If SmartPools is unlicensed on a cluster, which features are NOT enabled?

Question

Options

• ASpecify spill over target, automatic node pool provisioning
• BMetadata acceleration setting, GNA
• CFile pool policy filters, specify spill over target
• DFile pool policy filters, snapshot target

• A
  6% (2)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  76% (25)
• D
  15% (5)

Explanation

Option C is correct because both file pool policy filters and the ability to specify a spill over target are core SmartPools features that require an active license. Without SmartPools, the cluster falls back to a single default file pool policy with no custom filtering rules, and spill over behavior becomes automatic with no user-defined target selection.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is wrong because automatic node pool provisioning does not require a SmartPools license - it is available by default without it. Including it alongside "specify spill over target" makes this choice incorrect as a pair.
• B is wrong because GNA (Global Namespace Acceleration) is controlled by its own separate licensing and is not specifically gated by SmartPools licensing status.
• D is wrong because while file pool policy filters are correctly listed, snapshot target (as a file pool policy destination) is not one of the features specifically blocked by an unlicensed SmartPools state - it's a distractor paired with a correct item to create confusion.

Memory tip: Think "SmartPools license = Smart choices." Without it, you lose the ability to make smart filtering decisions (file pool policy filters) and smart routing decisions (spill over target). Both are about directing data - and without the license, that direction is taken out of your hands.

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