What can be reused in an IBM DS8870 to IBM DS8880 conversion?
- A . Connectors to facility power
- B . Flash Cards in HPFE
- C . SKLM servers
- D . Earthquake Resistance Kit
An IBM z/OS customer with a 10 TB IBM DS8886 is concerned with its collocation cost due to the footprint used by the current storage that is due to refresh.
How does the IBM DS8880 family help this customer?
- A . It provides NVMe connectivity
- B . It ships in a 19 inch rack
- C . It features high-density drawers with 60 disks.
- D . It supports Data Reduction Pools
When implementing IBM DS8880 encryption, which mechanism does the IBM DS8880 use to configure access to the key servers
- A . XCLI
- B . CIM Agent
- C . Enterprise Storage Server Network Interface
- D . DS Storage Management GUI
Which solution for the IBM DS8880 and IBM Z environments manages complex multisite HA and DR?
- A . IBM Storage Insights Pro
- B . IBM GDPS
- C . IBM Copy Services Manager
- D . IBM z/OS Workload Manager
B
Explanation:
GDPS is a solution that manages complex multisite DR and HA IBM Z environments
https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5186.pdf
An IBM DS8880 customer using System i has a critical application with 21 TB allocated on 800 GB Flash Drives at the primary site. Now the customer is building a secondary site 500 kilometers away for disaster recovery purposes.
What is the total capacity required to implement this solution?
- A . 21 TB of consistency space is required at the secondary site
- B . 21 TB plus additional consistency space are required at the secondary site
- C . 21 TB are required at the secondary site and consistency space is required at the primary site
- D . 21 TB on 800 GB flash drives are required at the secondary site
A customer has two IBM DS8884 systems at two separate sites under 300 km apart and wants a synchronous copy solution.
What should the technical specialist recommend?
- A . Metro Mirror
- B . Global Mirror
- C . GDPS Web interface
- D . Multi Target PPRO
How does the IBM DS8880 differ from other IBM storage systems?
- A . It has the ability to have SSRs perform a secure data overwrite
- B . It has the ability to connect to IBM System i
- C . It has the capability to use a combination of SSDs, 15K, and 7200 RPM drives in a single system
- D . It has customizable IBM maintenance contracts
Which function is supported by AOS?
- A . Secure Data Overwrite
- B . Data offload
- C . Inbound diagnostics
- D . Data analytics
What is unique about the QoS function within IBM DS8000 as compared to other IBM storage products?
- A . The IBM DS8000 is the only IBM storage system offering QoS
- B . IBM System z and Open/distributed volumes can use the same managed Performance Groups
- C . It includes Transparent Cloud Tiering
- D . I/O Priority Manager can be integrated with the IBM System z WLM
Which IBM DS8880 and DFSMShsm solution saves z/OS CPU utilization by eliminating constraints that are associated with original tape methodologies?
- A . Transparent Cloud Tiering
- B . IBM zHyperLink
- C . IBM zHyperWrite
- D . HSM ML1
Which IBM group migrates data from a non-IBM storage array to an IBM DS8880 system?
- A . Lab Services
- B . Storage Specialty Team
- C . Software Support Line
- D . Digital Techline Center
A customer’s IBM DS8880 is connected to an IBM support center and experiences a heartbeat facility failure.
Which action occurs?
- A . A service call is placed to IBM to confirm the call home function
- B . The cache goes into write-through mode until the connection is restored
- C . The ability of the customer to submit problems is suspended
- D . Any remote replication is terminated
An IBM DS8880 customer is planning to purchase 1600 GB flash drives for a critical application. In the future, a secondary site will be implemented.
Which consideration should the storage specialist discuss with the customer?
- A . RAID 5 is used by default when installing flash drives larger than 1 TB
- B . Only RAID 6 and RAID 10 are supported for those arrays
- C . 3200 GB flash drives should be used at the secondary site in the future
- D . Only one type of flash drive is allowed per expansion frame
Where is the information stored that shows if and when anyone has performed remote services on a storage system?
- A . CEC internal disks
- B . HMC service log
- C . IBM Spectrum Control log
- D . HMC audit log
Which IBM DS8880 feature helps achieve faster response times to critical applications?
- A . Transparent Cloud Tiering
- B . Forward error correction
- C . Easy Tier
- D . Thin provisioning
A customer has an IBM DS8884 volume with a 4% change rate per day and wants to copy changes to tape once a day.
Which function is the best solution?
- A . Incremental FlashCopy
- B . Remote Mirror and Copy
- C . Remote Pair FlashCopy
- D . IBM z/OS Distributed Data Backup
A customer is looking for a FlashCopy solution for backup jobs where the target volumes are only needed for a short time.
Which FlashCopy option should the customer use?
