Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.1.2 and NetBackup Appliances 3.1.2

Here you have the best Veritas VCS-279 practice exam questions

You have 89 total questions across 18 pages (5 per page)
These questions were last updated on February 11, 2026
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Question 1 of 89

Refer to the Exhibit.
An administrator is trying to access client properties on the NetBackup Administration Console and receives the following message:
Exam VCS-279: Question 1 - Image 1

When checking the services on the master server, the administrator sees that the PBX service is down.
Which two commands can the administrator use to increase the PBX log level to determine the reason for the message above? (Choose two.)

Question 2 of 89

An administrator has a backup for client Linux1 using the LinuxClients policy complete successfully. Even though the policy Backup Selections are NOT modified, the backup job fails the next day with the following status code:
Error 71: none of the files in the file list exist.
What is a possible reason the job failed?

The “Enable granular recovery” option was unset.

The client was added to another backup policy.

The file systems have been unmounted on the client.

The client was temporarily shut down.

Question 3 of 89

Refer to the exhibit.
Exam VCS-279: Question 3 - Image 1

Which diagram is supported for backups spanning BasicDisk storage?

Question 4 of 89

What is the maximum age of the host's Certificate Revocation List (CRL) before communication with the host is prevented?

48 hours

5 days

7 days

30 days

Question 5 of 89

Upon arriving at work on a Monday, an administrator sees several replication jobs that have failed with the following error message: no images were successfully processed
Which two reasons may be the cause for the error code? (Choose two.)

The checkpoint restart is disabled for the replication jobs.

There are network connectivity issues between the source and target domains.

The NetBackup host ID-based certificate was revoked.

There is insufficient storage space on the target storage server.

There are insufficient tapes in the replication volume pool.

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The Veritas VCS-279 (Administration of Veritas NetBackup 8.1.2 and NetBackup Appliances 3.1.2) validates your knowledge and skills. Passing demonstrates proficiency and can boost your career prospects in the field.

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