D-UN-DY-23 Dell Unity Deploy 2023 Exam Questions and Answers

To grant access of a Dell Unity XT provisioned NFS datastore to an ESXi host, the permission level required for the host depends on the NFS protocol and authentication method used by the NAS server. For NFSv4 with Kerberos NFS owner authentication, the ESXi host must have the Read/write, enable Root permission level. This allows the ESXi host to read and write data to the datastore, as well as perform administrative tasks such as creating and deleting virtual machines. The Read/write permission level alone is not sufficient, as it does not allow the ESXihost to perform root-level operations on the datastore. The Read-only permission level only allows the ESXi host to read data from the datastore, but not write or modify it. References: Dell EMC Unity: Configuring hosts to access NFS1, page 9.

On a Dell Unity XT file system asynchronous replication session, four system Snapshots are required to support replication. Two system Snapshots are created on the source file system, and two system Snapshots are created on the destination file system. The source system Snapshots are used to track the changes that need to be replicated, and the destination system Snapshots are used to apply the changes and maintain a consistent point-in-time copy of the source data. The system Snapshots are automatically created and managed by the replication engine and are not visible to the user.

References: [Dell EMC Unity: Replication Technologies], [Dell EMC Unity: File System Configuration]

When the Schedule Time Zone is changed under the Settings menu, it only affects the display of the time zone and the creation of new snapshot schedules. Existing snapshot schedules are not automatically adjusted to the new time zone, and will continue to run at the same absolute time as before. For example, if a snapshot schedule was created to run every day at 10:00 AM inGMT+1, and the Schedule Time Zone was changed to GMT+2, the snapshot schedule will still run at 10:00 AM in GMT+1, which is 11:00 AM in GMT+2. To update the existing snapshot schedules to the new time zone, the administrator must edit each schedule manually and change the start time accordingly. References: Dell EMC Unity: Snapshots and Thin Clones1, page 16.

A drive partnership group is a collection of drives of the same drive type that have been combined into a hidden dynamic pool object. Each drive within a dynamic pool can only be part of a single drive partnership group, and a drive will never change the drive partnership group. The maximum size of a drive partnership group is 32 drives, regardless of the drive type or size. When expanding a dynamic pool, the system will automatically create new drive partnership groups as needed, and distribute the drives evenly across the groups. The number of drive partnership groups in a dynamic pool is equal to the number of drives divided by 32, rounded up to the nearest integer. References: Dell Unity: Dynamic Pools2, page 5.

Two ways to create an asynchronous replication session for a NAS server are to use NAS server properties and to use the NAS server wizard. Both methods allow the user to select a source NAS server and a destination NAS server, and configure the replication settings, such as the RPO, the replication schedule, and the replication mode. Creating a replication connection or a replication interface are not ways to create an asynchronous replication session for a NAS server, but rather prerequisites for enabling replication between two Dell Unity systems.

References: [Dell EMC Unity: Replication Technologies], [Dell EMC Unity: NAS Capabilities]

A characteristic of Host Groups is that block storage resources added to a host group are accessible to all the member hosts. A Host Group is a logical grouping of hosts that share the same access permissions and settings for block storage resources. By adding block storage resources to a host group, the user can simplify the management and allocation of storage for multiple hosts. Access to block storage resources does not need to be set before adding hosts to a host group, as the access permissions can be modified later. Hosts added to a host group can have mapped block storage resources, as long as they are not in conflict with the host group resources. Block storage resources attached to one of the member hosts are not accessible to the entire host group, unless they are also added to the host group.

References: [Dell EMC Unity: Host Configuration], [Dell EMC Unity: Block Storage Provisioning]

Host configuration is the process of defining the host properties and access permissions for a host that connects to the Dell Unity XT system. For NFS clients, the host configuration requires two prerequisites:

• Network Address: The network address is the IP address or the subnet mask of the NFS client that identifies the host on the network. The network address is used to register the host on the Dell Unity XT system and to grant access to the NFS filesystems.
• Hostname: The hostname is the name of the NFS client that is resolved by the DNS server or the local hosts file. The hostname is used to display the host information on the Unisphere UI and to enable host monitoring and alerting.

References:

• Dell EMC Unity: Host Configuration
• Dell EMC Unity: File System Configuration and Management