System z Business Resiliency Solution Selling v6.0 (C9030-622)

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Which of the following is the most effective way to confirm that the correct job roles are represented in a Disaster Recovery (DR) situation?

  • A. Perform risk analysis for corporate functional areas and develop corporate emergency response procedures.
  • B. Perform a DR test and engage IBM to observe and verify that the results meet the proposed expectations.
  • C. Build a list of disaster scenarios and determine the unaffected personnel in each case, verifying that there are no skill gaps.
  • D. Perform a DR test by declaring a specific simulated disaster, and only select targeted personnel for that scenario to participate.


Answer : D

Which of the following are typically included as a part of the services component in any of the GDPS family of products?

  • A. Project planning Local field support Installation assistance tools Web based training programs
  • B. Disaster recovery planning Development of test methodology Network implementation services Remote implementation assistance
  • C. Availability planning Onsite education and training Configuration recommendations Installation and customization assistance
  • D. Sizing tools TCO cost recovery tools Workload and batch analysis tools Capacity and performance monitoring tools


Answer : C

A banking customer running z/OS wants a Disaster Recovery (DR) solution with the following criteria:
-> Zero data loss against site failure
-> Capability to survive a natural disaster, like earth quake with minimal data loss
(RPO=10 seconds)
Which of the following supports these requirements?

  • A. A multi site Parallel Sysplex
  • B. A GDPS/PPRC DR site in the same city
  • C. A GDPS/XRC DR site in a remote city
  • D. A 2-city/3-site solution with both GDPS/PPRC and GDPS/XRC.


Answer : D

Following a High Availability assessment study, which of the following recommendations removes a single point of failure?

  • A. Install zAware and implement the OPERLOG.
  • B. Separate test and production sysplex workloads.
  • C. Add an external CF for lock structures and SCA.
  • D. Address application affinity to enable application failover capability.


Answer : D

A customer is implementing a GDPS solution to improve its disaster recovery process.
Which of the following actions is essential for a successful implementation?

  • A. Review customer High Availability plan
  • B. Review customer Disaster Recovery plan
  • C. Conduct a technical solution review workshop
  • D. Conduct an end-to-end High Availability assessment workshop


Answer : C

Which of the following business reasons would make having a resilient environment essential?

  • A. Audit and regulatory compliance Service Level Agreement penalties Opportunity loss Industry governance
  • B. Labor costs Audit and regulatory compliance Service Level Agreement penalties Opportunity loss
  • C. Labor costs Audit and regulatory compliance Opportunity loss Network and database latency
  • D. Audit and regulatory compliance Utility costs Network and database latency Opportunity loss


Answer : A

What technology can support a RPO=0 Disaster Recovery objective?

  • A. GDPS/XRC
  • B. GDPS/PPRC
  • C. RCME/PPRC
  • D. GDPS/GlobalMirror


Answer : B

In a GDPS/Active-Active solution using stand-by mode what can be done to verify an IMS application will continue to run at the secondary location?

  • A. Schedule regular fail over tests.
  • B. Keep software maintenance current.
  • C. Schedule regular application stress tests.
  • D. Verify that data is consistent between locations.


Answer : A

Which of the following should be included in a manufacturing customers Business
Resilience plan?

  • A. Supply chain management procedure
  • B. Security badge replacement procedure
  • C. Process to record employee time cards
  • D. Procurement and capital acquisition processes


Answer : A

A customer runs 8-day-long disaster recovery tests at a remote data center, using disk and a CEO with minimal processing capacity.
Which of the following is the most cost-effective method to provide enough processing capacity for testing purposes?

  • A. Capacity Backup (CBU)
  • B. Customer Initiated Upgrade (CIU)
  • C. Capacity for Planned Events (OPE)
  • D. On/Off Capacity on Demand (OOCoD)


Answer : A

Which of the following statements about sysplex control datasets will enhance the availability of a parallel sysplex environment?

  • A. Must reside on cached storage
  • B. Must reside on separate volumes on different channels
  • C. Must reside on separate devices, control units and channels
  • D. Must be excluded from System Managed Storage (SMS) policies


Answer : C

When reviewing a customers data center electrical infrastructure, what is most important for Business Resiliency?

  • A. Confirm that all equipment is connected to two power distribution units.
  • B. Confirm the electrical utility has two lines from the grid to the data center.
  • C. Confirm there is uninterruptible power in the data center to the equipment.
  • D. Confirm backup power can be switched on before severe weather approaches.


Answer : C

A System z representative is meeting with a customer to determine their disaster recovery readiness. The customer says they use a Tier 1 solution with PTAM and no hot-site.
What solution is the customer currently using?

  • A. FTP
  • B. TAPE
  • C. GDPS
  • D. Hyper swap


Answer : B

Which of the following are components of System z Business Continuity?

  • A. GDPS GlobalMirror Hardware RAS Parallel Sysplex
  • B. GDPS Crypto Hardware RAS Parallel Sysplex
  • C. GDPS GlobalMirror HiperSockets Parallel Sysplex
  • D. zEDC GDPS Metro Mirror Parallel Sysplex


Answer : A

A System z Enterprise Linux Server customer needs a solution of 6 IFLs and 300GB usable memory to deploy multiple Linux guests. Which of the following models can support the requirement while maintaining the highest availability?

  • A. z114 M10
  • B. z114 M05
  • C. zBC12 H13
  • D. zBCI2 H06


Answer : C

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