VEEAM VMCA2022 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 21,2026- Exam Code: VMCA2022
- Exam Name: Veeam Certified Architect 2022
- Certification Provider: VEEAM
- Latest update: Oct 21,2026
While examining the details for the remote sites each with a single server, you are trying to determine if a local repository will be needed or if backups can be transferred back to the central corporate site in the region.
Which of the following requirements will act as a constraint on your decision?
- A . The backup solution must not require proprietary hardware or storage.
- B . All backups must complete between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time.
- C . Data locality and privacy laws local to each branch office must be followed.
- D . A copy of backup data must reside in a public cloud local to each region.
C
Explanation:
The requirement C will act as a constraint on the decision of whether to use a local repository or not for the remote sites. Data locality and privacy laws may vary by country or region, and may impose restrictions on where the backup data can be stored or transferred. For example, some countries may prohibit the export of personal data outside their borders, or require encryption or anonymization of sensitive data. Therefore, the Veeam solution must comply with these laws and regulations, and may need to use a local repository for each remote site, or use a cloud provider that has a local presence in each region. The other requirements are not constraints, as they can be met with either a local or a central repository, using the features and options of the Veeam solution. References: Veeam Certified Architect 2022 Exam Guide, page 11; Veeam Backup & Replication v11: Architecture and Design course, module 5.
Which tier(s) of Veeam Financial Services’ backups will require SureBackup jobs?
- A . Gold tier.
- B . Silver and gold tiers.
- C . Gold, silver and bronze tiers.
- D . All virtual machine and laptop backups.
B
Explanation:
The tiers of Veeam Financial Services’ backups that will require SureBackup jobs are the silver and gold tiers. SureBackup jobs are used to verify the recoverability of backup files by running virtual machines from backups in an isolated environment and performing tests against live applications1. This feature is suitable for the silver and gold tiers, which have recovery time objectives of six hours and 30 minutes, respectively, and require backups to be verified. The bronze tier, which consists of development machines and field portables, has a recovery point target of seven days, with no recovery time target set, and does not require backup verification. Therefore, SureBackup jobs are not necessary for the bronze tier. Laptop backups are performed by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, which does not support SureBackup jobs2. References: SureBackup, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.
The customer has stated that they plan on purchasing new physical server component and repository storage.
What additional information is needed to define the implementation process later?
- A . Will the customer need to unencrypt the backups before being copied to new storage?
- B . How much backup data is stored on the old hardware?
- C . Will the customer be able to retain the original storage until the existing restore points expire?
- D . Is the customer repurposing old hardware?
B
Explanation:
The additional information that is needed to define the implementation process later is how much backup data is stored on the old hardware. This information is important for designing and sizing the migration strategy and timeline for moving the backups from the old hardware to the new hardware. For example, you can use the amount of backup data to estimate how long it will take to copy or move the backups to the new storage devices. You can also use the amount of backup data to determine whether you need to use compression, deduplication, or WAN acceleration to optimize the migration traffic.
References: [Migrating Backup Files], [WAN Acceleration]
Topic 2, Veeam University Hospital
Executive Overview:
Veeam University Hospital is a healthcare network with located is Boston, Salt Lake City and Columbus. They are considered a pioneer in breakthrough treatments to many illnesses and recognized worldwide as a leader in their field. They have decided to modernize their data protection strategy due to new regulatory requirements as well as ever evolving malware issues. They suffereda ransomware attack recently as well, which affected several systems with patient treatment.
Furthermore, they have expressed interest in replication of virtual workloads between sites in case of a disaster to allow for timely failover between sites with would ensure continuity in the level of patient care offered.
Their board of directors is concerned that all virtual workloads at this point can be considered a single point of failure.
Veeam University Hospital has also been experiencing issues with the time required to back up NAS systems. Not only are they taking too long, the amount of space required is considered excessive, and a reduction of storage space for these backups is desired.
Veeam University Hospital had issues with the time required to restore Exchange items. The current solution will only restore entire mailboxes, and no granularity is possible.
For this implementation to be successful, backups must complete in the allotted backup window, and the recovery of data should be faster than the current solution, which can amount to 24 to 48 hours for a full system restore.
Solution Concept:
Veeam University Hospital is replacing their current backup solution Veeam. They plan to protect data at all three sites, with backups copied off-site for disaster recovery purposes. They have also expressed an interest in taking action to prevent another data lost due to ransomware. The offenders were also able to encrypt the existing backups as part of the attack, so data recovery is impossible. Veeam University Hospital is also interested in any posible public cloud technologies that might help mitigate this risk.
