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VCS-278 Veritas Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.1.2 Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

Prepare effectively for your Veritas VCS-278 Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.1.2 certification with our extensive collection of free, high-quality practice questions. Each question is designed to mirror the actual exam format and objectives, complete with comprehensive answers and detailed explanations. Our materials are regularly updated for 2025, ensuring you have the most current resources to build confidence and succeed on your first attempt.

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Which two have a media and/or density type? (Choose two.)

A.

volume pools

B.

media set

C.

drives

D.

drives

E.

robots

When configuring a NBU-Catalog policy type, you must use a volume pool configured as a catalog backup pool.

A.

False

B.

True

What is the recommended method to configure devices into Media Manager?

A.

the device configuration wizard

B.

The media and device management interface

C.

the command line interface

D.

the device management configuration utility

Which two media status destinations are excluded in the count against maximum number of partially full media? (Choose two.)

A.

Imported

B.

Active

C.

MPX

D.

Multi-Retlev

E.

Frozen

An administrator wants deduplication clients in a remote office to perform backups so less data is sent over the wide area network (WAN).

Which action should the administrator perform to reduce the total amount of data sent over the WAN?

A.

set client attributes to "Always use the media server".

B.

set client attributes to "Always use client-side deduplication".

C.

set the deduplication disk pool to "Limit I/O streams".

D.

enable deduplication stream handlers for the clients.

Which restore method enables simplified search and retrieval across multiple NetBackup domains?

A.

The NetBackup Administration Console

B.

The OpsCenter Operational Restore feature

C.

The Backup, Archive and Restore interface

D.

The NetBackup Operations Manager Interface

Which feature is unavailable for all NetBackup cloud providers when configuring cloud storage using the Cloud Storage Server Configuration wizard?

A.

Compression

B.

Encryption

C.

Spanning volumes

D.

Use Secure Sockets Layer

An administrator is experiencing a communication issue between the master and client and believes the certificate might be revoked.

Which log can the administrator view to analyze a certificate issue?

A.

vnetd

B.

bprd

C.

nbemm

D.

nbrb

An administrator discovers that backup images configured with a fixed two-week retention are failing to expire.

What is a possible cause of this issue?

A.

The disk pool containing the images is unavailable.

B.

Secondary SLP operations on the images are incomplete.

C.

The tape containing the images is frozen.

D.

The tape containing the images is suspended.

An administrator needs to recover the NetBackup master server catalog at a disaster recovery site, but the DR files are unavailable.

Which command should the administrator use to recreate the DR file?

A.

bprecover

B.

nbcatsync

C.

bpimtport

D.

cat_import

Backup jobs to an MSDP storage unit of a large EXT3 file system for a Linux client connected via a 1 GbE network are taking excessive time.

Which two settings should an administrator change to improve the performance of the backups? (Choose two.)

A.

enable “Always use client-side deduplication” in the host properties

B.

enable Multiplexing for the storage unit

C.

enable Use Change Journal for the client

D.

enable Use Accelerator for the policy

E.

enable “WAN optimization” for the deduplication pool

Where can an administrator change a disk pool to Down status in the NetBackup Administration Console?

A.

Media and Device Management > Device Monitor > Disk Pools

B.

NetBackup Management > Storage > Storage Unit

C.

Media and Device Management > Credentials > Storage Servers

D.

Media and Device Management > Devices > Disk Pools

Which two pools are created by default in the NetBackup? (Choose two.)

A.

Default pool

B.

Deduplication pool

C.

Scratch pool

D.

CatalogBackup pool

E.

DataStore pool

Which two options are available to an administrator to bring the MSDP catalog back online in the case of a hardware problem that caused corruption? (Choose two.)

A.

restore the MSDP catalog from the NetBackup catalog backup.

B.

recover the MSDP catalog from a MSDP catalog backup.

C.

repair the MSDP catalog using the crchk tool.

D.

restore the MSDP catalog from a MSDP catalog shadow copy.

E.

repair the MSDP catalog using the recoverCR tool.

An administrator has a job that has failed. Upon reviewing the Detailed Status tab for the job, the administrator sees the following information:

Which setting value prevented the job from running during the backup window?

A.

the Global Attributes > “Maximum jobs per client” master server host property

B.

the Timeouts > “Client read timeout” master server host property

C.

the “Maximum concurrent jobs” storage unit setting

D.

the “Limit jobs per policy” policy setting

Which utility is least helpful when troubleshooting network connectivity issues that exist between a media server and a client?

A.

bptestbpcd

B.

nbdb_ping

C.

bptestnetconn

D.

bpclntcmd

How can an administrator check deduplication ratios in the NetBackup Administration Console, apart from the Activity Monitor?

A.

NetBackup Management > Storage > Storage Units

B.

Media and Device Management > Devices > Disk Pools

C.

NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Media Servers

D.

Media and Device Management > Credentials > Storage Servers

To support spanning backups in basic disk storage unit groups, what needs to be performed?

A.

Enable unrestricted media sharing, in the host properties.

B.

Configure the storage unit selection: Spanning.

C.

Allow backups to span disks, in the host properties.

D.

Ensure each basic disk storage unit is configured on a separate media server.

In which scenario is ''Use Accelerator" unavailable in a backup policy?

A.

for VMware virtual machines with a Linux guest OS.

B.

for virtual machines hosted on a Hyper-V Host using WMI.

C.

for a NetApp NDMP filer.

D.

for an Exchange database availability group (DAG).

Which statement is true regarding a policy?

A.

The name of a policy can be modified from the NetBackup Administration Console.

B.

A policy can contain one or more clients.

C.

The Files tab contains the backup selections.

D.

A list of previous backups can be found in the policy.

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