DES-3611 Specialist – Technology Architect, Data Protection Exam

Overview

This exam is a qualifying exam for the Specialist – Technology Architect, DataProtection (DECS-TA) track. This exam focuses on recommending and designing data protection solutions using

the latest Dell EMC Data Protection products. Dell EMC provides free practice tests to assess your knowledge in preparation for the exam. Practice tests allow you to become familiar with the topics and question types you will find on the proctored exam. Your results on a practice test offer one indication of how prepared you are for the proctored exam and can highlight topics on which you need to study and train further. A passing score on the practice test does not guarantee a passing score on the certification exam.

Products

Products likely to be referred to on this exam include but are not limited to:

• Data Domain 6.1

• Avamar 18.1

• Data Protection Suite for

  Applications 4.6

• IDPA 2.2/2.3

• RecoverPoint for VMs 5.1

• NetWorker Virtual Edition 18.1

• Avamar Virtual Edition 18.1

• Isolated Recovery Solution 1.0

• NetWorker 18.1

• DPA 18.1

• Enterprise Copy Data Management

  2.1

• RecoverPoint 5.1

• Data Domain Cloud Disaster

   Recovery 18.1

• Cloud Snapshot Manager July/2018

• Data Domain Virtual Edition 4.0

Exam Topics

Topics likely to be covered on this exam include:

Dell EMC Data Protection Product Features, Functions, Software-based

Architectures and/or Components (31%)

• Identify and describe the available tools and services to assess a customer's

  environment for a data protection solution

• Describe the Dell EMC Cloud Data Protection Solutions features, functions,

   and/or architecture/components

• Describe the Dell EMC Data Domain features, functions, and/or

  architecture/components

• Describe the Dell EMC NetWorker features, functions, and/or

  architecture/components

• Describe the Dell EMC RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

  (VMs) features, functions, and/or architecture/components

• Describe the Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliances (IDPA)

  features, functions, and/or architecture/components

• Describe the Dell EMC Data Protection Suite for Applications (DPS) features,

  functions, and/or architecture/components

• Describe the Dell EMC Isolated Recovery Solutions features, functions,

  and/or architecture/components

  Dell EMC Data Domain Solutions Design (8%)

• Identify and describe the best practices for capacity planning, performance

  tuning, sizing, and designing a Dell EMC Data Domain data protection

  solution

Dell EMC NetWorker Solutions Design (8%)

• Explain Dell EMC NetWorker capacity planning and performance tuning

• Identify and describe the best practices for sizing and designing a Dell EMC

  NetWorker data protection solution

Dell EMC Avamar Solutions Design (7%)

• Explain Dell EMC Avamar capacity planning and performance tuning for a

  data protection solution

• Identify and describe the features, functions, and the best practices for sizing

  and designing a Dell EMC Avamar data protection solution

Dell EMC RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (VMs) Solutions
Design (17%)

• Explain the replication concepts and replication planning for a Dell EMC

  RecoverPoint and Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs data protection solution

• Explain Dell EMC RecoverPoint and Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs capacity

  planning for a data protection solution

• Identify and describe the best practices for designing a Dell EMC

  RecoverPoint and Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs data protection solution