A customer has decided to connect their IDPA Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch using the 40 GbE QSFP+ uplinks.
If the customer core or distribution switch is a Cisco switch, how should the QSFP+ and cables be ordered?
- A . QSFP+ for IDPA ToR switch through Dell EMC
QSFP+ for customer switch through Dell EMC
MTP crossover cables through customer vendor or Dell EMC - B . QSFP+ and Twinax uplink cables through Dell EMC
- C . 40 GbE-to-40 GbE uplink cables with QSFP+ optics attached through Dell EMC
- D . QSFP+ for IDPA ToR switch through Dell EMC
QSFP+ for customer switch through customer vendor
MTP crossover cables through Dell EMC or customer provided
What is the approximate duplication rate for a Dell EMC Avamar server across all clients?
- A . 60% for file system data and 30% for database data
- B . 70% for file system data and 35% for database data
- C . 80% for file system data and 320% for database data
- D . 90% for file system data and 310% for database data
Which application is directly integrated with PowerProtect Data Manager?
- A . Kubernetes
- B . IBM DB2
- C . Cloudera Hadoop
- D . Microsoft SharePoint
A company is implementing a Dell EMC RecoverPoint solution for several key applications. All application have strict RPO requirements.
Which design factor will affect the RPO of each Consistency Group?
- A . Copy journal performance
- B . Size of the Protection volume
- C . Responsibility volume location
- D . Production Journal performance
A customer wants to perform a data center refresh. They want to standardize their backup infrastructure by using Dell EMC NetWorker and PowerProtect DD in an integrated environment.
The environment consists of:
– A primary data center with NetWorker and PowerProtect DD
– A disaster recovery (DR) data center with only PowerProtect DD
All data is backed up to NetWorker using a DD Boost device. The data is then copied to the DR data center. Data for several critical systems must be retained for seven years on tape at the DR data center. In order to configure and track backup jobs, the entire solution must be managed from a single unified interface.
Which application interface should be used?
- A . NetWorker Management Console
- B . Data Protection Advisor
- C . PowerProtect DD Management Center
- D . Backup and Recovery Manager
A customer wants to use 40 GbE breakout uplinks in a Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) factory-configured ToR switch.
Which customer environment needs to exist to make use of this uplink option?
- A . IDPA ToR switch needs to be connected to a Cisco switch
- B . Customer switch needs to have 16 unused Twinax or SFP+ optical ports
- C . IDPA ToR switch needs to be connected to a Dell switch
- D . SFTp+ transceivers and breakout cables need to be provided by the switch vendor
A customer has two new Dell EMC integrated Data Protection Appliances and wants to back up to both applications bidirectional. The data centers are connected by a WAN link that will also be used by other mission critical applications.
To prepare for replication, the customer wants to co-locate both appliances at one data center and configure replication locally minimize the initial replication traffic.
After the initial synchronization, one unit will be relocated and the network reconfigured at the disaster recovery data center, What is mandatory for this solution to be deployed?
- A . Approved RPQ
- B . IDPA v2.2
- C . Segregated replication interface
- D . Minimum 1000 MB WAN link
A customer is using Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs with a four vNIC configuration.
Which vRPA network component communicates with VMkernel ports in IP Communication mode?
- A . LAN vNIC
- B . Management vNIC
- C . WAN vNIC
- D . Data vNIC
How can the maximum capacity of 96 TB in the Dell EMC PowerProtect DP4400 (24 TB – 96 TB) be fully utilized?
- A . Set up full capacity during the deployment with Data Protection Central.
- B . Add disk packs of 24 TB and capacity licenses must be ordered.
- C . Add additional capacity licenses with no additional hardware to purchase.
- D . Add disk packs of 12 TB and capacity licenses must be ordered.
In a Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs environment, what is the minimum vRPA configuration that supports compression and deduplication?
- A . 2 vCPUs and 4 GB RAM
- B . 2 vCPUs and 8 GB RAM
- C . 4 vCPUs and 8 GB RAM
- D . 8 vCPUs and 8 GB RAM
A customer wants to implement PCoIP desktops and Horizon View VDI.
Which Dell EMC Isolated Recovery Solution topology provides the highest level of security for this implementation?
- A . Dedicated Switch
- B . Shared Switch
- C . Firewalled Vault
- D . Appliance
In Dell EMC Protection Suite for Applications, which Application Direct agent Oracle 10R2?
