Describe How SmartLock and SmartDedupe Are Configured POWERSCALE-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   An administrator wants to schedule SmartDedupe jobs to run automatically on a PowerScale cluster. What is the correct way to set up a schedule for SmartDedupe jobs?

   • ACreate a SmartDedupe job and set a schedule using the job's scheduling options.
   • BEnable SmartDedupe and the job will automatically run on a default schedule.
   • CSet a retention period on the SmartDedupe job to trigger it automatically.
   • DUse the cluster's cron service to run the SmartDedupe job manually.
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2. 2foundation · easy

   An administrator wants to enable SmartDedupe on a PowerScale cluster to reduce storage usage. What is the first step to configure SmartDedupe?

   • ARun the 'isi dedupe settings modify' command to enable deduplication globally.
   • BInstall the SmartDedupe plugin on each node in the cluster.
   • CEnable the SmartDedupe license and then create a SmartDedupe job to run on the cluster.
   • DCreate a SmartDedupe directory and then set a retention period for the deduplicated data.
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4. 3expert · hard

   A storage administrator enabled SmartDedupe on a directory and ran a deduplication job. The SmartDedupe report shows that the job completed successfully, but the space savings are lower than expected. The directory contains many large files that are similar but not identical. What should the administrator do to increase space savings?

   • AAccept that the savings are limited because the files are not identical.
   • BEnable SmartDedupe on the entire cluster to find more duplicate blocks.
   • CIncrease the deduplication job priority to run more often.
   • DChange the deduplication algorithm to a more aggressive setting.
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5. 4foundation · easy

   An administrator wants to monitor the space savings achieved by SmartDedupe on a PowerScale cluster. Which tool or report provides information about SmartDedupe space savings?

   • AThe cluster's performance monitoring dashboard, which shows CPU and memory usage.
   • BThe file system audit log, which records file access events.
   • CThe SmartDedupe job report, which shows the amount of space saved after each deduplication run.
   • DThe SmartLock compliance report, which shows the retention status of files.
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6. 5application · medium

   A storage administrator enabled SmartDedupe on a directory and ran a deduplication job. The SmartDedupe report shows a savings percentage of 5%, which is lower than expected. The directory contains many large files that are mostly unique. What should the administrator do to improve space savings?

   • AReview the file types and consider whether the data is suitable for deduplication.
   • BSet the deduplication job to run in the background to avoid performance impact.
   • CIncrease the deduplication job priority to run more often.
   • DEnable SmartDedupe on the entire cluster to increase savings.
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