EMC Symmetrix Solutions Specialist Exam for Technology Architects

QUESTION NO: 1
The customer has just implemented TimeFinder and SRDF/AR for a set of applications. To ensure application performance the storage administrator needs to configure the environment to maximize back-end performance during BCV establish operations.
Which is recommended during an initial SRDF/AR setup?

A. Create a Symreplicate pairing file based on manual analysis B. Include the optimize option for the pairings in the symreplicate setup command C. Provide a list of the BCVs and direct the symreplicate setup process to use an exact mapping to create the pairings D. Include the exact option for the pairings in the symreplicate setup command

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 2
A customer wants to bind a thin device that is currently bound to thin pool P1 to a different thin pool P2 without losing data. What do you tell the customer?

A. Rebind the thin device to pool P2 B. Unman the thin device, and then bind it to P2 C. Unbind the thin device from P1, and then bind it to P2 D. Thin devices cannot be moved from one pool to another

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 3
What is a recommended action before performing an SRDF Failback operation?

A. Suspend the RDF link B. Split the RDF link C. Stop accessing the R2 volume D. Stop accessing the R1 volume

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 4
What is recommended before creating a TimeFinder/Clone replica?

A. Ensure that all writes from the production application using the source devices are paused B. Ensure that the clone target devices are not being actively accessed C. Ensure that the production application using the source devices is shut down D. Set the clone target devices to a Not Ready state

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 5
A customer is decommissioning a Windows 2003 server which has access to Symmetrix VMAX thin devices. The objective is to free up space on the array. What needs to be done?

A. Remove the thin devices from the storage group B. Delete the masking view and the storage group C. Delete the initiator group, port group and the storage group D. Delete the masking view and unbind the thin devices.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 6
Refer to the exhibit.

Which action can one perform from this Unisphere for VMAX screen as related to Volume Set Addressing?

A. Enable it for all the initiators that are logged into the array B. Enable it for the initiators in the initiator group while leaving it disabled for all the other initiators C. Enable it for all the FA ports in the group while leaving it disabled for all the other FA ports D. Enable it for the all the FA ports in the port group associated with the initiator group via a masking view

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 7
What happens when all the thin devices are unbound from a thin pool?

A. All the thin devices are set to Write Disabled B. Data on all the thin devices is lost C. All the thin devices are unmapped D. All the data devices in the pool are set to disabled

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 8
A customer is planning a data migration from a DMX to a VMAX. They have a limited maintenance window for the cutover which will not allow enough time for a full synchronization. Which method do you recommend to meet their requirements?

A. Activate a hot push session from the DMX prior to the maintenance window and perform an incremental refresh during the maintenance window B. Create a hot pull session with the precopy option from the DMX prior to the maintenance window and activate the session during the maintenance window C. Activate a hot push session with the precopy option from the VMAX prior to the maintenance window and activate the session during the maintenance window D. Create a cold push session with the precopy option from the VMAX prior to the maintenance window and activate the session during the maintenance window

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 9
A customer has 15 VMAX arrays that will be managed with Unisphere for VMAX. Each VMAX is configured with 6525 total volumes.
What is the minimum number of Unisphere for VMAX servers required to provide reasonable response time?

A. 1 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 10
What is a characteristic of a Symmetrix Virtual Device (VDEV)?

A. Accessible by a host upon creation of the snap session B. Contains pointers to the original source data C. Contains the entire contents of the source device D. Accessible by a host upon termination of a snap session

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 11
What is a benefit of using TimeFinder VP Snap instead of TimeFinder/Clone when running Enginuity 5876 onward?

A. TimeFinder VP Snap does not require Device Level Write Pacing when in a session with an SRDF R2 device. B. TimeFinder VP Snap provides shared target track allocation for clone targets from the same source device. C. Shared target allocations from a single source device are consolidated and can be relocated across Tiers using FAST VP for greater efficiency. D. TimeFinder VP Snap provides cascaded local replication functionality, TimeFinder/Clone does not.

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 12
What is an advantage of SRDF/A over traditional write ordering implementation of asynchronous replication?

A. Requires fewer writes on the source replication array. B. Batches write together to create sequential writes for improved performance. C. Every host write is written to the target array without the need for reordering. D. Eliminates the need to timestamp and reorder every single write before destaging to disk.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 13
You are planning a Unisphere for VMAX deployment.
What role will allow a user to chart historic and diagnostic metrics but not perform any Symmetrix configuration changes?

A. Storage Admin B. Auditor C. PerfMonitor D. Monitor

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 14
When adding new disks to a VMAX, which lock is taken to perform this activity?

A. Director lock B. Back-end device lock C. Front-end device lock D. CE Config lock

Correct Answer: D

EMC Symmetrix Solutions Specialist Exam for Technology Architects - E20-515 Exam Questions