DELL EMC D-PDD-OE-23 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 21,2026- Exam Code: D-PDD-OE-23
- Exam Name: Dell PowerProtect DD Operate 2023
- Certification Provider: DELL EMC
- Latest update: Oct 21,2026
What happens to the data when it is moved from the active tier to cloud tier?
- A . It is deduplicated and stored in a file system in the native format
- B . It is compressed and stored as object storage in a new format
- C . It is compressed and stored in block storage in a new format
- D . It is deduplicated and stored in object storage in the native format
What is a key differentiator of Dell PowerProtect DD systems in terms of data handling during the write process?
- A . Data is deduplicated after it is written to disk.
- B . Data is stored in its original format without any optimization.
- C . Data is encrypted after it is written to disk.
- D . Data is deduplicated and encrypted inline as it is written to disk.
An administrator has retained snapshots for a single MTree and is trying to create a new one. An error message is received.
What is the reason for the failure?
- A . The maximum number of snapshots has been exceeded
- B . The DDOS needs to be upgraded
- C . The user does not have the permission to retain more snapshots
- D . There are not enough snapshot licenses
Which protocol is used by Avamar to back up to PowerProtect DD?
- A . DD Boost
- B . VTL
- C . CIFS
- D . NFS
Following best practices for a PowerProtect DD NFS environment, what is the recommended value for rsize and wsize?
- A . 22768
- B . 30008
- C . 32768
- D . 42768
What is a consideration for recalling the data from the cloud to the active tier?
- A . Recall is attempted even if no space is available
- B . Recall is performed per file
- C . Recall does not check for existing data segments
- D . Recall is only performed for segments present in the active tier
A backup administrator is tasked with monitoring changes in space availability and compression in relation to the cleaning process on the PowerProtect DD system.
Which chart in DDSM is used specifically to identify these trends?
- A . Pre-Comp Used
- B . Consumption
- C . Space Usage
- D . Daily Written
What is the maximum number of supported tape drives that can be configured using PowerProtect DD with at least 60 CPU cores?
- A . 256
- B . 512
- C . 1080
- D . Unlimited
A backup administrator has enabled the Retention Lock feature on their PowerProtect DD appliance. Over time, the administrator noticed an increase in file system utilization.
Upon further investigation, the administrator discovered expired files are still present on the appliance.
What is the most likely reason for this issue?
- A . The atime of the file was set below the minimum retention period
- B . File system cleaning was disabled
- C . Backup application failed to delete the file after expiration
- D . Retention Lock feature was disabled before the expiration date
Following best practices for a PowerProtect DD CIFS environment, what is the recommended SESSTIMEOUT value in seconds?
- A . 2600
- B . 3000
- C . 3600
- D . 4600