Wednesday, 21 June 2017

C2090-552 IBM InfoSphere Optim for Distributed Systems Fundamentals

Test information:
Number of questions: 65
Time allowed in minutes: 90
Required passing score: 75%
Languages: English, Japanese

This certification exam certifies that the successful candidate has important knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to plan, install, configure, troubleshoot, administer and maintain an IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Growth, Optim Decommissioning, Test Data Management, or Test Data Management with Data Privacy option on a Distributed System.

Section 1 - Installation and Configuration (25%)
Optim Architecture
Operating Systems/Hardware support
Database Support
Establishing Environments
Optim Directories (location, numbers, owners)
Confirming installation pre-reqs
Physical installations
Security
Initializing
Enabling
Configuring
Archive / Extract Maintenance
File locations/sub-systems
File naming / sizing

Section 2 - Optim Core Functionality (35%)
Data Growth
Archive
Delete
Restore
Decommissioning
Test Data Management
Extract / Insert
Edit
Compare
Data Privacy Functions (when to use which ones)
Convert
Privacy Functions
Access Definitions
Relationships

Section 3 - Advanced Topics (34%)
Enterprise Integration
Security
Storage
Automation (i.e. Command Line)
Import/Export OPTIM DDL
Archive Files (i.e., location, collections, moving, registering, creating, managing index files)
Optim Connect
Archive Collections
Archive Indexes
Archive File Maintenance
Complex Data Model Traversals
Extended Data Sources
InfoSphere Federation Server
Optim Connect
Non-Enforced Referential Integrity
Column Maps and Exits

Section 4 - Performance and Troubleshooting (6%)
Log Files, Trace Files and Statistical Reports
Relationships (i.e., delete strategy, OPTIM relationships, Forced Key/Scan Lookups, Scans, Threads)

Relationship Index Analysis

IBM Certified Specialist - InfoSphere Optim for Distributed Systems v9.1

Job Role Description / Target Audience
This certification exam certifies that the successful candidate has important knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to plan, install, configure, troubleshoot, administer and maintain an IBM InfoSphere Optim Solutions v9.1.

This includes:
* product installation and configuration
* Optim Core Functionality
* LUA
* Optim Search
* Masking on Demand
* Service on Demand
* New Database features and functionality
* performance and tuning

The person performing these functions is generally self-sufficient and is able to perform most of the tasks involved in the role with limited assistance from peers, product documentation and vendor support services.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills

Hands-on experience with installing, configuring and using InfoSphere Optim on Distributed Systems

IBM Certified Specialist - InfoSphere Optim for Distributed Systems Fundamentals

Job Role Description / Target Audience
This intermediate level certification is intended for application developers, database administrators, and technical personnel who perform the installation, configuration and day-to-day tasks associated with ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of InfoSphere Optim environment.

This includes:
* product installation and configuration
* configuration of security
* archive and extract maintenance
* archiving and Optim Connect
* decommissioning
* creation and maintenance of test data
* privatizing data
* accessing extended data sources using Optim Connect and InfoSphere Federation Server
* implementing a test data management environment
* performance and tuning

The person performing these functions is generally self-sufficient and is able to perform most of the tasks involved in the role with limited assistance from peers, product documentation and vendor support services.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Familiarity with Optim Manuals
Hands-on experience with installing, configuring, and using Optim on Distributed Systems



QUESTION 1
You can use the silent installer in a UNIX environment to install the Optim Server. The silent
installer is NOT available for which two of the following platforms? (Choose two.)

A. HP-UX 11i v2
B. Red Hat Linux 3
C. IBM AIX 5
D. Solaris 8
E. SUSE 10

Answer: B,D

Explanation:


QUESTION 2
When installing Optim, what is the minimum disk space needed for the database?

A. 50gb
B. 50mb
C. As required
D. 500mb

Answer: C

Explanation:


QUESTION 3
You are planning an installation of IBM Optim. Which two configurations are supported for the
Optim Server and Optim Directory? (Choose two.)

A. DB2 database running on Ubuntu Linux
B. DB2 or Oracle databases running on AIX
C. Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server databases running on AIX
D. DB2 or Informix databases running on Sun Solaris
E. DB2 or Microsoft Access databases running on Windows XP Professional

Answer: B,D

Explanation:


QUESTION 4
Which two statements are true about Optim security roles? (Choose two.)

A. Functional Privilege classes such as Create New Actions and Create New Definitions can be
controlled using Roles.
B. Privileges such as Archive Request and Compare Request can be controlled using Roles
C. By default, the Access Control Domain allows access to all Optim Actions and privileges. Only
denial of privileges can be assigned using roles.
D. Default Roles may not be modified to allow or deny Functional Privilege Classes and New
Action Privileges.
E. Edit the FAD (File Access Definition) to control which roles has access to all of the files.

