Symantec 250-250

250-250 Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 Administration for UNIX

Practice Test
Version 3.0

Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 1 Which command removes the datadg02 disk from the datadg disk group? A. vxassist datadg rmdisk datadg02 B. vxdg datadg rmdisk datadg02 C. vxassist datadg remove disk datadg02 D. vxdg datadg remove datadg02 Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 2 Which states are displayed in the output of vxprint? (Choose two.) A. Data B. Kernel C. File System D. Volume E. User Answer: B,D

QUESTION NO: 3

Which statements are true about renaming the disk object? (Choose two.) A. New disk names must be unique within the disk group. B. Allsubdisks will be renamed together with the disk. C. The disk group needs to be offline. D. The new disk name must be unique within the system. E. Subdisks names will remain the same. Answer: A,E

QUESTION NO: 4 What are valid mount options for a Veritas file system? (Choose two.) A. nolargefiles B. shared C. logtmp "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 2

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam D. delaylog E. logdelay Answer: A,D

QUESTION NO: 5 Which command grows the datavol volume by an additional 30 MB and resizes the file system at the same time? A. vxassist -g datadg growby datavol 30m B. vxresize -g datadg datavol 30m C. vxresize -g datadg datavol +30m D. vxassist -g datadg growto datavol 30m Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 6

Which vxassist parameter is used to set the number of data plexes in a non-layered mirrored volume? A. nplex B. numplex C. nummirror D. nmirror Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 7

After initializing a disk for use in Volume Manager, which command is used to create a disk group named datadg on a device shown as device_tag and using a disk media name of datadg01? A. vxassist create datadg datadg01=device_tag B. vxdg create datadg datadg01=device_tag C. vxdg init datadg datadg01=device_tag D. vxassist datadg init datadg01= device_tag Answer: C

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 8 Which command upgrades the datadg disk group from version 50 to the current disk group version? A. vxdg -T 50 upgrade datadg B. vxdg upgrade datadg C. vxdg currvers datadg D. vxdg 50 currvers datadg Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 9

Which statement is true about adding a mirror to an existing striped volume? A. A concatenatedplex is added to the volume by default. B. You can use any disks in the disk group to contain the newplex. C. Synchronization of the newplex is required. D. You should add the newplex to a different disk group for redundancy. Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 11 Which commands display plex, volume, and kernel states? (Choose two.) A. vxcat B. vxdisplay C. vxinfo "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 4

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A. The public and private regions are created on the disk. B. An empty volume is created on the disk by default. C. The disk group configuration database is updated. D. Volume Manager performs a rescan to recognize all newly configured disks. E. The disk is stamped with the system host ID.

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What occurs when you add an initialized disk to an existing disk group? (Choose two.)

Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam D. vxprint E. vxstate Answer: C,D

QUESTION NO: 12 The upgrade scripts are being used to upgrade Volume Manager. Which file's existence would indicate that the upgrade_start script had been run, but the upgrade_finish has yet to be run? A. /UPGRADE_START/.start_runed B. /VXVM5.0-UPGRADE/.start_runed C. /etc/vx/.start_runed D. /etc/vx/.upgrade_runed Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 13

Which command displays the amount of free space in the configuration database of the datadg disk group? A. vxdg -g datadg free B. vxdg -g datadg list C. vxdg free datadg D. vxdg list datadg Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 14

Which command is used to change the stripe unit size and number of columns for the datavol volume in the datadg disk group? A. vxvol datadg convert datavol stripeunit=32k ncol=5 B. vxassist datadg convert datavol stripeunit=32k ncol=5 C. vxvol datadg relayout datavol stripeunit=32k ncol=5 D. vxassist datadg relayout datavol stripeunit=32k ncol=5 Answer: D

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 15 Which command can be used to remove a mirror from a volume? (Choose two.) A. vxedit B. vxassist C. vxremove D. vxevac E. vxmirror Answer: A,B

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Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 17

Which vxsnap command option recreates a space-optimized instant snapshot? A. Restore B. Reattach C. Refresh D. Reassociate Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 18 When creating a new volume with the New Volume Wizard in VEA, which layout options are available to create a layered volume? (Choose two.) A. Concatenate-mirror B. Stripe-mirror C. Mirror-stripe "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 6

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A. vxdisk list datadg01 B. vxdg list datadg01 C. vxpath list datadg01 D. vxdmpadm list datadg01

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Which command displays the number of paths to the datadg01 disk?

Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam D. Mirror-concatenate E. Concatenate-stripe F. Stripe-concatenate Answer: A,B

QUESTION NO: 19 Which statements are true about deporting a disk group? (Choose two.) A. The volumes are unavailable. B. The disk group is available for importing. C. The disk group is deported and online. D. The file systems are destroyed. E. The file systems are accessible. Answer: A,B

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 21 Which command enables you to upgrade the file system layout? A. vxlayout B. vxtunefs C. vxupgrade D. vxfsupgrade Answer: C

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A. The disk is failing and needs to be replaced for future use in Volume Manager. B. The disk is incompatible with the current release of Volume Manager. C. The disk is available for initialization or encapsulation by Volume Manager. D. The disk is available for use and has encapsulated data deported on another system.

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In the output of the vxdisk list command, there are no entries in the DISK and GROUP columns. However, you see online invalid in the output of the STATUS column. What does the online invalid status indicate?

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QUESTION NO: 22 The datadg disk group is defined as the default disk group for a system. Which disk group name would you specify with the vxdctl defaultdg command to clear this default? A. nulldg B. nodg C. Remove D. Delete Answer: B

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Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 24

Which command deletes the datadg disk group? A. vxdg remove datadg B. vxdg destroy datadg C. vxdg -g datadg destroy D. vxdg -g datadg remove Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 25 When using vxassist to create a volume, what is the default unit of the parameter length?

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A. Full file system snapshot B. Full-sized instant snapshot C. Full buffer-optimized instant snapshot D. Storage checkpoint

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Which point-in-time copy solution provided by Veritas Storage Foundation requires an amount of free disk space equal to that of the original volume?

Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam A. Bit B. Byte C. Sector D. Cylinder Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 26 Which command creates a new disk group that is compatible with cross-platform data sharing (CDS)? A. vxdg -g datadg init datadg01=c1t0d0s2 B. vxdg init datadg set cds=true datadg01=c1t0d0s2 C. vxdg init datadg datadg01=c1t0d0s2 D. vxdg init datadg cds=true datadg01=c1t0d0s2 Answer: C

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Answer: B,E

QUESTION NO: 28 You resized your hardware LUNs and now you want to update the disk headers and other VxVM structures to match the new LUN sizes. Which command enables you to resize a Volume Manager disk that corresponds to a LUN? A. vxdisk resize B. vxresize C. vxassist resize D. vxvol resize "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 9

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A. It can create a snapshot. B. Logplexes remain unchanged. C. The number of mirrors can be changed. D. It can be performed on a sparseplex. E. It can be reversed at any time.

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Which statements are true about an online relayout operation? (Choose two.)

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 29 Which disk configuration method brings a previously used disk with existing information under Volume Manager control while preserving the data? A. Activation B. Initialization C. Retention D. Encapsulation Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 30

Output from vxprint -g diskgroup -htr shows a plex with a state of NODEVICE. What does this indicate? A. The private region is accessible. B. The private region is inaccessible. C. The disk media is in a FAILING state. D. Thesubdisks are relocated. Answer: B

Which conditions must exist when executing the vxmend fix clean plex command? (Choose three.) A. The associated volume must be in the DISABLED state. B. Theplexes must be ONLINE and ACTIVE. C. There is no otherplex that has a state of CLEAN. D. All of theplexes must be in STALE or OFFLINE states. E. The associated volume must be in the ENABLED state. Answer: A,C,D

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam The datadg disk group contains four disks. A 100 MB volume named datavol is concatenated using two disks. There are no other volumes in the disk group. There are three processes performing random reads that are 512K in size on the volume. Output from a vxstat command indicates that all I/O activity occurred mostly on one of the two disks. Which action will more evenly distribute the I/O across all disks in the disk group? A. Mirror the volume using the two unused disks. B. Remove the two unused disks from the disk group. C. Resize the volume to use all of the disks. D. Stripe the volume across all four disks. Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 33 Which Veritas Volume Manager command displays the status of a vxrecover command? A. vxrecover B. vxprint C. vxtask D. vxstat Answer: C

