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Filesystem Recovery Course - VMFS Recovery Test

What metadata is stored in an inode?

date and time of file creation, the file size, and file name
date and time of file creation, the file name, and the file type
date and time of file creation, the file size, and the file type

How are large clusters numbered?

sequentially from the beginning of the volume
arbitrarily

Where is small file repository stored on a VMFS volume?

in the beginning of the volume
in the end of the volume
one copy in the beginning and other – in the end

Where are the numbers of the first and the last segments stored?

in the volume header
in the extent header

Where does VMFS store files smaller than 1 KB?

inside the corresponding inodes
in a dedicated repository
in indirect blocks table

What is the recommended data recovery approach for a multi-disk VMFS volume?

first reassemble the volume from extents and then do filesystem recovery
do RAID0 recovery first and then do filesystem recovery
do filesystem recovery on each disk separately

What is the size of segments on VMFS filesystem?

256 KB
512 MB
256 MB
512 KB

When was the first release of VMFS filesystem?

2002
2000
2006
2004

Where are inodes stored on a VMFS volume?

in the end of the volume
one copy in the beginning and other – in the end
in the beginning of the volume

Can VMFS combine several physical disks?

no
yes, but only into JBOD and mirror
yes, but only into JBOD

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