NS0-527: NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—Data Protection Specialist

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This exam validates skills in NetApp data protection solutions, assessment of customer data storage requirements, and implementation of backup and disaster recovery solutions. It is intended for candidates with six to twelve months of experience in NetApp ONTAP replication technologies and in planning, implementing, and administering data protection and recovery solutions. Passing demonstrates competency across data protection design, ONTAP core protection features, NetApp data protection software, business continuity, troubleshooting, and testing.

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  • ONTAP replication technologies25%
  • Planning and implementing data protection solutions25%
  • Configuring backup and recovery software25%
  • Operating backup and disaster recovery deployments25%

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QuestionQ1

ONTAP replication technologies

You must replicate data from site A to two distinct disaster-recovery sites at remote locations B and C. You want destination data to be as current as possible with the source site if an outage occurs.

Which two configurations meet this objective?

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Explanation

SnapMirror Synchronous supports a fan-out configuration with only one synchronous relationship; every additional relationship originating at the source must be asynchronous. It also supports a cascade in which the primary-to-secondary relationship is synchronous only if the secondary-to-tertiary relationship is asynchronous. Therefore, a synchronous A-to-B plus asynchronous A-to-C fan-out, and a synchronous A-to-B plus asynchronous B-to-C cascade, are supported.

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QuestionQ2

Planning and implementing data protection solutions

You have enabled a Snapshot policy for your Azure NetApp Files volume.

Which statement is true in this scenario?

Explanation

Azure NetApp Files snapshot capacity counts toward the volume’s provisioned capacity. Therefore, space retained by snapshots reduces the available space within that volume.

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QuestionQ3

Planning and implementing data protection solutions

You administer an ONTAP 9.8 cluster. An hourly Snapshot schedule has been configured for the volumes of a storage VM. One database on a host that stores multiple databases in the same LUN is accidentally deleted. Users want to restore only that specific database.

In this scenario, how would you satisfy this requirement?

Explanation

ONTAP partial file restore can restore a specified range of bytes from a Snapshot copy to a LUN. It is intended for a host that stores multiple databases in the same LUN, enabling restoration of one database without affecting the other databases in that LUN.

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QuestionQ4

ONTAP replication technologies

A customer wants to replicate storage between two data centers whose hosts use FC-attached LUNs. The primary and secondary data centers are approximately 50 km apart. Each site has two Cisco Nexus 3232C switches cabled to the Ethernet ISLs connecting to the other site. The customer requires the entire NetApp ONTAP 9.7 cluster at the primary site to be mirrored, ensuring continuous availability with zero data loss for business-critical applications. If possible, the customer does not want to buy new equipment.

In this scenario, which solution meets the requirements?

Explanation

MetroCluster IP provides synchronous replication and disaster recovery for the full MetroCluster environment, supporting continuous availability and zero data loss. Cisco Nexus 3232C switches are supported as MetroCluster IP switches with ONTAP 9.7, and MetroCluster configurations support FC SAN protocols, allowing the existing Ethernet ISL topology to be used rather than requiring an FC backend fabric.

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QuestionQ5

ONTAP replication technologies

You have a 2-node AFF A400 cluster that runs ONTAP 9.8. A storage VM (SVM) serves both SMB and NFSv3 data sets to users. You must protect the SVM root volume for a node outage or failover, while keeping client access available without administrator intervention.

In this scenario, which SnapMirror type meets this requirement?

Explanation

A load-sharing mirror uses the LS SnapMirror relationship type and is supported for SVM root volumes that serve NAS clients. It provides a replicated SVM namespace for CIFS/SMB and NFSv3 access, supporting continued client namespace access during node outage or takeover conditions. NetApp: Learn about ONTAP SnapMirror root volume replication

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ONTAP replication technologiesPlanning and implementing data protection solutionsConfiguring backup and recovery softwareOperating backup and disaster recovery deployments
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