Describe SRDF Operations. POWERMAX-OPERATE Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1expert · hard

   A healthcare provider uses SRDF/S for a patient records system. The system has multiple volumes that must be replicated together. The storage team needs to perform a failover test without affecting the production source. They plan to split the consistency group, fail over the target, and then restore. What is the correct sequence of operations?

   • AFailover, split, then restore
   • BRestore, failover, then split
   • CSplit, restore, then failover
   • DSplit, failover, then restore
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2. 2application · medium

   A bank uses SRDF/S for a transaction processing system. The system has multiple volumes that must be replicated together. The storage team needs to perform a failover test without affecting the production source. What is the correct approach?

   • ASplit the consistency group and then fail over the target
   • BUse the 'restore' operation to copy data back to the source
   • CFail over the entire consistency group to the target
   • DInvalidate the target and then fail over
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4. 3application · medium

   A financial services firm uses SRDF/S for a critical database. The RPO requirement is zero data loss, and the RTO is under 15 minutes. The database spans multiple volumes that must be failed over together. The storage team needs to perform a planned failover for maintenance without disrupting the application. Which SRDF operation should they use?

   • ASplit the SRDF pair and then fail over to the target
   • BEstablish a new SRDF session and wait for synchronization
   • CUse the 'invalidate' operation to mark the source as invalid and switch
   • DPerform a planned failover using the SRDF 'failover' operation
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5. 4application · medium

   A storage administrator is monitoring SRDF pairs using Unisphere for PowerMax. One pair shows a state of 'Synchronized' but the 'Write Pending' counter is consistently high. What does this indicate?

   • AThe pair is in sync but the target is not keeping up with the write rate
   • BThe pair is actually in a 'Split' state
   • CThe source is not receiving any writes
   • DThe target is ahead of the source
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6. 5application · medium

   A company uses SRDF/S for a critical application. During a routine test, the storage team accidentally split the SRDF pair. The source and target are now diverging. The application is still running on the source. What should the team do to resume replication without disrupting the application?

   • APerform a failover to the target and then fail back
   • BUse the 'restore' operation to copy data from target to source
   • CInvalidate the target and then re-create the pair
   • DEstablish the SRDF pair again
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