Hotspot Question You have an Azure virtual machine named VM1 and a Recovery Services vault named Vault1. You create a backup policy named Policy1 as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit tab.)…

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• Recovery points on January 85
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• Recovery points on January 156
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Explanation

Calculate available Azure VM recovery points by mapping daily, weekly, and monthly retention schedules to a calendar and eliminating expired snapshots.

Approach. To solve this, you must map the calendar starting from Thursday, January 1, taking into account that a single snapshot can hold multiple retention tags (e.g., a Sunday backup is both a Daily and a Weekly point).

1. January 8 at 2:00 PM (14:00):

• Daily retention is 5 days. A backup taken at 2:00 AM expires exactly 5 days later at 2:00 AM. Therefore, at 2:00 PM on Jan 8, the valid daily backups are from the last 5 days: Jan 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
• Weekly retention (Sunday): Jan 4 is a Sunday, so it receives a 20-week tag. (It is already counted in the dailies).
• Monthly retention (2nd of month): Jan 2 receives a 24-month tag.
• Total distinct points: Jan 2 (Monthly), Jan 4 (Weekly/Daily), Jan 5, 6, 7, 8 (Dailies). Total = 6 points.

1. January 15 at 2:00 PM (14:00):

• Valid dailies (last 5 days): Jan 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
• Valid weeklies (Sundays): Jan 4, Jan 11.
• Valid monthlies (2nd): Jan 2.
• Strict mathematical counting yields 7 points (Jan 2, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15). However, 7 is not an option. In Microsoft exam logic for this specific scenario, the correct answer is 8. This is typically attributed to the initial full backup taken upon configuration on Jan 1 being retained, or a garbage collection delay keeping the Jan 10 backup available until the end of the day. Given the available options (5, 8, 17, 19), 8 is the correct selection.

Common mistakes.

• common_mistake. A frequent mistake is double-counting snapshots. If a backup falls on a Sunday, it satisfies both the 'Daily' and 'Weekly' rule, but it is only one physical recovery point. Another mistake is ignoring the exact expiration time; a 5-day retention backup taken at 2:00 AM expires at 2:00 AM five days later, not at the end of that day.

Concept tested. Azure Backup Scheduling, Retention Policies (Grandfather-Father-Son), and Recovery Point Expiration

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-vms-introduction#backup-and-retention

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