- A . Database Application Agent
- B . Microsoft Application Agent
- C . Oracle RMAN Agent
- D . Oracle Database Agent
When designing protection storage using Dell EMC DPS Storage Direct for a VMAX solution, which formula should be used to size the storage capacity?
- A . (Number of LUNs *Size) * (Copies +1)
- B . (Number of LUNs *Size) * (Copies +2)
- C . (Number of LUNs +2 *Size) * (Copies +1)
- D . (Number of LUNs +2 *Size) * (Copies +2)
A company plans to use Dell EMC NetWorker to back up their VMware environment using vProxy technology.
Based on best practice, what is the recommended Transport mode?
- A . nbd
- B . hotadd
- C . SAN
- D . nbdssl
An existing Dell EMC NetWorker customer is interested in replacing their current tape-based infrastructure with Data Domain. At the same time, they want to reduce the network traffic for backups.
What is a consideration when integrating NetWorker with Data Domain?
- A . Client Direct must be used with only AFTD devices
- B . Client Direct must be used with compression
- C . Client Direct must be used with only incremental backups
- D . Client Direct must be used with DD Boost backups
A customer is considering a Dell EMC Avamar backup solution. They want to know whether Avamar can provide the security benefit of data encryption for the data stored on Avamar.
What is an encryption at rest consideration?
- A . Encryption at rest will incur a server performance penalty
- B . Encryption at rest can be changed at any time without incurring a performance penalty
- C . Encryption at rest will increase the disk read-only limit from 65% to 80%
- D . Encryption at rest cannot be enabled after installation
A solution architect has been asked to review the current Dell EMC NetWorker backup infrastructure of a customer. They are looking for configuration, capacity, and performance information.
Which tool should be used?
- A . SolVe Online
- B . Solution Builder
- C . Live Optics
- D . RVTools
In Dell EMC Data Protection Suite for Applications, which Application Direct agent supports Oracle 10gR2?
- A . Microsoft Application Agent
- B . Database Application Agent
- C . Oracle RMAN Agent
- D . Oracle Database Agent
A customer is using Dell EMC PowerProtect DP4400 to back up their virtual environment.
What should be recommended if the customer must back up their NAS file servers using the same DP4400?
- A . Connect an external NDMP Accelerator node to the network.
- B . Connect an external NDMP Accelerator node to the PowerProtect DP4400 ToR switch.
- C . Connect the NAS file servers directly to the DP4400.
- D . Connect the NAS file servers directly to the PowerProtect DP4400 ToR switch.
A customer has 6.8 TB of data with multiple backup jobs. The largest backup job is 680 GB, and the existing backup window is over 10 hours which is exceeding the customer backup SLA. The customer has asked you to redesign their current solution with one that enables the backups to complete within an 8-hour window.
When designing the solution, which rate is used to determine the minimum required Dell EMC PowerProtect DD throughput?
- A . 68 GB/hour
- B . 85 GB/hour
- C . 680 GB/hour
- D . 850 GB/hour
Which SAP tool can be used to backup an Oracle database to Dell Domain using Application?
- A . SSMS
- B . BRTools
- C . DDBEA
- D . HANA Studio
A customer has an existing Dell EMC Avamar for metadata integration with a Data Domain DD9800 and they recently purchased an IDPA DP8800.
The current Avamar/Data Domain system has many backups that the customer needs to keep for compliance purposes. In addition, the customer wants to migrate the data over to the DP8800 so that they can restore the backups with the DP8800.
What method must be used to achieve this migration?
- A . Avamar root-to-root migration
- B . Data Domain-to-Data Domain MTree replication
- C . Avamar/Data Domain Client Migration Tool
- D . Data Domain-to-Data Domain Collection replication
A customer wants to reduce their dependency on tapes but rather leverage their public cloud account for long-term retention. A majority of the applications are still traditionally run on individual physical servers. In addition, they are undergoing a major infrastructure refresh and virtualizing their environment.
However, they want to continue using tapes on only a case-by-case basis.
Which solution should be recommended?
- A . Avamar with DD Boost and Cloud Tier
- B . NetWorker with DD Boost and Cloud Tier
- C . Avamar with DD Boost, Cloud Tier, and Extended Retention
- D . NetWorker Virtual Edition in the public cloud with DD Boost and Cloud Tier
A customer is planning to implement a Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (JDPA) solution. The customer needs 220 TB of usable capacity Among other backup types. They want to use DDBEA/DD hosts on application hosts for direct backup ability for their DBAs DD Boost backups may generate approximately 35 TB hour at times
Which IDPA model should be recommended?
