AZ-802 Manage Storage and File Services Practice Test 2 — 15 Questions

Question 1

You are using the Storage Migration Service (SMS) to migrate data from an aging Windows Server 2012 R2 machine to a new Windows Server 2022 instance. During the cutover phase, what happens to the source server's identity and network configuration?

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Accepted Answer

The destination server adopts the source's name and IP. The Storage Migration Service is designed to make migrations transparent to users and applications. The cutover phase is the most critical part of this process, as it handles the transition of the server's identity. Understanding how IP addresses and hostnames are transferred ensures that the administrator can plan for the brief downtime and successfully redirect all client traffic.

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The source server is deleted from Active Directory

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The destination server remains on its original IP address

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A DFS Namespace is created to bridge the servers

Question 2

An administrator is managing a Hyper-V cluster with Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) storage. They want to prevent a single non-critical virtual machine from consuming all available storage bandwidth and affecting the performance of a production database VM. Which feature should be used?

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Storage QoS Policy. Storage Quality of Service (QoS) provides a way to centrally monitor and manage storage performance for virtual machines. By creating and applying QoS policies, administrators can set minimum and maximum throughput and IOPS limits. This ensures that critical workloads receive the necessary resources while 'noisy neighbors' are restricted from impacting the overall health of the storage cluster.

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Resource Pools

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Storage Tiering

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Virtual Fibre Channel

Question 3

An administrator is configuring a new storage pool on a Windows Server 2022 stand-alone server with four 4TB SATA drives. They need to create a virtual disk that can survive the failure of any single drive while providing the best possible write performance. Which resiliency type should they choose?

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Two-way mirror. Selecting the right resiliency type involves balancing performance, capacity, and fault tolerance. For a four-drive system, mirroring and parity are the primary options. Mirroring is generally preferred for performance-sensitive workloads because it avoids the computational overhead of parity calculations, leading to faster write operations at the cost of reduced usable storage capacity compared to parity.

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Simple

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Parity

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Three-way mirror

Question 4

You are deploying a 4-node Azure Stack HCI cluster. You need to configure the networking to support Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) east-west traffic. Which TWO networking features are highly recommended by Microsoft to ensure low-latency and high-throughput storage communication? (Select TWO)

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Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA). Azure Stack HCI relies heavily on the network for storage traffic between nodes. To achieve the performance required for hyperconverged workloads, the network must support advanced features that offload processing and prevent congestion. RDMA and SET are the cornerstones of a modern, high-performance software-defined data center network on the Microsoft platform.

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Network Address Translation (NAT)

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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

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802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)

Question 5

An administrator wants to provide secure file access to remote workers without requiring a traditional VPN. They decide to implement SMB over QUIC on a Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition file server. What is a requirement for the client side of this connection?

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Windows 11 or Windows Server 2022. SMB over QUIC is a revolutionary feature that allows access to file shares over the internet using the QUIC protocol, which is inherently encrypted with TLS 1.3. This eliminates the need for a VPN for remote users. However, it has specific client-side requirements to ensure the security and protocol compatibility needed for this high-performance, secure tunneling technology.

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Windows 10 Enterprise or Pro (Version 1809 or later)

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A third-party VPN client

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Active Directory Domain Join

Question 6

Refer to the exhibit. A Storage Spaces Direct cluster is configured with the resiliency settings shown. What is the maximum number of simultaneous drive failures this pool can sustain without losing data access?

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Two drive failures. The exhibit shows a three-way mirror configuration, indicated by NumberOfDataCopies being set to three. In Storage Spaces Direct, a three-way mirror can tolerate the simultaneous failure of two disks or two entire nodes. This high level of redundancy is standard for mission-critical workloads requiring maximum uptime and data integrity.

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One drive failure

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Three drive failures

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Zero drive failures

Question 7

You plan to implement Storage Replica between two Windows Server 2022 clusters in different cities. The network connection between the sites has a consistent round-trip latency of 20ms. Which replication mode should you implement to ensure application performance is not negatively impacted by storage writes?

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Asynchronous replication. Storage Replica offers two modes: synchronous and asynchronous. Synchronous replication requires low latency (typically <5ms) because the application must wait for an acknowledgment from the destination before the write is completed. For high-latency connections, asynchronous replication is necessary to prevent storage I/O from becoming a performance bottleneck.

