Netapp NS0-604 Hybrid Cloud - Architect Exam Exam Practice Test

When migrating an application with SAN storage from on-premises to Azure, and requiringiSCSI connectivity, the correct solution isCloud Volumes ONTAP. Cloud Volumes ONTAP provides a flexible storage solution in the cloud, supporting block-based storage protocols like iSCSI, which is ideal for SAN environments. It allows for seamless integration with existing infrastructure while providing enterprise-class data management features in the cloud.

StorageGRID (B)is an object storage solution,Global File Cache (C)is for file-based caching, andAzure NetApp Files (D)is focused on NFS and SMB file protocols, not iSCSI.

In NetApp BlueXP, theAccount Administratorhas the authority to customize alerts and notification settings. The Account Administrator role is responsible for managing the overall configuration of the BlueXP environment, including setting up and modifying alerts to monitor system health and performance, ensuring that the appropriate notifications are sent when issues arise.

Other roles likeTenant Administrator (A),Connector Administrator (B), andWorkspace Administrator (D)have more limited scopes of control, and they are not responsible for managing global alert and notification settings.

If a customer needs to run some of theirNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP instances on-premises, the best solution would beAzure Stack. Azure Stack extends Azure cloud capabilities to on-premises environments and supports hybrid workloads, including those based on Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

Other options likeVMware Cloud (A),AWS Outpost (B), andGoogle Anthos (C)are cloud extensions but are not directly integrated with Cloud Volumes ONTAP in the same way as Azure Stack, which provides a native extension of Azure services to on-premises infrastructure.

In a Multi-AZ (Availability Zone) setup for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP in AWS, ensuring nondisruptive failover between nodes is critical for high availability. "Floating IPs" are required for seamless failover between nodes in such a configuration.

Floating IPs allow the primary node to automatically transfer its IP address to the secondary node during a failover event, ensuring that clients can continue to access the service without needing to reconfigure anything. This mechanism enables clients to access the same IP regardless of which node in the cluster is actively serving requests, thus maintaining nondisruptive operations.

Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs) facilitate networking in AWS but do not inherently handle IP floating between nodes for failover. Security groups and Intercluster UFs manage security and inter-node communication, respectively, but do not address the failover requirements. Floating IPs are explicitly designed to enable failover in high-availability cloud storage environments like NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

Thus, "floating IPs" are the required network construct that allows for nondisruptive failover between nodes in a multi-AZ setup, ensuring continuous service availability even in the event of an outage in one availability zone.

For continuously scanning various data sources to ensure regulatory compliance,NetApp BlueXP Classificationis the appropriate solution. This service helps organizations identify and classify sensitive data across their environments, ensuring that they meet compliance requirements such as healthcare regulations (HIPAA, for example).

Operational resiliency (A)focuses on system reliability,Digital advisor (B)offers system performance insights, andRansomware protection (D)deals with security threats rather than compliance scanning.

NetApp AutoSupport requires outbound access to specific endpoints for delivering support data, and this communication occurs overHTTPS (port 443). The two provided NetApp AutoSupport URLs are accessed via secure HTTP (HTTPS), so the company must configure routing and firewall policies to allow outbound HTTPS traffic.

Blocking HTTPS traffic by default would prevent the AutoSupport service from functioning, which is critical for sending diagnostic information to NetApp support for monitoring and troubleshooting.

Options likeNFS/SMB traffic (B),SSH/RDP traffic (C), andDNS traffic (D)are irrelevant in this context, as AutoSupport only requires secure web traffic via HTTPS.

In this scenario, the company needs to quickly free up storage capacity on its on-premises NetApp AFF array, especially since much of the data is cold. The best solution isBlueXP tiering(formerly Cloud Tiering), which moves infrequently accessed (cold) data from the high-performance on-premises storage to more cost-effective cloud storage.

By automatically tiering cold data to the cloud,BlueXP tieringenables the company to free up space on their existing AFF array without additional on-premises hardware, and it prepares them for a future cloud migration. This process can be implemented quickly and efficiently to meet their immediate storage needs.

Other options likeBlueXP backup and recovery (B),BlueXP replication (C), andBlueXP copy and sync (D)are focused on data protection, replication, and synchronization, but they do not directly address the need to free up on-premises storage space.

To get insights about which data to migrate from on-premises NetApp systems to Azure, the customer should use theCloud Recommendationsdashboard in NetApp BlueXP Digital Advisor. This dashboard analyzes the on-premises environment and provides recommendations on which workloads or datasets are best suited for migration to the cloud, such as to Azure.

Other dashboards likeValuable Insights (A)andHealth Check (B)provide general system health and performance information, whileKeystone Advisor (D)relates to NetApp’s subscription-based storage offering.

To comply with the protocol that demands regular changes to access keys for the NetApp BlueXP Connector in AWS, the customer should useAWS automatic key rotation. AWS Key Management Service (KMS) can automatically rotate the keys used for accessing and managing the BlueXP Connector, ensuring compliance with security protocols without requiring manual intervention.

Manual updates via the UI (B)would require more effort and does not automate key rotation.The security admin tool (A)andAWS Key Management Service (D)are related to key management, but automatic key rotation through AWS simplifies the process by automating regular key changes.

