VCS-278 Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :VCS-278
  • Exam Name
    :Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.1.2
  • Certification
    :Veritas Certifications
  • Vendor
    :Veritas
  • Total Questions
    :220 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :May 26, 2026

Veritas VCS-278 Online Questions & Answers

  • Question 131:

    A backup job is showing the following error message:

    Which two actions can an administrator perform to ensure the backup completes successfully? (Choose two.)

    A. ensure at least one storage unit is without the On Demand Only option selected.
    B. increase the Multiplexing value on the Storage Unit.
    C. increase the "Maximum concurrent jobs" parameter on the Storage Unit.
    D. assign a specific Storage Unit for that policy.
    E. increase the "Limit I/O streams" parameter on the disk volume.

  • Question 132:

    Refer to the exhibit.

    A backup policy uses a Full backup schedule with a schedule type of Frequency: 1 day. The start window for the schedule is configured as shown in the exhibit:

    The administrator runs a manual backup at 10:00 on Thursday.

    When will the next backup run, if all prior backups completed successfully?

    A. Friday at 2:00
    B. Friday at 10:00
    C. Monday at 2:00
    D. Monday at 1:00

  • Question 133:

    An administrator configures storage units STU-A and STU-B into a storage unit group in Failover mode.

    If STU-A is busy, what happens to a new job going to the storage unit group?

    A. Queues and then initiates job to STU-B.
    B. Fails with a status code 219: Required storage unit is unavailable.
    C. Queues and waits for STU-A to become available.
    D. Fails over and writes backups to STU-B.

  • Question 134:

    An administrator needs to prevent users on all client systems from performing user-directed restores while ensuring they are able to view the contents of all previous backup images.

    What should the administrator configure to accomplish this goal?

    A. remove the client from the Restore Failover list in the master server host properties.
    B. modify the auth.conf file on the master server to exclude the line: * ADMIN=JBP JBP=ENDUSER+BU+ARC.
    C. de-select the "Allow server file writes" parameter in the master server host properties in client attributes.
    D. de-select the "Allow client restore" parameter in the master server host properties in client attributes.

  • Question 135:

    Which statement about Microsoft Exchange backups is true in NetBackup?

    A. Individual mail messages can be restored.
    B. Exchange must be shut down to be backed up consistently.
    C. The entire Exchange database must be restored as a whole.
    D. Individual Exchange mailboxes can be restored, but not individual messages.

  • Question 136:

    NetBackup has frozen some of the tapes added to the robot.

    Which log must be enabled to determine why the tapes were frozen?

    A. ltid
    B. robots
    C. bptm
    D. vmd

  • Question 137:

    A NetBackup environment suffers from intermittent network outages between the MSDP media server and clients during the backup window. This results in multiple backup failures. How should an administrator overcome the backup failure issue?

    A. configure client-side deduplication
    B. increase the CR_STATS_TIMER interval
    C. enable network resiliency
    D. increase the client connect timeout

  • Question 138:

    An administrator is attempting to protect 500TB of Windows file system data in a 4-hour backup window, when the file servers are idle. The daily change rate for the data is below 1%, and an Initial full backup has been performed to a high performance disk array configured as an Advanced Disk storage unit.

    What can the administrator do to ensure subsequent backups complete within the backup window?

    A. configure NetBackup Accelerator
    B. configure multiplexing
    C. configure client-side deduplication
    D. configure Synthetic backups

  • Question 139:

    A tape library had the robot firmware upgraded, and now the robot is reading the barcodes with additional characters.

    How should an administrator enable NetBackup to use the same characters that were used before the firmware upgrade?

    A. update the Media ID Generation setting
    B. update Media settings
    C. update the device mapping files
    D. update the Barcode Rules setting

  • Question 140:

    Manual backups apply only to automatic schedules.

    A. False
    B. True

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