NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – ONTAP v5 — Question 7

You have a 2-node AFF A400 cluster running ONTAP 9.8 software. You have a storage VM (SVM) that serves both SMB and NFSv3 data sets to users. You are asked to protect the SVM root volume in the event of a node outage or failover. Client access must remain accessible without administrator intervention.
In this scenario, which SnapMirror type satisfies this requirement?

Answer options

• A. DP
• B. TDP
• C. XDP
• D. LS

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The LS (Load Sharing) SnapMirror type allows for continuous access to the SVM root volume during a node outage by maintaining a synchronized copy of the volume. This ensures that client connections remain active without requiring manual intervention. The other options, such as DP (Data Protection), TDP (Tertiary Data Protection), and XDP (Extended Data Protection), do not provide the same level of availability during a failover scenario.