Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) coordinates activities of three components to protect mission critical databases, file systems, and application data when used with HiCommand Protection Manager (HPtM) software. What are the three components? (Choose three.)

A. MS Exchange VSS writer.

B. MS Exchange VSS reader.

C. MS Exchange VSS provider.

D. Protection Manager VSS requestor.

E. Raid Manager Shadow Copy provider.

A customer has implemented a Disaster Recovery solution which involves replicating his data over 100km with TrueCopy Synchronous. Which two describe the customer's reasons for doing this? (Choose two.)

A. There must be an exact copy of the data at all times.

B. The customer needs a cost-effective Disaster Recovery solution.

C. The customer's auditors have dictated this for regulatory reasons.

D. The customer's auditors need exact copies of the data to check consistency.

You are setting up an Hitachi Storage Cluster (HSC) for Microsoft Environments for a customer who wishes to have a fileshare resource called engDep highly available. This fileshare will be configured on a Physical Disk called diskE . The Generic Script resource is called SCScript. What is the correct dependency order for setting up these resources?

A. EngDep is dependent on diskE and diskE is dependent on SCScript

B. EngDep is dependent on diskE and engDep is dependent on SCScript

C. DiskE is dependent on engDep and diskE is dependent on SCScript

D. EngDep is dependent on SCScript and diskE is dependent on SCScript

After executing a paircreate command you find that the secondary volume is mounted to a system. Which action sequence should be used to correct this situation?

A. Unmount the secondary volume.

B. Unmount the secondary volume then execute the paircreate command again.

C. Execute pairsplit -S, unmount the secondary volume, then execute the paircreate command again.

D. Unmount the secondary volume, execute pairsplit -S, then execute the paircreate command again.

A customer has a number of applications on different operating systems. These applications require fail-over capability. The customer has chosen the appropriate cluster technology for each platform. With which two cluster types is Hitachi Data Systems allowed to integrate? (Choose two.)

A. Sun Cluster

B. MetroCluster

C. Veritas Cluster

D. Continental Cluster

A customer wants to copy application data over 130km. There is limited budget, the RPO is six hours, and there are few updates. Which configuration and software is the best choice?

A. USP and HUR linked by OC-3

B. AMS and TrueCopy Synchronous linked by DS-3

C. USP and TrueCopy Asynchronous linked by OC-3

D. AMS and TrueCopy Extended Distance linked by DS-3

Which components of HiCommand Protection Manager software are necessary to protect a File System on a Windows server?

A. Console, Copy Controller

B. Console, Copy Controller and VSS agent for File System

C. Console, Copy Controller and Raid Manager Shadow Copy provider

D. Copy Controller, Raid Manager Shadow Copy provider and Protection Manager agent

A customer wishes to create copies using Copy-on-Write SnapShot of a database containing a large number of changes -- about 50 percent for each day. The customer also wants to keep five copies of the database though access to the copies is not high. Which statement is correct?

A. The pool should reside on external storage to keep costs low.

B. The pool logical volumes should be the same size as the production logical volumes.

C. The database should be copied using ShadowImage and not Copy-on-Write SnapShot.

D. The pool should be at least three times the size of the database if Copy-on-Write SnapShot is used.

A customer is implementing Copy-on-Write SnapShot (CoW) for the first time on a Universal Storage Platform USP100 array. What should the customer do prior to creating the pool?

A. Create the V-VOL group.

B. Register the pool ID number.

C. Initialize the V-VOL management area;

D. Place the pool disks in a separate CLPR.

A customer has concerns about the testing of a number of updates to his main application on a 30TB database. There are 5 separate changes that need to be implemented. They are urgent and need to be implemented quickly during the following week. Which solution would you recommend?

A. Copy the entire database at the beginning of the week using ShadowImage and apply each update on a day by day basis using TrueCopy Synchronous to copy the database.

B. Copy the entire database at the beginning of the week using Copy-On-Write and apply each update on a day by day basis using TrueCopy Synchronous to copy the database.

C. Copy the entire database at the beginning of the week using Copy-On-Write and apply each update on a day by day basis taking a ShadowImage snapshot each time before doing so.

D. Copy the entire database at the beginning of the week using Copy-On-Write and apply each update on a day by day basis taking a Copy-On-Write snapshot each time before doing so.