- A . DP5300
- B . DP 5800
- C . DP8300
- D . DP8800
A company plans to integrate a Dell EMC IDPA DP4400 with two 4 port network cards in a Cisco infrastructure.
Which connection type is supported for backup management?
- A . 10 GbE SFP+ optical with LC-LC
- B . 10 Gbe with SEP+optics attached
- C . Copper Twinax up to 7m
- D . 10base with Rj45 cat6
A company Protection VM is being protection asynchronously with a Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Vms Consistency Group.
When will this VM receive an acknowledgement that a write a successfully written to storage?
- A . Once the change is written to the Copy VM
- B . After the vRPA acknowledges the Write Splitter
- C . One the change is written to the journal
- D . As soon as the Write Splitter receives the write
A system administrator needs to install an operating system (OS) on a server that is in BIOS mode.
What is the correct sequence of steps to set the server into BIOS mode?
1) Power on the server
2) Enter System BIOS
3) Select the "Boot Settings" option
4) Ensure that the "BIOS" radio button is selected for Boot Mode and click Apply
5) At the prompt select the F2 key to enter the System Setup menu
- A . 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- B . 1, 3, 4, 5, 2
- C . 1, 4, 5, 2, 3
- D . 1, 5, 2, 3, 4
How will Oracle database configuration files such as the control file and spfile be backed up when using Dell EMC Storage Direct Backup?
- A . Microsoft Application Agent
- B . Manually copied through NFS
- C . Oracle RMAN Agent
- D . Database Application Agent
Which Microsoft technologies are used to provide database consistent backups for MS SQL with Dell DPS Application Direct?
- A . VSS and VDI
- B . VDI and SSMS
- C . VSS and SSMS
- D . SSMS and T-SQL
A customer is performing backups of their desktop/laptop clients to a Dell EMC Avamar server. They plan to add a secure Oracle database server as a new backup client.
However, they are concerned about the security of the database data since no data is being encrypted when it is stored on the Avamar server.
What is a consideration when enabling encryption at rest?
- A . Only new clients will have encrypted data
- B . Only database data will be encrypted
- C . Amount of storage capacity will be reduced
- D . Desktop/laptop backups will become inaccessible
What is an advantage of a shared switch topology in a PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Solution?
- A . Outward facing interfaces can accept any Data Domain protocol
- B . Least expensive topology
- C . Topology allows for an enclave configuration
- D . Most secure topology available
Which factor determines the size of the Journal needed for each Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs Consistency Group?
- A . It failover is required for each copy in the Consistency Group
- B . How far back in time Production can be recovered
- C . Size of each VMDK in the Consistency Group’s Replication set
- D . If synchronous replication is being used
As a total data protection solution, which products are included in the Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance family?
- A . Data Domain, NetWorker, Search, and DPA
- B . Data Domain, NetWorker, DPA, and ViPR SRM
- C . Data Domain, Avamar, Search, and DPA
- D . Data Domain, Avamar, DPA, and ViPR SRM
A customer wants to deploy Dell EMC Data Domain Virtual Edition on their public cloud to store backups of their cloud VMs. They want to use object storage for creating a Data Domain active tier.
What are the minimum requirements for creating a Data Domain active tier with 48 TB capacity?
- A . Block storage: 10 GB vNVRAM disk
Object storage: 250 GB root disk, 5 GB metadata disk, and a 48 TB active tier - B . Block storage: 250 GB root disk and a 10 GB vNVRAM disk only
Object storage: 5 GB metadata disk and a 48 TB active tier - C . Block storage: 250 GB root disk and a 10 GB vNVRAM disk only
Object storage: 48 TB active tier - D . Block storage: 250 GB root disk, 10 GB vNVRAM disk, and a 5 GB metadata disk
Object storage: 48 TB active tier
A customer has finished upgrading an unserved Dell EMC NetWorker server and requires a new license to activate the software.
Which information is required?
- A . Host ID, IP address, and hostname of the license server
- B . Host ID, IP address, and hostname of the NetWorker server
- C . LAC number, IP address, and hostname of the NetWorker server
- D . LAC number, IP address, and hostname of the license server
In a Dell EMC NetWorker environment, what is the maximum number of cloud targets that can be served by a CloudBoost appliance?
- A . 8
- B . 3
- C . 4
- D . 1
A system administrator has configured data protection and archive media servers to send data to a Dell EMC PowerProtect DD series appliance over Ethernet.
