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VCS-285 Veritas Netbackup 10.x and Netbackup Appliance 5.x Administrator Practice Questions

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82 questions in the full set7 sample questionsUpdated Jan 18, 2026

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Domains covered on the exam 4
  1. Configure NetBackup 10.x and NetBackup Appliances 5.x
  2. Monitor and Maintain NetBackup 10.x and NetBackup Appliances 5.x
  3. Tune NetBackup 10.x and NetBackup Appliances 5.x
  4. Troubleshoot NetBackup 10.x and NetBackup Appliances 5.x
  1. 1

    An administrator has two offices in different cities with Auto Image Replication (AIR) implemented to replicate the backups from one office location to the other location using Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP). Multiple small servers are backed up daily, which results in many replication jobs in the environment. The Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP) parameters are:After modifying the SLP parameters, three backup jobs are completed and the size of each backup job is 5 GB.A backup window has closed, and no new backup jobs will occur.When does the next replication job start? A.75 minutes after the backup jobs have finishedB.when the force interval for small replication jobs time is reachedC.immediately after the backup jobs have finishedD.when the replication job batch size is 20 GB

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    Correct answer: A, C

  2. 2

    The primary server catalog is being recovered to a new server. The administrator receives the message displayed below:In the NetBackup Administration Console, barcode GBP847S1 is associated with media ID P847S1How should the administrator proceed? A.delete the tape > set the barcode rule accordingly > re-inventory the library > run recoveryB.use bplabel to change the media ID > re-inventory the library > perform recoveryC.use nbdelete to remove the media id > use vmadd to re-add the media id > re-inventory the library > perform recoveryD.delete the tape > set the media ID generation rule accordingly > re-inventory the library > run recovery

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    Correct answer: B

  3. 3

    An administrator has a MS-Windows type policy that has failed for a Microsoft Windows NetBackup client. The policy uses the ALL_LOCAL DRIVES backup selection. See the extract from the end of the job details below:Which two logs will provide the most relevant information for troubleshooting and resolving the error? (Choose two.) A.Operating system logs on the clientB.NetBackup bpbrm logs on the media serverC.NetBackup bptm logs on the media serverD.NetBackup bpfis logs on the media serverE.NetBackup bpfis logs on the client

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    Correct answer: D, E

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