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PowerStore Operate

Dell Proven Professional skill certification demonstrating the ability to operate and configure PowerStore storage arrays in open system environments.

Licensing authority: Dell Technologies

Initial by examination
PowerStore Operate
Applicability
Current official code-specific listing matches the exam PDF; February 6, 2023 is the document's contents/requirements-as-of date, not an invented credential, claim or route start date.
Assessment
Pass D-PST-OE-23; provisional results are subject to statistical/security analysis before the final score is transmitted to CertTracker.
Qualification
Have a sufficient knowledgebase/skill set through hands-on product experience and/or by consuming the recommended training.
Registration
Create or use a Pearson VUE account; accept the Candidate Agreement; follow Dell's voucher and appointment process and the delivery provider's applicable rules.
Service Authorization
Certification validates capability but does not itself authorize partner service delivery.
Training
The two training options in the examination description are recommended preparation, not two further examination dependencies or mandatory course prerequisites.

PowerStore Operate

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
Proctored, computer-scored examination at Pearson testing centers or through OnVUE.
Time limit
90 minutes
Examination outline
  • PowerStore Concepts and Features (5%)
    • Describe the PowerStore system and use cases
    • Identify the PowerStore system configurations and models
    • Provide an overview of PowerStore architecture and hardware components
  • PowerStore Administration (12%)
    • Create and administer management users on PowerStore
    • Configure and manage host and host groups
    • Manage data protection policies for storage resources
  • PowerStore Block Provisioning (17%)
    • Manage block storage
    • Manage host access to block storage resources
    • Apply a protection policy to block storage resource
    • Create a manual snapshot of block storage resource
    • Perform snapshot restore and refresh operations
    • Perform intercluster data migration
    • Configure and manage Thin Clones
    • Describe and administer data encryption
    • Monitor PowerStore block storage resources
  • PowerStore File Provisioning (17%)
    • Manage file storage
    • Manage client access to file storage resources
    • Apply a protection policy to a file storage resource
    • Create a manual snapshot of a file storage resource
    • Perform snapshot restore and refresh operations
    • Configure and administer file system quotas
    • Configure and administer NDMP backup support
    • Monitor PowerStore file storage resources
  • PowerStore VMware Provisioning (17%)
    • Configure VMware storage
    • Configure ESXi host access to PowerStore VMware storage resources
    • Apply a protection policy to a virtual machine created on a vVol
    • Describe and configure intercluster virtual machine migration (vMotion)
    • Monitor VMware storage resources
  • PowerStore Remote Protection (17%)
    • Manage remote replication of block storage resources
    • Manage remote replication of file storage resources
    • Manage remote replication of VMware storage resources
  • PowerStore Migration (15%)
    • Describe the PowerStore Migration feature and process
    • Identify the PowerStore Migration requirements and capabilities
    • Configure the migration feature to import data from supported sources
    • Perform migration operations
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