NS0-158 · Question #81
How do you organize volumes for data clients with an appropriate export policy?
The correct answer is A. Mount the required volumes in a namespace. This question asks about the correct method for organizing storage volumes to be accessible by data clients using export policies. Volumes are mounted into a namespace to provide client access.
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How do you organize volumes for data clients with an appropriate export policy?
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- AMount the required volumes in a namespace
- BMount the required namespaces in a volume
- CMount the required namespaces in an aggregate
- DMount directories of a volume in a namespace
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(30 responses)- A90% (27)
- B7% (2)
- D3% (1)
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This question asks about the correct method for organizing storage volumes to be accessible by data clients using export policies. Volumes are mounted into a namespace to provide client access.
Volumes are mounted into a namespace, often referred to as a junction path within a Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) or Vserver, which allows data clients to access them through a unified hierarchical path. This structure enables the application of export policies to control client access to the mounted volumes.
Namespaces are logical constructs that organize volumes; you do not mount namespaces into volumes.
Aggregates are physical storage containers for volumes, not logical entities that volumes or namespaces are mounted into for client access.
While directories exist within a volume, the primary method for organizing volumes for client access, especially in NetApp ONTAP, involves mounting the entire volume into a namespace, not individual directories.
Concept tested: Organizing volumes for client access using namespaces
Source: https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/volumes/manage-volumes-using-junction-paths-task.html
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