Integrate ECS and Isilon CloudPools ECS-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   A company wants to use CloudPools to tier data to ECS, but they are concerned about the security of the S3 credentials used for authentication. What is the recommended practice for managing these credentials?

   • AStore the credentials in a plain text file on the Isilon cluster.
   • BShare the credentials with all administrators for easy management.
   • CCreate a dedicated ECS user with minimal permissions and use those credentials in the CloudPools configuration.
   • DUse the ECS root account credentials for simplicity.
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2. 12foundation · easy

   Which authentication method is commonly used when configuring an Isilon CloudPools account to connect to ECS?

   • ASSH key-based authentication
   • BOAuth 2.0 token-based authentication
   • CKerberos authentication
   • DUsername and password with S3 API credentials
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4. 13expert · hard

   An administrator is configuring CloudPools to use ECS and wants to ensure that data is encrypted at rest in ECS. What should they configure?

   • AUse a third-party encryption tool on the Isilon side before tiering.
   • BEncrypt the Isilon filesystem with encryption at rest.
   • CEnable SSL/TLS on the CloudPools cloud pool.
   • DEnable encryption on the ECS bucket or use ECS's server-side encryption.
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5. 14expert · hard

   An organization has a CloudPools policy that tiers files older than 1 year to ECS. After a major network outage, the administrator notices that many files that should have been tiered are still on Isilon, and the CloudPools logs show 'tiering job paused' messages. The network is now stable. What should the administrator do to resume tiering?

   • ADelete the CloudPools policy and recreate it.
   • BWait for the next scheduled tiering job to run automatically.
   • CReboot the Isilon cluster to clear the paused state.
   • DManually restart the tiering job from the CloudPools management interface.
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6. 15application · medium

   After configuring CloudPools to use ECS, the Isilon cluster reports that tiering jobs are failing with authentication errors. The ECS bucket exists and the access key and secret key are correct. What is the most likely cause of the authentication failure?

   • AThe ECS user does not have permission to write to the target bucket.
   • BThe Isilon cluster does not have a SmartConnect license.
   • CThe Isilon cluster is not joined to Active Directory.
   • DThe ECS bucket is not versioned.
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