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Exam Code: COH100 Exam Name: Cohesity Protection Associate - DataProtect Credential: Cohesity Certified Protection Associate - DataProtect Prerequisite Exams or Certifications: None Exam Duration: 90 minutes Section 1 - Fundamentals of the Cohesity Data Cloud • Identify source and object concepts • Describe the Cohesity platform characteristics • Describe storage domain concepts and configuration options • Identify Cohesity SmartFiles use cases Section 2 - Data Protection Fundamentals • Identify source registration requirements and procedures • Working with Cohesity Agents Data Sheet: Cohesity Certified Protection Associate - DataProtect Exam Preparation Guide 2 • Configuring backups that meet established recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) • Describe the components of a Cohesity protection policy • Describe the differences between application and crash consistent backups Section 3 - Protection Concepts • Identify the types of objects that can be protected by Cohesity DataProtect • Identify protection Policy concepts • Describe how to configure protection policies that meet specific RPOs • Describe how to configure Protection Groups to ensure a consistent backup • Describe the purpose of a backup service-level agreement (SLA) • Describe the purpose of a backup window • Describe the Cohesity workflow for protecting virtual machines (VMs) Section 4 - Recovery Concepts • Identify recovery concepts • Describe the different options for recovering objects • Describe how to perform a recovery • Describe how to perform a recovery that does not impact the availability of existing systems • Describe Cohesity dev/test workflows Section 5 - Data Management Components • Identify native Cohesity file services capabilities • Identify the cloud services that Cohesity Data Cloud platform natively supports • Describe Cohesity replication concepts • Describe Cohesity archival concepts Section 6 - Monitoring and Reporting • Identify the different task state status types for a Protection Group • Describe how to determine if Protection Groups have met their SLAs • Describe how to check the status of a backup • Describe the available performance monitoring metrics • Identify the critical performance measurements shown on the Cohesity performance dashboard • Describe how to use Cohesity Data Cloud platform reporting to verify compliance with backup SLAs • Describe how to create reports that demonstrate the health or status of data protection tasks