You have decided to implement SRDF/S to replicate your Microsoft SQL Server database to a remote site. The database is running in mixed-mode authentication and is comprised of three data files, each in their own file group. One of the…
Some applications on an EMC Symmetrix VMAX array are remotely replicated with SRDF/S. Symmetrix Priority Controls (SPC) is used to improve performance of these applications. When will SPC be most effective? A. When different applications share the same physical disks…
A storage administrator is configuring Optimizer on an EMC Symmetrix VMAX array. The array is configured entirely with RAID 5 (3+1) devices. All devices are 8 GB and all devices are R1 devices with SRDF/A mirrors on a remote array.…
An EMC Symmetrix VMAX storage array is hosting multiple Microsoft Exchange 2010 servers in a virtualized infrastructure. Replication Manager is being used with TimeFinder/Clone to provide backups of the Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment with Microsoft Volume Shadow Service (VSS). Each…
A storage administrator is planning to implement Dynamic Cache Partitioning (DCP) on an EMC Symmetrix VMAX array. There are 17 applications running on hosts attached to this array. Which steps need to be completed before the final configuration of DCP?…
When formatting Symmetrix volumes for use with Microsoft SQL Server online transaction processing databases, which allocation unit size should be selected? A. 32K B. 64K C. 4096 D. 8192
A database administrator is implementing a new production database in Oracle 11g for Oracle RAC hosts attached to an EMC Symmetrix. The storage for the redo logs need to be provisioned. How should the metavolume be configured for redo logs?…
You work in the SAN engineering department for a company that has deployed their Microsoft Exchange 2010 application on EMC Symmetrix VMAX storage arrays across multiple site locations. The VMAX storage arrays utilize SRDF for disaster recovery. You are required…
A system administrator needs to migrate all virtual machines in a vSphere datastore from an EMC Symmetrix DMX3 to a VMAX. The virtual machines will be migrated individually to minimize the impact to the ESX hosts. The virtual machines must…
Multiple production workloads on an EMC Symmetrix array experience performance issues during the backup window. Even though backups are written to SATA devices and production workloads reside on EFD and FC devices, response times for the production hosts degrade during…