Deck 2: XtremIO Solutions Specialist Exam for Implementation Engineers

Question 1

A company is using an EMC VNX storage array. RecoverPoint is being configured to replicate to a DR site. RP will be protecting three datastores: A thick 100 GB LUN containing 60 GB of data A thin 50 GB LUN containing 15 GB of data A thick 75 GB LUN containing 75 GB of data How much of the user data is being replicated to the DR site?

A) 150
B) 185
C) 190
D) 225

Answer 1

190

Question 2

Which RecoverPoint feature requires the production copy to be located on a VNX?

A) Snap-based Replication
B) Deduplication
C) Synchronous replication
D) Distributed Consistency Groups

Answer 2

Snap-based Replication

Question 3

Which virtualization solution components are supported by RecoverPoint?

A) Hyper-V, VMware vCenter monitoring, VMware SRM
B) Hyper-V only
C) VMware vCenter monitoring only
D) VMware SRM only

Answer 3

Hyper-V, VMware vCenter monitoring, VMware SRM

Question 4

What is the maximum number of RPA clusters allowed in a RecoverPoint/SE configuration?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 5

Question 5

In a EMC RecoverPoint environment, which EMC product adds support for heterogeneous storage systems?

A) VPLEX
B) VNX/CX
C) VMAX
D) Isilon

Question 6

Which RecoverPoint product(s) may be licensed by the amount of array capacity?

A) RecoverPoint/EX only
B) RecoverPoint/CL only
C) RecoverPoint/SE
D) RecoverPoint/EX and RecoverPoint/CL

Question 7

A new RecoverPoint/SE environment has been installed with a single cluster. There are no limitations regarding journal sizes and you want to choose how frequently RecoverPoint can create point-in-time copies. What is the highest frequency available for point-in-time copies in this environment?

A) One per I/O
B) One per sec.
C) One per 500 µsec.
D) One per 500 msec.

Question 8

Through what does RecoverPoint support heterogeneous storage environments?

A) VPLEX
B) Any array-based splitter
C) APIs
D) VMAX splitter only

Question 9

Your business is planning to deploy RecoverPoint for your DR solution. What is an important consideration when using Consistency Groups in RecoverPoint 4.1?

A) Supports up to two synchronous copies per Consistency Group
B) Supports up to three remote copies in a same remote cluster
C) Fibre connectivity is required for synchronous replication
D) Supports host-based and array-based write splitters

Question 10

Which Ethernet interface on an RPA is used for management?

A) eth0
B) eth1
C) eth2
D) eth3

Question 11

What is the maximum number of clusters supported in an EMC RecoverPoint/CL environment?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 12

Which Ethernet interface on an RPA is used for replication to the remote clusters?

A) eth0
B) eth1
C) eth2
D) eth3

Question 13

What is the maximum number of copies of production data supported with RecoverPoint?

A) Four remote copies
B) One local copy and four remote copies
C) Two remote copies
D) Two local copies and two remote copies

Question 14

Which protocol does the vRPA use to access the journal volumes?

A) iSCSI
B) FC
C) IP
D) FCoE

Question 15

What is the maximum supported storage capacity, per license, for an EMC RecoverPoint/EX environment?

A) 100 terabytes
B) 2 petabytes
C) 4 petabytes
D) 10 petabytes

Question 16

Which EMC storage technologies are supported with EMC RecoverPoint?

A) VNX, VMAX, and VPLEX
B) VNX, Data Domain, and Isilon
C) VMAX, VPLEX, and Data Domain
D) VPLEX, Isilon, and VNX

Question 17

There is one instance of RecoverPoint/CL installed that is protecting data within a data center. What is the maximum number of additional clusters that can be added to this configuration?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 5

Question 18

Snap-based Replication requires the production volume of a Consistency Group to be on which array type?

A) VNX
B) VMAX
C) VPLEX
D) Isilon

Question 19

A storage administrator has been tasked to demonstrate the image access capability of RecoverPoint. Which RecoverPoint option should they use?

A) Test a Copy
B) Fail Over
C) Fail Back
D) Recover Production

Question 20

What is the maximum number of copies supported using the MetroPoint topology for VPLEX continuous data replication?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 8

Question 21

A customer has two VMAX arrays and three VNX arrays fronted by an EMC VPLEX. They wish to use RecoverPoint to protect their environment. How many licenses, and of which type, would be required for their environment?

A) 1 EX license
B) 1 SE license and 2 EX licenses
C) 5 EX licenses
D) 6 EX licenses

Question 22

You are adding a VMAX array to a RecoverPoint/CL environment. What needs to be done?

