C9030-644 IBM z Systems Technical Support V7

Number of questions: 65
Number of questions to pass: 42
Time allowed: 120 mins
Status: Live

This exam consists of 5 sections described below.

Apply Information / Installation Planning / Migration Considerations 15%
Identify areas of risk to discuss with customer, relevant business partner(s), and IBM team:
Sysplex, I/O options
End of life / limited life
Drawers for cards (z13 and Infiniband cards)
TCO (workload retention)
Create a mutually developed implementation plan with the customer, including post-install.
Describe and implement consolidation methodology.
Ensure implementation plan is executed per requirements (including all necessary vendors, business partners, and IBM team groups).
Ensure that customer expectations have been met.

Business Resiliency 14%
Identify the elements of high availability which enable a z Systems environment to remain up and running without unscheduled outages (e.g., elements unique to single system environments, or multiple system environments in a single location, and multi-system-multi-location environment).
Identify the elements of continuous availability which enable a z Systems environment to remain up and running without any outages (planned or unplanned).
Identify the elements of a disaster recovery solution which affect the ability of the business to continue to run.
Explain recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO), and identify the technologies that support these objectives.
Identify business or external elements which make having a resilient business critical, such as governmental and industry regulations or standards (finance, transit, etc), audit points, competition, and revenue impact.
Identify z Systems business resilience options and their capabilities, and alternative offerings, including (but not limited to) IBM BCRS and GDPS.
Given specific customer criteria and requirements, propose the appropriate business resilience solution, product, or process.
Conduct a business impact analysis to identify a solution which eliminates identified single points of failure (networking redundancy, application failover, infrastructure redundancy, HW or SW product redundancy).

Evaluate Customer Environment and Plans 15%
Evaluate and document current customer environment (equipment, software, staff usage, satisfaction, need for change and growth).
Identify opportunities (business resilience, workload consolidation, cloud, analytics, mobile, etc.).
Solve customer business problems using tools, methods, and processes, including benchmarks.
Solve customer business problems using capacity planning tools (zPCR, zCP3000, zBNA, zSoftCap, zTPM, zSCON).
Discuss how customers can use Techline to resolve computing issues.
Solve customer business problems using tools, methods, and processes, including methodology for best fit (newer workloads, operating environments, "fit for purpose," etc.).
Determine which tools are used to compare different platforms: Sizing, TCO analysis, etc. (RACE, Eagle).

z Systems Features and Architecture 38%
Describe z Systems models (z13, z13s).
Describe LinuxONE models (Emperor and Rockhopper).
Describe currently marketed z Systems, operating systems (z/OS, z/VM, and Linux), and related system software, middleware, and compilers.
Describe z Systems virtualization (PR/SM, z/VM, DPM, KVM).
Describe z Systems specialty engines (IFL, zIIP, ICF) use and benefits.
Describe z Systems permanent and temporary capacity offerings (CoD, Capacity Provisioning, CBU).
Describe z Systems security offerings (RACF, PKI, Crypto, TKE).
Describe z Systems storage compatibility options for z/OS, z/VM and Linux on z Systems.
Describe z Systems connectivity options (I/O such as FICON, OSA, RoCE, zEDC and coupling links such as Infiniband, Integrated Coupling Adapter).
Describe z Systems performance improvements (HiperDispatch, zHPF, Out of Order Execution, Flash Express, Large Memory).
Describe z Systems architectural enhancements (SIMD, SMT, new instructions, Chip/Cache structure, PCIe, IFP, IBM zAware, Secure Service Container).
Describe z Systems modernization of legacy applications (new architecture and deployment).
Describe z Systems systems management (HMC, SE, zOSMF, SMF, RMF, IBM WAVE, etc.).
Describe software pricing options under z/OS, z/VM, and Linux on z Systems.

z Systems Solutions 17%
Security: Identify those things in a z Systems environment that protect networks, data, and applications.
Security: Identify common methods to reduce risk exposure in encryption and cryptography.
Security: Discuss gaps in the customer security environment in data security (encryption, data-at-rest, data-in-motion, permissions/access, etc.).
Security: Identify tools, resources and products which monitor, track and secure data, applications, and systems, and differentiate when they are used. (zSecure, crypto coprocessors, IBM Multi-Factor Authentication for z/OS (MFA), etc.).
Security: Given a customer situation, select the security solution (including processes, products, tools and services) which most closely matches the customer requirements.
Cloud: Identify the characteristics of a cloud environment (elastic, broad network access, pooled/shared resources, measured usage/resources).
Cloud: Position cloud solutions on z Systems that differentiate it from cloud solutions on other platforms (elements that are unique to z Systems, such as cryptography, RAS, Capacity on Demand).
Cloud: Position cloud virtualization solutions on z Systems that differentiate it from cloud solutions on other platforms.
Cloud: Describe hybrid cloud characteristics.
Analytics: Describe the unique values of data intensive workloads on z Systems including reliability, availability, security and scalability.
Blockchain: Describe the capabilities and benefits of Blockchain.

