NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – ONTAP v5 — Question 26

You are asked to deploy a solution for business continuity in which applications are able to automatically fail over and resume immediately in the event of a disaster at one site. You decide to use SnapMirror Business Continuity (SM-BC) as your solution.
In this scenario, which three elements are required to satisfy the requirements? (Choose three.)

Answer options

• A. a SnapMirror Synchronous relationship between consistency groups at each site
• B. NetApp storage VM configured to only support file protocols at each site
• C. an HA pair of AFF or All SAN Array (ASA) storage systems at each site
• D. an SnapMirror Synchronous relationship between failover groups at each site
• E. NetApp storage VM configured to only support block protocols at each site

Correct answer: A, C, E

Explanation

The correct answers A, C, and E are necessary for achieving a robust SnapMirror Business Continuity implementation. A SnapMirror Synchronous relationship is critical for data consistency, an HA pair of storage systems ensures high availability, and configuring the storage VM for block protocols supports necessary application requirements. Options B and D do not provide the required configurations or relationships for effective business continuity.