VMCE 2020 exam

specification
Credential awarded
Veeam® Certified Engineer 2020

Exam purpose
The VMCE certification is documented proof that an administrator or engineer has the necessary level of expertise
to protect an organization’s data with Veeam Availability Suite™. Holders of Veeam certifications have a deep
understanding of Veeam Availability Suite, the critical functions required by an organization to actively protect
their data and the ability to grow and adapt with an organization’s evolving data protection needs.

Candidate profile
This certification is recommended for anyone responsible for protecting data with Veeam Availability Suite.
To qualify to take a Veeam certification exam, candidates must attend the Veeam Availability Suite v10:
Configuration and Management training course through a Veeam Authorized Educational Center (VMAEC)
or hold the previous certification.

Candidates should have some hands-on experience working with a Veeam Availability Suite implementation
and more than six months of experience with other core technologies on which Veeam Backup & Replication™
depends, including virtualization technologies (Microsoft Hyper-V and/or VMware vSphere), storage
technologies, basic tape (LTO) technology experience, Microsoft Windows Server and network
understanding (routing and subnetting).

Number of items
The exam consists of 50 multiple choice and multiple response items.

Passing score
The passing score for the VMCE exam is 70%. Once you pass the exam, you will receive your VMCE certificate,
digital badge and priority access to technical support.

Languages
The exam is available in English (US).

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Time limit
Examinees will get 60 minutes to take the exam. A 30-minute time extension will be available when
the exam is delivered in a language different than the local language.

Delivery
The VMCE 2020 exam is delivered through Pearson VUE test centers (https://home.pearsonvue.com/).

Retake policy
There is a 24-hour waiting period after the first failed attempt and a 14-calendar day waiting period
after the second through the fourth failed attempt. After the fifth failed attempt, there is a 12 month
waiting period, or a request can be submitted with prior permission from the Veeam VMCE security
team, [email protected]. After the candidate has waited 12 months, they can take the exam
for attempt six through nine. After that, candidates must wait 12 months again, or submit a request
and obtain permission from the Veeam VMCE security team.

Once a candidate has passed an exam, the exam cannot be retaken until a new major exam
revision is released.

Recertification
Certifications do not expire, but ProPartners may be required to update their certifications to remain
compliant in the Veeam ProPartner program. Check your ProPartner program guide or reach out to
your Veeam representative for more details on certification requirements in your region.

Exam security
Veeam reserves the right to refuse certifying a candidate who violates exam security policies. This
includes copying and redistribution of exam material, using any type of study material during the
exam itself, attempting to photograph exam items and taking an exam using a false identity. Your
identity is captured as part of the exam registration process and must be validated before you will
be allowed to take the exam.

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Exam outline
How the objectives relate to the exam
Objectives summarize what the exam is designed to measure. The objectives have been developed by
certification specialists and subject matter experts based on identified tasks that relate to the job of
configuring and administering Veeam Availability Suite.

Objectives and resources

All content provided in the Veeam Availability Suite v10: Configuration and Management training course are
necessary to study and pass the exam. It is also expected that you have some commercial experience with
Veeam prior to taking the course. Veeam strongly recommends independent study in addition to commercial
experience and course attendance to significantly increase the probability of passing the exam. The exam
objectives are listed below, along with links to resources relevant to each objective to help candidates
evaluate their readiness for the exam and aid independent study.

01: Key concepts of a successful backup strategy (2%)

Objectives
• 01.01: Understand Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

Resources

Demystifying recovery objectives

02: Building backup capabilities (38%)

Objectives
• 02.01: Understand backup use-cases

• 02.02: Apply appropriate global settings for your environment

• 02.03: Differentiate between and select the most appropriate backup method

• 02.04: Understand the backup optimizations that can be applied and their impact

• 02.05: Understand the concepts behind backup copy jobs

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Resources
Hyper-V VMware
Veeam Backup & Replication settings Veeam Backup & Replication settings
Deployment scenarios Deployment scenarios
Backup infrastructure components Backup infrastructure components
Creating backup jobs Creating backup jobs
Backup methods Backup methods
Data compression and deduplication Data compression and deduplication
Backup copy Backup copy
Creating backup copy jobs for VMs and physical Creating backup copy Jobs for VMs and physical
machines machines
Backup copy modes Backup copy modes
Retention policy for backup copy jobs Retention policy for backup copy jobs
WAN acceleration WAN acceleration

03: Building replication capabilities (10%)

Objectives
• 03.01: Understand replication use-cases

• 03.02: Correctly use the configuration options available within replication

Resources

Hyper-V VMware
About replication About replication
How replication works How replication works
Replication scenarios Replication scenarios
Replica from backup Replica from backup
Replica seeding Replica seeding
Replica mapping Replica mapping
Creating replication jobs Creating replication jobs

04: 3-2-1 strategy (4%)

Objectives
• 04.01: Apply the 3-2-1 rule

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How to follow the 3-2-1 backup rule with Veeam Backup & Replication
The 3-2-1-0 rule to high availability

Hyper-V VMware
Resource scheduling Resource scheduling
Veeam vPower NFS service

05: Testing backup and replication (18%)

Objectives
• 05.01: Determine which data lab to use and configure

• 05.02: Determine and configure an application group

• 05.03: Combine data labs and application groups into SureBackup jobs

• 05.04: Set up a sandbox environment

Resources
Hyper-V VMware
Virtual lab Virtual lab
Virtual lab configuration Virtual lab configuration
Application group Application group
SureBackup SureBackup
SureBackup job SureBackup job
SureReplica SureReplica
On-Demand Sandbox On-Demand Sandbox
Configuring On-Demand Sandbox Configuring On-Demand Sandbox

06: Restoring from backup (10%)

Objectives
• 06.01: Execute a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

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Resources
Hyper-V VMware
Data recovery Data recovery
Instant VM recovery Instant VM recovery
Instant VM disk recovery Instant VM disk recovery
Entire VM restore Entire VM restore
VM files restore VM files restore
Virtual disks restore Virtual disks restore
Secure restore Secure restore
Staged restore Staged restore

07: Recovery from replica (8%)

Objectives
• 07.01: Execute a failover responding to a number of recovery scenarios

Resources
Hyper-V VMware
Replica failover and failback Replica failover and failback
Replica failover Replica failover
Permanent failover Permanent failover
Failover plan Failover plan
Planned failover Planned failover
Undo failover Undo failover
Replica failback Replica failback
Commit failback Commit failback
Undo failback Undo failback

08: Monitoring and reporting (10%)

Objectives
• 08.01: Understand the infrastructure of Veeam ONE

• 08.02: Configure Veeam ONE

• 08.03: Set up reports and dashboards

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Resources
Veeam ONE architecture
Deployment scenarios
Installing Veeam ONE
VMware vSphere monitoring
Hyper-V monitoring
Data protection monitoring
Business view
Grouping expressions syntax
Alarm rules
Working with triggered alarms
Reports
Scheduling reports
Veeam ONE business view reporting
Dashboards
Creating custom dashboards
Sharing dashboards

Additional resources
Veeam.com

Veeam help center (technical documentation)

Veeam support knowledge base

Veeam forums

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