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Status: Live
The z Systems Technical Support Specialist understands the customer's business environment and evaluates their IT infrastructure to ensure that z Systems solutions are appropriately designed and implemented. This individual performs requirements analysis, systems architecture/design, and planning/installation. Additionally, he or she provides ongoing support to ensure that the customer is operational and technical requirements are continually addressed.

The technical support specialist has an in-depth understanding of the IT infrastructure and z Systems architecture necessary to design and implement z Systems solutions for customers. This individual knows the hardware components, their functions, and how they differentiate the z Systems platform, including z13s, z13, and LinuxONE models. The specialist should also understand how to upgrade from earlier systems.

In addition to the hardware, this person is familiar with the capabilities and benefits associated with assorted software and operating systems supported by z Systems, including capabilities for handling and securing cloud, analytics and mobile workloads. Further, this professional is knowledgeable in key concepts relevant to z Systems, such as reliability, availability, serviceability, scalability, security, and systems management.

The target audience for this certification includes IBM Business Partners and IBM employees who are responsible for supporting IBM z Systems solutions.
Recommended Prerequisite Skills

The successful candidate will have approximately 3-5 years of experience supporting IBM z Systems solutions.
Requirements

This certification requires 1 exam

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Exam 70-776 Perform Big Data Engineering on Microsoft Cloud Services (beta)

Published: July 5, 2017
Languages: English
Audiences: Data engineers
Technology: Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Stream Analytics
Credit toward certification: MCSA

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Design and Implement Complex Event Processing By Using Azure Stream Analytics (15-20%)
Ingest data for real-time processing
Select appropriate data ingestion technology based on specific constraints; design partitioning scheme and select mechanism for partitioning; ingest and process data from a Twitter stream; connect to stream processing entities; estimate throughput, latency needs, and job footprint; design reference data streams
Design and implement Azure Stream Analytics
Configure thresholds, use the Azure Machine Learning UDF, create alerts based on conditions, use a machine learning model for scoring, train a model for continuous learning, use common stream processing scenarios
Implement and manage the streaming pipeline
Stream data to a live dashboard, archive data as a storage artifact for batch processing, enable consistency between stream processing and batch processing logic
Query real-time data by using the Azure Stream Analytics query language
Use built-in functions, use data types, identify query language elements, control query windowing by using Time Management, guarantee event delivery

Design and Implement Analytics by Using Azure Data Lake (25-30%)
Ingest data into Azure Data Lake Store
Create an Azure Data Lake Store (ADLS) account, copy data to ADLS, secure data within ADLS by using access control, leverage end-user or service-to-service authentication appropriately, tune the performance of ADLS, access diagnostic logs
Manage Azure Data Lake Analytics
Create an Azure Data Lake Analytics (ADLA) account, manage users, manage data sources, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot jobs, access diagnostic logs, optimize jobs by using the vertex view, identify historical job information
Extract and transform data by using U-SQL
Schematize data on read at scale; generate outputter files; use the U-SQL data types, use C# and U-SQL expression language; identify major differences between T-SQL and U-SQL; perform JOINS, PIVOT, UNPIVOT, CROSS APPLY, and Windowing functions in U-SQL; share data and code through U-SQL catalog; define benefits and use of structured data in U-SQL; manage and secure the Catalog
Extend U-SQL programmability
Use user-defined functions, aggregators, and operators, scale out user-defined operators, call Python, R, and Cognitive capabilities, use U-SQL user-defined types, perform federated queries, share data and code across ADLA and ADLS
Integrate Azure Data Lake Analytics with other services
Integrate with Azure Data Factory, Azure HDInsight, Azure Data Catalog, and Azure Event Hubs, ingest data from Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Design and Implement Azure SQL Data Warehouse Solutions (15-20%)
Design tables in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Choose the optimal type of distribution column to optimize workflows, select a table geometry, limit data skew and process skew through the appropriate selection of distributed columns, design columnstore indexes, identify when to scale compute nodes, calculate the number of distributions for a given workload
Query data in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Implement query labels, aggregate functions, create and manage statistics in distributed tables, monitor user queries to identify performance issues, change a user resource class
Integrate Azure SQL Data Warehouse with other services
Ingest data into Azure SQL Data Warehouse by using AZCopy, Polybase, Bulk Copy Program (BCP), Azure Data Factory, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Create-Table-As-Select (CTAS), and Create-External-Table-As-Select (CETAS); export data from Azure SQL Data Warehouse; provide connection information to access Azure SQL Data Warehouse from Azure Machine Learning; leverage Polybase to access a different distributed store; migrate data to Azure SQL Data Warehouse; select the appropriate ingestion method based on business needs