The datavol volume in the datadg disk group has two plexes. The plexes are named P1 and P2. Due to a series of failures, the P1 plex ends up in DISABLED/RECOVER state, and the P2 plex ends up in DISABLED/STALE state. As the administrator, you are aware of the series of failures, and you know that the data on the P2 plex are still valid and have the most recent copy of your data. Which sequence of commands would recover the datavol volume? A. vxmend datadg fix stale P1 vxmend datadg fix clean P1 vxrecover data B. vxmend datadg fix clean P2 vxrecover datavol C. vxmend datadg fix clean P1 vxmend datadg fix clean P2 vxvol datadg start datavol D. vxmend datadg off P2 vxrecover s "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 11

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam vxvol datadg start data Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 35 Which statement is true about a volume where the kernel state is DETACHED? A. Object can transfer both system I/O and user I/O. B. Object can transfer system I/O only. C. Object can transfer user I/O only. D. Object is unable to transfer I/O. Answer: B

Answer: B,C,D

QUESTION NO: 37

What is the potential negative side effect of performing a forced removal of an intermittently failing disk from a two-way mirrored volume? A. Volume I/O could degrade significantly. B. Writes to the volume could be blocked. C. The volume could be stopped until the disk drive is replaced. D. Any other disk failure could result in loss of data. Answer: D

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A. Whether thevxraid daemon is configured B. The LUN configuration of the RAID array C. Whether caching is enabled on the RAID array D. The dynamicmultipathing configuration E. The system internal disk mirroring

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Which factors are important to consider when doing performance testing with a RAID array? (Choose three.)

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 38 Which command can be used to display dynamic multipathing read/write statistics? A. vxdmpadm stat B. vxdmpadm iostat C. vxdmpadm vxstat D. vxdmpadm rwstat Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 39 Which activities can be performed if the Volume Manager configuration has been backed up? (Choose three.) A. Re-create a disk group and the Volume Manager objects within it. B. Resynchronize aplex after the subdisks have become detached. C. Reinstall the private region headers of Volume Managerdisks in a disk group. D. Reattachsubdisks after the underlying failed disk drives have been replaced. E. Re-create a corrupted disk group configuration.

What are the advantages of a concatenated volume layout? (Choose three.) A. Removes size restrictions B. Provides load balancing C. Is a better usage ofspace D. Simplifies administration E. Provides redundancy Answer: A,C,D

QUESTION NO: 41 Which command can be used to refresh the information about the disks? A. vxdctl enable B. vxdctl rescan "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 13

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam C. vxdisk rescan D. vxdisk enable Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 42 The datadg disk group contains four disks. A 100 MB volume named test is striped across two disks with a stripe unit size of 4K. The following vxtrace output was generated: START write vdev test block 115392 len 64 concurrency 1 pid 6948 3602 START write disk c1t8d0s2 op 3601 block 57696 len 8 3603 START write disk c1t9d0s2 op 3601 block 57696 len 8 3604 START write disk c1t8d0s2 op 3601 block 57704 len 8 3605 START write disk c1t9d0s2 op 3601 block 57704 len 8 3606 START write disk c1t8d0s2 op 3601 block 57712 len 8 3607 START write disk c1t9d0s2 op 3601 block 57712 len 8 3608 START write disk c1t8d0s2 op 3601 block 57720 len 8 3609 START write disk c1t9d0s2 op 3601 block 57720 len 8 3602 END write disk c1t8d0s2 op 3601 block 57696 len 8 time 0 3603 END write disk c1t9d0s2 op 3601 block 57696 len 8 time 0 3604 END write disk c1t8d0s2 op 3601 block 57704 len 8 time 1 3606 END write disk c1t8d0s2 op 3601 block 57712 len 8 time 1 3608 END write disk c1t8d0s2 op 3601 block 57720 len 8 time 1 3605 END write disk c1t9d0s2 op 3601 block 57704 len 8 time 1 3607 END write disk c1t9d0s2 op 3601 block 57712 len 8 time 1 3609 END write disk c1t9d0s2 op 3601 block 57720 len 8 time 1 3601 END write vdev test op 3601 block 115392 len 64 time 1 Assume one block is equivalent to 512 bytes. (Solaris-style disk names are not relevant.) How many writes did Volume Manager perform to each disk? A. One B. Two C. Four D. Eight Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 43

