Dell PowerStore Operate 2023 Exam (D‑PST‑OE‑23) Certification

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The D‑ST‑OE‑23 is a professional IT certification exam offered by Dell Technologies. It evaluates a candidate’s ability to operate, manage, configure, and provision Dell PowerStore storage arrays in production environments. The exam focuses on administrative, provisioning, migration, replication, and integration tasks associated with PowerStore systems. It validates that candidates have the hands-on skills and theoretical knowledge required to support PowerStore systems efficiently and reliably.

Exam Overview

• Provider: Dell Technologies
• Exam Code: D‑ST‑OE‑23
• Title: Dell PowerStore Operate 2023
• Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
• Question Format: Multiple choice and performance-based tasks
• Passing Score: Around 57–63%
• Purpose: Assess competence in operating and supporting Dell PowerStore in enterprise settings
  
  

Ideal For

This certification is ideal for IT professionals who:

• Are storage administrators or systems engineers managing Dell PowerStore arrays
• Work in storage operations, infrastructure, or data center support roles
• Seek career advancement in enterprise storage management
• Need to validate their ability to perform administration, provisioning, migration, and replication tasks in production environments
  
  

Covered Knowledge Areas

1. PowerStore Concepts and Features

• System architecture, configurations, models, and use cases
  
  

2. PowerStore Administration

• User management, host groups, policies, and operational tasks
  
  

3. Block Storage Provisioning

• Block storage management, snapshots, protection policies, and Thin Clone operations
  
  

4. File Storage Provisioning

• File system setup, client access, quotas, NDMP backup, snapshots, and monitoring
  
  

5. VMware Storage Integration

• Configuring and provisioning PowerStore for VMware environments
  
  

6. Remote Protection / Replication

• Managing replication of block, file, and VMware resources to remote PowerStore systems
  
  

7. Data Migration

• Understanding migration features, prerequisites, and procedures
  
  

Typical Weightings:

• Concepts & Features (~5%)
• Administration (~12%)
• Block & File Provisioning (~17% each)
• VMware Provisioning (~17%)
• Remote Protection (~17%)
• Migration (~15%)