Veritas VCS-284 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Veritas |
| Exam Name: | Administration of Veritas NetBackup 10.x (NetBackup Administration) |
| Exam Number: | VCS-284 |
| Passing Score: | 65% |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Multiple Select |
| Real Exam Qty: | 65 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Exam Price: | USD 250 |
| Related Certifications: | Veritas Certified Specialist (VCS) |
| Sample Questions: | Veritas VCS-284 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or in-person testing center |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: 6-12 months hands-on experience with NetBackup 10.x |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.veritas.com/certification |
Veritas VCS-284 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Restore Operations | 20% | - Instant recovery - Bare metal restore (BMR) - Disaster recovery planning - Granular recovery - Restore verification and validation |
| Storage and Media Management | 15% | - Cloud storage integration - Disk storage configuration - Tape and robotic library management - Volume pooling and duplication - Media lifecycle management |
| NetBackup Architecture and Configuration | 20% | - Storage lifecycle management - Basic configuration and initialization - Master server and media server configuration - NetBackup architecture components |
| Backup Operations and Management | 25% | - Backup performance optimization - Full, incremental, and differential backups - Policy creation and scheduling - Backup selection criteria and exclude lists - Client-side backups |
| NetBackup Security and Monitoring | 10% | - Monitoring tools and alerts - Role-based access control (RBAC) - Audit logging and reporting - Authentication and authorization |
| Troubleshooting and Maintenance | 10% | - Performance tuning - Backup failure troubleshooting - Common issues resolution - Upgrade and migration procedures - Log analysis and debugging |
Veritas Administration of Veritas NetBackup 10.x (NetBackup Administration) Sample Questions:
1. A NetBackup Master Server has many backups running each night to an MSDP pool that take a long time to complete. While these backups are running, replication jobs are queued.
Which action should the administrator perform to ensure replications can occur without waiting for the backups to complete?
Response:
A) increase the maximum concurrent jobs for the disk storage unit
B) increase the maximum I/O streams for the disk pool
C) create a new disk storage unit to be used for replications
D) increase the replication job priority
2. When configuring a NBU-Catalog policy type, you must use a volume pool configured as a catalog backup pool.
Response:
A) False
B) True
3. An administrator has a MS-Windows type policy that has failed for a Microsoft Windows NetBackup client. The policy uses the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES backup selection.
See the extract from the end of the job details below:
Which two logs will provide the most relevant information for troubleshooting and resolving the error?
(Select two.)
Response:
A) NetBackup bpfis logs on the media server
B) Operating system logs on the client
C) Operating system togs on the media server
D) NetBackup bptm logs on the media server
E) NetBackup bpfis logs on the client
4. What is an available sub-type for a disk storage unit?
Response:
A) NDMP
B) VTL
C) OpenStorage
D) Media Manager
5. An administrator initiated a manual backup of clientA on master1. The backup failed with the message: client is offline(1000) Which Host Properties setting should an administrator modify to resolve this issue?
Response:
A) Master Servers > master1 > Client Attributes > clientA > General > Offline until
B) Clients > clientA > Universal Settings > Offline until
C) Master Servers > master1 > Client Attributes > clientA > Connect Options > Offline until
D) Clients > clientA > Windows Client > Client Settings > Offline until
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: B | Question # 2 Answer: A | Question # 3 Answer: A,B | Question # 4 Answer: C | Question # 5 Answer: B |
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