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam What is the daemon that monitors changes to the Volume Manager configuration? A. vxcfgbkupd B. vxiod C. vxconfigd D. vxconfigbackupd Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 44 Which commands start a DISABLED or DETACHED volume? (Choose two.) A. vxvol B. vxrecover C. vxreattach D. vxstart E. vxdg Answer: A,B

Which command removes the datavol volume from the datadg disk group? A. vxedit -g datadg -rf remove datavol B. vxvol -g datadg rm datavol C. vxvol -g datadg remove datavol D. vxedit -g datadg -rf rm datavol Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 46 Plexes in a two-way mirror are out of sync. Data in one plex is stale while the other is clean. Which type of resynchronization will be carried out to recover the volume? A. Read-writesync B. Read-writeback C. Atomic-sync D. Atomic-copy

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 47 Several disks were physically disconnected during boot up, causing several failed disks in Volume Manager. The disks were reconnected and the operating system recognizes the disks without a reboot. Which command can be used to fix the failed disks in Volume Manager? A. vxmend B. vxdisk C. vxreattach D. vxreplace Answer: C

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Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 49

For mirrored volumes with logging enabled, resynchronization is faster, because only regions that are marked _____ need to be resynchronized after a crash. A. Needsync B. Detached C. Dirty D. Stale Answer: C

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A. Actions >Rescan B. Actions >Refresh C. Disks >Rescan D. Disks >Refresh

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Which menu sequence in VEA executes disk setup commands appropriate for the operating system and ensures that Volume Manager recognizes newly attached disks?

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam Which Veritas Volume Manager command can be used to explicitly report the maximum volume size that can be created using a single Volume Manager disk? A. vxassist B. vxstat C. vxtrace D. vxprint Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 51 A failed disk that was part of a root disk mirror has been replaced. Which command can be used to configure the physical disk to boot the system? A. vxroot B. vxinstall C. vxbootsetup D. vxconfigboot Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 52

A. vxdmpadm getsubpaths B. vxdmpadm getlinks C. vxdmpadm getnodes D. vxdmpadm getpaths Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 53 A new active/active disk array has been added to your system. The array is properly configured to support DMP and connectivity is correct. The output of vxdisk list displays twice the number of disks than expected. What is the next step to complete the DMP configuration? A. Reboot the array

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Which command can be used to list all available paths to a disk with dynamic multipathing enabled?

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam B. Restartvxconfigd C. Suppress DMP for the array D. Install the ASL on the host Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 54 Which statement is true about a subdisk? A. It can exist on multiple LUNs. B. It is the smallest unit of storage. C. It is mapped to a virtual disk. D. It consists of noncontiguous disk blocks. Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 55 Which command suppresses devices from DMP? A. vxdmpadm B. vxdiskadm C. vxdisk D. vxassist Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 56

What are accurate descriptions of a disk group? (Choose two.) A. It is a collection of Volume Managerdisks. B. It is a logical collection ofsubdisks. C. It allows Volume Manager objects to span multiple disk groups. D. It represents a management and configuration boundary. E. It is a set of contiguous disk blocks. Answer: A,D

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 57 What is the default stripe unit size of a simple striped volume? A. 8K B. 16K C. 32K D. 64K Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 58 A cross-platform data sharing (CDS) disk consists of which areas? (Choose three.) A. The private region B. The OS reserved area C. The public region D. The virtual area E. Theplex area Answer: A,B,C

QUESTION NO: 59

The disk media name is the name assigned to _____. A. A disk by the disk array B. A disk by the operating system C. A disk in a disk group D. An unused disk Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 60 Concatenating subdisks across multiple Volume Manager disks is called _____. A. Mirroring B. Striping C. Spanning D. Layering "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 19

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 61 Which plex types are valid in Volume Manager? (Choose two.) A. Data B. Partial C. Log D. Slice E. Partition Answer: A,C

QUESTION NO: 62

What is the correct RAID level for a layered volume layout that combines mirroring with striping or concatenation? A. RAID-0 B. RAID-1 C. RAID-0+1 D. RAID-1+0 Answer: D

Which object is created when you create a volume? A. Disk B. Subdisk C. Subplex D. Slice Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 64 What happens when you configure two DMP paths to an active/active array?

