VEEAM VMCA2022 Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 6

To design a solution that meets the needs and requirements of Veeam University Hospital, you need to consider some of the risks and challenges that may affect the success and quality of the project. This will help you to identify and mitigate any potential issues or errors that may arise during the implementation or operation of the solution.

According to the Veeam Backup & Replication Best Practice Guide, a risk is a factor that may negatively impact the performance, reliability, security, or functionality of the backup and replication solution. A risk may be caused by internal or external factors, such as technical limitations, environmental constraints, human errors, etc.

Based on this definition, one of the possible risks for this project is C. Data must be replicated with one-hour recovery point objective.

This risk means that:

* The recovery point objective (RPO) is a business requirement that defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss in case of a disaster or failure. It is measured in time units, such as minutes, hours, or days.

* The data replication is a technical solution that allows you to create replicas of your running workloads on another host or site. It is used for disaster recovery purposes, as it enables you to quickly fail over and fail back in case of a disaster.

* The one-hour RPO is a challenging and demanding requirement that may be difficult to achieve or maintain, depending on various factors, such as the data change rate, the available bandwidth, the replication frequency, etc.

* The one-hour RPO may also conflict or contradict with other requirements or expectations, such as the backup window, the backup retention, the backup storage capacity, etc.

This risk has some implications for designing a solution with Veeam products and features, such as:

* The customer or a third-party vendor must monitor and measure the data change rate of the workloads that need to be replicated, as well as the available bandwidth between sites. This will help to plan and optimize the replication infrastructure, such as the proxy servers, repository servers, WAN accelerators, and failover plans, based on the data change rate.

* The customer or a third-party vendor must configure and adjust the replication settings and policies, such as the replication method, schedule, frequency, retention, compression, deduplication, etc., based on the one-hour RPO. This will help to improve the replication performance and efficiency, as well as to meet the RPO requirement.

* The customer or a third-party vendor must test and verify the replication results and processes, as well as perform regular failover and failback drills. This will help to ensure the reliability and consistency of the replicas, as well as to validate and improve the RPO achievement.

To design a solution that meets the needs and requirements of Veeam University Hospital, you need to collect some critical information during the discovery phase. This information will help you to understand the current state of the environment, the goals and expectations of the stakeholders, and the constraints and challenges of the project.

According to the case study, some of the critical information that was missing from discovery are:

* Size of current data sets. This information is critical because it helps you to estimate the backup storage requirements, as well as the backup performance and efficiency, based on the size and type of data. You need to know how much data is stored on each workload, such as virtual machines, physical servers, NAS systems, etc., as well as how much data is changed or added on a daily or weekly basis.

* Backup retention policy. This information is critical because it helps you to define the backup retention settings and policies, such as the number and frequency of backup copies, the backup storage tiers, the backup deletion rules, etc. You need to know how long the backup data should be kept for compliance or historical purposes, as well as how much backup storage capacity is available or needed.

To design a solution that meets the backup retention requirements for Veeam University Hospital, you need to consider the minimum requirement for on-premises backup retention for this project. This will help you to ensure the availability and reliability of your backup data, as well as the compliance and security of your backup storage.

According to the case study, the minimum requirement for on-premises backup retention for this project is B. On-premises retention must be 14 daily, and two weekly backups.

This requirement means that:

* The on-premises backup retention is the policy that defines how long the backup data should be kept on the local backup storage, such as NFS storage, deduplication appliance, etc.

* The on-premises backup retention must be 14 daily and two weekly backups, which means that you need to keep at least 14 copies of the daily backups and two copies of the weekly backups on the local backup storage.

* The on-premises backup retention must be applied to all types of workloads that are backed up by Veeam Backup & Replication, such as virtual machines, physical servers, NAS systems, etc.

This requirement is based on the business and compliance needs of Veeam University Hospital, which are:

* To have a fast and reliable restore option for the most recent backups in case of a disaster or failure.

* To comply with the HIPAA regulations that require health care organizations to retain backup data for at least six years1.

Veeam University Hospital is considering using Veeam ONE to collect alarms from the virtual and backup infrastructure. Veeam ONE is a powerful monitoring and reporting tool that provides visibility and insight into the performance, configuration, and utilization of your backup and virtual infrastructure. Veeam ONE can also alert you about any issues or problems that may affect the availability or reliability of your data protection and recovery processes.

One of the options that is available for integrating Veeam ONE with ticketing systems is A. Configure Veeam ONE to send SNMP traps to the ticketing system.

This option means that:

* SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol that allows network devices to communicate and exchange information with each other.

* SNMP traps are messages that are sent by network devices to notify a management system about events or conditions that require attention or action.

* Veeam ONE can be configured to send SNMP traps to a ticketing system when an alarm is triggered or resolved. This allows you to automate the creation and update of tickets based on the alarm data, such as the alarm name, severity, status, description, etc.

* To configure Veeam ONE to send SNMP traps to a ticketing system, you need to enable SNMP notifications in the Veeam ONE settings, as well as specify the SNMP server address, port, community string, and trap format. You also need to configure the ticketing system to receive and process the SNMP traps from Veeam ONE.

This option is a good choice for integrating Veeam ONE with ticketing systems, as it allows you to leverage the benefits and features of both solutions, such as:

* You can use Veeam ONE to monitor and analyze your backup and virtual infrastructure, as well as to detect and alert you about any issues or problems that may affect your data protection and recovery processes.