In addition, replication of running workloads to secondary sites will also be implemented to allow for site failover in the event of a disaster for reduced down time.
Existing Technical Environment:
Veeam University Hospital has VMware cluster in all locations. For security purposes, each cluster is dedicated to the department that it servers. No communication between cluster is possible. These cluster are broken into two categories, one hosting database workloads and the other hosting general use virtual machines.
Confidential patient data exists on several NAS systems as unstructured data. These NAS systems are only presenting backups to ensure consistency of the database.
Veeam University Hospital has an in-house patient database required a custom script to be execute before backups to ensure consistency of the database.
MSSQL and Oracle are used by most of the departments, with a mix of virtual and physical deployments.
Each site as a 10 GbE link to the public internet, and all traffic between sites is routed through these connections via VPN.
Each site has 20 vLANs in use, with 16 being used for VMware workloads.
For security and regulatory purposes, all vLANs are firewalled off from each other.
The current backups write to NFS storage.
All doctor and lab staff are assigned their laptops, which will also need to be protected. The location of data on these devices is enforced through group policy, and consistent throughout the organization.
No current disaster recovery solution, apart from restoring from backup files, exists at this time.
Business Requirements:
Any new solution must take advantage of automation and self-service functionality. Both features are needed to cut down on administrative costs. Role based access (RBAC) is mandatory. Forexample, only Oracle administrators can have the ability to perform self-service restore of Oracle Data.
Mission critical applications must not be impacted during business hours. All backups must complete between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. local time.
To meet regulatory requirements all data must be retained for three years.
For archival purposes, 12 monthly backups and three yearly backups must be stored offsite.
Veeam University Hospital will only purchase on-premises storage to accommodate growth for three years of backup retention.
For any replicated virtual workloads, the data must not more than one hour old.
Due regulatory requirements, all protected data must be encrypted in flight and rest.
To meet customer service-level agreements, a commercially available helpdesk ticketing system is in use. All alerts generated must be integrated with this system to create support tickets.
Technical requirements:
Backups must take advantage of public cloud storage for long term archival purposes.
The solution must keep a local backup and be able to create an additional copy of production data. Both backups should reside on site with production systems being protected.
For quick restores and recovery, at least copy of protected data must reside on-premises.
Due to the threat of ransomware, at least one immutable or air gapped copy of protected data must reside
off-side.
To ensure data integrity, backups must be verified and scanned for malware before any restore Is performed.
In addition to Self-service Oracle restores, native Oracle tools must be available and PowerShell script ready to perform ad-hoc backups and restores.
The backup solution must support VMware encrypted datastores.
Backups must be stored in logical scalable storage systems that can be expanded non-disruptively.
For end user laptop backups, only user data should be backed up. Operating system files should be excluded.
Personal files such as music, photos, and videos must be excluded for backup.
Which of the following is risk for this project?
- A . The backup solution must support VMware encrypted datastores.
- B . End-user laptop backups must have a recovery time objective of 30 minutes.
- C . Data must be replicate with one-hour recovery point objective.
- D . Linux and Windows files server backups must be searchable during a self-service restore.
C
Explanation:
To design a solution that meets the needs and requirements of Veeam University Hospital, you need to consider some of the risks and challenges that may affect the success and quality of the project. This will help you to identify and mitigate any potential issues or errors that may arise during the implementation or operation of the solution.
According to the Veeam Backup & Replication Best Practice Guide, a risk is a factor that may negatively impact the performance, reliability, security, or functionality of the backup and replication solution. A risk may be caused by internal or external factors, such as technical limitations, environmental constraints, human errors, etc.
Based on this definition, one of the possible risks for this project is C. Data must be replicated with one-hour recovery point objective.
This risk means that:
• The recovery point objective (RPO) is a business requirement that defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss in case of a disaster or failure. It is measured in time units, such as minutes, hours, or days.
• The data replication is a technical solution that allows you to create replicas of your running workloads on another host or site. It is used for disaster recovery purposes, as it enables you to quickly fail over and fail back in case of a disaster.
• The one-hour RPO is a challenging and demanding requirement that may be difficult toachieve or maintain, depending on various factors, such as the data change rate, the available bandwidth, the replication frequency, etc.
• The one-hour RPO may also conflict or contradict with other requirements or expectations, such as the backup window, the backup retention, the backup storage capacity, etc.