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam A. All reads are sent down both paths. B. All writes are sent down both paths. C. Failure of one path redirects all I/O down the remaining path. D. Failure of one path stops all I/O down the remaining path. Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 65 What is the virtual object that Volume Manager uses to represent the structured or ordered collection of subdisks? A. Volume B. Plex C. Vmdisk D. Disk group Answer: B

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Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 67 What are path attributes that can be set for a DMP array? (Choose three.) A. Primary B. Secondary C. Standby D. Noactive E. Priority

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

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Given the following command: vxassist -g datadg make datavol layout=raid5 ncol=3 How many disks are needed to construct the data vol volume?

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QUESTION NO: 68 Which information does Volume Manager store in the private region? A. Disk headers B. Configuration database C. Kernel logs D. Dirty region logs Answer: B

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Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 70

Which Veritas Volume Manager parameters can be directly used to tune or adapt a volume layout's optimum performance to an application's I/O profile? (Choose two.) A. Stripe unit size B. Number of columns C. Full stripe width D. Plex cache size E. Dynamicmultipathing priority Answer: A,B

QUESTION NO: 71

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A. STOPPED B. SHUTDOWN C. CLEAN D. DISABLED

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam Which Veritas Volume Manager record shown in a vxprint -g diskgroup -htr output list indicates by its state that a disk has permanently failed? A. Disk media B. Volume C. Disk group D. Plex Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 72 A system error left no CLEAN plex in a mirrored volume. You are certain that all plexes have valid data. What is the first action that should be taken as part of volume recovery? A. Place oneplex in a CLEAN state. B. Place oneplex in an ACTIVE state. C. Reattach theplex. D. Start the volume. Answer: A

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A. Activation B. Initialization C. Retention D. Encapsulation Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 74 What does the DETACHED volume kernel flag indicate? A. The volume is under maintenance. B. The mirror is being resynchronized. C. The mirror is offline.

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Which disk configuration method brings a previously used disk with existing information under Volume Manager control while preserving the data?

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam D. The volume is deported. Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 75 A mirrored volume is in the DISABLED state on your system, and you need to indicate that data inside a certain plex are either bad or outdated. Which command is used to mark this plex appropriately? A. vxvol mark plex offline B. vxmend fix stale plex C. vxplex repair plex mirror D. vxrecover plex disable Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 76

Which statements are true when a new mirror is added to an existing volume? (Choose two). A. The volume is inaccessible during synchronization of the new mirror. B. The volume is accessible during synchronization of the new mirror. C. The new mirror will not begin synchronization until the volume is stopped. D. The new mirror is fully synchronized instantly after the command is issued. E. Additional mirrors can be added to the newly mirrored volume. Answer: B,E

QUESTION NO: 77

What are the advantages of a concatenated volume layout? (Choose three.) A. Removes size restrictions B. Provides load balancing C. Is a better usage ofspace D. Simplifies administration E. Provides redundancy Answer: A,C,D

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 78 Which command can be used to refresh the information about the disks? A. vxdctl enable B. vxdctl rescan C. vxdisk rescan D. vxdisk enable Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 79 Volume configuration data are backed up in files located in _____. A. /etc/vx/cbr/bk B. /etc/vx/vxconfig C. /var/vx/cbr/bk D. /var/vx/vxconfig Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 80

Which command can be used to display the I/O policy for an enclosure? A. vxdmpadm getattr enclosure enclosure_name iopolicy B. vxdmpadm getattr enclosure enclosure_name policy C. vxdmpadm listattr enclosure enclosure_name iopolicy D. vxdmpadm listattr enclosure enclosure_name policy Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 81 Which command can be used to change dynamic multipathing settings for Volume Manager managed devices? A. vxdmpadm altattr B. vxdmpadm modattr C. vxdmpadm attr D. vxdmpadm setattr "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 25

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 82 Which Veritas Volume Manager command can be used to explicitly report the maximum volume size that can be created using a single Volume Manager disk? A. vxassist B. vxstat C. vxtrace D. vxprint Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 83

A. vxmend datadg fix stale P1 vxmend datadg fix clean P1 vxrecover datavo B. vxmend datadg fix clean P2 vxrecover datavol C. vxmend datadg fix clean P1 vxmend datadg fix clean P2 vxvol datadg start datavol D. vxmend datadg off P2 vxrecover s vxvol datadg start data Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 84 Which command removes the datavol volume from the datadg disk group? A. vxedit -g datadg -rf remove datavol "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 26

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The datavol volume in the datadg disk group has two plexes. The plexes are named P1 and P2. Due to a series of failures, the P1 plex ends up in DISABLED/RECOVER state, and the P2 plex ends up in DISABLED/STALE state. As the administrator, you are aware of the series of failures, and you know that the data on the P2 plex are still valid and have the most recent copy of your data. Which sequence of commands would recover the datavol volume?

