What is the purpose of recovering system state data?

To migrate a physical server to a virtual machine

To restore critical operating system components without reinstalling the entire OS

To recover deleted user files from a file server

To restore the entire system to new hardware

A disaster recovery team is creating a runbook for restoring a critical database server. The runbook must include the steps to restore the database from backups, but the team is unsure about the exact commands and procedures. What should the team do to ensure the runbook is accurate and effective?

Write the runbook from memory of previous recoveries

Keep the runbook vague to allow flexibility during recovery

Only document the high-level steps and rely on the administrator's expertise

Write the runbook based on the vendor's documentation and then test it in a non-production environment

Which method is commonly used to recover a virtual machine from a backup?

Restoring the VM's virtual disk files to the hypervisor and registering the VM

Reinstalling the operating system from installation media

Copying individual files from a file-level backup

What is a key dependency to consider when recovering a virtual machine?

The hypervisor version and configuration

The number of users accessing the VM

The physical location of the host server

The color scheme of the VM's desktop

EC-CouncilDisaster Recovery Professional

Domain 5Objective 2

System Recovery EDRP Practice Questions (Page 8)

Part of the System and Virtualization Recovery domain, which makes up ~23% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~22–37 in this domain), expect 7–12 from this objective — we provide 43 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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What is the purpose of recovering system state data?
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A disaster recovery team is creating a runbook for restoring a critical database server. The runbook must include the steps to restore the database from backups, but the team is unsure about the exact commands and procedures. What should the team do to ensure the runbook is accurate and effective?
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Which backup method copies all selected data every time, regardless of changes since the last backup?
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Which method is commonly used to recover a virtual machine from a backup?
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What is a key dependency to consider when recovering a virtual machine?
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