A) Verify there is a zone that includes the RPA ports and the same VMAX front end ports that are zoned to the production host initiator.
B) Verify that the 16 new gatekeepers are in the same storage group as the repository and journals. Add the RPA initiator and port groups to the masking view.
C) After setting up the masking view use boxmgmt to log in to one of the site leader RPAs and be sure to tag all volumes that RecoverPoint is masked to - including the production and copy volumes.
D) Verify that the VMAX is at Enginuity microcode 5876 or higher. After doing the LUN masking, enable Write-Protect ByPass (WPBP). Ensure that the proper license for the VMAX is installed on the RPAs.

Question 23

What are key use cases for RecoverPoint?

A) Disaster Recovery, Operational Recovery, and Data Migration
B) Disaster Recovery and Operational Recovery only
C) Disaster Recovery and Data Migration only
D) High Availability Solution Implementation

Question 24

A customer is installing a new RecoverPoint environment. All RPAs have been racked, cabled, and powered on. You have chosen to automatically discover the RPAs using Deployment Manager. After running the discovery, no RPAs are found. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

A) No DHCP server on the network
B) Port 443 not open on the network
C) RecoverPoint/SE wizard selected
D) RPAs not configured into a cluster

Question 25

What information is required to connect a new RecoverPoint cluster to an existing one?

A) WAN IP address and internal cluster name
B) RPA serial ID
C) Site ID and Management IP address
D) Internal cluster name only

Question 26

Which RecoverPoint family is licensed per array and array capacity?

A) RecoverPoint/EX only
B) RecoverPoint/SE
C) RecoverPoint/CL only
D) RecoverPoint/EX and RecoverPoint/CL

Question 27

What is the minimum number of RecoverPoint Clusters required to use the MetroPoint feature?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5

Question 28

An existing RecoverPoint/CL environment consists of one cluster at the main office and two off-site DR clusters. You have been asked to expand the environment to the maximum number of DR sites using RecoverPoint. How many additional clusters could be added to this RecoverPoint Environment?

A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 8

Question 29

What are the minimum RecoverPoint and VPLEX versions that support MetroPoint?

A) RecoverPoint 4.1 and GeoSynchrony 5.4
B) RecoverPoint 4.0 and GeoSynchrony 5.3
C) RecoverPoint 4.1 and GeoSynchrony 5.3
D) RecoverPoint 4.0 and GeoSynchrony 5.4

Question 30

A customer has three VMAX arrays and one VNX array fronted by an EMC VPLEX. They want to use RecoverPoint to protect their environment. How many licenses, of which type, would be required for their environment?

A) 1 EX license only
B) 4 EX licenses
C) 5 EX licenses
D) 1 SE license and 1 EX license

Question 31

An existing RecoverPoint cluster has four physical RPAs deployed with VMAX arrays. Which RPAs need to be masked to the VMAX gatekeepers in order to deploy the VMAX splitter?

A) RPA 1 and RPA 2
B) RPA 1 only
C) All RPAs in the cluster
D) RPA 2 only

Question 32

When using Deployment Manager to install RecoverPoint/SE, which zoning methods are available with Brocade switches?

A) Automatic and Manual
B) Manual and Semi-automatic
C) Automatic and Semi-automatic
D) Automatic and Virtual

Question 33

What must be installed on the VNX prior to deploying the RecoverPoint Write splitter?

A) RecoverPoint Splitter Enabler only
B) RecoverPoint Driver and RecoverPoint Splitter Enabler
C) RecoverPoint License
D) Unisphere Service Manager

Question 34

A company recently acquired a new DR site and requires their production data to be replicated to this DR site. What is an important consideration about the RecoverPoint out-of-band architecture?

A) Performance on the production site is not impacted.
B) Site-to-site connectivity needs to be based on Fibre Channel.
C) Maximum asynchronous replication speed is 400 MBps.
D) Maximum synchronous replication speed is 400 Mbps.

Question 35

Which connectivity protocols are used to interconnect RecoverPoint clusters?

A) FC and IP
B) FC and iSCSI
C) FC and FCoE
D) FCoE and IP

Question 36

Which RecoverPoint features are supported on physical and virtual RPAs?

