VCS-260 Online Practice Questions and Verified Answers

Question 1 Single choice

Refer to the exhibit.

On which node will the websg service group start if all nodes are powered on and come online at the same time?

A
s4
B
s2
C
s1
D
s3

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Correct answer: B

Question 2 Single choice

An administrator wants to place an existing application under high availability control.

Which requirement must be met to place the application under high availability control?

A
The application must have defined start, stop, and monitor procedures.
B
The application must have an unlimited license model.
C
The application must have an enterprise agent available on SORT.
D
The application must run in kernel space.

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Correct answer: A

Question 3 Single choice

Where is the sysoffline trigger executed if a node goes into a jeopardy state or leaves the cluster?

A
on all nodes in the cluster regardless of state
B
on the node that goes offline by entering a jeopardy state or leaving the cluster
C
on all the nodes in the cluster that are still in a RUNNING state
D
on the lowest numbered system in the cluster with a RUNNING state

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Correct answer: D

Question 4 Single choice

Which capability is provided by Virtual Business Service (VBS)?

A
the ability to monitor and alert the administrator to service group faults based on priority
B
the ability to Start and Stop service groups in a pre-defined dependency order
C
the ability to collect cluster HostMonitor data and availability reporting
D
the ability to automatically move service groups to the disaster recovery site on production fault

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Correct answer: D

Question 5 Single choice

All LLT links fail simultaneously in a two-mode cluster with disk-based fencing configured. Node0 won the race for the coordinator disks, and Node1 panics and restarts as a result of losing the race. Node1 is now unable to join Node0 to form a cluster.

What happens if the administrator forces GAB to seed on Node1?

A
Node1 joins the cluster, but it is in jeopardy membership.
B
The administrator inadvertently causes a split-brain condition.
C
The fencing driver sees only registration keys for Node0 and disables itself.
D
The fencing driver on Node1 writes registration keys to the coordinator disks and HAD starts up.

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Correct answer: D

Question 6 Multiple choice

An administrator is notified that a service group faulted due to a disk group failure.

Which two Veritas Cluster Server logs can the administrator review to determine the reason for the failure? (Choose two.)

A
Mount_A.log
B
DiskGroup_A.log
C
CVMVxconfigd_A.log
D
HostMonitor_A.log
E
engine_A.log

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Correct answers: B, E

Question 7 Multiple choice

While reviewing the system logs, an administrator notices the following entries on a previously running cluster node:

Which two actions should the administrator take to determine and resolve the issue? (Choose two.)

A
check whether the link has become physically disconnected from the system or switch
B
check the contents of the /etc/llttab file
C
verify the NIC agent is started
D
forcefully restart llt with lltconfig
E
check the NIC/link health and replace the NIC/link if necessary

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Correct answers: A, E

Question 8 Single choice

The Oracle database administrator needs to shut down the Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) controlled database to apply patches. The manual shutdown of the database may cause VCS to fail over the service group.

Which command can the administrator run to prevent VCS from responding to the intentional Oracle database shutdown?

A
hagrp -flush <group>
B
hagrp -freeze <group>
C
hatype -freeze Oracle
D
hares -ignoreparent <resource>

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Correct answer: D

Question 9 Single choice

An administrator is responsible for a strechted cluster between two data centers in different locations. The data is mirrored between sites.

How should the configuration be deployed to maximize resiliency if the administrator wants to set up I/O fencing?

A
three coordinator disks at the primary site and three coordinator disks at the secondary site
B
the coordinator disks at the primary site must be mirrored to coordinator disks at the secondary site
C
three coordinator disks at the primary site and a coordinator disk at the secondary site, and a coordination point server at a third site
D
one coordinator disk at the primary site, one coordinator disk at the secondary site, and a coordination point server at a third site

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Correct answer: A

Question 10 Multiple choice

An administrator wants to cluster an application using Veritas InfoScale Availability.

Which two items are required to cluster an application? (Choose two.)

A
application binaries installed on shared storage
B
a command or script to determine application state
C
start and stop scripts or commands
D
application strict adherence to local host name
E
the ability to add logs to /var/VRTSvcs/log/engine_A.log

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Correct answers: A, C