Apply a Protection Policy to a Virtual Machine Created on a vVol POWERSTORE-OPERATE Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A company is deploying a new VMware cluster on PowerStore. They want to create VMs on vVols and apply protection policies. Which of the following is a prerequisite for creating a VM on a vVol?

   • AThe ESXi hosts must have the PowerStore NFS client installed and configured.
   • BA protection policy must be created and applied to the storage container before any VM can be created.
   • CThe VASA provider must be registered with vCenter, and a storage container must be mounted as a datastore to the ESXi hosts.
   • DThe vCenter Server must be running on a PowerStore vVol.
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2. 7foundation · easy

   Which VMware component must be properly configured and connected to the PowerStore system to enable vVol datastore creation and VM provisioning?

   • AVMware vCenter Server with the VASA provider registered
   • BVMware ESXi host with a local VMFS datastore
   • CVMware vSphere Replication appliance
   • DVMware vSAN cluster configured on the PowerStore system
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4. 8foundation · easy

   An administrator wants to apply a protection policy to a VM that resides on a vVol datastore. Which interface can be used to perform this task?

   • AVMware vSphere Client only
   • BPowerShell with the VMware PowerCLI module only
   • CSSH to the PowerStore system and edit the VM configuration file
   • DPowerStore Manager or the PowerStore REST API
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5. 9application · medium

   A company has a vVol-backed VM that is currently protected by a policy named 'Standard'. They want to change the protection to a more aggressive policy named 'Critical' that takes snapshots every 15 minutes. What is the correct way to change the protection policy for this VM?

   • AIn PowerStore Manager, locate the vVol backing the VM and modify its protection policy, replacing 'Standard' with 'Critical'.
   • BIn PowerStore Manager, delete the 'Standard' policy and create a new policy named 'Critical' with the same settings.
   • CIn vCenter, right-click the VM, select 'Storage Policies', and change the policy from 'Standard' to 'Critical'.
   • DIn PowerStore Manager, create a new storage container with the 'Critical' policy as default and migrate the VM to that container.
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6. 10application · medium

   A storage admin used the REST API to apply a protection policy to a vVol-backed VM. The API call returned a success response. The admin wants to verify the policy was applied correctly. Which API call provides the most direct verification?

   • AGET /api/rest/volume/{id} and check that the protection_policy_id field matches the expected policy ID.
   • BGET /api/rest/vm/{id} and check that the protection_policy_id field matches the expected policy ID.
   • CGET /api/rest/storage_container/{id} and check that the protection_policy_id field matches the expected policy ID.
   • DGET /api/rest/protection_policy/{id} and check that the volume_id field matches the expected vVol ID.
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