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Exam Number: D-PDD-OE-01

Available Languages: English, French

Certification Overview

Showcase your expertise with the Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Operate certification. This exam validates your ability to confidently administer and manage PowerProtect Data Domain systems in active production environments. It emphasizes practical, hands‑on operational skills—configuring system and support settings, managing access and networking, monitoring system health, and maintaining optimal performance to meet business requirements. By earning this credential, you demonstrate your capability to manage storage, replication, retention, and Secure Multitenancy, integrate Data Domain systems with backup applications, and operate both Active Tier and Cloud Tier environments. You also prove your proficiency in performing upgrades, applying best practices, and troubleshooting backup, recovery, replication, and performance issues. Position yourself as a trusted operations professional who ensures secure, reliable, and efficient data protection services at an enterprise scale. Advance your certification journey and strengthen your operational expertise with the Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Operate exam.

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Exam Topics

The table below lists the topics that are included in this exam, and the approximate percentage of the exam devoted to each topic.

Category	Topics	Coverage
Active Tier Administration	Configure system and support settings Manage system access Configure network interface administration Manage file system Create and manage storage policies Configure access protocols (CIFS, NFS, DD Boost, VTL) for use with backup applications Configure Secure Multitenancy Create and manage replication policies Apply retention lock to storage units Monitor system health and utilization Manage system upgrades and updates Analyze best practices and system tuning procedures for optimal performance of backup environments	50%
Integration with Application Software	Integrate PowerProtect Data Domain with backup applications Implement and verify backup and recovery operations	14%
Cloud Tier Administration	Configure and manage Cloud Tier Perform data movement operations Analyze best practices and Cloud Tier tuning	18%
Troubleshooting	Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to backup, restore, replication, and disaster recovery operations Troubleshoot and resolve software and connectivity issues within the PowerProtect Data Domain environment Analyze relevant variables to identify gaps and troubleshoot capacity and performance issues	18%

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