Number of questions: 61
Number of questions to pass: 40
Time allowed: 90 mins
Status: Live
The IBM Spectrum Control V5.3.5 Implementation exam covers planning,
configuration, customization, administration, and troubleshooting, as well as
Advanced Analytics of IBM Spectrum Control into a storage environment.
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IBM Spectrum Control V5.3.5 Implementation 100%
Section 1 - Planning Verify platform requirements and compatibility, product licensing, and
network considerations.
Determine user credentials and Authentication requirements to be used to install
or later in configuration of IBM Spectrum Control.
Determine storage subsystem management requirements to facilitate workload
automation, reporting, alerting, etc..
Ensure and verify all IBM Spectrum Control installation requirements are met and
cross reference the support matrix.
Determine if a new install or migration/upgrade for server and agent is needed.
Section 2 - Installation Ensure availability of correct IBM Spectrum Control media and license files.
Perform IBM Spectrum Control installation steps.
Troubleshoot IBM Spectrum Control for installation errors.
Section 3 - Configuration Check support matrix (connected devices).
Add and configure devices (servers, switches, storage).
Define and create schedules.
Configure History settings.
Configure Alert notifications.
Configure Alerting.
Review and update agentless servers.
Configure Roll-up servers.
Configure License Compliance Panel.
Deploy Storage Resource Agents (SRA).
Manage Authentication.
Section 4 - Customization and Administration
Interact with an SRA.
Perform Application Administration, Maintenance and Support.
Manage authentication (local OS and LDAP), role based authorization and role to
group mappings.
Configure resources history retention.
Create reports for subsystems, SANs, switches and SRAs.
View the performance of specific storage systems, switches and their internal
resources.
View the pool’s historical capacity and verify when the pool will run out of
space.
Verify managed capacity and check licensing.
Interact with Groups (applications, departments and general groups).
Define and Set Tiers to Storage pools in order to be able to use the VSC
advanced Functions.
Administer the database (run re-org of database).
Describe role-based authorization in IBM Spectrum Control.
Identify and configure alerts.
Replace default SSL certificates.
Start and stop processes and components (Scripts, Web UI and Services).
Change Spectrum Control, Cognos and monitored devices passwords and verify the
changes are successful.
Section 5 - Troubleshoot IBM Spectrum Control Installation
Analyze the overall status of the managed environment, investigate device
condition and root causes, resolve and acknowledge statuses.
Determine the status of IBM Spectrum Control components.
Collect problem information to send to Support via cases.
Configure alerting to report on errors sent to IBM Spectrum Control to
facilitate troubleshooting.
Troubleshoot scheduling for jobs or tasks.
Configure tracing.
Gather Support log files.
Troubleshoot disconnected devices.
Troubleshoot the database.
Section 6 - Troubleshoot Performance Issues
Verify monitored devices accurately display the correct connected resources.
Analyze IBM Spectrum Control scheduled tasks, performance metrics and alerts.
Troubleshoot Operating systems.
Troubleshoot Database.
Troubleshoot Spectrum Control software.
Section 7 - Advanced Analytics
Optimize the placement of volumes on storage tiers and analyze the tiering of
volumes.
Balance pools.
Define Service Classes.
Work with Capacity Pools.
Transform Storage Volumes.
Provision storage.
Identify wasted capacity that could potentially be reclaimed and repurposed
using the IBM Spectrum Control Reclamation panel.
Candidates for this exam are Developers who work with Finance and Operations
apps in Microsoft Dynamics 365 to implement and extend applications to meet the
requirements of the business. Candidates provide fully realized solutions by
using standardized application coding patterns, extensible features, and
external integrations.
Candidates are responsible for developing business logic by using X++, creating
and modifying Finance and Operations reports and workspaces, customizing user
interfaces, providing endpoints and APIs to support Power Platform apps and
external systems, performing testing, monitoring performance, analyzing and
manipulating data, creating technical designs and implementation details, and
implementing permission policies and security requirements.
Candidates participate in the migration of data and objects from legacy and
external systems, integration of Finance and Operations apps with other systems,
implementation of application lifecycle management process, planning the
functional design for solutions, and managing Finance and Operations
environments by using Lifecycle Services (LCS).
Candidates should have a deep knowledge and experience using the underlying
framework, data structures, and objects associated with the Finance and
Operations solutions.
