How would you model the multiple SRDF/A sessions?
You need to model several SRDF/A workloads that require data consistency across all the
sessions. How would you model the multiple SRDF/A sessions?
Which VMAX FA port flag must be enabled?
A company plans to deploy Symmetrix VMAX arrays in their VMware vSphere environment.
The ESXi hosts will be connected to the VMAX arrays over a FC SAN. Which VMAX FA port
flag must be enabled?
Which VMAX FA port flag is optional?
A company plans to deploy Symmetrix VMAX arrays in their VMware vSphere environment.
The ESXi hosts will be connected to the VMAX arrays over a FC SAN. Which VMAX FA port
flag is optional?
Which format does EMC recommend when creating a virtual disk for a virtual machine?
You are designing a Symmetrix VMAX Virtual Provisioning solution for a VMware vSphere
environment. Which format does EMC recommend when creating a virtual disk for a virtual
machine?
Which format should be recommended when creating virtual disks for these mission critical virtual machines?
You are designing a Symmetrix VMAX Virtual Provisioning solution for a VMware vSphere
environment. Storage allocation must be guaranteed for some mission critical virtual
machines. Which format should be recommended when creating virtual disks for these
mission critical virtual machines?
What is the minimum number of drives recommended to support the application?
A customer is implementing a Microsoft Exchange environment on a Symmetrix VMAX. The
environment will be deployed on 600 GB FC 15K drives using RAID 1 data protection. The
application generates 1350 I/O per second and has a 2:1 read/write ratio. What is the
minimum number of drives recommended to support the application?
What is the minimum number of drives recommended to support the application?
A customer is implementing a Microsoft Exchange environment on a Symmetrix VMAX. The
environment will be deployed on 600 GB FC 15K drives using RAID 5 data protection. The
application generates 2000 I/O per second with an I/O pattern that is 75% reads and 25%
writes. What is the minimum number of drives recommended to support the application?
What do you advise the customer?
Your customer is using Replication Manager to make local TimeFinder/Clone backups of
their Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment. The customer reconfigured the Exchange
environment to place the logs on the L:\ drive and mount the database on L:\SG1DB1. They
updated the associated Replication Manager replica job to reflect the change. The customer
reports that the mount of the database to the backup server now fails. What do you advise
the customer?
What should you advise the customer?
A customer recently reconfigured their Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment. They placed
the log and system files on the L:\ drive and mounted the mailbox stores on L:\SG1DBMP.
The customer reports that they updated the associated Replication Manager replica job to
reflect the change. However, the mounts to the backup server fail. What should you advise
the customer?
What advice should be provided to the customer?
A customer is planning a new Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment on their Symmetrix
VMAX. The customer wants to know how they can backup volumes containing active
mailbox databases. What advice should be provided to the customer?