Veritas VCS-284 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: VCS-284
- Exam Name: Veritas NetBackup 10.x Administrator
- Certification Provider: Veritas
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
Backup jobs to an MSDP storage unit of a large EXT3 file system for a Linux client connected via a 1 GbE network are taking excessive time.
Which two settings should an administrator change to improve the performance of the backups? (Select two.)
- A . enable client-side deduplication
- B . enable multiplexing
- C . enable Use Change Journal for the client
- D . enable Use Accelerator for the policy
- E . enable WAN optimization
Backups to a storage device fail with the following error message: Disk storage is down (2106) The storage server is an OpenStorage (OST) host, and the Master Server and Media Server are both acting as Media Servers under Credentials > Storage Servers in the Administration Console.
The disk pool is in an Up state and the storage server is in a Down state. Troubleshooting confirmed the OST plug-ins on the servers are mismatched.
Which command should an administrator use to check the plug-in version installed on the servers?
- A . bpgetconfig
- B . nbftconfig
- C . nbdevquery
- D . bpstsinfo
Which two methods should an administrator use to automate duplication in NetBackup? (Select two.)
- A . NetBackup Vault
- B . bpduplicate command
- C . OpsCenter
- D . Storage Lifecycle Policies
- E . OpenStorage API
Which incremental schedule type generates more files per backup?
- A . Differences incremental
- B . Differential incremental
- C . Accumulation incremental
- D . Cumulative incremental
What is a logical destination for NetBackup client’s backup data?
- A . Selection List
- B . Storage Unit
- C . Policy
- D . Catalog
Backup jobs end with the following series of messages in the Job Details: Error bpbrm(pid= ) db_FLISTsend failed: Unable to connect to the database (2505) 12/05/2013 15:39:45 – job 63389 was restarted as job 63390 Failed to get status code information (2505)
Which process is failing to respond?
- A . nbjm
- B . nbemm
- C . bpdbm
- D . bpbrm
What should be selected as the source in the BAR console for a restore of individual files backed up using a VMware policy?
- A . The hostname of the VM
- B . The media server that backed the client up
- C . The VMware backup host that performed the backup
- D . The identifier for the VM used in the VMware policy
What is the purpose of the Login and Password settings in the Disaster Recovery tab of a NetBackup catalog backup policy?
- A . to specify credentials required to access a network share
- B . to encrypt the Net Backup catalog backup data
- C . to require credentials to perform a catalog recovery
- D . to encrypt the disaster recovery file
A UNIX client has the mount points listed below:
/var
/usr
/opt
/home
A backup policy for this client has "Allow multiple data streams" enabled and contains a backup selections list with the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive. It also contains an exclude list that excludes /home.
What happens when this backup policy runs?
- A . all backup jobs complete successfully
- B . backup jobs are created for all mount points except for /home
- C . the backup job for /home is partially successful because /home is excluded
- D . the backup job for /home fails because /home is excluded
A backup job fails with the status code of 96. To troubleshoot the failure, the administrator wants to view the application log files written by the NetBackup Resource Broker.
Which command should the administrator run to find the date, time and message text from the log file?
- A . vxlogview -p 51216 -d m,p,x
- B . vxlogview -o 118 –display D,T,m
- C . vxlogview -o 118 –display D,T,x
- D . vxlogview -p 50936 –display D,T,m