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IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Administration

Number: 000-921Passing Score: 800Time Limit: 120 minFile Version: 1.0

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Exam A

QUESTION 1How are historical data viewed in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2?

A. From TEP, select File -> Run Query

B. Only viewed through a reporting tool

C. From a workspace, click Specify Time Span for Query button

D. From a workspace, right-click and select Run Query from the pull down menu

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 2What requires additional monitoring tools in order for IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 to perform to satisfaction?

A. Monitoring of servers' temperature

B. Mnitoring of servers' CPUs and memory

C. Monitoring, alerting and taking actions on events

D. Monitoring and alerting on selected critical events

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 3An IT Manager is looking for solutions that will reduce computer equipment problems. You propose the use ofIBM TivoliMonitoring V6.2. What will be the primary impact of this solution in the computer environment?

A. Reduces the number of system administrators

B. Alters the time needed to manipulate problems

C. Increases the workload for system administrators

D. Decreases the time necessary to isolate problems

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 4Which basic automation features can be performed if you implement IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 (ITM) in yourcomputingenvironment?

A. Corrective actions on Windows only (GUI)

B. Corrective actions with features of ITM V6.2

C. Only corrective actions with special tools to download

D. Only corrective actions on UNIX/Linux (command line)

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Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 5Which three are components of IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 infrastructure? (Choose three.)

A. Tivoli Inventory

B. Warehouse Proxy Agent

C. Tivoli Software Distribution

D. Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server

E. Tivoli Management Framework

F. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server

Answer: BDFSection: (none)

QUESTION 6Which two functions require the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server Depot? (Choose two.)

A. install.sh

B. ./tacmd createNode

C. ./tacmd updateAgent

D. ./itmcmd createNode

E. ./itmcmd updateAgent

Answer: BCSection: (none)

QUESTION 7For which type of attribute is the Check for Missing Items situation function typically valid?

A. Current time

B. Name of a process

C. Number of bytes per second

D. Percentage of processor time

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 8In order to see a virtual node in the TEP correctly as one entity an administrator utilizes theCTIRA_HOSTNAME variableto set the name of the node. What is the impact of this setting on the log file name?

A. The log file name will be virtual_hostname_PC_timestamp-##.log.

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B. The log file name will be CTIRA_HOSTNAME_PC_timestamp-##.log.

C. The log file will not be changed. It remains as local_hostname_PC_timestamp-##.log.

D. The log file name is controlled by the setting KBB_RAS1_LOG_NAME and remains unchanged.

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 9What should be checked to see how many exports to Tivoli Data Warehouse succeeded and how many failedbecause of anODBC error or a timeout issue?

A. The TEMS logs

B. The WAREHOUSELOG table

C. The Summarization & Pruning Agent java logs

D. The Warehouse Proxy Agent ODBC data source logs

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 10How can a deleted TEP view be restored?

A. Leave the workspace without saving

B. Select Edit and then select Undo Delete

C. Right-click any remaining view and select Edit and then select Undo Delete

D. Click the view type that was assigned to the deleted view and drop it on a new view

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 11Which step is required when changing a user TEP permissions?

A. A change requires a reboot of the client system.

B. The change occurs immediately, during the open session.

C. A change requires the user to exit out of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal and log back in.

D. A change requires a click of Refresh on the Tivoli Enterprise Portal during the open session in order for thechange totake effect.

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 12What is the basic command that is used to replicate an existing Managed System List (MSL)?

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A. tacmd editsystemlist

B. tacmd copysystemlist

C. tacmd createsystemlist

D. tacmd duplicatesystemlist

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 13Which format is the result of running the command to export a workflow to a file?

A. CSV

B. XML

C. HTML

D. A binary file

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 14Which IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 component status can be verified by using the tacmd command?

A. TEPS

B. ITM database

C. UNIX Log agent

D. Data Warehouse database

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 15How can you start a non-OS agent remotely using Command Line Interface (CLI)?

A. Use the tacmd agent command

B. Recycle OS agent on that machine

C. Use the tacmd startAgent command

D. Use the itmcmd startAgent command

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 16Which two operations can be performed on Managed System Lists (MSLs) through the command line withoutcombining

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commands? (Choose two.)

A. Join

B. Edit

C. Paste

D. Delete

E. Erase contents

Answer: BDSection: (none)

QUESTION 17With what must a situation be associated in order to show a situation event icon?

