Veritas VCS-285 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: VCS-285
- Exam Name: Veritas NetBackup 10.x and NetBackup Appliance 5.x Administrator
- Certification Provider: Veritas
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
An administrator needs to ensure the channel on which NetBackup clients send metadata and data to NetBackup servers is secure.
Which NetBackup feature should the administrator select to ensure the requirement is met?
- A . External CA and external certificates
- B . NetBackup CA and NetBackup certificates
- C . data-in-transit encryption
- D . NetBackup client encryption
An administrator wants to delete a protection plan, but notices that the Yes option is disabled on the Delete (confirmation prompt) window when attempting to do so.
Which task must the administrator complete to allow deletion of the protection plan?
- A . expire all the backups associated with the protection plan
- B . cancel the active job for the protection plan
- C . unsubscribe all the assets from the protection plan
- D . restart the nbpem service on the primary server
An administrator views the following errors from the Detailed Status tab of a failed job in the Activity Monitor.
03/01/2016 11:54:25 – Info bpbrm (pid=7220) connect failed STATUS (18) CONNECT_FAILED
03/01/2016 11:54:25 – Info bpbrm (pid=7220) status: FAILED, (24) BAD_VERSTON; system: (10036) A blocking operation is currently executing.; FROM 192.168.10.201 TO CLIENTIAME 192.168.10.251 bpcd VIA pbx
03/01/2016 11:54:25 – Info bpbrm (pid=7220) status: FATIED, (42) CONNECT_REEUSED; system: (10061) No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.; FROM 192.168.10.201 TO CLENTNAME 192.168.10.251 bpcd VIA vnetd
03/01/2016 11:54:25 – Info bpbrm (pid=7220) status: FATIED, (42) CONNECT_REEUSED; system: (10061) No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.; FROM 192.168.10.201 TO CLENTNAME192.168.10.251 bpcd
03/01/2016 11:54:25 – Error bpbrm (pid=7220) Cannot connect to CLIENTNAME
03/01/2016 11:54:25 – Info apibkar32 (pid=0) done. status: 58: can’t connect to client
03/01/201611:54:25 – end writing can’t connect to client (58)
Which command should the administrator perform to test the communication between the primary server and the client based on the output?
- A . nbdb_ping
- B . bpclntcmd -self
- C . bptestbpcd
- D . bptestnetconn -s
How are install packages for a deployment policy execution obtained?
- A . They must be manually copied to the clients before the policy can be launched.
- B . They are downloaded from the Veritas support site when the policy is launched.
- C . They must be manually added to the primary server repository before the policy can be launched.
- D . They must be manually added to a repository that is external to the NetBackup environment prior to launching the policy.
Which security algorithms are used for MSDP in NetBackup?
- A . AES 256 bit CTR encryption and SHA256 fingerprinting
- B . Blowfish encryption and MD5 fingerprinting
- C . AES encryption and MD5 fingerprinting
- D . AES 128 bit encryption and SHA-2 fingerprinting
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
Which step must an administrator complete prior to configuring a new NBU-Catalog policy?
- A . log in as the Systems Administrator
- B . create an email alias for recovery purposes
- C . create a universal share for the disaster recovery packages
- D . set an encryption passphrase for disaster recovery packages
An administrator creates a Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP) to take advantage of optimized duplication. The backup and subsequent duplication jobs launch as configured in the SLP.
What may cause the secondary duplication job to run as non-optimized?
- A . Optimized duplication is unsupported when a storage unit group is the target of the duplication.
- B . Media servers are configured for network resiliency.
- C . Both source and destination storage servers are connected to different security appliance domains.
- D . Both compression and encryption attributes are disabled in the backup policy.
Which storage unit type supports a staging schedule?
- A . Advanced Disk
- B . Cloud Storage
- C . Basic Disk
- D . Pure Disk
An administrator needs to ensure backed up data is protected from being encrypted or deleted.
Which option should the administrator select when creating an MSDP storage unit?
- A . On demand only
- B . Lock until expiration
- C . Enable WORM
- D . Maximum concurrent jobs