IBM Assessment: Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure C9060-509 Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  What is the default log to record scheduled command output on a client?

  A. schedule.log

  B. tsmsched.log

  C. dsmsched.log

  D. adsmsched.log

  Correct Answer: C

  Explanation: Checking the Schedule Log The Tivoli Storage Manager client stores detailed information about each scheduled event in a file. This file contains information such as the statistics about the backed-up objects, the name of the server to which the objects are backed up, and the time and date of the next scheduled operation.

  The default name for this file is dsmsched.log.

• Question 2:

  What is the purpose of the client acceptor daemon?

  A. It enables client side deduplication.

  B. It is a light-weight acceptor for restoring client files.

  C. It accepts commands from the Tivoli Storage Manager server.

  D. It automatically starts and stops the scheduler process as needed.

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation: The client acceptor daemon serves as an external timer for the scheduler. When the scheduler is started, it queries the server for the next scheduled event. The event is either executed immediately or the scheduler exits. The client acceptor daemon restarts the scheduler when it is time to execute the scheduled event.

• Question 3:

  What is the meaning of the RETONLY parameter?

  A. The number of days to retain a backup version after that version becomes inactive.

  B. The maximum number of backup versions to retain for files that are currently on the client file system.

  C. The maximum number of backup versions to retain for files that have been deleted from the client file system.

  D. The number of days to retain the last backup version of a file that has been deleted from the client file system.

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation: RETOnly determines 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.

• Question 4:

  The host application creates transaction logs and rotates old logs to a temp directory every hour.

  Which action ensures the logs are saved to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server before deleting them?

  A. Use continuous data backup of the temp directory.

  B. Archive the temp directory hourly and specify the DELETEFILES option.

  C. Run a snapshot and specify the post-snapshot script to delete old logs.

  D. Run an incremental backup and use the host scheduler to delete log files.

  Correct Answer: B

  Explanation: Use the deletefiles option with the archive command to delete files from your workstation after you archive them.

• Question 5:

  Disk drives are used for which two types of storage pools?

  A. disk storage pool

  B. variable access storage pool

  C. remote access storage pool when configured as a NAS device class

  D. remote access storage pool when configured as a SAN device class

  E. sequential access storage pool when configured as a FILE device class

  Correct Answer: AD

  Explanation: A: Device Class: Disk Storage volumes that reside on the internal disk drive

  Tivoli Storage Manager devices can be physical, such as disk drives and tape drives, or logical, such as files on disk or storage on another server.

  D: A NAS is a file server.

  Not E: Files on Disk as Sequential Volumes (FILE) This device type allows you to create sequential volumes by creating files on disk storage. To the server, these files have the characteristics of a tape volume.

• Question 6:

  What controls the flow of data from a primary random disk storage pool to a sequential tape storage pool?

  A. migration

  B. expiration

  C. motivation

  D. integration

  Correct 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.

• Question 7:

  What is left on the client disk when a file is migrated using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager space management?

  A. a mig file

  B. a stub file

  C. no file is left

  D. a directory file

  Correct Answer: B

  Explanation: When a file is migrated from your local system to Tivoli Storage Manager storage, a placeholder, or stub file, is created in place of the original file. Stub files contain the necessary information to recall your migrated files and remain on your local file system so that the files appear to reside locally. This contrasts with archiving, where you usually delete files from your local file system after archiving them.

• Question 8:

  What is used to create customized IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) reports in TSM Reporting and Monitoring?

  A. PERL

  B. NDMP

  C. COBOL

  D. COGNOS

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation: You can create your own custom reports using IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, or you can install the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) software.

• Question 9:

  Which two tasks belong to the daily server maintenance procedure?

  A. register node

  B. activate policy

  C. expire inventory

  D. back up database

  E. identify duplicates

  Correct Answer: CD

  Explanation: Daily schedule of Tivoli Storage Manager operations The image shows the timeline for the daily schedule: Client backups run from approximately 10 PM to 6 AM. Storage pool backup runs from approximately 6 AM to 10 AM. Database backup and the creation of disaster recovery copies of the volume history and device configuration files runs from 10 AM to 12 PM. Migration runs from approximately 12 PM to 2 PM. Expiration runs from 2 PM to 4 PM. Reclamation runs from 4 PM to 8 PM. Disaster recovery preparations run from 8 PM to 10 PM.

  

• Question 10:

  Which scheduling mode is initiated by the server contacting a registered client?

  A. All

  B. Polling

  C. Initiated

  D. Prompted

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation: Tivoli Storage Manager provides two scheduling modes: client- polling and server-prompted.