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VMCE Practice Question - 8 May 2024 (VTT)

coolsport00
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Here’s our VTT question for the week. Good luck
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As a backup admin you need to ensure VMs in a DMZ can utilize application aware processing. You cannot connect directly to the protected VMs. What do you need to be able to protect the VMs?

  1. Connect the backup server to the DMZ
  2. Make sure the VMs have VMware Tools installed and use VIX
  3. Make sure the VMs have VMware Tools installed and use VAIO
  4. Convince the security team to allow you to connect directly to DMZ
Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00

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leduardoserrano
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option b) Make sure the VMs have VMware Tools installed and use VIX

 

Luiz Eduardo Serrano. Cloud Architect, Systems Engineer for Veeam and Object First. Veeam Vanguard/VMCA 2024/VMCE. VMware Tanzu Vanguard 2024/VCP Security/VMware User Group, 4xHPE Master ASE/Instructor, RedHat Ansible SE/Instructor, AWS Architect, Nutanix NCA, Cisco-HPE Cloud & DC champion. My blog: https://cloudnroll.com
BethSouza
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I agree with Luiz. Found something here too  https://www.virtualtothecore.com/veeam-backup-and-vix-libraries-howto-backup-networkless-vms-using-vss/

 

 

Elizabeth Souza
Chris.Childerhose
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B.  Make sure the VMs have VMware Tools installed and use VIX

 

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
E
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Make sure the VMs have VMware Tools installed and use VIX

But i would like 4  as well, RPC is much quicker than VIX. As a statefull firewall could allow access from the GIP to the guest VM, i wont see any issues there.

 

C
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https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/guest_interaction_proxy.html?ver=120

DavideAbrigo
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  1. Use VIX

 

J
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I’m going with B) VIX to the rescue.

 

TylerJurgens
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  1. No. This would work, but you don’t want to do it for security reasons.
  2. Yes. Using VIX with VMware Tools will allow this to work.
  3. No. VAIO is used for Veeam CDP. Its not going to help with App aware processing.
  4. No. The answer to these questions is never a political battle. Also, see A.

 

Tyler Jurgens | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | Veeam Legend x2 | vExpert ** | VMSP/VMTSP | VCP-2020 | VSP/VTSP | Tanzu Vanguard | VMUG Calgary Leader | VUG Canada Leader | https://explosive.cloud | @Tyler_Jurgens | BlueSky: @tylerjurgens.bsky.social
coolsport00
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On to answering the Technical Trainer weekly question. As some have noted, a. and d. could be done, but for security reasons, shouldn’t be. And c. is simply incorrect, leaving the only available answer as being b. VMware Tools/VIX

You can review documentation to explain more about lack of connectivity to the protected VMs in the User & Best Practice Guides below:

https://bp.veeam.com/vbr/Support/S_Vmware/backup.html#2b-guest-processing-for-windows-based-vms-vix 
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/guest_interaction_proxy.html?ver=120 

Great job everyone!

Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00

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