linux Hardened Repository uses immutable storage on Linux to protect backups from ransomware and accidental deletion.
Question 5: What is the Veeam Backup Catalog used for in the Veeam architecture?
- Storing backup job schedules
- Indexing guest file system data for search and restore (Correct answer)
- Managing proxy load balancing
- Tracking license consumption
Correct answer: Indexing guest file system data for search and restore
The Veeam Backup Catalog stores guest file system index data to enable fast file-level search and restore operations.
Question 6: In Veeam's architecture, where is the configuration database stored by default on the Backup Server?
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL (Correct answer)
- MySQL
- SQLite
Correct answer: Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL
Veeam Backup & Replication uses either Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL (v12+) to store its configuration database.
Question 7: Which Veeam component enables backup and replication jobs to send data to a service provider's infrastructure over the internet?
- Veeam Enterprise Manager
- Veeam Cloud Connect Gateway (Correct answer)
- Veeam WAN Accelerator
- Veeam Backup Proxy
Correct answer: Veeam Cloud Connect Gateway
The Veeam Cloud Connect Gateway is the service provider-side component that accepts connections from tenant Veeam installations over the internet.
VMCE Veeam Components and Architecture 3
In a Scale-out Backup Repository (SOBR), what is the role of the 'Extents'?