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam B. vxvol -g datadg rm datavol C. vxvol -g datadg remove datavol D. vxedit -g datadg -rf rm datavol Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 85 What is the potential negative side effect of performing a forced removal of an intermittently failing disk from a two-way mirrored volume? A. Volume I/O could degrade significantly. B. Writes to the volume could be blocked. C. The volume could be stopped until the disk drive is replaced. D. Any other disk failure could result in loss of data. Answer: D

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 87 After a system crash and reboot, all plexes of a volume that are marked with a plex state of ACTIVE, but also marked with a plex kernel state of DISABLED, have their data recovered by the_____ task. A. vxvol resync B. vxresync recover C. vxiod resync D. vxconfigd recover

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QUESTION NO: 88 Which volume state indicates that a volume is awaiting resynchronization? A. SYNC B. NEEDSYNC C. CONVOSYNC D. DELAYSYNC Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 89

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 90

Which command changes the volume read policy to force Volume Manager to read from each plex of the datavol mirrored volume in the datadg disk group? A. vxedit -g datadg set rdpol=round datavol B. vxvol -g datadg rdpol roundrobin datavol C. vxedit -g datadg set rdpol=roundrobin datavol D. vxvol -g datadg rdpol round datavol Answer: D

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A. Mirror the volume using the two unused disks. B. Remove the two unused disks from the disk group. C. Resize the volume to use all of the disks. D. Stripe the volume across all four disks.

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 91 Which commands can be used to identify a failed disk managed by Volume Manager? (Choose three.) A. vxerror B. vxdisk C. vxassist D. vxprint E. vxnotify F. vxcheck Answer: B,D,E

Answer: D

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Which command is used to show the current I/O parameters of a Veritas file system? A. vxprint B. vxfstune C. vxtunefs D. vxprintfs Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 94 When does vxprint fail to display volume configuration after a system reboot? A. When there are raw volumes beyond 1 TB B. When there are file systems beyond 1 TB "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 29

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A. vxdg listdb diskgroup B. vxdg listconfig diskgroup C. vxdg listmeta diskgroup D. vxdg list diskgroup

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam C. When the install-db file exists D. When the install-db file has been deleted Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 95 Which methods enable you to resize both a volume and its mounted Veritas file system at the same time? (Choose two.) A. vxresize B. vxdisk resize C. fsadm D. VEA E. vxassist Answer: A,D

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 97 Which commands can you use to add the Disk_4 disk to the datadg disk group? (Choose two.) A. vxdg -g datadg adddisk datadg02=Disk_4 B. vxdisk -g datadg adddisk datadg02=Disk_4 C. vxdg -g datadg newdg02=Disk_4 D. vxdisk -g datadg newdg02=Disk_4 E. vxdg -g datadg adddisk Disk_4 F. vxdisk -g datadg Disk_4 "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 30

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A. Double-click the disk group icon B. Perform a rescan operation to update the VEA view C. Use the New Disk Group function in VEA by selecting Actions?>SAN?>New Disk Group D. Perform the refresh SAN Disk Group function under Tools

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QUESTION NO: 98 What is the recommended first step to upgrade Veritas File System (VxFS)? A. reboot the machine to multi-user mode B. reboot the machine to single-user mode C. mount unmounted VxFS file systems D. unmount mounted VxFS file systems Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 99

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 100

What is the result of executing the command vxdg -tC -n appldg import datadg? A. Theappldg disk group is renamed as datadg and forcibly imported to a new host. B. Theappldg disk group is temporarily imported using the new name datadg and import locks are cleared upon import. C. Thedatadg disk group is temporarily imported using the new name appldg and import locks are cleared upon import. D. Thedatadg disk group is forcibly imported under the new name appldg, unless import locks exist, in which case the import fails. Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 101

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A. vxdisk B. vxedit C. vxdiskadm D. vxdg

