D-PST-DY-23 Dell PowerStore Deploy 2023 Exam Question and Answers

1. Launch the PowerStore Simulator and log in with the admin credentials.

2. On the left navigation pane, click Protection and then click Protection Policies.

3. Click Create Policy and enter a name and description for the policy, such as NAS1 Snapshot Policy.

4. Under Snapshot Rules, click Add Rule and configure the following settings:

5. Name: Enter a name for the rule, such as NAS1 Snapshot Rule.

6. Schedule: Select Custom and enter the following cron expression: 0 */2 * * 1-5. This expression means

that the snapshots will be taken every 2 hours on Monday to Friday

7. Retention: Select Until and enter 2 days. This means that the snapshots will be deleted after 2 days.

8. Access Type: Select Snapshot. This means that the snapshots will be accessible through the Previous

Versions menu in Windows

9. Click Save to create the snapshot rule and then click Next.

10. Under Replication Rules, click Skip. This means that no replication rule will be added to the policy.

11. Click Next and then click Finish to create the protection policy.

12. On the left navigation pane, click Storage and then click File Systems.

13. Select the file system that belongs to NAS Server NAS1 and click More Actions.

14. Click Edit and then click Protection Policy.

15. Select the protection policy that was created in the previous steps, such as NAS1 Snapshot Policy, and

click Save.

16. Click Confirm to apply the protection policy to the file system.

1. Open the simulator and log in with the default credentials: admin/Password123#.

2. SelectStorage>Volumesfrom the left menu.

3. SelectVolume-1andVolume-2from the list of volumes and clickGroup.

4. Enter a name for the volume group, such asConsistent-Group, and clickCreate.

5. SelectProtection>Protection Policiesfrom the left menu.

6. Click+ CREATEto launch the Create Protection Policy wizard.

7. Enter a name for the protection policy, such asDaily-Snapshot, and clickNext.

8. Click+ CREATEto create a new snapshot rule for the policy.

9. Enter a name for the snapshot rule, such asDaily-Rule, and clickNext.

10. SelectAll Daysfor the days to run the rule andTime of dayfor the frequency. Enter00:00as the start time and clickNext.

11. Enter25as the retention hours and clickNext.

12. Review the summary and clickFinishto create the snapshot rule.

13. ClickNextto continue the protection policy wizard.

14. Review the summary and clickFinishto create the protection policy.

15. SelectStorage>Volume Groupsfrom the left menu.

16. SelectConsistent-Groupfrom the list of volume groups and clickEdit.

17. ClickProtection Policyand selectDaily-Snapshotfrom the drop-down list. ClickSave.

18. The volume group is now configured with a protection policy that creates a snapshot every day at 00:00 and retains it for 25 hours.