250-318 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which action should the administrator take prior to upgrading to Symantec Backup Exec 2014?

A. Check for fragmentation on the target computer

B. Run the Backup Exec Utility on the target computer

C. Check the hardware and software compatibility list

D. Run the Symantec Help Tool on the target computer

Which two types of media can be given first priority when searching for an overwritable media? (Select two.)

A. recyclable media in any media set

B. scratch media

C. foreign media

D. recyclable media in destination media set

E. imported media

Media can be deleted from which media set?

A. Cleaning Media

B. Scratch Media

C. Retired Media

D. Backup Exec and Windows NT Backup Media

How can an administrator review the backup sets that have been deleted by DLM?

A. check the Job Monitor

B. check the Backup Set Retention category in the Audit Log

C. check the Application Log in the Event Viewer

D. check the Alerts

In which two instances does the Data Lifecycle Management process attempt to reclaim disk storage space by deleting backup images? (Select two.)

A. when a backup image expires

B. when a low disk threshold is passed

C. at the start of each backup session

D. every day at four hour intervals

E. when a GRT backup is sent to disk

Which encryption and/or compression combination should an administrator avoid according to Symantec Best Practices?

A. hardware compression used with software compression

B. hardware compression used with hardware encryption

C. software compression used with software encryption

D. hardware compression used with software encryption

Which two single-server backup definitions constitute a mixed backup? (Select two.)

A. full and differential backups of Microsoft SQL

B. full backups of Microsoft SQL and incremental backups of Microsoft Exchange

C. full and incremental backups of Microsoft Exchange

D. full and incremental backups of Microsoft SQL

E. full backups of Microsoft SQL and differential backups of Microsoft Exchange

Symantec Backup Exec 2014 provides the ability to convert to virtual machines through which two methods? (Select two.)

A. back up a virtual machine and simultaneously restore it to another virtual machine

B. back up a physical computer and simultaneously convert it to a virtual machine

C. back up a virtual machine and schedule it to restore to another virtual machine

D. back up a physical computer and schedule a conversion to another physical computer

E. back up a physical computer and schedule a conversion to a virtual machine to run after the backup job runs

What is a characteristic of Symantec Backup Exec 2014 Convert to Virtual (P2V)?

A. Simplified Disaster Recovery-enabled Backups are required for virtual conversions

B. backup tasks that go directly to tape can be used for P2V

C. Symantec Backup Exec 2014 P2V supports VMware, Citrix XenServer, and Hyper-V

D. if the backup stream fails, the backup job will fail partially

Which two components must be installed on a destination server before an Exchange database can be redirected to that server? (Select two.)

A. Exchange Database Option

B. Agent for Windows

C. Agent for Applications and Databases

D. Microsoft Exchange

E. Exchange Management tools

What are the two most efficient ways that an administrator can test logon accounts with Symantec Backup Exec 2014? (Select two.)

A. enable the test run option in the jobs and run the test run jobs

B. log in to each server individually with the backup exec service account

C. wait for the jobs to run and see if they fail

D. disable the automatic option: "Check that the backup sources in jobs can be accessed with the logon accounts you selected"

E. enable the automatic option "Check that the backup sources in jobs can be accessed with the logon accounts you selected"

An administrator is using Symantec Backup Exec 2014 to back up to an LTO tape device using default settings. Backups are running slower than expected.

Which option may improve backup performance?

A. Use deduplication

B. Enable optimized duplication

C. Look for updates for the device and the controller

D. Change device concurrency settings

An administrator is trying to use push-install to deploy the Agent for Windows and the install continues to fail.

What should the administrator check on the remote system?

A. verify that User Access Control (UAC) is turned on

B. verify that File and Print Sharing is turned on

C. verify that Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is turned on

D. verify that Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is turned off

An administrator is using Symantec Backup Exec 2014 to protect an Exchange server. The administrator must be able to recover individual application objects, such as emails and attachments. The administrator would like the process of granular recovery to happen as quickly as possible.

Which best practice should the administrator follow when configuring the backup definition for the Exchange server?

A. manually stop all Exchange services before backup using scripts

B. use the VSS Full backup method when configuring backup properties

C. run the Granular Restore Option (GRO)

D. store the Exchange server backup sets to disk storage

Which applications hosted on VMware virtual machines are supported by Symantec Backup Exec 2014 for granular application recovery?

A. Exchange, SQL, and Lotus Domino

B. Exchange, SQL, and Oracle

C. Exchange, SQL, Active Directory, and SharePoint

D. Exchange, SQL, Active Directory, and Oracle