IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Implementation Exam Flashcards

Test your knowledge of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus in preparation for the Implementation Exam

1
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What are the 3 catalogs?

A
  • Configuration Catalog - resources being protected
  • Recovery Catalog - metadata about snapshots
  • File Catalog - metadata about individual restore points
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What can Jobs be scheduled for?

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  • Protecting virtual machines and applications
  • Protecting the Spectrum Protect Plus catalog
  • Running inventory
  • Performing cleanup activities
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3
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What are 3 types of storage?

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  • Disk (vSnap storage server)
  • Object Storage
  • Repository Server
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4
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What reduces the load on Spectrum Protect Plus Server resources and balances workload for VMware virtual machine backups?

A

VADP proxies

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5
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What is the Administrative Console used for?

A
  • Install software patches and updates
  • Manage security certificates
  • Working with time zones
  • Starting and stopping IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
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6
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Via which item in the Spectrum Protect Plus web-GUI left-hand menu would you find a mounted test restore?

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Jobs and Operations > Active Resources

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7
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Where can you find upcoming scheduled jobs

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Jobs and Operations > Schedule

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Where can you find all job history and any running jobs?

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Jobs and Operations > Running Jobs

Jobs and Operations > Job History

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Where can you find a list of all SLA Policies by name with their Job Type, Frequency and Retention settings?

A

Manage Protection > Policy Overview

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10
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Where can you create a new SLA Policy?

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Manage Protection > Policy Overview > Add SLA Policy

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11
Q

Name 5 database applications supported by Spectrum Protect Plus

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  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • Db2
  • MongoDB
  • Exchange Server
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12
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Name 2 ways to access the Alert Log

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Reports and Logs > Audit Log

Click on the Bell in the top right of the web-GUI and View Event Log

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13
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What are the 7 panes which can be accessed via the System Configuration tab in the left-hand menu of the web-GUI?

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  • Backup Storage
  • VADP Proxy
  • Site
  • LDAP/SMTP
  • Script
  • Keys and Certificates
  • Global Preferences
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14
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What are the 3 Virtualized Systems supported in Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.7?

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  • VMware
  • Hyper-V
  • Amazon EC2
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What are the 7 panes which can be accessed via the Manage Protection tab in the left-hand menu of the web-GUI?

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  • Policy Overview
  • File Restore
  • File Systems
  • Containers
  • Cloud Management
  • Databases
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Plus > Backup/Restore Catalogs
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16
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Where can a Restore Point be expired?

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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus > Restore Point Retention

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17
Q

Which 5 criteria can be filtered on a Job Log?

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  • Info
  • Warning
  • Error
  • Detail
  • Summary
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18
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Where can you start a restore job?

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Click on the Create Job button either in Jobs and Operations, or within any of the protected systems windows

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19
Q

What do you need to add before you can run an inventory and detect VMware virtual machines to protect?

A

vCenter server

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20
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What do you need to add before you can run an inventory and detect Hyper-V virtual machines to protect?

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Hyper-V server

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21
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What do you need to add before you can run an inventory and detect Amazon EC2 virtual machines to protect?

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An Amazon EC2 account with access and security keys

22
Q

When protecting Amazon EC2 virtual machines, where is the data stored?

A

EC2 data is stored in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Block Store (EBS) snapshots rather than the vSnap server

23
Q

What must be enabled to allow individual files to be restored from VM backups via the File Restore pane in the Spectrum Protect Plus web-GUI?

A

Catalog file metadata

24
Q

What are the 4 panes which can be accessed via the Accounts tab in the left-hand menu of the Spectrum Protect Plus web-GUI?

A
  • User
  • Role
  • Resource Group
  • Identity
25
Q

What are the minimum requirements of the Spectrum Protect Plus virtual appliance?

A
  • 8 vCPU cores 64-bit
  • 48 GB RAM
  • 536 GB disk storage
26
Q

Using what kind of template is a Spectrum Protect Plus virtual appliance deployed on VMware?

A

OVF template

27
Q

Which VMware disk provisioning is recommended for best performance for the Spectrum Protect Plus virtual appliance and vSnap servers?

A

Thick

28
Q

Which tool allows you to give the Spectrum Protect Plus server a static IP address?

A

NMTUI - NetworkManager Text User Interface

29
Q

Which account must you use upon first logon to a new Spectrum Protect Plus server at the CLI?

A

serveradmin

30
Q

What is the URL of the Spectrum Protect Plus Administration Console including the port number?

A

https://hostname:8090

Where hostname is the IP address of the virtual machine where the application is deployed.

31
Q

Which account must you use upon first logon to a new Spectrum Protect Plus server via the web-GUI?

A

admin

Both the username and password must be changed upon first logon.

32
Q

When can AES 256-bit encryption be configured on a vSnap repository

A

At initialisation

33
Q

In what 2 formats can a vSnap server be deployed?

A

As a virtual appliance or as a physical RHEL or CentOS Linux system

34
Q

Which 3 restore destination options are available for a VMware restore?

A
  • Original Host or Cluster
  • Alternate Host or Cluster
  • ESX host if vCenter is down
35
Q

What are the 3 Instant VM restore modes?

A
  • Production
  • Test
  • Clone
36
Q

Which VMware function allows a VM restored in Test mode to be moved to Production or Clone mode?

A

vMotion

37
Q

To protect a Microsoft 365 application, to what must you register the application and grant appropriate permissions?

A

Azure Active Directory

38
Q

What optional vSnap storage, often on flash, is used to optimise backups when using deduplication, and performance for data reuse scenarios?

A

Cache

39
Q

When deduplication is enabled with compression, which process is applied first to incoming blocks?

A

Compression

40
Q

How can you control data flow between vSnap servers?

A

Enable throttle on the vSnap Site Properties

41
Q

Where can you download patches?

A

The IBM Fix Central portal

42
Q

What protocol is the data path between the VDAP proxy and the vSnap

A

NFS

43
Q

What are the 4 transport modes between the vSphere datastore and the VADP proxy?

A
  • san (physical VADP proxy)
  • hotadd (virtual VADP proxy)
  • nbdssl
  • nbd
44
Q

If a VADP proxy is down before a job starts, what happens?

A

The other proxies take over and complete the job

45
Q

Name the 3 supported cloud targets for long-term copy and archive data

A
  • IBM COS
  • Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
  • Amazon S3 Object Storage
46
Q

What are the 3 restore modes for SQL and Oracle databases?

A
  • Instant Access mode
  • Test mode
  • Production mode
47
Q

What are the 3 restore job types on the SQL database Source Snapshot page?

A
  • On-demand: Snapshot
  • On-demand: Point-in-Time
  • Recurring
48
Q

Which targets are supported for for full copy archive jobs?

A
  • Amazon S3 Glacier
  • IBM Cloud Object Storage Archive Tier
  • Microsoft Azure Blob Archive
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Server Tape Storage Pool
49
Q

When using Standard object storage, such as Azure Blob Cool Tier, to copy snapshots to the cloud for long-term retention, are these backups full, incremental or differential?

A

Full then incremental for every subsequent backup job

50
Q

What is the name of the tab in the Jobs and Operations pane which shows upcoming scheduled jobs?

A

Schedule