D-NWR-DY-01 Dell NetWorker Deploy v2 Exam Questions and Answers

When Client Direct is enabled on a client resource, the NetWorker client pushes its deduplicated data stream straight to the AFTD (or DD Boost) device - bypassing the NetWorker storage node entirely - while still sending all control and metadata updates (client file index entries, media database operations, etc.) back to the NetWorker server so it can track and catalog the backup.

In a NetWorker environment integrated with LDAP/AD, users must authenticate against the NetWorker Authentication Service to execute commands with appropriate privileges. Thensrlogincommand isused to authenticate the user with the Authentication Server, establishing the required session context. This resolves privilege-related failures when running NetWorker commands.

Deduplication, encryption, and compression before transfer to the cloud

CloudBoost performs inline deduplication, compression and AES‑256 encryption on the client side (or in‑appliance) so that only minimal, secure data is sent to the cloud object store.

Low‑cost cloud object storage for all backup copies

All backup copies - both short‑term and long‑term - are written to inexpensive, deduplicated cloud object storage (e.g. AWS S3, Azure Blob, ECS), driving down retention costs.

No on‑premises infrastructure required

You can deploy CloudBoost as a virtual appliance directly in public clouds (AWS, Azure, VMware), so no dedicated on‑prem hardware is needed to replicate backups into cloud services.

In the Simulator, do the following:

1.Open the Authentication Server view

In the left‑hand menu clickAuthentication Server➔Directories.

2.Add a new Active Directory directory

Click+ Add Directory(or+).

ForDirectory TypechooseActive Directory.

3.Fill in the AD details

Name:LAB_AD

Server Hostname/IP:win2k16.lab.emc.com

Tenant:default

User DN:cn=administrator,cn=users

Password:Password123#

4.(Optional)If your environment requires it, enableStartTLSor specify aBase DN(e.g.cn=users)—but in most lab setups the defaults will work.

5.Test & Save

ClickTest Connectionto verify you can bind to the AD server.

Once successful, clickSave.

The mminfo utility is one of the CLI administration tools that ship only with the NetWorker Extended Client; the base Windows client install doesn’t include it. Installing the Extended Client package on the Windows host immediately provides the mminfo executable.

For NetWorker deployments in public clouds that need to write backups to object-storage targets (AWS S3, Azure Blob, etc.), you must deploy the CloudBoost virtual appliance. CloudBoost is the data-protection-optimized enabler that handles client‑side deduplication, compression, and encryption and then writes the deduplicated data into the cloud object store, while only metadata is retained locally on the appliance.

When you pair NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) with PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition (DDVE), you can deploy and protect workloads across all three cloud models:

● Public clouds (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

● Private clouds (on‑premises VMware ESXi, Hyper‑V, KVM environments)

● Hybrid clouds (seamlessly spanning on‑premises and public cloud infrastructures)

In a Cloud Direct backup environment, CloudBoost handles metadata locally on the appliance while backup data is deduplicated, compressed, encrypted, and sent to the cloud object storage. This separation allows fast access to metadata during restores and efficient management of backups.