Free VMCE 2021 Sample Questions — Veeam Certified Engineer

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Question 1

A company’s Network Operations Center has been tasked with the responsibility to provide basic same folder file restorations for their users. Veeam Enterprise Manager is installed and configured for this customer. What role will be least permissive yet allow for this responsibility?

  • A. Restore Operator
  • B. Portal User
  • C. Portal Administrator
  • D. Job Manager
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Correct Answer:
A. Restore Operator
Question 2

Which Veeam component deploys the runtime during the backup process when a Linux VM running on Microsoft Hyper-V is protected using the file indexing option.

  • A. Virtual lab
  • B. Guest interaction proxy
  • C. Backup & Replication server
  • D. File proxy
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Correct Answer:
B. Guest interaction proxy
Question 3

A Veeam administrator is restoring a user object from Active Directory using the Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory. They want to restore the user object including the password. What options exist for restoring the object with a password? (Choose two.)

  • A. Show password
  • B. Restore the user object to the source domain
  • C. Send password to user account via email
  • D. Allow user to set password
  • E. Use “Restore objects to” and choose the “Restore password” option
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Restore the user object to the source domain
  • E. Use “Restore objects to” and choose the “Restore password” option
Question 4

Veeam Backup & Replication is currently configured to back up different workloads: Windows VMs on vSphere and Linux VMs on vSphere. A secondary copy of all the backups including transaction logs must be created. Which of the following backup copy job configurations is the simplest?

  • A. single "periodic copy" backup copy job
  • B. single "immediate copy" backup copy job
  • C. Two "immediate copy" backup copy jobs
  • D. Two "periodic copy" backup copy jobs
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Correct Answer:
B. single "immediate copy" backup copy job
Question 5

A backup administrator decided to move the Veeam Backup & Replication server and configuration database to new servers. Which configuration restore mode should be used?

  • A. Migrate
  • B. Planned failover
  • C. Restore
  • D. Failover plan
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Correct Answer:
A. Migrate
Question 6

Which feature can be used in Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange?

  • A. Restore original password for account objects
  • B. Export to .BAK file
  • C. Restore databases from backups created with Veeam RMAN plug-in
  • D. Recover from litigation and in-place hold items
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Correct Answer:
D. Recover from litigation and in-place hold items
Question 7

A director in a business needs a folder of traffic photos restored from a Linux server. This machine sits on a VM backed up by Veeam Backup & Replication. The director wants the files restored to their original location and does not want to lose the original files. What functionality will be used to restore the folder using the Veeam Guest OS restoration wizard?

  • A. Restore the files using the "Versioning" function. Files will be prefixed with numbers (1-, 2-, 3-, etc.)
  • B. Restore the files using the "Overwrite" function. Original files will be renamed
  • C. Restore the files using the "Hold" function. The director can then determine the status of the original and restored files
  • D. Restore the files using the "Keep" function. Original files will be untouched
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Correct Answer:
D. Restore the files using the "Keep" function. Original files will be untouched
Question 8

A Veeam administrator is concerned about keeping backups on site and has traditionally used tapes to create weekly offsite backups. Concerns about ransomware have created the need to have backups sent off site immediately. The company is currently using Scale-out Backup Repositories. What option would satisfy the requirement?

  • A. Copy to capacity tier
  • B. Move to capacity tier
  • C. Backup to object storage
  • D. File copy job
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Correct Answer:
A. Copy to capacity tier
Question 9

An administrator is asked to change a backup copy job from periodic mode to immediate mode. How can this be accomplished?

  • A. Copy the original backup copy job to a different folder and remap the job
  • B. Enable immediate in the backup copy job settings drop down
  • C. Create a new backup copy job and delete the original job
  • D. Right click on the job name and choose immediate
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Correct Answer:
C. Create a new backup copy job and delete the original job
Question 10

A daily backup job for seven Hyper-V VMs has been configured at the main site, keeping 14 days’ worth of backup files. They want to get a copy of the VM backups to a repository at the disaster recovery site. They want to keep six months’ worth of backup files at the disaster recovery site. They also need to be able to restore the VMs to any given day within two months and any given week within six months. How should a backup copy job be configured to meet these requirements?

