2V0-620 · Question #18
An administrator must determine an appropriate backup solution, given these conditions: - 50 of the virtual machines are in a resource pool named Finance. - 50 of the virtual machines are in a…
The correct answer is D. Use the VMware Data Protection (VDP) Appliance on one of the ESXi Hosts to backup the virtual. VMware Data Protection (VDP) is the current supported appliance for backing up vSphere VMs, capable of protecting VMs regardless of which resource pool they belong to.
Question
An administrator must determine an appropriate backup solution, given these conditions:
- 50 of the virtual machines are in a resource pool named Finance.
- 50 of the virtual machines are in a resource pool named QA.
Which solution allows an administrator the ability to backup 100 virtual machines?
Options
- AUse Snapshot Manager on the vCenter Server to backup the virtual machines.
- BUse the VMware Consolidated Backup (vcb) tool on the ESXi Host to backup the virtual
- CUse the VMware Data Recovery (VDR) Appliance on the vCenter Server to backup the virtual
- DUse the VMware Data Protection (VDP) Appliance on one of the ESXi Hosts to backup the virtual
How the community answered
(25 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- D92% (23)
Why each option
VMware Data Protection (VDP) is the current supported appliance for backing up vSphere VMs, capable of protecting VMs regardless of which resource pool they belong to.
Snapshot Manager creates point-in-time snapshots for rollback purposes but is not a backup solution - snapshots are not independent backups and reside on the same datastore as the VM.
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) is a legacy tool deprecated before vSphere 5 and is not supported or available on modern ESXi hosts.
VMware Data Recovery (VDR) is the predecessor to VDP and was deprecated in vSphere 5.1 - it is not the recommended or current solution for vSphere environments.
VMware Data Protection is a backup and recovery appliance deployed on an ESXi host and managed through vCenter, supporting agentless image-level backups of VMs using vStorage APIs. It can target any VM visible to vCenter regardless of resource pool membership, making it capable of backing up all 100 VMs across both Finance and QA pools. VDR was its predecessor and VDP is the supported replacement in vSphere 5.1 and later.
Concept tested: VMware Data Protection appliance backup capabilities
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.0/com.vmware.vsphere.dataprotection.doc/GUID-B2571649-7DF3-4216-B629-B6EB32DDD2CE.html
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