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Veritas VCS-257 Exam Syllabus

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Before starting your VCS-257 exam preparation, it is recommended to review the complete Veritas Administration of Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.1 for UNIX/Linux exam syllabus and carefully go through the exam objectives listed below. Once you understand the exam structure and objectives, you should practice using our free VCS-257 questions. We also provide premium VCS-257 practice test, fully updated according to the latest exam objectives, to help you accurately assess your preparedness for the actual exam.

Veritas VCS-257 Exam Objectives

Section Objectives
SECTION 1 Overview and Architecture
  • Define the types, purpose, and benefits of storage virtualization.  
  • Define the benefits and components of Veritas InfoScale Storage for UNIX/Linux including Storage Foundation
  • and Storage Foundation Cluster File System with Volume Manager, File System, Dynamic Multi-Pathing, Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware, Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager, Storage Foundation for databases, Veritas File Replicator, and Veritas Volume Replicator.  
  • Identify InfoScale Storage physical and virtual objects.  
  • Demonstrate an understanding of advanced InfoScale Storage architectures including Flexible Storage Sharing and replicating solutions.
SECTION 2 Installation and Configuration
  • Demonstrate the ability to install, license, and configure InfoScale Storage for UNIX/Linux using the common product installer (CPI).  
  • Demonstrate understanding of the InfoScale Storage Command Line Interface (CLI) and Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM).
  • Describe how to configure and manage private and shared disk groups.
  • Describe how to create and delete concatenated, striped, mirrored, RAID-5, and layered volumes.  
  • Describe how to create and configure local and clustered Veritas File Systems.
  • Describe how to configure volumes by adding mirrors and logs.  
SECTION 3 Managing and Reporting
  • Describe how to perform file system administration.  
  • Describe how InfoScale Storage supports thin provisioning, including thin reclamation.
  • Describe how to perform basic troubleshooting and recovery to address InfoScale Storage failures.  
  • Describe how to use Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM) to manage and monitor an InfoScale Storage environment.
  • Identify the InfoScale Storage tools used to monitor and analyze performance.  
  • Describe how to perform online administrative tasks for Veritas Volume Manager.
  • Describe how the kernel components manage the InfoScale Storage architecture.
  • Describe how to administer Dynamic Multi-Pathing for storage management and reporting.
  • Describe how to manage InfoScale Storage snapshots and storage checkpoints, including checkpoint visibility and checkpoint auto-mounting.  
  • Identify the file systems that would benefit from File System data compression and deduplication features and describe how to use them.
  • Describe how to configure the Site Awareness feature of InfoScale Storage.
  • Define the InfoScale Storage capabilities for Storage Tiering using SmartTier.
  • Describe how to configure and manage SmartIO.
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