Design and Implement Cloud-Based Integration by using Azure Data Factory (15-20%)
Implement datasets and linked services
Implement availability for the slice, create dataset policies, configure the appropriate linked service based on the activity and the dataset
Move, transform, and analyze data by using Azure Data Factory activities
Copy data between on-premises and the cloud, create different activity types, extend the data factory by using custom processing steps, move data to and from Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Orchestrate data processing by using Azure Data Factory pipelines
Identify data dependencies and chain multiple activities, model schedules based on data dependencies, provision and run data pipelines, design a data flow
Monitor and manage Azure Data Factory
Identify failures and root causes, create alerts for specified conditions, perform a redeploy, use the Microsoft Azure Portal monitoring tool

Manage and Maintain Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Stream Analytics (20-25%)
Provision Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Stream Analytics
Provision Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake, and Azure Data Factory, implement Azure Stream Analytics
Implement authentication, authorization, and auditing
Integrate services with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), use the local security model in Azure SQL Data Warehouse, configure firewalls, implement auditing, integrate services with Azure Data Factory
Manage data recovery for Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake, and Azure Data Factory, Azure Stream Analytics
Backup and recover services, plan and implement geo-redundancy for Azure Storage, migrate from an on-premises data warehouse to Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Monitor Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake, and Azure Stream Analytics
Manage concurrency, manage elastic scale for Azure SQL Data Warehouse, monitor workloads by using Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) for Azure SQL Data Warehouse, troubleshoot Azure Data Lake performance by using the Vertex Execution View
Design and implement storage solutions for big data implementations
Optimize storage to meet performance needs, select appropriate storage types based on business requirements, use AZCopy, Storage Explorer and Redgate Azure Explorer to migrate data, design cloud solutions that integrate with on-premises data

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Exam MB6-705 Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 Installation and Configuration

Published: January 22, 2015
Languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Credit toward certification: MCP

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Plan a Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 installation (15–20%)
Manage organizational hierarchies
Identify legal entities, operating units, and organizational hierarchies; define hierarchy purposes; create organizations and hierarchies; add organizations to a hierarchy
Plan a deployment
Identify Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 architectural components, compare minimum versus complete server setup, identify other servers in the environment, identify necessary service accounts for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8, identify necessary service accounts for SQL Server services
Manage pre-installation tasks
Pre-installation checklists, plan system topology, identify current hardware and software

Install, configure, and update Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 (15–20%)
Install and configure Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8
Use the Setup Wizard and automatic update installer, validate that prerequisite software is installed, install an environment, troubleshoot installation issues, identify considerations for cloud-hosted environments, configure the Application Object Server (AOS), use the Server Configuration Utility, perform post-installation configuration steps
Configure and initialize the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 environment
Configure clusters, load balancing, and batch servers; specify help system parameters; identify and configure client performance options; specify system service accounts; view and configure licenses; configure system parameters; prepare initialization; synchronize the database; initialize the system
Deploy Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 clients
Install a client, create a Group Policy logon script, deploy multiple clients, create a shared configuration file, create a batch file to install clients, understand considerations for installing multiple instances on one computer, identify and describe Microsoft Office add-ins, configure Office add-ins, import data from Microsoft Excel, edit data in Excel, use Office templates and documents
Update Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8
Describe Lifecycle Services, identify tools for updating the environment, understand and implement slipstream installations

Manage users and security (15–20%)
Understand security concepts and components
Understand the pluggable authentication architecture; identify features that support compliance, auditing, and reporting; implement custom authentication; integrate security with the organizational model; determine proper placement of system components to secure the environment
Manage authentication, users, and Active Directory user groups
Create Active Directory users and groups; describe claims-based authentication; import users from Active Directory; identify role-based security features including process cycles, duties, privileges and permissions; align application security with business needs; assign roles to users roles, duties, and process cycles; add a role; modify a role; override permissions for a role; add duties to a role; remove duties from a role; edit a duty
Manage the extensible data security framework
Control access to past, present, and future records; develop data security policies; identify data security filters; implement record-level security
Secure OLAP data and reports
Identify default Analysis Services roles, assign users to database roles, specify user access to cubes, restrict access to specific members of a dimension, identify report security considerations, control access to data and assemblies, implement role-based security to reports and resources, mitigate injection attacks