  • A. Use periodic copy (pruning) mode, keeping 180 days of retention
  • B. Use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and 26 weekly GFS restore points
  • C. Use periodic copy (pruning) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and six monthly GFS restore points
  • D. Use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 180 days of retention
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Correct Answer:
B. Use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and 26 weekly GFS restore points
Question 11

A physical Windows file server protected by Veeam Agent for Windows needs to be migrated to a local VMware ESXi. The server has several volumes: C: (60GB), D: (1TB) and E: (4TB). What is the quickest option to migrate the server to a local VMware ESXi host?

  • A. Perform Instant Disk Recovery for each volume
  • B. Perform Instant VM Recovery
  • C. Create an empty VM and perform bare metal recovery inside the VM
  • D. Export all disks, create an empty VM and attach the disks
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Correct Answer:
B. Perform Instant VM Recovery
Question 12

An administrator is asked to change a backup copy job from periodic mode to immediate mode. How can this be accomplished?

  • A. Edit the original job and select immediate copy mode from the job settings
  • B. Enable immediate mode on the repository
  • C. Create a new copy job and delete the original job
  • D. Modify the job settings on the proxy performing the copy job
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Correct Answer:
C. Create a new copy job and delete the original job
Question 13

A Windows VM running on Microsoft Hyper-V is protected using the file indexing option. The guest interaction proxy is offline. Which of the following Veeam servers will be used to deploy the runtime during the backup process?

  • A. Backup & Replication server
  • B. Indexing database server
  • C. File proxy server
  • D. Virtual lab server
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Correct Answer:
A. Backup & Replication server
Question 14

A backup of a Linux VM running on a VMware cluster has been created. In which scenario can the Quick Rollback option be used during a Full VM Restore of the VM?

  • A. Migration of VM to VMware host in a different data center
  • B. Migration of VM to Hyper-V host in same data center
  • C. Issues caused by host power outage
  • D. Issues caused by VM software update
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Correct Answer:
D. Issues caused by VM software update
Question 15

Which of the following are valid restore options for Microsoft Exchange server email items when using the Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange? (Choose two.)

  • A. Save as a .pst file
  • B. Save as a .zip file
  • C. Save message as text file
  • D. Save as an .msg file
  • E. Save attachment as file
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Save as a .pst file
  • D. Save as an .msg file
Question 16

Which of the following are valid backup locations for a licensed version of the Veeam Agent for MacOS? (Choose two.)

  • A. Firewire drive
  • B. Google drive
  • C. Microsoft OneDrive
  • D. Amazon S3
  • E. Veeam backup repository
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Firewire drive
  • E. Veeam backup repository
Question 17

When restoring Linux or Unix guest OS files, which components can be used to mount the volume containing files to be restored? (Choose two.)

  • A. Helper appliance
  • B. Gateway server
  • C. Mount server
  • D. Guest interaction proxy
  • E. Helper host
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Helper appliance
  • E. Helper host
Question 18

What data sources can be connected to Veeam ONE? (Choose two.)

  • A. VMware vSphere servers
  • B. Microsoft Hyper-V servers
  • C. Nutanix Acropopis servers
  • D. Microsoft Azure VMs
  • E. Amazon Web Services EC2 instances
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Correct Answer:
  • A. VMware vSphere servers
  • B. Microsoft Hyper-V servers
Question 19

A physical Linux server protected by a centrally managed Veeam agent is physically damaged. A VMware vSphere infrastructure is available, and the physical server is eligible for virtualization. Which recovery step provides the lowest possible RTO?

  • A. Use Instant VM Recovery to VMware vSphere
  • B. Use Instant Disk Recovery to VMware vSphere
  • C. Use Export Disk Content as Virtual Disk to create a new VM
  • D. Use Bare Metal Restore to VMware vSphere VM
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Correct Answer:
A. Use Instant VM Recovery to VMware vSphere
Question 20

An undo failover of a VM has just completed, after having failed over earlier from production to the disaster recovery site. What next actions are available?

  • A. Failover, Failback to production, Add to a failover plan
  • B. Failback, Permanent Failover
  • C. Failover, Planned failover, Run a failover plan
  • D. Failover now, Planned failover, Add to a failover plan
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Correct Answer:
D. Failover now, Planned failover, Add to a failover plan

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