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
    :Jul 15, 2026

Veritas VCS-278 Online Questions & Answers

  • Question 211:

    An administrator views the following errors from the Detailed Status tab of a failed job in the Activity Monitor.

    Which command should the administrator perform to test the communication between the master server and the client based on the output?

    A. bptestbpcd
    B. bpclntcmd -self
    C. bptestnetconn -s
    D. nbdb_ping

  • Question 212:

    Which platform is unsupported as a platform for the VMware backup host?

    A. Solaris 11
    B. Windows 2008
    C. SUSE Linux 11
    D. RedHat Linux 6

  • Question 213:

    An administrator working offsite is required to carry out a major upgrade to a NetBackup appliance. The appliance will need to be rebooted multiple times during the upgrade process.

    How should the administrator connect to the appliance to monitor the upgrade progress without interruption?

    A. connect to the IPMI interface using a web browser
    B. connect to the eth0 interface using a web browser
    C. connect to the serial interface remotely using CLISH
    D. connect to the eth0 interface using SSH

  • Question 214:

    A restore using the Java BAR is being attempted. Care has been taken to select the appropriate source client, but no backup image content is displayed.

    What could be a reason for this to happen?

    A. All of the above.
    B. The wrong policy type has been specified.
    C. The date range is incorrect.
    D. The path does not exist in the images that have been selected.

  • Question 215:

    An MSDP media server is experiencing performance issues when running multiple deduplication backup jobs concurrently over 10 GbE. When switched to AdvancedDisk on the same media server, the backups perform well.

    Which step can be utilized to mitigate the performance issues?

    A. increase the "Maximum concurrent jobs" for the MSDP storage unit
    B. increase the size of the MSDP disk pool on the storage server
    C. add load balancing media servers for the storage server
    D. increase the "Job priority" on the MSDP backup policy

  • Question 216:

    After creating a NBU-Catalog type backup policy, an administrator receives the following message:

    Which two options are available to the administrator to ensure the DR file is available for future use? (Choose two.)

    A. ensure the folder DR file is on a non-root volume.
    B. ensure the DR file is created on a volume other than the NetBackup volume.
    C. ensure the NetBackup catalog is on a non-root volume.
    D. configure a valid email address of the administrator in the "Send email" option.
    E. configure Auto Image Replication to send the DR file to a remote master server.

  • Question 217:

    Where can an administrator change a disk pool to Down status in the NetBackup Administration Console?

    A. Media and Device Management > Device Monitor > Disk Pools
    B. NetBackup Management > Storage > Storage Unit
    C. Media and Device Management > Credentials > Storage Servers
    D. Media and Device Management > Devices > Disk Pools

  • Question 218:

    An administrator creates a Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP) to take advantage of optimized duplication. The backup and subsequent duplication jobs launch as configured in the SLP.

    What may cause the secondary duplication job to run as non-optimized?

    A. Optimized duplication requires the media servers to be configured as Fibre Transport media servers.
    B. Optimized duplication is unsupported when a storage unit group is the target of the duplication.
    C. Both compression and encryption attributes are disabled in the backup policy.
    D. Both source and destination storage servers have only one media server in common.

  • Question 219:

    Which command should an administrator use to view the expiry date of the local host-ID based certificate?

    A. nbcertcmd -listCertDetails
    B. nbcertcmd -hostSelfCheck
    C. nbcertcmd -listCACertDetails
    D. bpclntcmd -self

  • Question 220:

    Refer to the exhibit.

    Two media servers, sharing a library with 6 tape drives, exist in the NetBackup environment displayed in the exhibit. Both weekly Full and daily Differential Incremental backups need to run for the clients and each schedule has a different retention period. Because of network topology, some clients back up to Media server 1 and some back up to Media server 2. The environment suffers from multiple status 96 failures during the backup window.

    How can the administrator minimize the number of failures?

    A. increase the "Media unmount delay"
    B. configure media multiplexing
    C. enable backups to span tape media
    D. enable media sharing

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