VEEAM Exam VMCE_v12 Topic 9 Question 41 Discussion

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Question #: 41
Topic #: 9

An engineer has used a Linux Hardened Repository as the backup repository. The immutability period is set to 60 days.

The backup settings are:

Retention Policy: 14 days

GFS Weekly full backup: 1 week

GFS Monthly full backup: 6 months

If a full backup is created on 27th May 2023 with a monthly GFS flag, when will this restore point be automatically deleted?

A2V June 2023

B28th July 2023

C28th November 2023

D5th August 2023

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Suggested Answer: C

The immutability period set on a Linux Hardened Repository prevents deletion of backup files for the duration of the immutability period. In this case, it is set to 60 days. However, the GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) retention policy specifies that a monthly full backup is to be kept for 6 months. Since the full backup was created on 27th May 2023 and flagged as a monthly GFS backup, it will be retained for 6 months irrespective of the retention policy or the immutability setting. Hence, the restore point will be automatically deleted after 6 months, which would be on the 28th of November 2023. Reference:

Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: GFS Retention Policy

Veeam Help Center: Linux Hardened Repository Immutability

by Hildred at Aug 02, 2025, 09:28 PM

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Nathalie

3 days ago

The immutability period is set to 60 days, so the backup created on 27th May 2023 with a monthly GFS flag should be retained until 27th July 2023. Therefore, the correct answer is C) 28th November 2023.

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