A) Deduplication, SRM integration, and Snapshot-Based Replication
B) Distributed CGs, Deduplication, and SRM integration
C) SRM integration, Snapshot-Based Replication, and Distributed CGs
D) Snapshot-Based Replication, Distributed CGs, and Deduplication

Question 37

An existing RecoverPoint/CL environment consists of one cluster at the main office and one off-site DR cluster. You have been asked to expand the environment to the maximum number of DR sites using RecoverPoint. How many additional clusters could be added to this RecoverPoint Environment?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 38

A RecoverPoint cluster contains a Consistency Group with one remote copy. Which volume can be used to verify that snapshots are being created?

A) Remote copy
B) Production copy
C) Repository
D) Snap copy

Question 39

A company recently acquired a new DR site and requires local Fibre Channel based production data to be replicated synchronously. They are investigating what infrastructure is needed on this DR site. What is an important connectivity consideration?

A) Site-to-site connectivity can be based on IP.
B) Site-to-site connectivity requires Fibre Channel.
C) Site-to-site connectivity requires FCIP.
D) Maximum synchronous replication speed is 400 MBps.

Question 40

You are installing RecoverPoint/SE, and have selected the automatic zoning option. There are four VNX ports in each fabric. How many zones are automatically created on each fabric for a two-node RPA cluster?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 41

A customer is interested in implementing a RecoverPoint solution using a four-node cluster with physical RPAs. How many total IP addresses are required for the cluster?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 8
D) 9

Question 42

A customer is installing a single cluster RecoverPoint/SE environment and has decided to create a cluster of six virtual RPAs to perform RecoverPoint operations. According to EMC best practices, how many ESX hosts are needed to host the required vRPAs?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6

Question 43

When choosing a journal for a CG what would be a factor in selecting which LUNs to use?

A) Volumes that are all close to the same size
B) Volumes masked to the production host
C) Any volume less than 10 GB
D) Only thin LUNs

Question 44

When selecting the semi-automatic zoning method while installing RecoverPoint/SE, which zones are displayed per RPA?

A) One RPA HBA zoned to SP-A One RPA HBA zoned to SP-B All RPA HBAs zoned to each other
B) All RPA HBAs zoned to SP-A All RPA HBAs zoned to SP-B
C) One RPA HBA zoned to multiple HBA ports on each of the other RPAs in the cluster
D) One RPA HBA zoned to a single HBA on each of the other RPAs in the cluster

Question 45

A customer environment uses VMAX arrays for production storage. The customer wants to implement RecoverPoint for data protection. Having researched vRPAs, they want to use this technology as well. What should you advise them?

A) vRPAs are only supported with VNX arrays
B) Add iSCSI interfaces to their VMAX arrays
C) Use vRPAs with FC connections to the SAN
D) Implement FCoE for connections from the vRPAs

Question 46

You are adding an RPA to a cluster using Deployment Manager. What requirement must be satisfied before proceeding?

A) Zoning and LUN masking must be known to be identical to the existing RPAs in the cluster.
B) RPA iSCSI configuration settings must be known. All other zoning and LUN masking settings will automatically be read from the existing RPA site leader.
C) RPA and array iSCSI configuration settings must be known. All other zoning and LUN masking settings will automatically be read from the existing RPA site leader.
D) RPA and Storage iSCSI configuration settings will automatically be read from the cluster.

Question 47

You are responsible for installing a four-node RPA cluster. All RPAs are powered on. Both the FC and IP networks are connected, zoned, and routed properly. The RPAs are loaded with the latest image and IP addresses are set. However, Deployment Manager cannot discover RPAs. What is a possible cause?

A) Port 22 not open between host running Deployment Manager and RPAs
B) Deployment Manager host and RPAs on different subnets
C) DHCP not used to set IP addresses for RPAs
D) RPAs not installed separately using Deployment Manager

Question 48

After expanding to include an additional existing RecoverPoint cluster you use Deployment Manager to connect the clusters, but it fails. What might be the problem?

A) New cluster is already licensed
B) RPAs at second cluster are not same type
C) Second cluster not yet added to Repository
D) No splitter added to second cluster

Question 49

Which RecoverPoint tool is used for system conversions?

A) Deployment Manager
B) Unisphere for RecoverPoint
C) SolVe Desktop
D) BCSD Sizing

Question 50

A new RecoverPoint system is being installed and the RPAs need to be upgraded to the latest version. How should this be done?

A) Choose the option to upgrade the RPA version from an ISO while installing RecoverPoint using Deployment Manager.
B) Before doing the install ensure all the RPAs IP addresses reach each other. Connect to RPA1 with boxmgmt and do the upgrade.
C) Install the new system with Deployment Manager and then log in as boxmgmt and perform the upgrade on one RPA.
D) Upgrade the RPAs to the latest version first; otherwise Deployment Manager will prevent the installation.

