Module 07 - Business Continuity in VDC Flashcards
BC planning should include end-to-end protection of resources at what three layers?
1) Compute, 2) Storage, 3) Network
(7. 4)
Six Advantages of Compute Virtualization in BC
1) Hardware independence, 2) Cross platform compatibility, 3) Mutual isolation, 4) Encapsulation of complete computing environment, 5) Relatively robust BC processes, 6) Higher data availability
(7. 5)
Restoring of data after an outage is faster & more reliable in a VDC or CDC envirnoment.
VDC
(7.5)
What are SPOFs in VDC Compute Infrastructure?
1) Physical server and hypervisor, 2)VM and guest OS
(7. 6)
SPOFs in VDC Storage Infrastructure
1) Storage array and its components, 2) Virtual disks
(7. 6)
SPOFs in VDC Network Infrastructure
1) Network components, 2) Virtual network
(7. 6)
Groups of physical servers are combined and managed as an aggregated compute resource pool in order to protect against server & hypervisor failure.
Clustering
(7.8)
Clustered servers use a clustered file system such as _____ to enable shared access to clustered storage.
VMFS
(7.8)
Uses a secondary VM running on another physical machine as a live copy of the primary VM.
VM Fault Tolerance
(7.9)
Describe VMFT Failover
The primary and secondary VMs check the status of each other using heartbeats. If the primary VM fails, the other takes over immediately.
(7.10)
True or False: The two VMs essentially access a common storage and appear as a single entity with a single IP address and a single MAC address to other VMs.
True
(7.10)
What are the redundant storage components?
1) Array Controllers, 2) Ports in a Storage Array, 3) Storage Arrays
(7. 11)
Three methods to protect physical networks using redundancy
1) Interconnect devices with redundant hot swappable components, 2) Redundant links and multipathing, 3) Redundant NICs and NIC teaming
(7. 12)
Technique to enable multiple paths for accessing the same storage device.Provides dynamic failover to an alternate path if current active path fails.
Multipathing to storage
(7.13)
Enables failover in case of physical NIC failures / link outages
Physical NIC teaming
(7.14)
True or False: After a NIC team is configured, the VM will not be aware of the underlying physical NICs.
True
(7.14)
Link aggregation standard.
IEEE 802.1AX-8000
(7.14)
Preferred type of hypervisor installation for Business Continuity.
Bare-metal (Type 1) hypervisor running directly on the physical compute.
(7.15)
Backup method that provides a way to access individual files. This method is OS dependent.
File-based backup
(7.17)
Backup method that backs up the entire VM in a large flat file. This method is OS independent.
Image-based backup
(7.17)
Backup optimization technique to reduce the overall backup size.
Deduplication
(7.17)