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IBM Assessment: Virtualization Technical Support for IBM i -v1 Sample Questions:

Question #1
A customer has a 4-partition Power 720 running firmware level 01_AL730_069. They want to load and activate the latest firmware, 01_AL730_085_060, onto their managed system during normal operations.
What is the correct way to do this?

A. From the HMC, select Update from the left panel Select the managed system Then Change License Code for current release
B. On the Service partition, load the corresponding MH PTF for 01_AL730.
Start Service tools
Go to Advance Functions
Select Concurrent Firmware Update by entering "1"to run.
C. On the Service partition, load and apply immediate the corresponding MH PTF for 01_AL730_085.
D. From the HMC, select Update from the left panel Select the managed system Then select Concurrent Firmware update

Question #2
A small financial institution has a client IBM i 7.1 partition, hosted by a VIO Server, using internal disk. All disk storage is provided by VIOS. Bank policy requires all system and user data on disk to be duplicated.
Which option will satisfy the policy at the lowest cost without impacting performance?

A. Add a V7000 SAN with sufficient storage to create two copies of the storage, and use a
singleVIOServer to replicate the storage.
B. Create two iASP5 with disk compression enabled.
Move the application into the first iASP and mirror it to the second iASP with 5770-SS1 HA
Switchable Resources.
C. Implement a secondVIOServer with its own storage and assign itto the client IBM i partition.
Mirror the drives provided by the firstVIOServer to the drives provided by the secondVIOServer.
D. Create an iASP, and copy each of the libraries containing the application into the iASP.
UsePowerHA to mirror the iASP and*SYSBAS.

Question #3
An administrator is planning to upgrade their VIO Server (VIOS) 1.5 partition to the latest level using DVD media. The VIOS partition is HMC managed and contained in the CEO.
What does the administrator require to perform the upgrade?

A. The Installation DVD, Update DVD and latest Fixes on media utilizing the HMO media tray
B. The Migration DVD, Update DVD and latest Fixes on media utilizing the CEO media tray
C. The Installation DVD, Update DVD and latest Fixes on media utilizing the CEO media tray
D. The Migration DVD, Update DVD and latest Fixes on media utilizing the HMO media tray

Question #4
There are three Power Systems servers with redundant FSPs, and two HMCs. One HMC is in the data center while the second is in operations. Each HMC is connected to its own private network and each of the three systems are connected to both HMCs.
Two of the Power Systems servers and the HMC in the data center have been moved across the room. They have been reconnected to the HMC network, and power has been applied to the HMC and the first server. On the data center HMC the server shows up twice, once with "Authentication failed" and the second with "no connection." Connecting to ASM yields "incorrect password" on the first instance, but works on the second instance.
What the most likely cause?

A. The service processors have different HMC access passwords.
B. The firmware on the service processors is out of sync.
C. Power was applied to the server before the HMC was up and running.
D. The data center and operations HMCs are now on the same network.

Question #5
Additional SAN disk volumes have been dynamically presented to a VIO Server (VIOS) partition, and these resources need to be mapped to an IBM i partition. In order for these resources to be visible in the VIOS partition, what is the appropriate next step?

A. Run the cfgdev command in the VIOS partition.
B. Add an SCSI device in the HMC for the client partition.
C. As padmin, run cfgmgr in the VIOS partition.
D. Use the Disk Management function in System Management Services (SMS).

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