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Synchronous replication

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Block-level mirroring

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DFS Replication

Question 8

You are configuring Data Deduplication on a Windows Server 2022 file server that hosts various types of data. One volume is dedicated to storing virtual machine backup files. Which usage type should you select to maximize space savings for this specific data?

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Virtualized Backup Server. Data Deduplication usage types apply specific settings tailored to the workload. The 'Virtualized Backup Server' type is optimized for backup applications and large files like VHDX. Using the correct type ensures the deduplication engine runs with the appropriate priority and uses the most effective chunking algorithms for the data.

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General purpose file server

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) server

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Microsoft SQL Server

Question 9

You are preparing to use the Storage Migration Service to migrate data from several Windows Server 2012 R2 servers. Which THREE components are essential parts of the Storage Migration Service architecture?

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Orchestrator server. The Storage Migration Service consists of three main roles: the orchestrator that manages the process, the source servers where the data currently resides, and the destination servers that receive the data. Understanding these roles is critical for troubleshooting connectivity and permission issues during a large-scale migration project.

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Azure Relay

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iSCSI Target Server

Question 10

You use File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) to manage a folder shared by the marketing department. You want to prevent users from saving more than 10GB of data in the folder. If they reach this limit, they must be blocked from adding new files. What should you configure?

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Hard quota. File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) quotas allow administrators to limit the space consumed by a folder or volume. A 'Hard' quota is used when you want to strictly enforce the limit and prevent further writes, whereas a 'Soft' quota is used only for monitoring and notification purposes.

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Soft quota

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File screen

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Storage report

Question 11

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator executes the PowerShell command shown to configure an iSCSI target. What is the effect of the -InitiatorId parameter in this command?

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It defines which client can connect to the target.. In iSCSI configurations, security is maintained by specifying which clients (initiators) are allowed to connect to a specific target. The -InitiatorId parameter restricts access to the target so that only the device with the matching iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) can discover and connect to the storage resources.

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It sets the IQN of the local server.

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It specifies the IP address of the target portal.

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It creates a new virtual hard disk.

Question 12

You are configuring Azure File Sync to synchronize a local folder on FileServer1 with an Azure file share. Which TWO endpoint types must be added to a Sync Group to enable this functionality?

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Cloud endpoint. A Sync Group defines the topology for Azure File Sync. It must contain exactly one cloud endpoint, which represents the Azure file share, and one or more server endpoints, which represent paths on registered Windows Servers. This structure allows data to flow between the cloud and on-premises locations.

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Storage endpoint

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Network endpoint

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Management endpoint

Question 13

You are deploying a new file server that will host Hyper-V virtual machine files. You want to take advantage of block cloning to improve the performance of checkpoint merging and VM cloning operations. Which file system should you use?

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ReFS. The Resilient File System (ReFS) includes a feature called block cloning, which allows the file system to copy ranges of file blocks on behalf of an application as a low-cost metadata operation. This significantly accelerates Hyper-V operations like merging checkpoints, as data blocks are remapped rather than physically copied.

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NTFS

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FAT32

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exFAT

Question 14

You are optimizing a Windows Server 2022 cluster for high-performance storage traffic. You want to enable SMB Direct to allow the network adapters to transfer data directly between application memory and the network. Which feature must the network adapters support?

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Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA). SMB Direct requires network adapters that support Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA). RDMA allows the network adapter to transfer data with minimal CPU intervention and extremely low latency. This is a key technology for high-performance workloads like Storage Spaces Direct and SQL Server over SMB.

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Receive Side Scaling (RSS)

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Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)

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Network Teaming (LACP)

Question 15

Refer to the exhibit. An administrator has configured a share with the FolderEnumerationMode shown. What is the result when a user without Read permissions to a specific subfolder browses the share?

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The folder is hidden from the user's view entirely.. Access-based enumeration (ABE) is a feature that filters the list of files and folders displayed to users based on their individual permissions. When ABE is enabled, users only see the objects they have at least Read access to, which improves security and reduces confusion in large shared directories.

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The user sees the folder but receives 'Access Denied' when opening it.

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The user is prompted for credentials when clicking the folder.

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The share becomes read-only for that user.