Implement services and manage workflows (10–15%)
Describe workflow architecture
Identify workflow types, identify workflow features, identify uses and limitations of workflow types
Implement support for workflows
Specify the workflow execution account; run the Workflow infrastructure configuration wizard; create email notification templates; specify workflow templates; set up work item queue groups, queues, and queue assignments
Create, configure, and monitor workflows
Create a workflow with the graphical workflow editor, configure workflow approval elements, configure workflow decisions, create performance analysis reports, view workflow history

Manage reporting and analytics (10–15%)
Understand reporting components
Identify the reporting architecture, identify services that are used in reporting, identify SQL Server Reporting Services features, describe .rdl files, understand report generation from end-user requests through report rendering
Understand analytics components
Differentiate between online analytical processing (OLAP) and online transaction processing (OLTP) databases; describe cubes; define facts, dimensions, and measures; identify types of cubes; identify default cubes; work with date dimensions; configure the Gregorian calendar
Deploy and configure cubes
Deploy default cubes, connect SQL Server Analysis Server to the Application Object Server (AOS), automate cube processing, configure access to cubes, configure default cubes and analysis servers
Install and configure report servers
Identify reporting components, install prerequisite software, configure report servers, validate settings, set up reports as batches, use Windows PowerShell to deploy reports

Manage the Enterprise Portal (10–15%)
Describe Enterprise Portals
Identify Enterprise Portal components and features including Role Centers, sites, and pages; describe enterprise search architecture; describe the Enterprise Portal security process flow; describe perimeter networks
Install and deploy Enterprise Portals
Identify installation tasks, understand search components, describe relationships between search components, install Enterprise Portal and Role Centers, deploy objects from the Application Object Tree (AOT), deploy changes to the Enterprise Portal, use the AdUpdatePortal utility, manage remote Enterprise Portal deployments
Configure and administer Enterprise Portals
Identify and configure Enterprise Portal parameters, publish images, manage Enterprise Portal websites, configure collaboration workspace settings, configure search, update the search crawler role

Manage Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8 installations (15–20%)
Manage models
Identify model store components; understand model store uses; identify files related to the model store including .aod, .axmodel, and .xpo files; understand the difference between the current model store architecture and earlier versions of the model store
Manage batch processes
Understand task processing order, create a batch group, create batch jobs, add tasks to a batch job, run batch tasks, view batch job history
Set up and manage email messages and alerts
Integrate Microsoft Dynamics AX with Microsoft Outlook, identify forms that support sending email messages, send email messages to distribution groups, define alert parameters, create alert rules and alerts, use rule templates, process alerts, connect templates with alerts
Monitor Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8
Describe system monitoring tools including Management Pack, Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer, and Performance Monitor; identify Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8-specific Performance Monitor counters
Manage infrastructure and deployment components
Install and configure web services on Internet Information Services (IIS), create service groups, configure integration ports and adapters, migrate configuration settings between environments, describe and configure inbound and outbound ports, understand the differences between basic and enhanced ports
Troubleshoot and manage services
Start and stop batch services, debug services, understand Queue Manager message status values, view and manage queued messages, view information about Application Integration Framework (AIF) exceptions
QUESTION 1
You need to create a new service group in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3. What should you do?

A. Publish all services in the service group to multiple web services description language (WSDL) files.
B. Configure the service group by the using Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Server Configuration utility.
C. Associate the service group with an enhanced integration port.
D. Use the Application Object Tree (AOT) to create the service group.

Answer: D

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QUESTION 2
Which statement about Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 security authentication is true?

A. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 can use authentication providers other than Active Directory.
B. You can configure Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 to apply data security before authenticating users.
C. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 can only use Active Directory authentication
D. You can configure Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 to apply security role authorization before authenticating users

Answer: A

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QUESTION 3
A batch job is not processing and remains in the waiting status. You need to identify why the batch job is not processing What is the cause?

A. The batch job does not have a batch group assigned.
B. The user that created the batch job does not have permissions to the Batch processing form
C. The batch tasks do not have a batch group assigned.
D. The Application Object Server (AOS) assigned to the batch group is not enabled as a batch server.

Answer: A

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QUESTION 4
You need to configure the data sources for Microsoft Office add ins.
What should you do?

A. Specify the data source module and type in the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 client.
B. Specify the data source connection string and type in the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 client.
C. Specify the data source connection string and type in the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Configuration utility.
D. Specify the data source module and type in the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Configuration utility.

Answer: D

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