CCPA-MultiCloud Exam Information and Outline
Cohesity Certified Protection Associate - MultiCloud
CCPA-MultiCloud Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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Exam Code: COH150
Speciality: Specialty Cohesity Certified Protection Associate - Multicloud
Exam Name: Cohesity Certified Protection Associate - Multicloud
Exam Duration: 90 minutes
Expiration: 2 years
Language: English
Passing Score: 58%
Domain 1: Cohesity Cloud Concepts (21.67%)
- Describe the supported delivery models for the Cohesity platform (e.g.- on-premises- cloud-native).
- Identify Cohesity cloud solutions (e.g.- CloudArchive- CloudTier- CloudSpin).
- Describe the use cases for Cohesity cloud solutions (e.g.- DR- cost optimization).
- Identify native Cohesity cloud features (e.g.- integration with AWS- Azure- GCP).
- Identify the difference between archiving and tiering with Cohesity.
- Describe cloning and moving VMs to the public cloud using CloudSpin.
- Identify cloud-based disaster recovery features.
- Describe the use cases for CloudArchive.
Key Terminologies:
- Delivery models (e.g.- Virtual Edition- Cloud Edition)
- cloud solutions (e.g.- CloudArchive for long-term retention- CloudTier for cold data offload)
- archiving (permanent offload for compliance)
- tiering (temporary offload for performance/cost)
- CloudSpin (VM migration/cloning to cloud)
- disaster recovery (DR- failover to cloud)
Domain 2: Archiving with Cohesity (20%)
- Describe how Cohesity’s archive function can support disaster recovery.
- Identify the workflows used when working with CloudArchive (e.g.- policy setup- target selection).
- Describe the options for CloudArchive External Targets (e.g.- AWS S3- Azure Blob).
- Describe the recovery options available for organizations that use CloudArchive (e.g.- full/granular restore).
- Describe the disaster recovery process using CloudRetrieve.
- Identify CloudArchive Direct configuration options (e.g.- direct-to-cloud archiving).
Key Terminologies:
- CloudArchive (archiving service to external targets)
- workflows (step-by-step processes)
- External Targets (storage destinations like public clouds)
- CloudRetrieve (search/recovery from archived data)
- CloudArchive Direct (bypassing local storage)
Domain 3: Tiering with Cohesity (10%)
- Describe the benefits of tiering to the cloud using CloudTier (e.g.- cost savings- scalability).
- Describe CloudTier configuration options (e.g.- thresholds for data movement).
- Describe how to configure an external target for CloudTier.
- Identify the workflows used when working with CloudTier.
- Describe the options available for CloudTier (e.g.- encryption- compression).
Key Terminologies:
- CloudTier (automated data movement to cloud)
- configuration options (e.g.- age-based policies)
- external target (cloud storage for tiered data)
Domain 4: Cloud-native Backups with Cohesity (15%)
- Describe how to configure Cohesity for native operation in AWS- Azure- or GCP (e.g.- instance setup).
- Describe how networking with Cohesity running native in the cloud is different than on-premises (e.g.- VPCs- security groups).
- Identify supported cloud-native backup operations (e.g.- snapshot management- app protection).
Key Terminologies:
- Native operation (running Cohesity directly in cloud)
- networking (cloud-specific configs like subnets)
- cloud-native backup (protecting cloud workloads)
Domain 5: Cloud Migration with Cohesity (8.33%)
- Identify the use cases for moving VMs to and from the public cloud using CloudSpin (e.g.- DR testing- migration).
- Describe CloudSpin configuration operations (e.g.- policy setup).
- Describe how to perform a CloudSpin operation.
- Describe how to use the dev/test clone feature using CloudSpin.
Key Terminologies:
- CloudSpin (as above)
- configuration operations (setup steps)
- dev/test clone (non-prod VM copies in cloud)
Domain 6: Deployment Considerations (25%)
- Describe different types of cloud storage supported by CloudArchive (e.g.- standard- glacier).
- Deployment prerequisites for configuring CloudArchive with public cloud providers (e.g.- IAM roles).
- Identify requirements for deploying and running Cohesity natively in public cloud providers such as AWS- Azure- and GCP (e.g.- instance types).
- Identify the additional features that are available when you have deployed the Cohesity platform both on-premises and in the cloud (e.g.- hybrid replication).
- Identify the registration requirements for cloud sources (e.g.- API keys).
- Identify the SaaS applications that can be protected using the Cohesity platform (e.g.- Microsoft 365- Salesforce).
Key Terminologies:
- Cloud storage types (e.g.- S3 Standard- Azure Cool)
- deployment prerequisites (e.g.- permissions)
- hybrid deployment (on-prem + cloud)
- registration requirements (e.g.- credentials)
- SaaS applications (cloud-based apps for protection)