Describe How SmartLock and SmartDedupe Are Configured POWERSCALE-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   An administrator needs to configure a SmartLock compliance mode domain on a PowerScale cluster. Which action is required to enable compliance mode for a SmartLock directory?

   • AEnable the SmartLock license and then create a new directory with the default enterprise mode.
   • BUse the compliance clock to set a retention period and then delete the directory to activate compliance mode.
   • CSet the SmartLock directory to compliance mode using the compliance clock and then commit the directory to prevent changes.
   • DRun the 'isi smartlock settings modify' command with the '--compliance' flag on the cluster.
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2. 7application · medium

   After enabling SmartDedupe on a directory, a storage administrator runs a deduplication job and then checks the SmartDedupe report to see the space savings. The report shows a savings percentage of 0%. Which action should the administrator take to investigate the lack of savings?

   • ADisable and re-enable SmartDedupe on the directory to force a new job.
   • BCheck if the directory is in a SmartLock compliance mode.
   • CIncrease the deduplication job priority to run more frequently.
   • DVerify that the directory contains files that are similar or identical and that the job completed successfully.
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4. 8expert · hard

   A company stores large backup files on a PowerScale cluster. The administrator enabled SmartDedupe on the backup directory and scheduled a deduplication job to run nightly. After a week, the SmartDedupe report shows only 2% space savings. The backup files are compressed before being stored. What should the administrator do to improve space savings?

   • AIncrease the deduplication job priority to run more frequently.
   • BDisable SmartDedupe and use file compression instead.
   • CReview the backup data to see if it contains duplicate blocks that are not already compressed.
   • DEnable SmartDedupe on the entire cluster to increase the chance of finding duplicates.
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5. 9application · medium

   A government agency needs to store records that must be retained for 10 years and must be immutable. The agency's security policy requires that even the storage administrator cannot alter or delete the records during the retention period. The PowerScale cluster is already in production with other data. Which configuration should the administrator use for the new records?

   • AUse standard directories and set the retention period with file system quotas.
   • BCreate a new SmartLock directory in compliance mode and set the retention period to 10 years.
   • CCreate a SmartLock directory in enterprise mode and set the retention period to 10 years.
   • DEnable compliance mode on the entire cluster and set the retention period to 10 years.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   An administrator needs to manually run a SmartDedupe job to reclaim space immediately. What is the correct way to do this?

   • ADelete duplicate files manually from the cluster.
   • BRun the SmartDedupe job manually from the job management interface.
   • CWait for the next scheduled job to run automatically.
   • DReboot the cluster to trigger deduplication.
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