Describe the Snapshots Data Protection Feature and Snapshot Creation UNITY-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–18

1. 16foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a valid method to create a snapshot on a Dell Unity system?

   • AOnly by using the REST API with a special 'snapshot' endpoint
   • BOnly by copying the storage resource to a different pool
   • CManually via Unisphere, or automatically via a scheduled snapshot policy
   • DOnly through the command line interface (CLI) using the 'snap create' command
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2. 17application · medium

   An administrator is planning a snapshot strategy for a Unity storage resource that hosts a high-transaction OLTP database. They want to keep hourly snapshots for the past 24 hours and daily snapshots for the past 30 days. The Unity system has a maximum limit of 256 snapshots per storage resource. What is the most appropriate approach?

   • ACreate 256 snapshots manually and never delete them.
   • BCreate only daily snapshots and keep them for 30 days, ignoring hourly snapshots.
   • CConfigure a schedule that creates 24 hourly snapshots and 30 daily snapshots, and let the system automatically expire them based on retention.
   • DUse a schedule that creates snapshots every minute and keep them indefinitely.
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3. 18application · medium

   A storage administrator is explaining to a colleague why snapshots on a Unity array do not immediately consume a large amount of space. The storage resource is 2 TB with 1.5 TB used. They create a snapshot. Which statement accurately describes the space usage?

   • AThe snapshot immediately consumes 1.5 TB of space because it copies all used blocks.
   • BThe snapshot consumes no space at all, even after data changes.
   • CThe snapshot consumes 2 TB of space because it reserves the entire storage resource capacity.
   • DThe snapshot initially consumes only a small amount of space for metadata, and space grows as the original data is modified.
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