050-696 Question #107: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Options

• ACreate storage pools first, then create disk partitions, and then create NSS volumes.
• BCreate disk partitions first, then create storage pools, and then create NSS volumes.
• CCreate NSS volumes first, then create storage pools, and then create disk partitions.
• DCreate disk partitions first, then create NSS volumes, and then create storage pools.
• ECreate storage pools first, then create NSS volumes, and then create disk partitions.
• FCreate NSS volumes first, then create disk partitions, and then create storage pools.

Explanation

NSS storage configuration on OES NetWare follows a strict bottom-up hierarchy: physical partitions must exist before logical pools, and pools must exist before volumes can be created within them.

Common mistakes.

• A. Storage pools cannot be created before disk partitions because pools require an underlying NSS partition to draw space from.
• C. NSS volumes cannot be created first because they have no storage pool to reside in without the pool and partition layers existing.
• D. Creating volumes before storage pools is impossible since a volume must be assigned to an existing storage pool at creation time.
• E. Storage pools cannot precede disk partitions because there is no raw NSS space available yet to allocate into a pool.
• F. NSS volumes cannot be created first as they are the topmost layer and depend on both partitions and pools being in place.

Concept tested. NSS storage hierarchy creation order

Reference. https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2015/pdfdoc/stor_nss_lx/stor_nss_lx.pdf

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