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DELL TECHNOLOGIESDell PowerStore Operate
The Dell PowerStore Operate certification validates the skills required to manage PowerStore storage arrays in a production environment. It is designed for storage administrators and implementation engineers who provision storage according to business needs, perform ongoing configuration, and handle basic integration tasks. Earning this credential demonstrates you can keep PowerStore environments running reliably and efficiently.
Exam formatProctored exam
DeliveryPearson VUE
Free questions735
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What Dell PowerStore Operate proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
7domains
35objectives
207concepts
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Dell PowerStore Operate certification validates the knowledge and skills required to manage PowerStore storage arrays in a production environment and provision according to business needs. This includes configuration tasks consistent with the ongoing management of a PowerStore and some basic integration topics.
Earning this credential demonstrates that you can effectively administer PowerStore systems, provision block and file storage, configure VMware integration, manage remote protection, and perform data migrations. It is a hands-on, role-based certification for professionals who operate and maintain PowerStore environments.
Who it’s for
This certification is for IT professionals who manage and operate PowerStore storage arrays in production environments. The target audience includes Implementation Specialists, Infrastructure Administrators, Pre-Sales Engineers, Product Specialists, Storage Administrators, Storage Implementation Engineers, Systems Engineers, Technical Consultants, and Technical Support professionals. These individuals are responsible for the day-to-day management, provisioning, and monitoring of PowerStore systems, ensuring they meet business requirements and operate reliably.
Recommended experience
Dell Technologies recommends that candidates complete the recommended training and have hands-on experience with PowerStore administration before taking the exam. Experience managing PowerStore storage arrays in a production environment; Understanding of block and file storage provisioning concepts; Familiarity with VMware vSphere and vVol provisioning; Knowledge of data protection, replication, and migration concepts
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective Dell Technologies measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official Dell Technologies exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
PowerStore Concepts and Features
- Describe the PowerStore system and use cases
- Identify the PowerStore system configurations and models
- Provide an overview of PowerStore architecture and hardware components
PowerStore Administration
- Create and administer management users on PowerStore
- Configure and manage host and host groups
- Manage data protection policies for storage resources
PowerStore Block Provisioning
- Manage block storage
- Manage host access to block storage resources
- Apply a protection policy to block storage resource
- Create a manual snapshot of block storage resource
- Perform snapshot restore and refresh operations
- Perform intercluster data migration
- Configure and manage Thin Clones
- Describe and administer data encryption
- Monitor PowerStore block storage resources
PowerStore File Provisioning
- Manage file storage
- Manage client access to file storage resources
- Apply a protection policy to a file storage resource
- Create a manual snapshot of a file storage resource
- Perform snapshot restore and refresh operations
- Configure and administer file system quotas
- Configure and administer NDMP backup support
- Monitor PowerStore file storage resources
PowerStore VMware Provisioning
- Configure VMware storage
- Configure ESXi host access to PowerStore VMware storage resources
- Apply a protection policy to a virtual machine created on a vVol
- Describe and configure intercluster virtual machine migration (vMotion)
- Monitor VMware storage resources
PowerStore Remote Protection
- Manage remote replication of block storage resources
- Manage remote replication of file storage resources
- Manage remote replication of VMware storage resources
PowerStore Migration
- Describe the PowerStore Migration feature and process
- Identify the PowerStore Migration requirements and capabilities
- Configure the migration feature to import data from supported sources
- Perform migration operations
On the day
The exam itself
Everything Dell Technologies publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
CertificationDell PowerStore Operate
Exam formatProctored exam
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish, French
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path Dell Technologies lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Dell PowerStore Operate
Credential earnedDell PowerStore Operate Certification Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. Dell Technologies maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by Dell Technologies
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Pearson VUE, Dell Technologies’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official Dell Technologies certification page for exam policies and requirements.
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Questions people ask
Is the PowerStore Operate exam related to the PowerStore Design or PowerStore Deploy exams?
The PowerStore Operate exam is part of a family of PowerStore certifications. While the official page does not list them as prerequisites, Dell Technologies offers separate PowerStore Design and PowerStore Deploy certifications that cover different aspects of the PowerStore lifecycle.
Do I need to earn a lower-level Dell certification before taking the PowerStore Operate exam?
No. Dell Technologies lists no mandatory prerequisites for the D-PST-OE-23 exam. You can take it directly, though recommended training and hands-on experience are advised.
How do I schedule the PowerStore Operate exam?
You can schedule the exam through Pearson VUE, either at a testing center or online via OnVUE. The official page instructs candidates to request a digital exam voucher and then use the voucher code to schedule the exam.
Is there a practice test available for the PowerStore Operate exam?
Yes. Dell Technologies offers practice tests that are unproctored, web-based exams. You can schedule a practice test through the official certification page.
What job roles does the PowerStore Operate certification map to?
The certification targets Implementation Specialists, Infrastructure Administrators, Pre-Sales Engineers, Product Specialists, Storage Administrators, Storage Implementation Engineers, Systems Engineers, Technical Consultants, and Technical Support professionals.
Can I recertify by passing a different Dell exam?
Dell Technologies certifications must be renewed periodically. The official exam page does not specify whether passing a different, higher-level exam would renew the PowerStore Operate certification.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 735 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept Dell Technologies measures — each one written out.
7domains
35objectives
207concepts
160free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official Dell Technologies exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1PowerStore Concepts and Features65 questions
2PowerStore Administration66 questions
3PowerStore Block Provisioning185 questions
Manage block storage10 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Manage host access to block storage resources7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Apply a protection policy to block storage resource5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Create a manual snapshot of block storage resource5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Perform snapshot restore and refresh operations7 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Perform intercluster data migration4 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Configure and manage Thin Clones5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Describe and administer data encryption4 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Monitor PowerStore block storage resources1 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →
4PowerStore File Provisioning174 questions
Manage file storage12 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Manage client access to file storage resources7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Apply a protection policy to a file storage resource5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Create a manual snapshot of a file storage resource5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Perform snapshot restore and refresh operations8 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Configure and administer file system quotas7 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Configure and administer NDMP backup support5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Monitor PowerStore file storage resources8 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
5PowerStore VMware Provisioning110 questions
Configure VMware storage7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Configure ESXi host access to PowerStore VMware storage resources5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Apply a protection policy to a virtual machine created on a vVol3 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →Describe and configure intercluster virtual machine migration (vMotion)6 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Monitor VMware storage resources7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →
6PowerStore Remote Protection73 questions
7PowerStore Migration62 questions
Describe the PowerStore Migration feature and process5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Identify the PowerStore Migration requirements and capabilities4 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Configure the migration feature to import data from supported sources6 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Perform migration operations6 concepts · 2 pagesOpen →
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Describe the PowerStore system and use cases4 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
16 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
735 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
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160pages
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Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1PowerStore Concepts and Features65 questions
2PowerStore Administration66 questions
3PowerStore Block Provisioning185 questions
4PowerStore File Provisioning174 questions
5PowerStore VMware Provisioning110 questions
6PowerStore Remote Protection73 questions
7PowerStore Migration62 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
207concepts
735free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from Dell Technologies
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
207concepts mapped
The source
Dell Technologies’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official Dell Technologies outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 35 objectives, 207 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Dell Technologies changes the outline, this page changes with it.
35objectives on the outline→207concepts written→735free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.