Which protocol is used to perform the task?
- A . SNMP
- B . UDP
- C . SOAP
- D . CIFS
A company’s environment consists of two Dell EMC Unity arrays and two XtremIO arrays connected to a VPLEX. They have a requirement that will provide synchronous load production for several key applications.
How many RecoverPoint cluster and which license type are required to meet this requirement?
- A . One cluster with one RecoverPointEX license
- B . One cluster with four RecoverPointEX license
- C . One cluster with five RecoverPointEX license
- D . Two cluster with one Recoverpoint.SE license each
You are planning a Dell EMC RecoverPoint solution for a company that has purchased four RPAs for their RecoverPoint cluster.
What information is needed to determine that the Consistency Groups are evenly balanced across the cluster RPAs?
- A . Performance of the Copy Journal volumes for each Consistency Group
- B . Available bandwidth for the RPAs’ WAN interfaces
- C . Change rate of the Production volumes in each Consistency Group
- D . Number of Consistency Groups that will be created
A customer has several branch offices with Dell EMC Data Domain integrated with Avamar deployed at all locations. The branch offices have minimal IT staff.
The customer wants to keep a copy of the backups at their central data center which serves as their headquarters with a maximum IT staff. In addition, the customer wants to keep a copy in their public cloud account.
Which recommended solution meets the customer’s requirements?
- A . Branch offices: Avamar/Data Domain replication to the central data center and Avamar tiering to the public cloud
Central data center: Avamar/Data Domain replication destination - B . Branch offices: Data Domain MTree replication to the central data center
Central data center: Data Domain with Cloud Tier and Data Domain tiering to the public cloud - C . Branch offices: Avamar/Data Domain replication to the central data center
Central data center: Avamar/Data Domain with Cloud Tier and Avamar tiering to the public cloud - D . Branch offices: Data Domain MTree replication to the central data center and Data Domain tiering to the public cloud
Central data center: Data Domain MTree replication destination
A customer has Dell EMC Avamar, PowerProtect DD series appliance, and Avamar with PowerProtect DD series appliances. They recently added a PowerProtect DP series appliance into the environment.
They are now looking for a way to consolidate their management and backup windows. In addition, the customer is interested in a more unified search for backups, analytics, and reporting.
What should be recommended to the customer?
- A . Add the Avamar and PowerProtect DD series appliances to the PowerProtect DP series appliance’s system management, search, and reporting functionality.
- B . Use an enterprise-wide Dell EMC DPC, DPA, and Search for the Avamar and PowerProtect DD series appliances.
- C . Implement a third-party application for management with Google-like backup searches and reporting.
- D . Integrate the PowerProtect DP series appliance and all Avamar systems and PowerProtect DD series appliances under an enterprise-wide Dell EMC DPC, DPA, and Search environment.
As a total data protection solution, which Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance models use a Virtual Edition backup server?
- A . DP4400, DP5300, and DP5800
- B . DP4400, DP5800, and DP8300
- C . DP5300, DP5800, and DP8300
- D . DP5800, DP8300, and DP8800
A customer is currently running VMs in two public cloud providers. As part of their overall data protection strategy, they are interested in adding Dell EMC Cloud Snapshot Manager to their portfolio.
How many subscriptions does the customer need to purchase to protect their VMs in both public cloud accounts?
- A . One subscription per public cloud
- B . One subscription, per year, for the number or capacity of VMs
- C . One subscription for the cumulative number of all VMs
- D . One subscription for the cumulative capacity of all VMs
A customer has 6,000 desktops and laptops with 11B of data, an averse backup time of 10 minutes each, and 10 IB of database data the customer wants a solution that addresses the following requirements DEduplication in the shortest backup window with the fewest components Least performance impact on the database servers
Which Dell EMC solution is recommended?
- A . One Avamar 7 8 TB 3-node server integrated with a Data Domain system
- B . Two Avamar 2 0 TB S-node servers integrated with a Data Domain system
- C . NeTWorker with multiple deduplication nodes
- D . NetWorker with integrated deduplication nodes and a Data Domain system
What type of backup does Dell EMC Avamar perform for virtual machines?
- A . Image-level only
- B . Guest-level only
- C . Differential-level and image-level
- D . Guest-level and image-level
A customer wants to ingest their backups to a Dell EMC Data Domain using Avamar at the maximum network throughput that the system supports.
