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
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 wants to use a client as the VMware backup host.
Where is the name of the VMware backup host entered in NetBackup?
- A . Media and Device Management > Credentials > Virtual Machine Servers
- B . Host Properties > Clients > VMware Access Hosts
- C . Host Properties > Primary Server > VMware Access Hosts
- D . Access Management > Virtual Machine Servers
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
Which files are removed v/hen you enable the Intelligent Catalog Archiving (ICA) feature?
- A . Image .f files
- B . Image files 0 .Ick files
- C . .lck marker.txt
- D . db_marker.txt
Weekly full backups run for clientA on primary1 using a storage unit that belongs to medial. The administrator is required to retain clientA’s full backups for a period of four months. When the administrator modifies the full schedule, an option for 4 months is missing from the Retention drop-down list.
How can the administrator add a four-month retention?
- A . add a new retention period in the media server host properties, under Retention Periods
- B . set "allow multiple retentions per media" in primary server host properties, under Retention Periods
- C . select "400" in the primary server host properties, under Retention Periods
- D . modify an existing retention level in the primary server host properties, under Retention Periods
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
A client host s NetBackup certificate is invalid. The certificate has expired, been revoked, or lost.
What does the administrator need to do to re-establish secure communications?
- A . create a reissue token
- B . re-install the NetBackup Client
- C . provide a new unique identifier (UUID)
- D . update the Certificate Revocation List
Which data is restored if the restore file is a symbolic link?
- A . the link file object and the linked file
- B . the file that the link points to
- C . the link file object and the data contained in it
- D . the link file object
Which two storage types are supported for Auto Image Replication? (Select two.)
- A . Tape
- B . Open Storage
- C . Basic Disk
- D . Advanced Disk
- E . MSDP
Which policy type details are unable to be viewed in the NetBackup WebUI?
- A . MS-Windows
- B . VMware
- C . NBU-Catalog
- D . Standard