Candidates should have experience with products that include Visual Studio,
Azure DevOps, LCS tools, or SQL Server Management Studio.
Candidates should have experience in developing code by using object-oriented
programming languages, analyzing and manipulating data by using Transact-SQL
code, and creating and running Windows PowerShell commands and scripts.
Skills measured The content of this exam was updated on May 22, 2020. Please download the
exam skills outline below to see what changed.
Plan architecture and solution design (10-15%)
Apply developer tools (10-15%)
Design and develop AOT elements (20-25%)
Develop and test code (10-15%)
Implement reporting (10-15%)
Integrate and manage data solutions (10-15%)
Implement security and optimize performance (10-15%)
Audience Profile Candidates for this exam are developers who work with Finance
and Operations apps in Microsoft Dynamics 365 to implement and extend
applications to meet the requirements of the business. Candidates provide fully
realized solutions by using standardized application coding patterns, extensible
features, and external integrations. Candidates are responsible for developing
business logic by using X++, creating and modifying Finance and Operations
reports and workspaces, customizing user interfaces, providing endpoints and
APIs to support Power Platform apps and external systems, performing testing,
monitoring performance, analyzing and manipulating data, creating technical
designs and implementation details, and implementing permission policies and
security requirements. Candidates participate in the migration of data and
objects from legacy and external systems, integration of Finance and Operations
apps with other systems, implementation of application lifecycle management
process, planning the functional design for solutions, and managing Finance and
Operations environments by using Lifecycle Services (LCS). Candidates should
have a deep knowledge and experience using the underlying framework, data
structures, and objects associated with the Finance and Operations solutions.
Candidates should have experience with products that include Visual Studio,
Azure DevOps, LCS tools, SQL Server Management Studio. Candidates should have
experience in developing code by using object-oriented programming languages,
analyzing and manipulating data by using Transact-SQL code, and creating and
running Windows PowerShell commands and scripts. Skills Measured NOTE: The
bullets that appear below each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate
how we are assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.
NOTE: In most cases, exams do NOT cover preview features, and some features will
only be added to an exam when they are GA (General Availability).
Plan architecture and solution design (10-15%) Identify the major components of Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365
Supply Chain Management
select application components and architecture based on business components
identify architectural differences between the cloud and on-premises versions
of Finance and Operations apps
prepare and deploy the deployment package identify components of the
application stack and map them to the standard models
differentiate the purpose and interrelationships between packages, projects,
models, and elements
Design and implement a user interface describe the Finance and Operations user interface layouts and components
design the workspace and define navigation
select page options
identify filtering options
Implement Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
create extension models
configure the DevOps source control process
describe the capabilities of the Environment Monitoring Tool within Lifecycle
Services (LCS)
select the purpose and appropriate uses of LCS tools and components
research and resolve issues using Issue Search
identify activities that require asset libraries
Apply Developer Tools (10-15%)
Customize Finance and Operations apps by using Visual Studio design and build projects
manage metadata using Application Explorer
synchronize data dictionary changes with the application database
create elements by using the Element Designer
Manage source code and artifacts by using version control create, check out, and check in code and artifacts
compare code and resolve version conflicts
Implement Finance and Operations app framework functionality implement the SysOperation framework
implement asynchronous framework
implement workflow framework
implement the unit test framework
identify the need for and implement the Sandbox framework
Design and develop AOT Elements (20-25%)
Create forms add a new form to a project and apply a pattern (template)
configure a data source for the form
add a grid and grid fields and groups
create and populate menu items
test form functionality and data connections
add a form extension to a project for selected standard forms
Create and extend tables add tables and table fields to a project
populate table and field properties
add a table extension to a project for a table
add fields, field groups, relations, and indices
Create Extended Data Types (EDT) and enumerations add an EDT to a project and populate EDT properties
add an enumeration to a project
add or update enumeration elements
add or update enumeration element properties
add an extension of EDT and enumerations
Create classes and extend AOT elements add a new class to a project
create a new class extension and add new methods
add event handler methods to a class
Develop and test code (10-15%)
Develop X++ code identify and implement base types and operators
implement common structured programming constructs of X++
create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) data using embedded SQL code
identify and implement global functions in X++
ensure correct usage of Display Fields
implement table and form methods
Develop object-oriented code
implement X++ variable scoping
implement inheritance and abstraction concept
implement query objects and QueryBuilder
implement attribute classes
implement chain of command
Implement reporting (10-15%) Describe the capabilities and limitations of reporting tools in Dynamics 365
FO
create and modify report data sources and supporting classes
implement reporting security requirements
describe the report publishing process
describe the capabilities of the Electronic reporting (ER) tool
Describe the differences between using Entity store and Bring your own
database (BYOD) as reporting data stores.