What should be used to achieve this requirement?
- A . Data Domain VTL
- B . Data Domain Boost over FC
- C . Data Domain Dynamic Interface Groups
- D . Data Domain with LACP aggregation
Which step is performed during the Advisory Phase of a Dell EMC Isolated Recovery Solution?
- A . Deploy and harden the technology
- B . Provide technology recommendations
- C . Provide compliance-ready test reports
- D . Develop run books and probability decision trees
You have been asked to perform as assessment of a customer’s environment. The customer has given complete to their IT staff and environment.
During which stage of the assessment is it first learned about the databases, currently backup software, and growth rates in the environment?
- A . Interview phase
- B . Design
- C . Assumptions versus Reality
- D . Environment Analysis
Based on which protection plan does Dell EMC Cloud Snapshot Manager use to help take snapshot in an Amazon Web Services cloud environment?
- A . Tags
- B . Time
- C . Data
- D . Volume
Which Dell EMC array allows the use of virtual RecoverPoint Appliances to protect volumes?
- A . VMAX3
- B . Unity
- C . VMAX
- D . VPLEX
Which is a sizing consideration when selecting the appropriate Dell EMC PowerProtect DD series model?
- A . The more replicated data retained on a system, the greater the data reduction that can be realized.
- B . The longer data is retained on the appliance, the greater the data reduction that can be realized.
- C . Data that is repeatedly replaced with new data results in the greatest amount of data reduction
- D . Equal amounts of retained and new data results in the greatest amount data reduction.
A company’s Production VM is being protected asynchronously with a Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs Consistency Group.
When will this VM receive an acknowledgement that a write is successfully written to storage?
- A . Once the change is written to the Journal
- B . After the vRPA acknowledges the Write Splitter
- C . As soon as the Write Splitter receives the write
- D . Once the change is written to the Copy to the VM
Which Dell EMC array will use Snap-based replication when protected with RecoverPoint?
- A . VPLEX
- B . Unity
- C . VNX
- D . XtremIO
Which Dell EMC solution protects and isolates critical data?
- A . PowerProtect Data Manager
- B . PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
- C . PowerProtect Data Protection Advisor
- D . PowerProtect DD
A customer is using Dell EMC IDPA DP4400 to back up their virtual environment.
If the customer needs to back up their NAS file servers using the same DP4400, what should be recommended?
- A . Connect the NAS file servers directly to the IDPA ToR switch
- B . Connect the NAS file servers directly to the DP4400
- C . Connect an external NDMP Accelerator node to the customer’s network
- D . Connect an external NDMP Accelerator node to the IDPA ToR switch
By default, how much can file cache and grow relative to the Dell EMC Avamar client main memory?
- A . File cache 1/4 and hash 1/8 of client memory
- B . File cache 1/8 and hash 1/4 of client memory
- C . File cache 1/8 and hash 1/12 of client memory
- D . File cache 1/8 and hash 1/8 16 of client memory
What is Dell EMC PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager?
- A . A solution that allows enterprises to copy backed-up VMs from their on-premises environments to the public cloud.
- B . A Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that protects instances (VM, Storage, database) in the AWS and Azure cloud.
- C . A solution that enables customers to automate the migration of long-term data to private and public cloud providers.
- D . A software-only storage solution to copy backed-up VMs from their on-premises environments to the public cloud.
Which requirement allows the Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs vRPAs to communicate with the ESXi servers hosting the Production or Copy VMs?
- A . Data interfaces of the vRPAs to the management address of the vCenter Server using TCP port 8800
- B . Data interfaces of the vRPAs to the VMkernel ports of the ESXi servers using IP
- C . Data interfaces of the vRPAs to the management address of the vCenter Server using TCP port 5760
- D . WAN interfaces of the vRPAs to the VMkernel ports of the ESXi servers using IP
A customer received an alert that their Dell EMC PowerProtect DD appliance has reached 90% capacity. With the weekly increase of new data, they will reach 100% capacity in four weeks.
What is the recommended course of action to avoid disruption of scheduled backup activities?
- A . Decrease the retention of the backups.
- B . Expand the capacity of the PowerProtect DD appliance.
- C . Remove the oldest backup cycles.
- D . Increase the file system cleaning frequency.
In order to use Dell EMC Data Domain with Data Protection Suite for Applications Storage Direct Backup, which service is required?
- A . Retention Look Service
- B . Network File System Service
- C . Boost File System Service
- D . Block Storage Service