- A . FlashCopy full copy
- B . FlashCopy resyncflash
- C . Incremental FlashCopy
- D . FlashCopy nocopy
D
Explanation:
Reference: https://books.google.com.pk/books? id=XvDHAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA593&lpg=PA593&dq=customer+is+looking+for+a+FlashCopy+solution+for +backup+jobs+where+the+target+volumes+are+only+needed+for+a+short +time&source=bl&ots=zsmdB8ctuX&sig=ACfU3U28ZvBwX9179DN3XJqK8WCPO3JOCw&hl=en&sa=X&v ed=2ahUKEwiw6dLinIvhAhXC-aQKHd0LCUMQ6AEwAnoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=customer%20is% 20looking%20for%20a%20FlashCopy%20solution%20for%20backup%20jobs%20where%20the%20target %20volumes%20are%20only%20needed%20for%20a%20short%20time&f=false
A customer is requesting training for IBM Spectrum Control and assistance with creating custom reporting.
What should the technical specialist recommend?
- A . Present an IBM Systems Lab Services offering to the client
- B . Have the client use the pre-defined reports within IBM Spectrum Control
- C . Submit a request for custom reports to the local SSR
- D . Have the client open a software problem record against IBM Spectrum Control
Which function provides an IBM z/OS customer with a fully automated recovery solution?
- A . TDMF
- B . GDPS
- C . DFSMS/HSM
- D . FDR
Which feature in the IBM DS8880 requires an additional priced license?
- A . Easy Tier
- B . Thin Provisioning
- C . FlashCopy
- D . I/O Priority Manager
A customer is purchasing an IBM DS8884 with all drives being the same size and speed. Only Windows hosts will be connected. This customer wishes to minimize storage administrator duties.
How can this be accomplished?
- A . Create one extent pool per fiber port
- B . Create one extent pool per internal server
- C . Create one extent pool per frame
- D . Create one extent pool
A healthcare customer uses SKLM as its key management system to protect patient data.
Which component is encrypted?
- A . DRAM in POWER processors
- B . Cache modules
- C . Hardware Management Consoles
- D . High-Performance flash cards
During a Technical and Delivery Assessment pre-sales review, a customer identifies a requirement to implement encryption with its new IBM DS8884 deployment.
Which planning requirement must be discussed as part of the checklist planning review?
- A . Two external IBM DS8000 Hardware Management Consoles
- B . Crypto activation enablement
- C . At least two instances of a supported encryption key manager
- D . Encryption be enabled dynamically with pre-existing customer data
How does the IBM DS8880 encryption process differ from other IBM storage devices?
- A . Utilizes the POWER8 in-core cryptography
- B . Mandates encryption licensing for HMC and customer storage
- C . Encrypts both SED and non-SED drives
- D . Requires connections to two key managers
A customer wants to do a model conversion from an IBM DS8870 to an IBM DS8886 and wants to reuse as much of the existing IBM DS8870 as possible.
Which IBM DS8870 parts can be reused?
- A . Frames
- B . Processors
- C . Disk drives
- D . Power supplies
What is unique about the Quality of Service (QoS) function within IBM DS8000 as compared to other IBM storage products?
- A . I/O Priority Manager can be integrated with the System z WLM
- B . I/O Priority Manager is only supported for z Systems
- C . The IBM DS8000 is the only IBM storage system offering QoS
- D . System z and Open/distributed volumes can use the same managed Performance Groups
During a Technical and Delivery Assessment pre-install review, a customer identifies a desire to implement Easy Tier within its new IBM DS8884 deployment.
Which planning requirement must be discussed as part of the checklist planning review?
- A . Selection of manual mode requires Easy Tier indicator and DB protection indicator
- B . Selection of automatic mode requires free extents in each extent pool
- C . Selection of automatic mode does NOT require free extents in each extent pool
- D . Selection of manual mode does NOT require available extents
Compared to other IBM storage systems, which data integrity technique is only available on the DS8880?
- A . Drive path redundancy
- B . HyperSwap
- C . Smart Rebuild
- D . Disk scrubbing
A customer has a mainframe running z/OS and Linux and wishes to use both an IBM DS8886 as well as IBM Spectrum Virtualize.
Which combination fulfills the customer requirements?
- A . FB and ALUA
- B . FB and CKD
- C . CKD and 8-way multipathing
- D . 8-way multipathing and ALUA
Which statement is true about the IBM XIV model 314 and the IBM DS8886?
- A . Both the IBM DS8886 rack and the IBM XIV rack can be expanded
- B . The IBM DS8886 rack can be expanded, but the IBM XIV rack cannot be expanded
- C . Both the IBM XIV and the IBM DS8886 can be ordered in e-config for a customer supplied rack
- D . Neither the IBM DS8886 nor the IBM XIV rack can be expanded
How are the DS8880 license keys obtained?
