A VM was deleted by mistake today at 11:05 a.m. Below are the backups currently available for the VM: Crash-consistent restore is acceptable. Which of the following backups should be chosen?

The snapshot taken at 11:00 AM was captured just 5 minutes before the VM was accidentally deleted at 11:05 AM, minimizing data loss to the shortest possible recovery point. Because the question states crash-consistent restores are acceptable, the snapshot's crash-consistent nature is not a disqualifier. All other available backups are hours or days older, resulting in far greater data loss.

The full backup from three days ago is the oldest restore point available and results in the maximum data loss of approximately three days, making it the least preferred option when newer backups exist.

The incremental backup from today at 00:00 is 11 hours older than the 11:00 AM snapshot and also requires a full backup chain to complete the restore, making it less optimal than option A.

The synthetic-full from yesterday at 12:00 is approximately 23 hours older than the 11:00 AM snapshot, resulting in substantially greater data loss compared to option A.