Veritas VCS-285 Veritas NetBackup 10.x and NetBackup Appliance 5.x Administrator Online Training
Veritas VCS-285 Online Training
The questions for VCS-285 were last updated at Jun 18,2025.
- Exam Code: VCS-285
- Exam Name: Veritas NetBackup 10.x and NetBackup Appliance 5.x Administrator
- Certification Provider: Veritas
- Latest update: Jun 18,2025
An administrator has enabled STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guide) rules to increase the security of an appliance.
What is the maximum number of concurrent SSH sessions allowed?
- A . 5
- B . 10
- C . 15
- D . 20
Which communication protocol and port does the Appliance Management Server use to communicate with Appliance Management agents?
- A . ssh (22)
- B . https (443)
- C . smtp (25)
- D . https (8443)
When powering an appliance on, it fails to complete the Power On Self Test (POST).
Which two monitoring tools should the administrator use to gather information regarding the problem? (Select two.)
- A . Alarms
- B . Appliance logs
- C . CLISH
- D . LED Indicators
- E . Data Collect bundle
Which step should an administrator perform to ensure all data in an existing MSDP pool is encrypted?
- A . verify ENCRYPTION=1 is set in pd. conf, then run crconrrol –encconverron
- B . verify the encrypt keyword is present in the ServerOptions option in concentrouter.cfg, then run a full backup of all clients
- C . verify ENCRYPTION: 1 is set in pd. conf, then run a full backup of all clients
- D . verify the encrypt keyword is present in the ServerOptions option in contentrouter.cfg, then run crcontrol –encconverton
A NetBackup Appliance Administrator is working with other system administrators to optimize network performance for backup traffic.
Which appliance CLISH command should the Appliance Administrator use to view traffic flow in real-time on each network port?
- A . Support > Nbperfchlc
- B . Monitor > KetworkStacus
- C . Support > Processes
- D . Monitor > iostat
A NetBackup appliance administrator observes poor performance on backups to an MSDP pool. The job details indicate bpbkar is waiting for empty buffers.
Where should the administrator tune the appliance?
- A . in the bp. conf file’s NUM3ER_3ATA_BUFFERS_DISK setting
- B . in the bp. conf file’s NU1-I3ER_3ATA_3UFFERS setting
- C . Main_Menu > Settings > NetBackup DataBuffers > Size > Defaults
- D . Main_Menu > Settings > NetBackup DataBuffers > Size > Disk
An administrator has a MS-Windows type policy that has failed for a Microsoft Windows NetBackup client. The policy uses the ALL_LOCAL_DRZVES backup selection.
See the extract from the end of the job details below:
12/21/2016 19:28:28 – Error bpbrm (pid=32680) from client client1: ERR – failure reading file: C:Program Files (x86) AdobeReader 10.0ReaderLocalenb_NOAcroform.NOR (WIN32 2: The system cannot find the file specified.)
12/21/2016 19:28:29 – Error bpbrm (pid=32680) from client client1: ERR – Snapshot Error while reading file: GLOBALROOTDeviceHarddiskVolumeShadowCopy12Program File: (x86) AdobeReader 10.0Reader/Localenb_NOAcroform.NOR
12/21/2016 19:23:29 – Critical bpbrm (pid=32680) from client client1: FTL – Backup operation aborted!
12/21/2016 19:2B:29 – Info bpbkar (pid=54308) accelerator sent 6220537344 bytes: out of 6173181440 bytes to server, optimization 0.0%
12/21/2016 19:28:32 – Error bptm (pid=32683) media manager terminated by parent process
12/21/2016 19:28:34 – Inio Mledia02 (pid=32683) StorageServer=PureDisk: Maedia02; Report=PDDO Stats for (Media02): 6029360 KB, CR sent: 14075 KB, CR sent over EC: 0 KB, dedup:99.8%, cache disabled
12/21/2016 19:28:35 – Info bpbkar (pid=54308) done. status: 156: snapshot error encountered.
12/21/2016 19:28:35 – end writing; write time: 0:14:05
12/21/2016 19:28:37 – Info bpbrm (pid=38719) Starting delete snapshot processing
12/21/2016 19:28:41 – Info bpfis (pid=57120) Backup started
12/21/2016 19:28:41 – Critical bpbrm (pid=38719) from client client1: cannot open C:Program FilesVeritasNetBackuponline_utilfi_cntlbpfis.fim.client1_1482365660.1.0
12/21/2016 19:28:41 – Info bpfis (pid=57120) done. status: 1542
12/21/2016 19:28:41 – Info bpfis (pid=57120) done. status: 1542: An existing snapshot is no longer valid and cannot be mounted for subsequent operations snapshot error encountered (156)
Which two logs will provide the most relevant information for troubleshooting and resolving the error? (Select two.)
- A . Operating system logs on the client
- B . NetBackup bpbrm logs on the media server
- C . NetBackup bprm logs on the media server
- D . NetBackup bpfis logs on the media server
- E . NetBackup bpfis logs on the client
An administrator has a job that has failed. Upon reviewing the Detailed Status tab for the job: the administrator sees the following information:
05/23/2016 03:58:45 – Info nbjm (pid=84600) starting backup job (jobid=74455) for client CLIENT-01, policy POLICY-01, schedule Full
05/23/2016 03:58:45 – Info nbjm (pid=84600) requesting STAMIDAR_DRESOURCE resource: from RB for backup job (jobid=74455, request id: {CFBE16EE-2163-11E6-8982-AB03C077A760})
05/23/2016 03:58:45 – requesting resource MEDIA-SERVER-01
05/23/2016 03:58:45 – requesting resource MASTER-01.NBU_CLIENT.MAXTOBS.CLIENT-01
05/23/2016 03:58:45 – requesting resource MASTER-01.NBU_POLICY.MAXJOBS.POLICY-01
05/23/2016 03:58:45 – Info nbrb (pid=8454) Limit has been reached for the loagical resource NASTER-01.NBT_POLTCY.MAXJOBS.POLICY-01 client backup was: not attempted because backup window closed (196)
Which setting value prevented the job from running during the backup window?
- A . the "Maximum concurrent jobs" storage unit setting
- B . the Global Attributes > "Maximum jobs per client" primary server host property
- C . the Timeouts > "Client read timeout" primary server host property
- D . the "Limit jobs per policy" policy setting
A backup job fails with the status code of 96. To troubleshoot the failure, the administrator v/ants to view the application log files written by the NetBackup Resource Broker.
Which command should the administrator run to find the date, time and actual message text from the log file?
- A . vxlogview -0 118 -d D, T, X
- B . vxlogview -p 51216 -d m, w, x
- C . vxlogview -p 50936 –display D, T, m
- D . vxlogview -0 118 –display D, T, w
An administrator is experiencing a communication issue between the master and client and believes the certificate might be revoked.
Which log can the administrator view to analyze a certificate issue?
- A . nbemm
- B . bprd
- C . vnetd proxy
- D . nbrb