- A . Downloaded from the data storage feature activation website
- B . Installed during initial checkout by the IBM SSR
- C . Delivered in the license key envelope with the storage system
- D . Received from the IBM support center after opening an installation PMR
The planned configuration for an IBM DS8884 is shown in Capacity Magic with the following values for physical and effective capacity.
The client wants to use overprovisioning intensively up to 350 TB logical capacity. All capacity shall be mirrored by Metro Mirror onto another IBM DS8000.
Which capacity has to be licensed for the Copy Services license considering license tiers?
- A . 350 TB
- B . 190 TB
- C . 205 TB
- D . 325 TB
A customer has mainframe storage and open systems storage on different storage platforms and would like to consolidate to a single storage system.
What should the technical specialist discuss with the customer about capacity volumes on a single IBM DS8886?
- A . Mainframe hosts with CKD volumes and Open servers with FB volumes could use the same IBM DS8886 fiber host ports
- B . Mainframe hosts with CKD volumes and Open servers with FB volumes could use the same IBM DS8886 HAs, when using different ports for each
- C . Mainframe hosts with CKD volumes and Open servers with FB volumes can share the same flash ranks
- D . When using Global Mirror for CKD volumes only, the customer need to purchase the Copy Services License for the total capacity including the FB capacity.
Which IBM DS8886 feature allows for local alert notifications?
- A . RESTful API
- B . SSL
- C . Modem
- D . Syslog server
D
Explanation:
https://console.bluemix.net/docs/services/AlertNotification/alert_overview.html#alert_overview
Which feature should be added if the elevator in a customer’s data center is limited to 2000 lb (909kg)?
- A . Shipping Weight Reduction
- B . Three-phase power option
- C . All-enterprise drive configuration
- D . BSMI Certificate
Which protocol supports Metro Mirror on an IBM DS8884 host adapter port?
- A . FC-AL
- B . FCoE
- C . FCP
- D . FICON
C
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5344.pdf
A customer has the following requirements for effective capacity for a new IBM DS8886:
15 TB of z/OS effective capacity
100 TB of Open systems effective capacity
The customer will also FlashCopy 35 TB of the open systems capacity
The planned IBM DS8886 has 192 TB of physical capacity that splits into:
Physical capacity: 28.8 TB z/OS, 163.2 TB open systems
Effective capacity: 16.3 TB z/OS, 100.3 TB open systems
Which are the minimum license capacity requirements for this solution?
- A . Base Function license = 192 TB, Copy Services license = 70 TB, z-synergy Services license = 29 TB
- B . Base Function license = 117 TB, Copy Services license = 101 TB, z-synergy Services license = 17 TB
- C . Base Function license = 192 TB, Copy Services license = 35 TB, z-synergy Services license = 29 TB
- D . Base Function license = 117 TB, Copy Services license = 35 TB, z-synergy Services license = 17 TB
A customer has three data centers. One site is located 50 miles (80 km) from the primary center, and the third site is located 1200 miles (1931 km) from the primary center. The customer requires a consistent copy of all data at all three sites.
Which IBM DS8886 feature provides the solution for this customer?
- A . Metro Mirror and Global Copy
- B . Metro Mirror and HyperSwap
- C . Metro/Global Mirror
- D . z/GM (XRC)
How do the I/O enclosure connections to the POWER processors in the IBM DS8880 differ from the connections in the IBM Storwize V7000?
- A . PCle
- B . InfiniBand
- C . iSCSI
- D . Omni-Path
A customer wishes to optimize DB2 transactions to reduce TCO.
Which IBM DS8880 family optimizes DB2 log updates so they are written to the primary and secondary volumes in parallel?
- A . zHyperWrite
- B . DB2 list зrefetch
- C . FICON Dynamic Routing
- D . DB2 castout acceleration
Which utility enables LDAP support on the IBM DS8880 family?
- A . IBM Copy Service Manager
- B . SKLM Server
- C . IBM DS8000 Users GUI
- D . SNMP masters
C
Explanation:
LDAP support can be enabled through Copy Services Manager, Reference: https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5344.pdf
A customer is concerned about having separate ISLs in its SAN to handle both FICON and FCP replication traffic originating from its z13 system.
Which technology addresses this concern?
- A . FEC
- B . FICON Express16S
- C . FIDR
- D . Mainframe SAN Fabric Priority
A customer has an existing IBM DS8884 with spare ranks of capacity and spare I/O ports that is attached only to a mainframe running z/OS. The customer wishes to use some of the spare capacity for an x86 server.
How should the customer meet this goal?
- A . Buy new adapters and use spare ranks
- B . Buy new adapters and new disks
- C . Reuse existing adapters and buy new disks
- D . Reuse existing adapters and spare ranks