Answer: A,B

Explanation:

Friday, 16 June 2017

C2090-461 IBM InfoSphere Optim for Distributed Systems v9.1

Test information:
Number of questions: 34
Time allowed in minutes: 60
Required passing score: 61%
Languages: English

This certification exam certifies that the successful candidate has important knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to plan, install, configure, troubleshoot, administer and maintain an IBM InfoSphere Optim Solutions v9.1.

This includes:
* product installation and configuration
* Optim Core Functionality
* LUA
* Optim Search
* Masking on Demand
* Service on Demand
* New Database features and functionality
* performance and tuning

The person performing these functions is generally self-sufficient and is able to perform most of the tasks involved in the role with limited assistance from peers, product documentation and vendor support services.

Section 1 - Installation and Configuration (29%)
Optim Architecture
Operating Systems / Hardware Support
Database Support
New or additional components (Optim Manager, Optim Designer, self-service and Optim Search, UDFs)
Masking on Demand
Establishing Environments
Optim Directories (location, numbers, owners)
Confirming installation pre-reqs
Physical installations (locations, what to separate, manager, where things exist)
Archive / Extract Maintenance
File location / sub-systems (BigData enhancements)
File naming / sizing

Section 2 - Optim Core Functionality (35%)
Archiving
File and Directory Maintenance
Search
Test Data Management
Using the Designer interface
Creating access definitions, table maps, column maps, services
Creating Optim relationships, aliases, data sources (discovery)
Using Optim Manager
Data Privacy Providers (when to use which ones)

Section 3 - Advanced Topics (29%)
LUA
Optim Search
Masking on Demand
Service on Demand
New Database Features/functionality (Netezza, loaders, teradata)

Section 4 - Performance and Troubleshooting (6%)
Log and Trace Files

IBM Certified Specialist - InfoSphere Optim for Distributed Systems v9.1

Job Role Description / Target Audience
This certification exam certifies that the successful candidate has important knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to plan, install, configure, troubleshoot, administer and maintain an IBM InfoSphere Optim Solutions v9.1.

This includes:
* product installation and configuration
* Optim Core Functionality
* LUA
* Optim Search
* Masking on Demand
* Service on Demand
* New Database features and functionality
* performance and tuning

The person performing these functions is generally self-sufficient and is able to perform most of the tasks involved in the role with limited assistance from peers, product documentation and vendor support services.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Hands-on experience with installing, configuring and using InfoSphere Optim on Distributed Systems

QUESTION 1
Considering best practices and Optim Access Definitions, which statement is FALSE?

A. Optim Classic interface would be used to define the Optionl and Option2 for my archive Access
Definition.
B. All tables included in an Access Definition that was created in Optim Designer must be in the
same DBAIias.
C. One can copy an Access Definition from one folder to another in Optim Designer and the
Wizard will require you to rename it.
D. A reference table can easily be changed to a related table in Optim Designer, however, one
should then verify the entire process by viewing Show Steps.

Answer: D

Explanation:


QUESTION 2
In order to consistently mask a credit card number, which option should be used?

A. TRANS CCN
B. TRANS CCN ('=n CREDITCARD')
C. SUBSTR(CREDITCARD. 1. 12) || SEQ(1111.1)
D. There is no reason to mask the credit card number as long as you mask the name.

Answer: A

Explanation:

Friday, 9 June 2017

1Z0-468 Oracle Cloud Application Foundation Essentials

Duration: 120 minutes
Number of Questions: 76
Passing Score: 62%
View passing score policy
Validated Against:
Format: Multiple Choice

Cloud Application Foundation (CAF) Fundamentals
Describe Cloud Application Foundation concepts
Identify components of WebLogic Suite
Identify differences between WebLogic Server (WLS) SE, EE & Suite
Describe the problem domain of Coherence with WLS
Describe Oracle Cloud Computing business drivers
Describe Virtual Assembly Builder Studio features
Describe supported and custom Appliances for Virtual Assemblies
Describe ActiveCache (WLS and Coherence)

Coherence Development Fundamentals
Describe Use Cases for Coherence
Deploy the correct Cache Topologies
Understand how Coherence Clustering works
Describe how parititioning works in Coherence
Describe client types and usage
Describe POF and other models of Object Serialization
Understand how to configure different cache topologies and services
Understand basic Coherence key-based APIs
Integrate with a datasource