Question 51

After installing two RecoverPoint clusters you find that a Consistency Group cannot be configured with a remote copy. Why?

A) Deployment Manager was not used to connect the clusters.
B) The RPAs at the second cluster are not the same type (virtual vs physical).
C) The second cluster has not yet been added to the Repository.
D) There is no splitter added to the second cluster.

Question 52

A customer wants to implement a two-node RecoverPoint solution with local replication. How many IP addresses are required for each cluster?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 53

Which statement is true regarding vRPAs?

A) vRPAs are deployed using the OVA template.
B) The proper license must be installed before vRPA deployment.
C) vRPAs can be connected to storage through the VNX splitter in the RecoverPoint/SE system.
D) vRPAs are installed using Unisphere for RecoverPoint.

Question 54

You are implementing a RecoverPoint/SE cluster using vRPAs. What must be configured and available on the new VNX array prior to the installation of the cluster with Deployment Manager?

A) An iSCSI interface from SPA and SPB of the VNX
B) Zones from SPA and SPB FC ports to the ESX servers
C) Zones from SPA and SPB FC ports to the Virtual WWNs of the vRPAs
D) Physical connections from the ESX HBAs to the FC interfaces of SPA and SPB

Question 55

What is a prerequisite for deploying a RecoverPoint/SE system?

A) VNX splitter enabled
B) RecoverPoint/SE license installed
C) RecoverPoint/SE registered with EMC
D) Unisphere for RecoverPoint installed and running

Question 56

A customer is evaluating the deployment of RecoverPoint with their VMAX array. They want to deploy the RPAs in the virtual appliance form. They ask your opinion about using vRPA versus physical appliances. What should you advise them?

A) They can only use physical RPAs in the current environment.
B) For performance reasons, they can mix vRPAs and physical RPAs in the same RPA cluster, but only at remote sites.
C) For performance reasons, they cannot mix physical and vRPAs within an RPA cluster.
D) They can mix vRPA and physical RPAs in the same RPA cluster at all sites.

Question 57

Which statement is true regarding vRPAs?

A) vCenter Server is required to deploy vRPAs.
B) The proper license must be installed before vRPA deployment.
C) vRPAs can be connected to storage through the VNX splitter in the RecoverPoint/SE system.
D) vRPAs are installed using Unisphere for RecoverPoint.

Question 58

A RecoverPoint/SE cluster is using vRPAs. A second cluster needs to be connected. Which RPA type must be used at the new cluster?

A) Virtual or Physical
B) Virtual only
C) Generation 5
D) Physical only

Question 59

A customer is evaluating the deployment of RecoverPoint with their VNX array. They want to deploy the RPAs in virtual appliance form. They ask your opinion about using vRPA versus physical appliances. What should you advise them?

A) They cannot mix physical and virtual RPAs within their RPA cluster.
B) For performance reasons, they can mix vRPAs and physical RPAs in the remote RPA cluster.
C) vRPAs cannot be used in a VNX environment.
D) They can mix vRPA and physical RPAs in the same RPA cluster at all sites.

Question 60

After expanding to include an additional existing RecoverPoint cluster you use Deployment Manager to connect the clusters, but it fails. What might be the problem?

A) New cluster has existing Consistency Group
B) RPAs at second cluster are not same type
C) Second cluster not yet added to the Repository
D) No splitter added to second cluster

Question 61

A company with a DR site connected with a 2 Gbps FC link has three vRPAs at each site. They are experiencing High Load events, although the FC link is not fully utilized. What would be the best solution to get the FC link utilization up as high as possible while mitigating those events?

A) Replace the vRPAs with physical RPAs and start using a Distributed Consistency Group
B) Add two more vRPAs to the Primary site and divide the Consistency Group into four segments
C) Divide the Consistency Group into two segments and start using Distributed Consistency Groups
D) Add two RPAs to the Primary site as well as the secondary site

Question 62

What is used when more performance is needed than a single RPA can provide for asynchronous replication?

A) Distributed Consistency Groups
B) Journal compression
C) Fibre Channel connections
D) Multi-cluster copies

Question 63

When logging into an unattached RecoverPoint appliance for the first time, which username and password combination must be used?

A) usernamE. boxmgmt passworD. boxmgmt
B) usernamE. admin passworD. Mi@Dim7T
C) passworD. admin
D) usernamE. service passworD. service

Question 64

System events can be copied to the clipboard from which Unisphere for RecoverPoint view?