This risk has some implications for designing a solution with Veeam products and features, such as:
• The customer or a third-party vendor must monitor and measure the data change rate of the workloads that need to be replicated, as well as the available bandwidth between sites. This will help to plan and optimize the replication infrastructure, such as the proxy servers, repository servers, WAN accelerators, and failover plans, based on the data change rate.
• The customer or a third-party vendor must configure and adjust the replication settings and policies, such as the replication method, schedule, frequency, retention, compression, deduplication, etc., based on the one-hour RPO. This will help to improve the replication performance and efficiency, as well as to meet the RPO requirement.
• The customer or a third-party vendor must test and verify the replication results and processes, as well as perform regular failover and failback drills. This will help to ensure the reliability and consistency of the replicas, as well as to validate and improve the RPO achievement.
During architecture review, the engineers who will be implementing the designed architecture ask how they should proceed to fully meet the requirements for Oracle backup.
How should the rellout be handled to meet these requirements?
- A . Install and configure the RMAN plugin.
- B . Create pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts for all Oracle backups.
- C . Implement and configure Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, and configure RMAN so that only Oracle administrators have access to the Oracle backups.
- D . Deploy agents to all Oracle servers and ensure that application aware processing is configured.
A
Explanation:
• The RMAN plugin is a component that integrates Veeam Backup & Replication with Oracle RMAN, which is a native tool for Oracle backup and recovery12.
• The RMAN plugin allows you to use Oracle RMAN commands to back up and restore Oracle databases to Veeam backup repositories, as well as perform log shipping and point-in-time recovery12.
• The RMAN plugin supports Oracle databases running on any supported operating system or hypervisor, as well as physical servers or cloud environments12.
• The RMAN plugin leverages the features and benefits of Veeam Backup & Replication, such as compression, deduplication, encryption, scalability, and reliability12.
What information is necessary for designing a solution and must be gathered during discovery? (Choose 3) Size of the backup create by the incumbent backup solution.
- A . Operating systems used to run the workloads.
- B . Allowed backup windows.
- C . Size of IT team.
- D . Amount of used disk space.
- E . Amount of disk space provisioned.
A B E
Explanation:
To design a solution that meets the needs and requirements of Veeam University Hospital, you need to gather some information during the discovery phase. This information will help you to understand the current state of the environment, the goals and expectations of the stakeholders, and the constraints and challenges of the project.
According to the Veeam Backup & Replication Best Practice Guide1, some of the information that is necessary for designing a solution and must be gathered during discovery are:
• Operating systems used to run the workloads. This information will help you to determine the compatibility and supportability of the workloads with Veeam products and features, as well as the licensing and configuration requirements.
• Allowed backup windows. This information will help you to plan and schedule the backup jobs according to the availability and performance of the workloads, as well as the service level agreements (SLAs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) of the organization.
• Amount of used disk space. This information will help you to estimate the backup storage requirements, as well as the backup compression and deduplication ratios, based on the type and size of the data.
What information is necessary to design the disaster recovery solution and must be identified during discovery? (Choose 3)
- A . The number of virtual machines to be replicated.
- B . The available bandwidth between locations.
- C . The required amount of backups to be storage off site.
- D . The number of vLANs per site.
- E . Which sites will be the source of replication and which sites will be the targets for recovery.
A B E
Explanation:
To design a disaster recovery solution that meets the needs and requirements of Veeam University Hospital, you need to identify some information during the discovery phase. This information will help you to understand the scope and scale of the replication and failover processes, the network andstorage resources and limitations, and the recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives.
According to the Veeam Backup & Replication Best Practice Guide, some of the information that is necessary to design the disaster recovery solution and must be identified during discovery are:
• The number of virtual machines to be replicated. This information will help you to determine the number and size of the replication jobs, as well as the replication performance and scalability, based on the number and type of virtual machines.
• The available bandwidth between locations. This information will help you to estimate the network bandwidth and throughput that are available for replication traffic, as well as the impact of replication activities on the network performance and latency.
• Which sites will be the source of replication and which sites will be the targets for recovery. This information will help you to plan and configure the replication infrastructure, such as the proxy servers, repository servers, WAN accelerators, and failover plans, based on the source and target locations.
It has been determined that the onsite repositories need to be immutable.
Which configuration would ensure SLA compliance and provide protection against ransomware?
- A . Provide a Veeam Backup & Replication server with Veeam replication and enable XFS with immutability on NFS targets.
- B . Leverage hardened repositories at both primary and secondary sites, and offload to object storage in a public cloud with immutability enabled.
