A company has a Dell Unity array with a snapshot reserve that is full. The administrator needs to free up space, but some snapshots are required for compliance and cannot be deleted. What is the best action to take?

Delete the compliance snapshots and restore them from backup.

Reduce the retention period for all snapshots to free up space.

Increase the snapshot reserve size to accommodate the required snapshots.

Move the compliance snapshots to a different array.

A database administrator needs to create a snapshot of a database that is running on a Dell Unity array. The database is in a consistency group with other volumes. The administrator wants to ensure the snapshot is application-consistent. What should the administrator do?

Use the database's native snapshot or backup tool to quiesce the database, then create a consistency group snapshot.

Create individual snapshots of each volume in the consistency group.

Use a clone of the consistency group instead of a snapshot.

Create a consistency group snapshot without quiescing the database.

How is snapshot space typically allocated on a Dell Unity system?

From a remote storage system to save local capacity

From a different storage tier that is always faster

From a separate, dedicated snapshot reserve within the storage pool

From the same space as production data without any separation

What is a potential impact of creating frequent snapshots on a Dell Unity system?

Improved performance because snapshots reduce the amount of data written

Decreased storage capacity usage because snapshots compress data

Increased storage capacity usage and potential performance overhead

No impact on storage capacity because snapshots are stored in memory

Dell Unity Operate

Domain 5Objective 2

Describe the Snapshots Data Protection Feature and Snapshot Creation UNITY-OPERATE Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Data Protection and Mobility domain, which accounts for 25% of the UNITY-OPERATE exam.

24questions here

5free pages

5concepts

25%of the exam

Questions 21–24

21expert · hard
A company has a Dell Unity array with a snapshot reserve that is full. The administrator needs to free up space, but some snapshots are required for compliance and cannot be deleted. What is the best action to take?
Select an answer first
22expert · hard
A database administrator needs to create a snapshot of a database that is running on a Dell Unity array. The database is in a consistency group with other volumes. The administrator wants to ensure the snapshot is application-consistent. What should the administrator do?
Select an answer first
23foundation · easy
How is snapshot space typically allocated on a Dell Unity system?
Select an answer first
24foundation · easy
What is a potential impact of creating frequent snapshots on a Dell Unity system?
Select an answer first

Finished these 4 questions?

Review the revealed explanations, or continue through the curriculum.

No more pagesBack to UNITY-OPERATE

Free Basic Practice is a study aid with revealable answers — not a scored exam. Examers.io is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Dell Technologies. “UNITY-OPERATE” is a trademark of its owner, used for identification only.