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VMCE_V12 · Question #143

A backup job is configured at Site A with 14 days of retention specified. The business requirements are: - Virtual machine backups must be copied to a secondary location - Six months of historical…

The correct answer is A. Use immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and 26 weekly GFS restore. The requirements are that the job "Restore virtual machines from any given week within the previous six months" This means you need "26 weekly GFS restore points" not "six monthly GFS restore points".

Backup Copy and Offsite Protection

Question

A backup job is configured at Site A with 14 days of retention specified. The business requirements are:

  • Virtual machine backups must be copied to a secondary location
  • Six months of historical data to be kept at a secondary location
  • Restore virtual machines from any given day within the previous two

months

  • Restore virtual machines from any given week within the previous six

months Which backup copy jobs should be set to meet the requirements?

Options

  • AUse immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and 26 weekly GFS restore
  • BUse immediate copy (mirroring) mode, keeping 180 days of retention.
  • CUse periodic copy (pruning) mode, keeping 62 days of retention and six monthly GFS restore
  • DUse periodic copy (pruning) mode, keeping 180 days of retention.

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    76% (32)
  • B
    7% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    14% (6)

Explanation

The requirements are that the job "Restore virtual machines from any given week within the previous six months" This means you need "26 weekly GFS restore points" not "six monthly GFS restore points".

Topics

#backup copy job#GFS retention#immediate copy mode#periodic copy mode

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