NetWorker Expert Exam for Implementation Engineers v1.0
Question 1
Which Dell EMC NetWorker directive is capable of identifying disk-based bottlenecks by testing read speeds and writing data to a null device?
- A. bigasm
- B. Global
- C. Local
- D. uasm
Answer : D
Explanation:
The uasm directive tests disk read speeds, and by writing data to a null device can identify disk-based bottlenecks.
Reference:
https://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu81535.pdf
Question 2
A Dell EMC NetWorker backup administrator is concerned about backup performance when writing to a specific device on a storage node. If the "Dynamic nsrmmds" attribute is enabled, under which condition will multiple nsrmmd processes be started for the device?
- A. No other devices are available for backup of the client
- B. Number of sessions on the device exceeds 80% of the max sessions
- C. Number of sessions on the device exceeds the target sessions
- D. Parallel save streams per save set attribute is enabled
Answer : C
Explanation:
Number of sessions to a device exceeds the number of target sessions.
Reference:
https://ahmadelgendi.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/dds-dynamic-nsrmmd-2/
Question 3
A customer is configuring Dell EMC NetWorker for use with a DD Boost device. They want to ensure they optimize performance. When balancing DD Boost devices and backup sessions, which option will result in the best performance?
- A. Many DD Boost devices with minimal backup sessions per device
- B. Fewer DD Boost devices with minimal backup sessions per device
- C. Many DD Boost devices with more backup sessions on each device
- D. Fewer DD Boost devices with more backup sessions on each device
Answer : D
Explanation:
For best performance, use fewer devices and more backup sessions on each device.
Reference:
https://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu57693.pdf
Question 4
You are performing an instance level recovery for a supported Microsoft (MS) SQL cluster backed up with Dell EMC NetWorker. The following steps were performed:
-> Launched NetWorker Module for Microsoft
-> Selected the instance
-> Clicked "Recover"
However, the recovery failed. Which step should have occurred first to ensure a successful recovery?
- A. Take the disk resource offline in the SQL server resource from within Windows Disk Management.
- B. Failover the SQL server resource to a secondary node from within Windows Cluster Management.
- C. Perform a SQL database integrity task from within SQL Management Studio
- D. Take the SQL server resource offline from within Windows Cluster Management
Answer : A
Question 5
A Dell EMC NetWorker backup administrator has been performing ProtectPoint backups of their Oracle and DB2 databases. In addition to the databases, the
Oracle servers also contain important files that need to be backed up. The administrator plans to integrate ProtectPoint with their NetWorker server.
Which ProtectPoint backups can be managed through NetWorker?
- A. Oracle and DB2 databases and file backups
- B. File backups only
- C. Oracle and DB2 database backups only
- D. Oracle database backups only
Answer : D
Question 6
A Dell EMC NetWorker customer is using AFTD over NFS and is experiencing poor backup speeds. They want to increase the maximum potential block size after the AFTD is labeled without losing prior backup data.
What is the recommended action to improve the backup speeds?
- A. Relabel the device and change the block size to a value between 256 "" 512 KB.
- B. Make the device read-only and create a new AFTD device with a block size between 128 "" 256 KB
- C. Relabel the device and change the block size to a value between 128 "" 256 KB
- D. Make the device read-only and create a new AFTD device with a block size between 64 "" 128 KB
Answer : D
Question 7
A Dell EMC NetWorker administrator receives an e-mail indicating that 10 e-mails from the Public mailbox are missing. The Microsoft Exchange administrator wants to restore only the 10 e-mails to an alternate location.
Can this recovery be performed and why?
- A. No. Granular Level Recovery of the Public folder is not supported.
- B. Yes. RDB Recovery can restore only the 10 e-mails.
- C. Yes. Granular Level Recovery of the Public folder is supported.
- D. No. The Public folder cannot be restored.
Answer : C
Question 8
By default, what is the Dell EMC NetWorker command that is scheduled to run every Monday at 7:00 AM local time?
- A. nsrck
- B. nsrclientfix
- C. nsrdiscover
- D. nsrim
Answer : B
Explanation:
The nsrclientfix command can be run manually from command line. By default, NetWorker runs this the command every Monday at 7:00 AM.
Reference:
https://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu61083.pdf
Question 9
You are backing up a Microsoft SharePoint 2013 farm using NMM. Which permissions should be granted within Microsoft SQL server to the Windows login account?
- A. sysadmin, public, and dbcreator
- B. serveradmin, processadmin, and diskadmin
- C. setupadmin, securityadmin, and dbcreator
- D. sysadmin, securityadmin, and public
Answer : A
Reference:
https://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu89836.pdf
Question 10
DRAG DROP -
A Dell EMC customer wants to implement NetWorker Virtual Edition into their backup environment. What is the correct sequence of events they need to follow?
Select and Place:
Answer : 
Question 11
A Dell EMC NetWorker administrator successfully restored an Oracle RAC database using the "Incomplete Recovery" process. When the DBA attempted to replay the REDO logs, no logs were found.
What happened to the REDO logs?
- A. Transactions need to be restored from the backups
- B. REDO logs were shared by all members of the RAC system
- C. REDO logs were archived on another node in the RAC
- D. Transactions that were committed after the recovery were lost
Answer : C
Question 12
A Dell EMC NetWorker administrator is configuring the backup environment to use the parallel save streams feature. However, the administrator notices that the feature is not being used for backups of a specific client. What is a possible cause for this issue?
- A. Client parallelism = 4 PSS: streams_per_ss = 4
- B. Client parallelism = 8 PSS: streams_per_ss = 4
- C. Client parallelism = 8 PSS: streams_per_ss = 12
- D. Client parallelism = 12 PSS: streams_per_ss = 4
Answer : D
Question 13
A Dell EMC NetWorker administrator wants to optimize the backup environment to use less storage IOPS for their NetWorker server. Which activity will help to optimize the NetWorker server?
- A. Increase external reporting to minimize IOPS
- B. Distribute the backup start times throughout the backup window
- C. Start all clone jobs as the last action in the backup workflows
- D. Start the clone jobs immediately after their associated backup
Answer : B
Question 14
A Dell EMC NetWorker administrator is protecting a VMware environment. A problem has occurred and the virtual vCenter server must be recovered from a backup. Which recovery method must be used to restore the vCenter server?
- A. VMDK Recovery
- B. Emergency VM Recovery
- C. Instant Recovery
- D. Revert VM Recovery
Answer : B
Question 15
A Dell EMC NetWorker administrator is using the NetWorker VMware Protection vProxy solution for backups of their VMware virtual machines. The administrator is performing a VMDK recovery. What is a function of the vrecoverd daemon?
- A. Disk and partition discovery
- B. Handle all image restore requests
- C. Communicate with the NetWorker server
- D. Copy files to the target location
Answer : A