Design, create, and revise Dynamics Reports create and modify reports in Finance and Operations apps that use SQL
Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
create and modify Finance and Operations apps reports by using Power BI
create and modify Finance and Operations apps reports FO by using Microsoft
Excel
Design, create, and revise Dynamics workspace design KPIs
create drill-through workspace elements
implement built-in charts, KPIs, aggregate measurement, aggregate dimension,
and other reporting components
Integrate and manage data solutions (10-15%)
Identify data integration scenarios select appropriate data integration capabilities
identify differences between synchronous vs. asynchronous scenarios
Implement data integration concepts and solutions develop a data entity in Visual Studio
develop, import, and export composite data entities
identify and manage unmapped fields in data entities
consume external web services by using OData and RESTful APIs
integrate Finance and Operations apps with Excel by using OData
develop and integrate Power Automate and Power Apps
Implement data management import and export data using entities between Finance and Operations apps
and other systems
monitor the status and availability of entities
enable Entity Change Tracking
set up a data project and recurring data job
design entity sequencing
generate field mapping between source and target data structures
develop data transformations
Implement security and optimize performance (10-15%)
Implement role-based security policies and requirements create or modify duties, privileges, and permissions
enforce permissions policy
implement record-level security by using Extensible Data Security (XDS)
Apply fundamental performance optimization techniques identify and apply caching mechanisms
create or modify temp tables for optimization
determine when to use set-based queries and row-based queries
modify queries for optimization
modify variable scope to optimize performance
analyze and optimize concurrency
Optimize user interface performance diagnose and optimize client performance by using browser-based tools
diagnose and optimize client performance by using Performance Timer
QUESTION 1
You are Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations developer.
You need to explain the performance advantages of the different concurrency
models.
What are three performance advantages of optimistic concurrency control over
pessimistic concurrency control? Each control answer presents a complete
solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A. Records are locked as soon as they are retrieved from the database.
B. Records remain available for other processes while they are selected from the
database.
C. Records are locked for a shorter length of time.
D. Fewer resources are used to lock records during updates.
Correct Answer: B,C,D
QUESTION 2 You need to configure security for the Vendor Exclusion List report.
What are two possible ways to achieve this goal? Each correct answer presents a
complete solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A. Create a new privilege, add a reference to an output menu item, and then add
the new privilege to a role.
B. Create a new security policy and add an output menu item. Add the new
security policy to duty extension and then to a role extension.
C. Create a new privilege extension and add an output menu item. Add the
privilege to a duty extension and then to a role extension.
D. Create a new privilege and assign it to an output menu item. Add the new
privilege to a duty extension and then add the duty extension to a role.
Correct Answer: A,D
QUESTION 3 You are a Dynamics 365 Finance developer.
You make changes to an existing class.
You need to compare the code that is in source control with the updated class.
In Visual Studio, you display
Team Explorer.
What are three possible ways to achieve the goal? Each correct answer presents a
complete solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A. In Team Explorer, select Compare with Latest Version.
B. In Team Explorer, select Compare with Workspace Version.
C. In Team Explorer, select Compare Files.
D. Run the tf diff command.
E. Run the vsdiffmerge command.
Correct Answer: A,B,D
QUESTION 4 Contoso, Ltd. uses Dynamics 365 Unified Operations.
You receive reports of performance issues with the app.
You need to use Performance Timer to investigate the issues.
Which URL should you use?
A. https://contoso.cloudax.dynamics.com/?cmp=USMF&debug=perftimer
B. https://contoso.cloudax.dynamics.com/?cmp=USMF&debug=develop&mi=VendTableListPage
C. https://contoso.cloudax.dynamics.com/?cmp=USMF&mi=performancetimer
D. https://contoso.cloudax.dynamics.com/?cmp=USMF=debug=developer