In the scenario where Azure Virtual Desktop uses Azure NetApp Files with FSLogix profile containers, the customer should useContinuous Availabilityto ensure that operations on Azure NetApp Files are maintained without interrupting access to the data. Enabling the Continuous Availability feature ensures that file shares can remain available during planned or unplanned outages, which is critical for maintaining seamless user access in an Azure Virtual Desktop environment.

Other options likeCross-Zone Replication (A)andAzure NetApp Files Snapshot (D)provide data protection and backup but do not guarantee continuous access during operations.Volume Placement (C)is related to optimizing performance but not ensuring uninterrupted access.

NetApp BlueXP tiering is the ideal solution for reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) by leveraging cloud storage. It enables automatic tiering of infrequently accessed data (cold data) from expensive on-premises storage to lower-cost object storage in the cloud (such as Azure Blob, AWS S3, or Google Cloud Storage). This reduces the need for high-performance, high-cost local storage for data that isn't frequently accessed, effectively lowering the overall storage costs.

By migrating cold data to more economical cloud storage tiers, BlueXP tiering helps organizations optimize their storage spend, thus reducing TCO for their on-premises third-party storage infrastructure.

Other solutions like BlueXP backup and recovery, copy and sync, and replication provide different services (such as data protection, data migration, and disaster recovery) but are not focused on cost reduction through tiering, which specifically helps reduce TCO.

To protect data against ransomware,NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAPoffers theNetApp Autonomous Ransomware Protectionfeature. This feature uses machine learning and data analytics to detect and respond to abnormal file activities, helping prevent ransomware attacks.

Azure NetApp Files (B),Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (C), andNetApp Cloud Volumes Service (D)provide robust data services, butCloud Volumes ONTAPspecifically includes the Autonomous Ransomware Protection feature.

For a NetApp BlueXP Connector deployed inRestricted Mode, the following two network requirements must be met:

Outbound connectivity to the BlueXP SaaS layer (A): Even in Restricted Mode, the BlueXP Connector needs outbound internet access to communicate with the BlueXP SaaS layer for updates, telemetry, and licensing information.

Connectivity to resources in your target networks (C): The BlueXP Connector must have network access to the resources (e.g., NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP instances or other managed systems) that it is supposed to manage or monitor.

Inbound connectivity (B)from the BlueXP SaaS layer is not required in Restricted Mode, as the mode is designed to minimize external access.User access (D)to the BlueXP SaaS layer is a user interface consideration but not a network requirement for the connector itself.

For setting up disaster recovery in theCentral USregion for an existing Azure NetApp Files workload in theEast US2region, the customer should usecross-region replication. This feature allows datareplication across different Azure regions, providing a robust disaster recovery solution by keeping a secondary copy of the data in a geographically separate location.

Cross-zone replication (A)deals with replication within the same region across availability zones.SnapMirror (B)andSyncMirror (C)are ONTAP-specific replication technologies but are not directly applicable to Azure NetApp Files in this scenario.

In this scenario, the customer has 100TB of used capacity on an on-premises AFF volume, and 80% of the data is cold and tiered to Amazon S3 usingBlueXP tiering. After tiering, 80TB of cold data is tiered to Amazon S3, leaving 20TB of hot data on the AFF system. WhenBlueXP backup and recoveryperforms the first full backup, it backs up all the data (100TB). Since the backup is a full copy and independent of the tiering process, the total ingress traffic into AWS is80TB (tiered data) + 100TB (full backup), resulting in180TBof total ingress.

For migrating an existing SQL database to the cloud while enabling independent scaling of storage and compute,Azure NetApp Filesis the best solution. Azure NetApp Files provides high-performance file storage, and it allows users to independently scale storage capacity and compute resources based on the needs of the workload, including databases like SQL.

Other options likeNetApp Cloud Volumes Service (B)andNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP (C)offer similar capabilities but are not native to Azure.Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (D)is an AWS-specific service and does not fit with Azure cloud plans.

The company is migrating data from a 6-node, on-premises NetApp FAS cluster toNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAPand determined that they can consolidate to two HA pairs. This means that the minimum number of Cloud Volumes ONTAP instances required is2, as each HA pair corresponds to one instance.

1 instance (A)would not provide the required redundancy and performance, and6 instances (B)or4 instances (D)are unnecessary given the performance sizing results.

To add personal data identifiers from an Oracle database toNetApp BlueXP classificationscans, the customer should usecustom categories. Custom categories allow the user to define specific types of data (such as personal identifiers) for classification, helping BlueXP to scan and detect those specific data types within the environment.

RegEx (A)can be used for pattern matching but would require the user to manually define regular expressions, whilecustom keywords (D)andData Fusion (C)are not the appropriate mechanisms for this specific use case of adding personal data identifiers to the scans. Custom categories are specifically designed for managing such identifiers.

To rapidly expand astorage-heavy VMware environmentusingAzure services, the company should utilize:

Azure VMware Solution (A): This service allows VMware workloads to be seamlessly migrated or expanded into Azure, providing a familiar environment with the scalability and flexibility of the Azure cloud. It's an ideal solution for extending on-premises VMware deployments to Azure.

Azure NetApp Files (D): Azure NetApp Files provides highly performant, scalable file storage in Azure. It integrates well with Azure VMware Solution, offering a robust storage backend for VMware workloads, especially when they are storage-heavy.

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (B)andGoogle Cloud VMware Engine (C)are not relevant in this Azure-specific scenario.