VCP-VMC 2024 Question 46
Select 3A company is running its workloads in VMware Cloud on AWS and wants to implement a backup and disaster recovery solution. They require frequent backups, long-term retention, and the ability to failover to a secondary cloud region in the event of a disaster. Which of the following options best aligns with their requirements?
- A
Use VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR) to replicate workloads to another VMware Cloud on AWS region.
- B
Leverage VMware vSphere Replication to replicate data to an on-premises data center for disaster recovery.
- C
Implement a third-party backup solution integrated with VMware Cloud to store backups in AWS S3.
- D
Enable VMware Cloud snapshots for frequent backups with long-term retention in the same region.
- E
Use VMware Site Recovery to configure failover between VMware Cloud on AWS regions.
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Correct answers: A, C, E
Explanation
To meet the company’s requirements, a combination of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR) for failover, a third-party backup solution for long-term retention, and VMware Site Recovery for cross-region failover provides a comprehensive solution. These tools complement each other by addressing both backup and disaster recovery across VMware Cloud on AWS regions.
- A. Correct.
This option is correct because VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR) provides disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), allowing replication of workloads to another VMware Cloud on AWS region for failover.
- B. Incorrect.
This option is incorrect because VMware vSphere Replication is primarily designed for on-premises environments and may not meet the requirements for seamless cloud-to-cloud disaster recovery.
- C. Correct.
This option is correct because third-party backup solutions integrated with VMware Cloud can provide frequent backups and long-term retention by leveraging AWS S3 for storage.
- D. Incorrect.
This option is incorrect because VMware Cloud snapshots are not ideal for long-term retention or disaster recovery scenarios due to limitations in cross-region failover and storage costs.
- E. Correct.
This option is correct because VMware Site Recovery enables failover and disaster recovery between VMware Cloud on AWS regions, aligning with the company’s requirements for secondary region failover.