A) RecoverPoint Dashboard
B) Recovery
C) RPA Clusters
D) Admin

Question 65

You are working on a RecoverPoint local replication solution in an environment that includes VNX and VMAX storage arrays. You want to create a Consistency Group (CG) for your Oracle database. However, some of the database volumes are located in the VNX and others are located in the VMAX. What is the recommended management solution?

A) Create one CG using VNX and VMAX volumes
B) Create a new RecoverPoint cluster and add the VNX splitter
C) Migrate all LUNs to the VMAX
D) Create two CGs: one for VNX volumes and another for VMAX volumes

Question 66

After selecting a cluster in the RPA Clusters tab, which option can display alerts that have been logged for any of the physical components of the RecoverPoint system in that cluster?

A) General Cluster Info
B) Overall Health
C) System Events
D) System Notifications

Question 67

Which journal action available in Unisphere for RecoverPoint will NOT result in a full sweep synchronization and the loss of all history in the existing journal?

A) Add a journal volume
B) Remove a journal volume
C) Expand a journal volume
D) Reduce a journal volume

Question 68

You are protecting a volume using the wizard in Unisphere for RecoverPoint. Which state will the new Consistency Group be in immediately after completing the wizard?

A) Initializing
B) Active
C) Paused
D) Disabled

Question 69

In the Recovery tab of Unisphere for RecoverPoint, which option is used to temporarily mount an image?

A) Test a Copy
B) Enable Image Access
C) Manage Recovery
D) Enable Direct Access

Question 70

Which Unisphere for RecoverPoint view displays both the system traffic and Consistency Group status?

A) RecoverPoint Dashboard
B) Recovery
C) RPA Clusters
D) Admin

Question 71

The Getting Started wizard that is displayed the first time a user accesses Unisphere for RecoverPoint assists with performing what action?

A) Adding licenses
B) Adding splitters
C) Configuring RPAs
D) Creating Consistency Groups

Question 72

A storage administrator has a RecoverPoint environment with vRPAs containing 64 Consistency Groups (CGs). They want to create distributed CGs. What is the maximum number of distributed CGs that can be added to this particular system?

A) 0
B) 8
C) 40
D) 128

Question 73

What is the minimum size of the journal when using Distributed Consistency Groups?

A) 5 GB
B) 20 GB
C) 40 GB
D) 60 GB

Question 74

In order to create a new Consistency Group, a user should navigate to which option within the Protection tab of Unisphere for RecoverPoint?

A) Protect Volumes
B) Manage Protection
C) Deployment Manager
D) Group Sets

Question 75

A storage administrator has an implementation with 40 Consistency Groups (CGs). They need to create distributed CGs. What is the maximum number of distributed CGs that can be added to this particular system?

A) 8
B) 16
C) 24
D) 128

Question 76

What should be used when more performance is needed than a single RPA can provide for asynchronous replication?

A) Distributed Consistency Groups
B) Journal Compression
C) Fibre Channel connections
D) Multi-Cluster copies

Question 77

A company has a DR site connected using a 4 Gbps FC link and two RPAs on the primary site, and two RPAs at the DR site. They are experiencing high load events although the FC link is not fully utilized. What would be the best solution to get the FC link utilization up as high as possible?

A) Add two RPAs to the primary site and add two RPAs to the DR site
B) Add two RPAs to the primary site only
C) Use distributed consistency groups with one primary RPA and two secondary RPAs on the primary site
D) Add two RPAs to the DR site only

Question 78

In Unisphere for RecoverPoint, where should a user navigate in order to collect logs for support purposes?

A) Admin Tab > System Analysis Tools > Collect System Information
B) Admin Tab > System Notifications > Configure System Reports and Alerts
C) Dashboard Tab > System Analysis Tools > Detect Bottlenecks
D) Admin Tab > RPA Clusters > Export Consolidated Statistics

Question 79

Which RecoverPoint feature allows the protection of volumes on both sides of a VPLEX Metro Cluster?

A) MetroPoint
B) Continuous Remote Replication
C) Distributed Consistency Groups
D) Group Sets

Question 80

A company with a DR site connected with a 2 Gbps FC link has three RPAs at each site. They are experiencing High Load events, although the FC link is not fully utilized. What would be the best solution to get the FC link utilization up as high as possible while mitigating those events?

A) Use a Distributed Consistency Group
B) Add one RPA to the Primary site
C) Use the Consistency Group on both RPAs and add two RPAs to the secondary site
D) Add one RPA to the DR site