What is meant by the archive option, RETVER=365?
Answer : A
Explanation: You can control the period for which migration copies are stored in Tivoli
Storage Manager storage. If you accept the installed-default data management policy, migration copies can be deleted from Tivoli Storage Manager storage in one year.
RETVer determines the number of days to retain a migration copy.
When the retention period specified by RETVer ends, the Tivoli Storage Manager server marks the file for deletion.
Reference:IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows,,Configuring the retention period of migration copies
Which level of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager administrator authority includes the ability to restore node data from a remote system to a local system?
Answer : C
Explanation: The Backup Operators group allows users to back up and restore files regardless of whether they have read or write access to the files. Since this group has a limited set of user rights, some functions are not available to members of the Backup
Operators group.
What controls the flow of data from a primary random disk storage pool to a sequential tape storage pool?
Answer : B
Explanation: The expiration process frees up storage pools space by marking files for deletion once they have reached a predefined retention period. It also frees the database of entries, which helps manage the size of the database.
If there is no icon to start the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Java GUI on a UNIX system, which step can be taken to start the GUI?
Answer : B
Explanation: The Tivoli Storage Manager GUI must be run from the X Window System. If you see the Tivoli Storage Manager icon on your desktop, Tivoli Storage Manager is already running. Double-click the icon to open the Tivoli Storage Manager window. If the
Tivoli Storage Manager icon does not appear on your desktop, you should start Tivoli
Storage Manager using the dsmj (starts the Java GUI) command.
Where can the operator immediately determine whether the backup has failed or succeeded?
Answer : B
Explanation: The Overview page of the Operations Center includes the section:
TSM Clients -
A client is considered to be at risk if a problem occurs during its most recent scheduled backup, or during a backup that starts within a specified time interval. The term backup also includes archive operations for Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource
Planning clients.
Use the information that is shown in the TSM Clients section to check for failed or missed backups and to determine whether backup schedules are running as expected.
How can a virtual machine be protected using the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-
Archive client?
Answer : C
Explanation: Perform some file level restores of these backups using the Tivoli Storage
Manager |Backup-Archive Client running within the virtual machine.
What is the purpose of the command Query Actlog search=...?
Answer : B
Explanation: Example:
Task -
Search the activity log for any message that contains the string "delete". The output includes only messages produced during the past hour.
Command -
query actlog search=delete
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V7.1 backup/restore client is supported on which three operating systems?
Answer : A,D,F
What does the command query inclexcl show?
Answer : D
Explanation: The query inclexcl command displays a list of include-exclude statements in the order in which they are processed during backup and archive operations. The list displays the type of option, the scope of the option (archive, all, etc.), and the name of the source file.
What is compatible with client-side deduplication?
Answer : B
Explanation: When you configure client-side data deduplication, the following requirements must be met:
*The client and server must be at version 6.2.0 or later.
* (not D)Client-side deduplication cannot be used in combination with LAN-free backups.
* (not C)Files that are intended for deduplication must not be encrypted. Encrypted files and files from encrypted file systems cannot be deduplicated.
Etc.
What does the preschedulecmd option accommodate?
Answer : D
Explanation: The preschedulecmd option specifies a command that the client program processes before it runs a schedule. The client program waits for the command to complete before it starts the schedule.
Which two types of operations are available on the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-
Archive GUI?
Answer : C,D
Explanation: C:Use a selective backup when you want to back up specific files or directories regardless of whether a current copy of those files exists on the server
D:With client scheduling, you can perform the following tasks:
*Display information about available schedules.
*Display information about work that the schedule has completed.
*Modify scheduling options in the client options file (dsm.opt).
Reference:Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) includes which three components?
Answer : D,E,F
Explanation: Tivoli Monitoringconsists of a number of components that accumulate and monitor historical data for reporting:
/IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal
/IBM Tivoli Enterprise Management Server
/Tivoli Data Warehouse
IBM Tivoli Monitoringconsists of HubTivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server(hTEMS), Remote
TEMS (rTEMS),Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server(TEMS)and Tivoli Data Warehouse (DW).
What is the meaning of the RETONLY parameter?
Answer : D
Explanation: RETOnlydetermines the number of days to retain the last Exchange Server database backup version of a database that has been deleted from the Data Protection for
Exchange client system.
What is an incremental by date backup?
Answer : C
Explanation: The client backs up only those files whose modification date and time is later than the date and time of the last incremental backup of the file system on which the file resides. Files added by the client after the last incremental backup, but with a modification date earlier than the last incremental backup, are not backed up.