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
Which two options are available to an administrator to bring the MSDP catalog back online in the case of a hardware problem that caused corruption? (Select two)
- A . restore the MSDP catalog from an MSDP catalog shadow copy
- B . restore the MSDP catalog from the NetBackup catalog backup
- C . repair the MSDP catalog using the recover CR tool
- D . recover the MSDP catalog from a MSDP catalog backup
- E . repair the MSDP catalog using the crchk tool
An administrator has two offices in different cities with Auto Image Replication (AIR) implemented to replicate the backups from one office location to the other location using Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP). Multiple small servers are backed up daily, which results in many replication jobs in the environment.
The Storage Lifecycle Policy (SLP) parameters are:
SLP.MIN_SIZE_PER_REPLICATION_JOB = 20 GB
SLP.MAX_TIME_TIL_FORCE_SMALL_REPLICATION_JOB = 60 MINUTES
After modifying the SLP parameters, three backup jobs are completed and the size of each backup job is 5 GB. A backup window has closed, and no new backup jobs will occur.
When does the next replication job start?
- A . when the force interval for small replication jobs time is reached
- B . when the replication job batch size is 20 GB
- C . 75 minutes after the backup jobs have finished
- D . immediately after the backup jobs have finished
Some NetBackup jobs are affected by the failure of a disk in an Advanced Disk pool, but the jobs are unavailable to view in the Activity Monitor.
In which two places can the administrator view NetBackup jobs affected by the disk failure? (Select two.)
- A . NetBackup Management > Reports > Status of Backups
- B . NetBackup Management > Reports > Disk Reports > Disk Storage Unit Status
- C . Media and Device Management > Device Monitor > Disk Pool
- D . NetBackup Management > Reports > All Log Entries
- E . NetBackup Management > Reports > Disk Reports > Disk Pool Status
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
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
An administrator needs to back up Windows and Linux file servers to an Advanced Disk storage unit targeting a high speed disk array. Backup traffic shares a busy network with mission critical application traffic.
Which feature can the administrator implement to optimize this backup environment?
- A . Network resiliency
- B . Synthetic backups
- C . Client-side deduplication
- D . NetBackup Accelerator
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
Which action does the DISALLOW_SERVER_FILE_WRITES in a Client’s configuration perform?
- A . It blocks the administrator from redirecting restores to another client.
- B . It prohibits the administrator from performing a client restore
- C . It prohibits the client from writing a backup without asking for permission.
- D . It blocks restores from being initiated from the primary server.
Refer to the exhibit.
Which diagram is supported for backups spanning BasicDisk storage?
- A . A
- B . B
- C . C
- D . D
An administrator notices that malware scans are failing to run on a particular scan host.
What is one possible cause of the issue?
- A . The scan host is running an older version of NetBackup.
- B . The root password has changed.
- C . The NetBackup certificate has expired on the host.
- D . The root ssh key has changed.