Six-week VMCE+ plan

Domain by domain with a BreadLab build each week. The biggest domain (3) gets two weeks.

1. Day 1: rate yourself on the blueprint

   Mark every topic ○ ◐ ●. That baseline shows where the six weeks should go.

2. Week 1: Domain 1 + Domain 2 (first half)

   Ports and transport modes until you can draw them from memory. Install the backup server in BreadLab (Windows or VSA).

3. Week 2: Domain 2 (second half)

   Build a hardened repository on Linux with XFS. Try to delete an immutable file and read the error. Set up MFA and an encrypted configuration backup.

4. Week 3: Domain 3: jobs, methods, retention

   The biggest domain (26%). Create one job per method, watch the files on disk change. Learn the I/O table cold.

5. Week 4: Domain 3: replication, CDP, AAP, NAS, agents

   Replicate a VM, fail over, undo, fail back. Back up a share and a physical/agent machine.

6. Week 5: Domain 4 + Domain 5

   Instant Recovery, file-level restore and one Explorer. Build a virtual lab and a SureBackup job. Install Veeam ONE and walk every alarm, view and report type in this guide.

7. Week 6: Domain 6 + full review

   Recovery Orchestrator plan, readiness check, DataLab test. Then practice quiz on all domains until you score 85%+ consistently.

8. Every week: practice questions

   Filter to the objectives you studied. Missed questions come back first.