* You can use the ticketing system to manage and track the resolution of the issues or problems that are reported by Veeam ONE, as well as to assign and prioritize tickets to the appropriate staff or team members.

To design a solution that meets the replication requirement for Veeam University Hospital, you need to consider some of the mitigating techniques that might be required for the virtual machines that have several separate large VMDKs with a high change rate per virtual machine on the same datastore. This will help you to overcome some of the challenges and limitations that may affect the replication performance and efficiency, as well as the recovery point objective (RPO) of the organization.

According to the Veeam Backup & Replication Best Practice Guide, some of the mitigating techniques that might be required are:

* Implement WAN accelerator. This technique can help you to reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred and processed between the source and target sites, by using caching, deduplication, compression, and encryption. You need to deploy a pair of WAN accelerators, one at the source site and one at the target site, and configure them in the replication job settings. This technique can improve the replication speed and efficiency, as well as save network bandwidth and storage space.

* Recommend migrating some of the VMDKs to alternative datastores. This technique can help you to avoid performance degradation and resource contention on the source datastore, by distributing the load and I/O across multiple datastores. You need to use VMware tools or commands, such as Storage vMotion or svmotion, to migrate some of the VMDKs to other datastores that have enough capacity and performance. This technique can improve the replication stability and reliability, as well as reduce the impact on the production environment.

Therefore, based on these techniques, the answer that describes which mitigating techniques might be required is A and C.

To design a solution that meets the requirements for off-site immutable backups for Veeam University Hospital, you need to consider some of the options and features that Veeam products and features offer. This will help you to ensure the security and integrity of your backup data, as well as the compatibility and supportability of the cloud provider that does not currently support immutability.

According to the Veeam Backup & Replication Best Practice Guide, immutability is a feature that prevents backup files from being deleted or modified by anyone until the specified retention period expires. Immutability can be achieved by using S3 Object Lock or Hardened Repository, which are two different solutions that Veeam Backup & Replication supports.

Based on this definition, the best option to still satisfy the requirements for off-site immutable backups is A. Backup copy to a hardened repository.

This option means that:

* The backup copy is a type of job that allows you to create and maintain copies of your backup data on a secondary backup repository. You can use backup copy jobs to send your backup data off-site, as well as to apply different retention settings and policies.

* The hardened repository is a solution that allows you to add a hardened repository based on a Linux server to your backup infrastructure. You can use hardened repository with Veeam Backup & Replication to make your backups immutable on-premises or off-site.

* The backup copy to a hardened repository can be configured and managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, regardless of the cloud provider that does not currently support immutability. You only need to deploy and connect a Linux server with a hardened repository in the cloud environment, and then use it as a target for your backup copy jobs.

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To design a solution that meets the needs and requirements of Veeam University Hospital, you need to consider the impact and benefit of adding extra proxy servers to your backup infrastructure. This will help you to optimize the performance and efficiency of your backup and restore operations, as well as to prepare for future growth and expansion.

According to the web search results, a proxy server is a component that retrieves data from the source host, processes it and transfers to the backup repository. It also performs data compression, deduplication, encryption, etc. You can deploy backup proxies both in the primary site and in remote sites1.

The immediate result of adding the extra proxy server is A. The time for backup to complete could be reduced.

This result means that:

* The time for backup to complete is a metric that measures how long it takes to perform a backup job from start to finish. It depends on various factors, such as the size and type of data, the backup method and frequency, the network bandwidth and latency, etc.

* Adding an extra proxy server can reduce the time for backup to complete, by distributing the backup workload between available proxy servers. This can improve the backup performance and efficiency, as well as reduce the impact on the production environment.

* Reducing the time for backup to complete can also help you to meet your backup window and recovery point objective (RPO) requirements, as well as to free up more resources for other tasks or jobs.

Based on the customer Windows and Linux file server backup requirements, the best component to help them meet their stated objectives is Backup Enterprise Manager with indexing enabled on virtual machine and Agent backups with RBAC policies. This is because:

* Backup Enterprise Manager allows the customer to manage and monitor backup jobs across multiple backup servers from a single web-based interface1.

* Indexing enables the customer to perform file-level recovery from the backups of Windows and Linux servers, as well as search for files across all backups2.

* RBAC policies allow the customer to delegate permissions to different users and groups for performing file-level recovery, based on their roles and restore scopes3.

According to the Veeam Backup & Replication Best Practice Guide1, the proxy and repository servers are the components that should be sized correctly to ensure that synthetic operations and backup copy jobs can be completed in the desired window. This is because:

* The proxy server is responsible for retrieving data from the source and sending it to the target. The proxy server performance depends on the CPU, memory, network, and storage resources available. The proxy server should have enough CPU cores and memory to handle concurrent tasks, as well as sufficient network bandwidth and storage throughput to transfer data efficiently.

* The repository server is responsible for storing backup files on the target storage. The repository server performance depends on the CPU, memory, network, and storage resources available. The repository server should have enough CPU cores and memory to handle concurrent tasks, as well as sufficient network bandwidth and storage throughput to write data efficiently. The repository server should also support the backup format and retention policy chosen for the backup copy job.