Backup Recovery - Avamar Expert for Implementation Engineers

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You have 204 total questions across 41 pages (5 per page)
These questions were last updated on February 10, 2026
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Question 1 of 204

An EMC Avamar customer is currently using a 2 TB Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) for their backup environment. They want to begin backing up several Oracle databases and file servers running on a new ESX server. It is determined that a separate AVE should be added to the backup environment for these new backups.
What should be done when implementing the new configuration?

A.

Install the new AVE on a different ESX server from the first AVE

B.

Use thin provisioning to create the new AVE

C.

Run benchmark tests for acceptable TCP/IP performance

D.

Use RAID 6 for the physical disk storing the new virtual disk

Suggested Answer: A

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Question 2 of 204

An EMC Avamar customer is running a backup that is being directed to a Data Domain system. The backup has completed successfully; however, it is no longer needed. From Avamar Administrator, the customer manually deletes the backup.
When is the backup data deleted from the Data Domain system?

A.

Immediately on the Data Domain system

B.

Manually deleted on the Data Domain system by the administrator

C.

Next time the Avamar system runs garbage collection

D.

Next time the Data Domain file system cleaning operation runs

Suggested Answer: C

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Question 3 of 204

An EMC employee has been assigned to run securedelete against two clients for a total of 20 GBs on an Avamar server. During a planning discussion with the customer, they want to know what the impact on their Avamar server would be while securedelete is running.
What is the correct response to the customer?

A.

GSAN will be in admin mode and the Avamar server will be read only

B.

Avamar will continue to function with a limited amount of available threads

C.

GSAN will be shut down during the extent of the securedelete task

D.

Avamar will continue to function without any limitations

Suggested Answer: A

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Question 4 of 204

A new EMC Avamar customer wants help in setting up their backup groups and schedules. They are migrating from a traditional tape backup solution with full backups performed once a week and incrementals in between. They have a regulatory requirement to keep an annual backup for seven years but want to keep all other backups for one month. Both Microsoft Windows and Linux clients will be backed up. Based on best practices, what should be recommended?

A.

Include all clients in the same group using one dataset and an advanced retention policy

B.

Use a separate group for each operating system /retention combination

C.

Enable the default group and use that group for all backups

D.

Use one group for weekly backups and one for the other days of the week

Suggested Answer: A

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Question 5 of 204

A customer has an EMC Avamar system backing up a Celerra running DART 6.0 using a single 36 GB NDMP Accelerator Node. They are also going to back up a
VNX OE 7.0 system using the same NDMP Accelerator. Each NAS device has four volumes configured on it. Backups will be configured on the Avamar system for both NAS storage devices to start at the same time.
What will occur when the NDMP backups start using default settings?

A.

Both backups will start with two active streams each

B.

One NAS device will start its backup with four streams, the other will queue

C.

One NAS device will start its backup with one stream, the other will queue

D.

Both backups will start with one stream each

Suggested Answer: B

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About the Dell E20-895 Certification Exam

About the Exam

The Dell E20-895 (Backup Recovery - Avamar Expert for Implementation Engineers) validates your knowledge and skills. Passing demonstrates proficiency and can boost your career prospects in the field.

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