EMC E20-515 Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Exam Code/Number: E20-515
Exam Name/Title: Symmetrix Solutions Specialist Exam for Technology Architects
Certification Provider: EMC
Corresponding Certification: EMC Certification

Exam Questions: 280
Updated On: Jul 18, 2026

Question #1

A customer is planning a data migration from a DMX to a VMAX. They have a limited maintenance window for the cutover which will not allow enough time for a full synchronization. Which method do you recommend to meet their requirements?

A. Create a cold push session with the precopy option from the VMAX prior to the maintenance window and activate the session during the maintenance window

B. Create a hot pull session with the precopy option from the DMX prior to the maintenance window and activate the session during the maintenance window

C. Activate a hot push session with the precopy option from the VMAX prior to the maintenance window and activate the session during the maintenance window

D. Activate a hot push session from the DMX prior to the maintenance window and perform an incremental refresh during the maintenance window

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #2

Refer to the exhibit. Which action can be performed in this Unisphere for VMAX view?

A. Change retention time for the backup files to 5 days

B. Set up a schedule to perform recurring backups

C. Change retention time for historical performance data to 12 months

D. Change retention time for diagnostic performance data to 1 month

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #3

What happens when all the thin devices are unbound from a thin pool?

A. Data on all the thin devices is lost

B. All the thin devices are unmapped

C. All the data devices in the pool are set to disabled

D. All the thin devices are set to Write Disabled

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #4

The precopy option (-precopy) was specified when creating a TimeFinder/Clone session. What occurs after the background copy of the source to the target completes?

A. The background copy operation terminates and then the session is activated.

B. The precopy process continues to update the clone target.

C. The session is automatically activated.

D. The session state changes from precopy to CopyInProgress.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #5

What Open Replicator operation is supported when the Control device is a Virtual Device?

A. Hot Pull

B. Hot Push

C. Cold Pull

D. Cold Push

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #6

Which type of restore operation can be performed for TimeFinder/Snap copy sessions taken from a standard device?

A. Full restore back to the split TimeFinder Clone BCV.

B. Incremental restore back to the original source device.

C. Full restore to another VDEV in the session

D. Full restore to an activated TimeFinder Clone BCV.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #7

You are designing a FAST VP solution for a Symmetrix VMAX40K array. What is a required step to enable FASTVP Compression?

A. Ensure FAST VP policy contains at least one tier with a compressible thin pool

B. Enable FASTVP compression when associating storage group with FASTVP Policy

C. Enable FASTVP compression when adding thin pool to tier

D. Ensure all SATA FAST VP tiers contain at least one compressible thin pool

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #8

What replication operations are supported by Solutions Enabler SYMCLI but NOT by Symmetrix Management Console?

A. SRDF/Star

B. SRDF/A and SRDF/S

C. Open Replicator

D. TimeFinder/Clone and TimeFinder/Snap

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #9

SRDF has been used to replicate a VMFS volume to a disaster recovery site. When a VMware administrator uses the Add Storage Wizard at the disaster recovery site, only the 'Format the disk' option is enabled. What would cause this situation?

A. The VMFS volumes are corrupted.

B. The volume exists as an RDM.

C. Duplicate extents are visible to the host.

D. The VMFS volume was not properly copied.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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