2V0-622D · Question #140
Which are the three supported backup types for the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5? (Choose three.)
The correct answer is A. File-Based Backup B. vSphere Storage APIs-Data Protection E. vSphere Data Protection. VCSA 6.5 supports three backup methods: the native file-based backup introduced in 6.5, VADP-based backup via third-party tools, and vSphere Data Protection.
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Which are the three supported backup types for the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5? (Choose three.)
Options
- AFile-Based Backup
- BvSphere Storage APIs-Data Protection
- CReplication
- DSnapshots
- EvSphere Data Protection
How the community answered
(20 responses)- A90% (18)
- C5% (1)
- D5% (1)
Why each option
VCSA 6.5 supports three backup methods: the native file-based backup introduced in 6.5, VADP-based backup via third-party tools, and vSphere Data Protection.
VCSA 6.5 introduced a built-in file-based backup and restore mechanism accessible via the VAMI or API, which backs up the configuration, inventory, and historical data to a remote file server.
vSphere Storage APIs - Data Protection (VADP) allows third-party backup solutions to perform image-level backups of the VCSA virtual appliance using VMware-supported APIs.
Replication (such as vSphere Replication) is a disaster recovery mechanism for continuous data protection, not a recognized backup type category for VCSA 6.5 in the official documentation.
Snapshots alone are not a supported or recommended backup type for VCSA; VMware explicitly advises against relying on snapshots as a backup method for vCenter Server.
vSphere Data Protection is VMware's native backup appliance that can back up the VCSA VM directly, providing a supported and integrated backup method for VCSA 6.5.
Concept tested: vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 supported backup methods
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-3EAED005-B0A3-40CF-B40D-85AD247D7EA4.html
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