Veeam Updated VMCE2021 Exam Questions and Answers by khalid

By performing a restore of only the VM configuration files, you can quickly recreate the VM in VMware vSphere using the existing disk files on the datastore. This method avoids the need to transfer or copy large VM disk files, resulting in a faster restoration process. Note that this method assumes that the VM disk files are still intact on the datastore. If any of the VM disk files are missing or corrupted, you may need to consider alternative restoration methods or perform a full restore from the Veeam backup files.

According to the Veeam Backup & Replication user guide1, you can use a long-term retention policy (GFS) to keep backup files for longer periods of time. GFS stands for grandfather-father-son and refers to a backup rotation scheme that allows you to create weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly restore points12.

Therefore, if you want to be able to restore the VMs to any given day within two months and any given week within six months, you should use a GFS policy with 62 days of retention and 26 weekly GFS restore points. The simplest configuration would be an immediate copy (mirroring) mode with these settings (option B).

Therefore, when restoring a thin-provisioned VMware virtual disk on an NFS datastore using a virtual appliance Veeam proxy server, the transport mode used will be the virtual appliance transport mode.