Explain Various Operation Management Activities DATA-PROTECTION-MANAGEMENT-FOUNDATIONS Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   Which activity is part of the day-to-day operational management of a data protection environment?

   • ASetting the corporate vision
   • BConducting employee performance reviews
   • CMonitoring backup job status and alerting on failures
   • DChoosing the brand of backup tapes
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2. 2application · medium

   A company has a regulatory requirement to retain daily backups for one year. The backup administrator notices that the retention policy is set to 30 days, and some backups are being deleted prematurely. What should the administrator do to ensure compliance?

   • AManually copy the daily backups to a separate archive location and delete the originals.
   • BIncrease the retention period to two years to provide a buffer.
   • CChange the retention policy for the affected backup jobs to one year.
   • DDisable the retention policy to prevent any backups from being deleted.
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4. 3application · medium

   A data protection administrator is planning to upgrade the backup server software to a new version. The upgrade includes changes to the backup format. What should the administrator do before performing the upgrade to ensure that existing backups remain restorable?

   • AVerify that the new version supports reading the existing backup format and test a restore in a non-production environment.
   • BDisable all backup jobs during the upgrade to prevent any interference.
   • CIncrease the retention period for existing backups to keep them longer.
   • DPerform a full backup of all protected systems immediately after the upgrade.
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5. 4expert · hard

   A backup administrator is planning to upgrade the backup application to a new major version. The upgrade is expected to take several hours and will require a reboot of the backup server. The company has a 24/7 operation, and backups are scheduled throughout the day. What should the administrator do to minimize the impact of the upgrade?

   • ATake a full backup of all systems before the upgrade and then perform the upgrade.
   • BUpgrade the backup server in a test environment first, then apply the same upgrade to production.
   • CPerform the upgrade immediately and accept the risk of backup failures.
   • DPerform the upgrade during a maintenance window when backup activity is at its lowest.
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6. 5expert · hard

   A data protection team is experiencing intermittent backup failures that are difficult to reproduce. The monitoring system shows that the failures occur during periods of high I/O on the backup storage. The team suspects that the storage array is the bottleneck. What should they do to confirm the root cause?

   • AReplace the storage array with a faster model.
   • BIncrease the number of backup streams to see if the failures become more frequent.
   • CDisable monitoring alerts to reduce noise.
   • DCollect performance metrics from the storage array during the failure windows and compare them with baseline data.
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