Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :A4040-221
  • Exam Name
    :Assessment: AIX 7 Admininstration
  • Certification
    :CATE
  • Vendor
    :IBM
  • Total Questions
    :234 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :Mar 24, 2025

IBM CATE A4040-221 Questions & Answers

  • Question 61:

    An administrator plans to migrate an LPAR from one host to another using a mksysb restore. The source system has a mirrored rootvg on two 72GB disks. The destination system has one 72GB disk.

    Which of the following would allow the mksysb to be restored successfully on the destination system?

    A. Update the bosinst.data file for the mksysb target_disk_data value for the volume group.

    B. Ensure the option 'Shrink Filesystems' and 'Use Maps' are set to no when restoring the mksysb.

    C. Update the image.data file for the mksysb lv_source_disk_list, copies and PP values for each LV.

    D. Update the image.data file for the mksysb and add the attribute mirror=false under logical_volume_policy stanza.

  • Question 62:

    With regard to GLVM mirroring, which of the following is a true statement?

    A. Mirrored locations are limited to being 254 miles apart

    B. Data mirroring is performed over standard TCP/IP networks

    C. GLVM requires any hosted database applications to be mirror-tolerant.

    D. Production and backup sites must use the exact same model of IBM Power System server

  • Question 63:

    Given the NIB configuration shown below, what is the most likely reason that after a link failure for ent0,

    there was no automatic failover to ent2?

    A. Alternate Address is not set

    B. No Internet Address to Ping is specified

    C. Automatically Recover to Main Channel is set to yes

    D. ent0 and ent2 have different media speeds specified

  • Question 64:

    An administrator saved a change to the active profile of an LPAR. When will the change take effect?

    A. Immediately after the profile is saved

    B. When the admin reboots the LPAR from within AIX

    C. When the Rebuild Managed System task completes

    D. When the LPAR is shutdown and the profile is activated from the HMC

  • Question 65:

    What is the purpose of using the ssh-keygen -t dsa command?

    A. Establishing credentials for a secure connection between systems.

    B. Provide performance monitoring agents to monitor encrypted file systems.

    C. Allow a user to switch to the root user without knowing the root password.

    D. Securely transfer files between AIX instances without a password prompt using ftp

  • Question 66:

    When could an IVM instance be preferable to an HMC for Power Systems management?

    A. Where multiple partition profiles are required

    B. When Systems Director is used for central management

    C. Where Power Compute Nodes are deployed in a PureFlex environment

    D. When a single entry level Power Systems server needs to be split into LPARs

  • Question 67:

    What speed and duplex attributes should configured on a virtual Ethernet adapter?

    A. 1000/Full

    B. Auto/Auto

    C. 10000/Full

    D. Default/Default

  • Question 68:

    In the following graphic, the administrator created an additional paging space using smit mkps. The paging space is not active. What is necessary to start using the new paging space?

    A. Use swapon to activate the new paging space.

    B. Reboot the server to activate the new paging space.

    C. Vary on the pgvg volume group prior to creating the new paging space.

    D. Use chps with the -a y flag to activate the new paging space for immediate use.

  • Question 69:

    When attempting to connect to a remote system, a long delay is experienced before the login prompt is displayed. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?

    A. The /etc/resolv.conf file on the remote system is missing.

    B. The /etc/resolv.conf file on the remote system has an invalid entry.

    C. The /etc/hosts file on the remote system does not have an entry for itself.

    D. The /etc/hosts file on the remote system has an invalid hostname listed for itself.

  • Question 70:

    An administrator is attempting to recover the sendmail.cf file from the weekly mksysb backup. The

    following output confirms that the file does exist within the mksysb backup:

    Why would the following smitty panel fail to find and restore the required file?

    A. The target directory must match the source directory

    B. /etc/mail/sendmail.cf is a symbolic link to /etc/sendmail.cf

    C. Extended attributes should not be restored for a symbolic link

    D. The file to restore must be correctly delimited relative to the backup

Tips on How to Prepare for the Exams

Nowadays, the certification exams become more and more important and required by more and more enterprises when applying for a job. But how to prepare for the exam effectively? How to prepare for the exam in a short time with less efforts? How to get a ideal result and how to find the most reliable resources? Here on Vcedump.com, you will find all the answers. Vcedump.com provide not only IBM exam questions, answers and explanations but also complete assistance on your exam preparation and certification application. If you are confused on your A4040-221 exam preparations and IBM certification application, do not hesitate to visit our Vcedump.com to find your solutions here.