This advanced exam specifically measures skills and knowledge in the area of implementing business continuity solutions running on Hitachi Data Systems storage systems.
This test covers data replication software products including Hitachi ShadowImage™ In-System Replication software, Copy-on-Write Snapshot software, Hitachi TrueCopy™ Remote Replication software and Hitachi High Availability Manager software.
The test covers deployment considerations and best practices, and the tools and techniques related to implementing and supporting Hitachi Data Systems business continuity solutions.
Audience: Hitachi Data Systems employees and authorized service providers only
Requirement: Hitachi Data Systems Storage Foundations Certification.
To earn the Hitachi Certified Solution Specialist, a candidate must pass the Hitachi Data Systems Storage Foundation certification exam in addition to passing this exam.
Passing score: 68%
Test questions: 60
Test duration: 60 minutes; 90 minutes for non-English speaking countries
Cost: US$200 in North America, US$225 outside of North America (or equivalent in local currency).
Exam Registration Instructions
The exam is available to take at most Prometric testing centers worldwide. For more information on test centers and to register for Hitachi Data Systems exams, please visit www.prometric.com/hitachi.
| Exam Topic: Business continuity principles & fundamentals |
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| Define Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO). |
| Describe the features of synchronous remote replication. |
| Describe the features of asynchronous remote replication. |
| Given a scenario, determine how clusters integrate with replication. |
| Exam Topic: Understanding business continuity solutions |
| Given a scenario, identify anticipated outage causes and the appropriate protection. |
| Given a scenario, describe the key elements of the customer environment that need to be taken into consideration when planning a business continuity solution. |
| Given a scenario, describe how Tiered Storage integrates in business continuity solutions. |
| Given a scenario, describe how Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning integrates in business continuity solutions. |
| Given a scenario, describe the benefits of using Hitachi Availability Manager in business continuity solutions. |
| Exam Topic: Pre-architecture & pre-deployment checks |
| Identify the required checks to be carried out prior to deploying a business continuity solution. |
| Given a scenario, verify that the configuration, infrastructure and bandwidth requirements are met for the given remote replication solution. |
| Given a scenario, verify that the configuration requirements are met for the given in-system replication solution. |
| Exam Topic: Hitachi replication common concepts |
| Describe how Command Devices are setup and used. |
| Describe how Hitachi Open Remote Copy Manager (HORCM) files are activated, tested and used. |
| Describe how Raid Manager/CCI can be configured and used. |
| Describe the purpose of having consistency groups and explain their benefits. |
| Exam Topic: Implementing ShadowImage solutions |
| Describe the characteristics of a business continuity solution that uses Hitachi ShadowImage software. |
| Given a scenario, describe the key steps to setup and configure a ShadowImage solution. |
| Given a scenario, describe the requirements and the restrictions relating to mapping and pairing P-Vols and S-Vols for ShadowImage. |
| Given a scenario, describe the purpose and the usage of ShadowImage RAID Manager/CCI commands. |
| Given a scenario, describe the purpose and the usage of Storage Navigator with ShadowImage. |
| Given a scenario, describe how Hitachi Replication Manager can be used with ShadowImage. |
| Exam Topic: Implementing Copy-on-Write solutions |
| Describe the characteristics of a business continuity solution that uses Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot and given a scenario, describe when it is more appropriate to use than ShadowImage. |
| Given a scenario, describe the key steps to setup and configure a Copy-on-Write solution. |
| Given a scenario, describe how Hitachi Replication Manager can be used with Copy-on-Write. |
| Exam Topic: Implementing TrueCopy solutions |
| Describe the characteristics of a business continuity solution that uses Hitachi TrueCopy software. |
| Describe how to configure TrueCopy links between Hitachi storage systems. |
| Given a scenario, describe the key steps to setup and configure a TrueCopy solution. |
| Given a scenario, describe the requirements and the restrictions relating to mapping and pairing P-Vols and S-Vols for TrueCopy. |
| Given a scenario, describe the purpose and the usage of TrueCopy RAID Manager/CCI commands. |
| Given a scenario, describe the purpose and the usage of Storage Navigator commands with TrueCopy. |
| Given a scenario, describe how Hitachi Replication Manager can be used with TrueCopy. |
| Exam Topic: Implementing High-Availability Manager solutions |
| Describe the characteristics of a business continuity solution that uses Hitachi High-Availibility Manager software. |
| Given a scenario, describe the key steps to setup and configure a High-Availability Manager solution. |
| Identify differences between TrueCopy and Hitachi High-Availability Manager pairs. |
| Exam Topic: Advanced implementation techniques |
| Given a scenario, setup replication and describe operations in a Tiered Storage environment. |
| Given a scenario, setup replication and describe operations with heterogeneous storage systems. |
| Describe Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning operations when used in replication solutions. |
| Describe Hitachi Dynamic Tiering operations when used in replication solutions. |
| Exam Topic: Testing & troubleshooting business continuity solutions |
| Describe the steps required to fix a "HORCM failed to start" error. |
| Given a scenario, describe how the environment parameters are set, unset and verified depending on the Operating System and shell. |
| Given a scenario where "paircreate" did not work, describe methods of troubleshooting the error. |
| Given a scenario, describe the various replication pair states. |
| Given a scenario, describe which logs are available for troubleshooting and how to access them. |
| Given a scenario, describe how to troubleshoot in a High Availability Manager environment. |
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