Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com. All servers run
Windows Server 2012 R2. The network contains a System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection
Manager (DPM) deployment.
The domain contains six servers. The servers are configured as shown in the following table.
You install System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) on the nodes in
Cluster2.
You configure VMM to use a database in Cluster1. Server5 is the first node in the cluster.
You need to back up the VMM encryption key.
What should you back up?
A.
A full system backup of Server1
B.
A full system backup of Server3
C.
A backup of the Windows\DigitalLocker folder on Server5
D.
A backup of the Windows\DigitalLocker folder on Server1
see explanation:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2011/10/04/vmm-2012-encryption-key-management.aspx
Exactly how do we know the VMM Encryption key is stored in AD?
Understand now. Failover requires Encryption Key to be stored in a central location.
So its Answer A: Server 1 as the Encryption Key is stored in AD, you need to backup atleast one of the Domain Controllers.