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam What are the advantages of using a logical point-in-time copy (PITC)? (Choose two.) A. The PITC is initially a complete copy of the primary data. B. The PITC is available for use instantaneously. C. Potentially, less storage space is required. D. The storage space required is the same regardless of volume size. E. The PITC can be split into a separate volume. Answer: B,C

QUESTION NO: 102 Which vxassist parameter is used to set the size of the stripes in a stripe volume? A. stripesize B. stripecolsize C. stripeunit D. stsize Answer: C

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 104 What are valid reasons for adding a mirror to a volume? (Choose three.) A. To add redundancy through parity B. To eliminate a single point of failure C. To improve write performance D. To improve read performance

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam E. To migrate data Answer: B,D,E

QUESTION NO: 105 The datavol volume uses the datadg01 disk in the datadg disk group. If the hardware LUN that corresponds to the disk is resized, which command would update the Volume Manager disk headers and other structures? A. vxresize -g datadg datavol datadg01 B. vxresize -g datadg datadg01 C. vxdisk -g datadg resize datadg01 D. vxassist -g datadg resize datavol datadg01 Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 106

Which command is used to determine the amount of unallocated space for all disk groups? A. vxdg -o alldgs free B. vxdg free C. vxdg list D. vxdg -o alldgs list Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 107

Which command creates a RAID-5 volume with an attached log? A. vxassist -g datadg make datavol layout=raid5 ncol=3 B. vxassist -g datadg make datavol layout=raid5,addlog ncol=3 C. vxassist -g datadg make datavol layout=raid5,raid5log ncol=3 D. vxassist -g datadg make datavol layout=raid5,rlog ncol=3 Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 108

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam What are the advantages of layered volumes? (Choose two.) A. Faster recovery time B. Use of more VM objects C. Better write performance D. Higher resiliency E. Less disk space usage Answer: A,D

QUESTION NO: 109 In the output of the vxdisk -o alldgs list command, there are no entries in the DISK and GROUP columns. However, you see online in the output of the STATUS column. What does the online status indicate? (Choose three.) A. The disk is currently imported on another system. B. The disk is NOT currently assigned to a disk group. C. The disk is currently deported on another system. D. The disk has been initialized. E. The disk is in the free disk pool.

A. The intent log B. The file change log C. The object location tablefile D. The quotas file Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 111 A disk is removed from a disk group using the following command: vxdg -g datadg rmdisk datadg01 "Pass Any Exam. Any Time." - www.actualtests.com 34

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QUESTION NO: 112 What must you do to rename the testdg disk group to engdg from the command line? A. Destroy the disk group and then re-create the disk group using the new name. B. Use thevxdg change command, which performs a deport and an import in a single step. C. Usevxdg deport followed by vxdg import; the volumes are automatically started in the disk group after the import. D. Usevxdg deport followed by vxdg import and then manually start volumes in the disk group by using the vxvol command. Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 113

A. Only concatenated or striped volumes can be mirrored. B. By default, a mirror is created with the same layout as the original volume. C. A volume can have up to 64 mirrors. D. Disks with mirrors can be in different disk groups. E. Each mirror must reside on a separate LUN. Answer: A,B,E

QUESTION NO: 114 What are the different operating modes of the vxconfigd daemon? (Choose three.) A. Enabled B. Faulted C. Stopped

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QUESTION NO: 115 Which disk group names are reserved system-wide? (Choose two.) A. rootdg B. vmdg C. nodg D. defaultdg E. systemdg Answer: C,D

QUESTION NO: 116

What are the options when you deport a disk group? (Choose two.) A. Rename B. Simple C. New version D. New host E. Temporary Answer: A,D

QUESTION NO: 117

Which vxprint parameters display subvolume information? A. -sv B. -r C. -rf D. -l Answer: B

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Symantec 250-250: Practice Exam QUESTION NO: 118 Which command is used to restart the configuration daemon with debugging turned on at its highest level? A. vxconfigd -k -x 9 B. vxconfigd -k -d 9 C. vxconfigd -d 9 D. vxconfigd -r -d 9 Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 119

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 120

Which conversion option is used to convert a RAID-0+1 volume to a layered volume? A. Mirror-stripe to stripe-mirror B. Stripe-mirror to mirror-stripe C. Mirror-concatenate to concatenate-mirror D. Concatenate-mirror to mirror-concatenate Answer: A

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