E20-895 Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :E20-895
  • Exam Name
    :Backup Recovery - Avamar Expert Exam for Implementation Engineers
  • Certification
    :EMC Certifications
  • Vendor
    :EMC
  • Total Questions
    :258 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :Jul 11, 2026

EMC E20-895 Online Questions & Answers

  • Question 111:

    A customer has an EMC Avamar system backing up a Celerra running DART 6.0 using a single 36 GB NDMP accelerator node. They are also going to back up a VNX OE 7.0 system using the same NDMP accelerator node.

    Each NAS device has 6 GB RAM and four volumes configured on it. Backups will be configured on the Avamar system for both NAS storage devices to start at the same time.

    What will occur when the NDMP backups start using default settings?

    A. One NAS device will start its backup with four streams; the other will queue.
    B. Both backups will start, each with two active streams.
    C. One NAS device will start its backup with one stream; the other will queue.
    D. Both backups will start, each with one stream.

  • Question 112:

    A customer is backing up a 1 TB Oracle database to an EMC Avamar server. They plan to reconfigure it to use an incremental strategy. Their goals are to shorten the backup runtime while maintaining the simplest recovery procedure

    possible.

    What is the recommended configuration?

    A. Configure differential Level-1 backup. Activate Block Change Tracking. Increase RMAN channels, periodically schedule a new Level-0.
    B. Configure cumulative Level-1 backup. Activate Block Change Tracking. Increase RMAN channels, periodically schedule a new Level-0.
    C. Configure differential Level-1 backup. Activate Block Change Tracking. Increase RMAN channels.
    D. Configure cumulative Level-1 backup. Activate Block Change Tracking. Increase RMAN channels.

  • Question 113:

    A current EMC Avamar customer is backing up the databases of their Microsoft Exchange 2007 environment on a nightly basis using the MS Exchange VSS plug-in. They now want to perform granular level recovery of individual messages. The Exchange VSS agent has been installed with the GLR option enabled and the host has been rebooted.What else needs to be done to allow granular level recoveries?

    A. Install the Microsoft MAPI-CDO objects on the Exchange server and configure the Avamar backup user
    B. Configure the Avamar backup user and configure a dataset for granular level backups
    C. Install the Microsoft MAPI-CDO objects on the Exchange server and configure the Exchange Recovery Storage Group
    D. Configure a dataset for granular level backups and install the Microsoft MAPI-CDO objects on the Exchange server

  • Question 114:

    An EMC Avamar customer has a SQL database that successfully completed a full backup. On the next night, a differential was cancelled due to scheduling concerns. What should be considered for the next backup schedule?

    A. Schedule another differential backup at the next backup schedule
    B. Schedule a differential backup after running a tail-log backup
    C. Schedule a full backup at the next backup schedule
    D. Schedule a full backup after a tail-log backup

  • Question 115:

    A company is troubleshooting their existing Dell EMC Avamar backup schedules of an Oracle database. Every Sunday, a Level 0 backup job runs against the database and on all other days, a Level 1 backup job is run. They notice that each Level 1 backup job takes longer than the previous one.

    What needs to be adjusted in the schedule to keep the runtime of the Level 1 jobs to a minimum?

    A. Add a full level backup half-way through the week
    B. Change the Level 1 differential jobs to Level 1 cumulative jobs
    C. Alternate using Level 1 differential jobs and Level 1 cumulative jobs
    D. Change the Level 1 differential jobs to Level 1 differential jobs

  • Question 116:

    A Dell EMC Avamar 7.4.1 administrator is testing the file level restore feature from VMware image backups. They restore a large number of files to VM1, then restore the same files to VM2. Both restores succeed, but the restore for VM2 is much slower.

    What is a possible reason for the slower restore performance?

    A. Avamar client software is not installed on VM2.
    B. The restore to VM2 was a redirected restore.
    C. HotAdd transport is not available for VM2.
    D. VM2 does not have a network connection.

  • Question 117:

    An EMC Avamar customer is having trouble backing up one of their file servers. They are able to ping the Avamar server from the client and vice versa. However, they are unable to browse the client directories. What should be done to fix this issue?

    A. Deactivate the client, then activate it.
    B. Open firewall port 27000 on the client.
    C. Delete and reactivate the client.
    D. Start the Avamar Agent service on the client.

  • Question 118:

    A customer is re-purposing a Dell EMC Avamar server to perform full backups of a new set of clients. The clients are remote and are most busy overnight. The customer notices a reduction in the backup performance compared to the previous configuration.

    How can the customer improve Avamar client backup performance?

    A. Modify Include/Exclude lists to name individual files, not directories
    B. Use the --avtar option --network-throttle
    C. Work with the network admin to increase latency
    D. Modify the Avamar server's backup window to run during the day

  • Question 119:

    A customer has a large Oracle database being backed up to an EMC Avamar server. The backup runtime is exceeding their backup window. What is the recommended method to shorten the backup runtime?

    A. Increase RMAN channel count, enable Oracle Block Change Tracking, and reconfigure Oracle to an incremental strategy
    B. Split the Oracle database files across two unique datasets and run them in parallel using multiple avtar calls
    C. Increase the CPU priority and memory allocation for Oracle plug-in, and use multiple RMAN channels
    D. Create an Oracle database dump file and use the file system plug-in to back it up with concurrent avtar threads

  • Question 120:

    An administrator is backing up 15 million files in a single dataset from an NDMP device. They are experiencing performance issues and ask you for advice. According to Dell EMC best practice, what is the maximum number of files per dataset recommended for backup in this environment?

    A. 5 million
    B. 8 million
    C. 10 million
    D. 12 million

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