Advanced Coherence Development Topics
Create indexes to optimize filters
Describe a service
Describe when you would use Elastic Data
Perform a map-reduce operation
Explain advanced capabilities like eventing and processing to customer
Configure and use a Near Cache or Continuous Query Cache
Configure operational features like Quorum and Service Guardian
Perform concurrent operations against a cache
Integrate with TopLink Grid
Pre-load a cache
Write Coherence queries

Deploying and Debugging a Coherence Application
Configure a set of proxies
Architect a Coherence client tier
Apply best practices for performance tuning
Plan Capacity for a Coherence deployment
Debug network issues in Coherence deployments
Tune and size Coherence JVMs
Describe how to run a Coherence application
Debug a basic Coherence problem
Collect information for advanced Coherence troubleshooting
Explain how Oracle Enterprise Manager integrates with Coherence
Apply the Production Checklist

Monitoring and Managing WebLogic Server with Oracle Enterprise Manager
Describe the architecture and components within Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Utilize the three primary functional areas that are addressed by Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control in regards to WLS management
Configure Enterprise Manager with WLS
Explain how to position WebLogic Management Pack EE
Configure Oracle Enterprise Manager to provide full stack visibility and application performance management for WLS
Explain how Java Virtual Machine (JVM) diagnostics provides full cross-tier diagnostics in production environments and why it is important
Configure Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to provide WLS patch automation
Utilize Oracle Enterprise Manager for lifecycle management (i.e. provisioning and cloning of WLS domains and Java applications)
Utilize the user experience management features provided by Oracle Enterprise Manager Real User Experience Insight
Describe the primary critical use cases for Oracle Enterprise Manager Business Transaction Management for WLS
Explain the key challenges that Oracle Enterprise Manager addresses with its configuration management features

Java VM
Explain the basics of Java VM
Explain the differences between HotSpot VM and Jrockit VM
Troubleshoot common performance problems
Describe different garbage collection schemes
Describe different VM tuning options
Utilize performance monitoring and profiling using JVM command line tools
Utilize advanced real-time performance monitoring, profiling and troubleshooting using Java Mission Control
Utilize Back-in-time analysis and troubleshooting using Java Flight Recorder
Design for Java application performance

Virtual Assembly Builder
Explain the business and IT challenges Virtual Assembly Builder helps with
Explain the advantages of assemblies over standalone VM templates
Create appliances and multi-tier assemblies
Customize an assembly at deployment time
Setup Virtual Assembly Builder Deployer and deploy a multi-tier assembly

Web Tier
Explain the basics of HTTP Server and Traffic Director
Design and configure Reverse Proxy with HTTP Server and Traffic Director
Secure HTTP Server and Traffic Director Environments
Perform basic troubleshooting of HTTP Server and Traffic Director


QUESTION 1
Which two mechanisms are explicitly monitored to determine death of a cluster member? (Choose two.)

A. garbage collection
B. stuck threads
C. heartbeats
D. TCP socket connections

Answer: C,D

Explanation:
Explanation
Death detection works by creating a ring of TCP connections between all cluster members.
TCP communication is sent on the same port that is used for cluster UDP communication.
Each cluster member issues a unicast heartbeat, and the most senior cluster member issues the cluster heartbeat,
which is a broadcast message. Each cluster member uses the TCP connection to detectthe death of another node
within the heartbeat interval. Death detection is enabled by default and is configured within the <tcp-ring-listener> element.


QUESTION 2
Which is a valid reason for using Coherence Elastic Data?

A. You want to cache more that the total amount of RAM on your systems.
B. You want to extend your cluster across a WAN.
C. Data must be persisted to disk to ensure fault tolerance.
D. You want to store data on very large heaps.

Answer: A

Explanation:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/tutorials/tutorials-1694910.pdf


QUESTION 3
Which configuration file must a user edit to configure Oracle HTTP Server?

A. httpd.conf
B. obj.conf
C. workers.properties
D. magnus.conf
E. oraclehttp.conf

Answer: A


QUESTION 4
You are doing capacity planning for a Coherence application with one distributed cache (dcache), and one replicated cache (rcache). You have one index on dcache, and dcache has backup_count=1. Your requirement is that you must be able to tolerate one machine failure with no loss of data. You have three machines, each with 4 JVMs GB.
What three factors do you take into consideration in case of machine failure? (Choose three.)

A. Each cache server will be responsible for more primary and backup data from dcache.
B. The size of index data in each cache server is likely to grow.
C. The size of rcache on each node will grow.
D. Updates to rcache will result in more network traffic per machine.
E. Updates to dcache will result in more network traffic per machine.

Answer: A,B,E