- C . Leverage ReFS repositories as a primary target with a backup copy to a second site and offload to object storage in a public cloud with immutability enabled.
- D . Provide Veeam Backup & Replication servers at two locations and leverage object storage.
B
Explanation:
Immutable repositories are backup storage locations that prevent unauthorized modifications or deletions of backup data, ensuring its integrity and recoverability. Immutable repositories are essential for protecting backups against ransomware attacks, accidental deletions, or malicious insiders1.
Veeam Backup & Replication supports several types of immutable repositories, such as hardened repositories, immutable object storage repositories, and immutable deduplicating storage appliances2. Among these options, the best configuration for ensuring SLA compliance and providing protection against ransomware is to leverage hardened repositories at both primary and secondary sites, and offload to object storage in a public cloud with immutability enabled.
Hardened repositories are Linux-based repositories that use XFS file system with immutability flag to protect backup files from changes or removals. Hardened repositories can be used as primary or secondary backup targets, and can be combined with Veeam Scale-out Backup Repository to simplify backup management and optimize storage utilization3.
Object storage repositories are cloud-based repositories that use object storage services, such as Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, or Google Cloud Storage, to store backup data. Object storage repositories can be used as secondary backup targets, and can leverage the immutability feature of the cloud provider to
prevent backup data from being overwritten or deleted.
By using hardened repositories at both primary and secondary sites, you can achieve high availability and redundancy for your backup data, as well as fast and reliable restores. By offloading to object storage in a public cloud with immutability enabled, you can achieve long-term retention and compliance, aswell as cost savings and scalability. This configuration also follows the 3-2-1-1 backup rule, which recommends having three copies of data, on two different types of media, with one copy off-site and one copy immutable.
You can find more information about immutable repositories and how to configure them in the following resources:
Immutable Backup Solutions: Linux Hardened Repository
Unstructured Data Backups in Immutable Repositories
Hardened Repository
[Immutability for Object Storage Repositories]
[3-2-1-1 Backup Rule]
To ensure SLA compliance and protection against ransomware, which of the following configurations would accomplish this goal?
- A . Implement Veeam Backup & Replication servers at two locations and leverage ReFS repository as a primary target with a backup copy to a second site.
- B . Provide a Veeam Backup & Replication server with Veeam replication and enable XFS with immutability on NFS targets.
- C . Provide a Veeam Backup & Replication servers at two locations and leverage object storage.
- D . Implement Veeam backup & Replication servers at one location and leverage Hardened Repositories as a primary target with a backup copy to a second site.
D
Explanation:
• Use Hardened Repositories as the primary target, which are Linux-based repositories that support
immutability and prevent ransomware from accessing or deleting backup files12.
• Use backup copy jobs to create a second copy of the backups to a different site, which will provide additional protection and redundancy in case of a disaster or data loss34.
• Use Veeam Backup & Replication servers at one location, which will simplify the management and monitoring of the backup infrastructure and reduce the operational costs.
The other configurations are not as effective or secure, as they either do not use immutability, do not create a second copy of the backups, or do not leverage the benefits of Veeam Backup & Replication servers.
References:
1: Protect against Ransomware with Immutable Backups – Veeam
2: Hardened Repository – User Guide for VMware vSphere
3: Backup Copy Modes – User Guide for VMware vSphere
4: Backup copy jobs – Veeam Backup & Replication Best Practice Guide: Veeam Backup & Replication Architecture Overview
Based on the customer’s hardening requirements, what steps should be taken to correct the storage configuration?
- A . Send backup copy jobs directly to object storage
- B . Create new Scale-out Backup Repositories with ReFS and redirect backups to new Scale-out Backup Repositories.
- C . Add hardened repositories to each Scale-out Backup Repository and evacuate the data from the CIFS extents.
- D . Enable the object lock on the CIFS extents
C
Explanation:
The steps that should be taken to correct the storage configuration based on the customer’s hardening requirements are to add hardened repositories to each Scale-out Backup Repository and evacuate the data from the CIFS extents. A hardened repository is a type of backup repository that provides immutability and ransomware protection for backup files by using Linux XFS file system features and Linux access control mechanisms. A Scale-out Backup Repository is a logical entity that groups several backup repositories into one pool of storage. A CIFS extent is a type of backup repository that uses a shared folder on a Windows or Linux server as a backup target. By adding hardened repositories to each Scale-out Backup Repository, you can ensure that your backups are secure, compliant, and efficient. By evacuating the data from the CIFS extents, you can remove the risk of ransomware infection or deletion of your backups.