C1000-076 IBM Spectrum Control V5.3.5 Implementation
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.
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