A. Workspace

B. Navigator item

C. Managed system

D. The hub monitoring server

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 18What is the function of the "display item" found in the Advanced Situation options?

A. It allows the attributes used within the situation formula to be highlighted in the Situation Event Console.

B. It allows the situation to look at other rows in the sampling and open more events if other rows qualify.

C. It creates a workspace link to a Situation Event Details view for that situation when the situation evaluatestrue.

D. It causes the situation to send OPEN and CLOSED status messages to the Universal Message Consoleview based onthe evaluation of predefined attributes within the Advanced options menu.

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 19Which two view types support thresholds? (Choose two.)

A. Table view

B. Terminal view

C. Bar Chart view

D. Plot Chart view

E. Common Event Console view

Answer: AESection: (none)

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QUESTION 20Which authority is required to stop the TEPS installed on a Microsoft Windows system?

A. A user that has IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 senior authority

B. A user that is in the Administrators group on the HUB TEMS

C. A user that is in the Administrators group on the TEPS machine

D. A user that is in the Administrators group on a machine that has Microsoft Windows OS agent installed andthe OS agentis connected to the HUB TEMS

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 21Which IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 Warehouse Proxy Agent variable can be set with the string '*ANY' toenablecompatibility with agents prior to ITM V6.1?

A. KHD_RTEMS_LOCATION

B. KBB_VERSION_SUPPORT

C. KHD_WAREHOUSE_TEMS_LIST

D. KHD_WAREHOUSE_VERSION_COMPATABILITY

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 22Performing a tacmd addSystem of an Oracle agent to a UNIX system fails. The UNIX system has a runningoperating systemagent. Which three IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 component logs are helpful in isolating this problem? (Choosethree.)

A. Kuiras1.log

B. TEMS RAS1 logs

C. TEPS RAS1 logs

D. TEP browser logs

E. UNIX OS Agent RAS1 logs

F. Universal Agent RAS1 logs

Answer: ABESection: (none)

QUESTION 23A newly configured TEMA is added to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 infrastructure. What must be done forhistorical data collection to occur?

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A. Recycle the HUB TEMS, Remote TEMS and TEPS

B. Configure the new agent's attribute groups and start History Collection in the TEP

C. Stop the Warehouse Proxy Agent, configure the new agent's specific attributes for collection, then re-startthe WarehouseProxy Agent

D. Stop the Summarization & Pruning Agent, configure the new agent's specific attributes for collection, thenre-start theSummarization & Pruning Agent

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 24Which three supported actions can be taken by default automatically after the Take Action function is properlyconfigured? (Choose three.)

A. Restart a situation

B. Restart HUB TEMS

C. Restart a non-OS agent

D. Run a script to send out emails

E. Wake up the Summarization and Pruning agent

F. Run a system command to clear up a file system

Answer: CDFSection: (none)

QUESTION 25What happens when a policy is correlated by ost Name?What happens when a policy is correlated by ?ostName?

A. The policy runs once for all managed systems in its distribution rather than once for each managed system.

B. When two managed systems reside on the same host, the policy executes once for each managed system.

C. The policy executes once for each host where one or more managed systems in the policy distribution arerunning.

D. Each managed system in the policy distribution must evaluate the initial wait until a situation is true situationas truebefore the workflow activities run.

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 26How do you add a solid line to a Bar Chart view to enhance the visualization of the data?

A. Select the Connect Bars setting in the view properties

B. Convert the Bar Chart to a Plot Chart view with thick lines

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C. Add an overlay to the Bar Chart view in the view properties

D. Create a Plot Chart view and drag it on top of the Bar Chart view

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 27On a Windows TEPS system, how do you access the TMS Log Viewer in order to view the logs with thecorrected timestamp?

A. You can only access the TMS Log Viewer on UNIX/Linux platforms.

B. select Start -> select Programs -> select IBM Tivoli Monitoring -> select TMS Log Viewer

C. open a command prompt and start the TMS Log Viewer using the command itmcmd logViewer

D. open the MTEMS (Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services) in the Service/Application Column -> right-click theTEPS icon -> select Advanced -> select View Trace Log

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 28Which condition causes a TEC_ITM_OM_Situation_Synch_Error event to be generated by TEC?

A. An event displayed on the Common Event Console is deleted by a TEC operator.

B. An event displayed on the Common Event Console is changed by a TEC operator.

C. TEC receives an update to an event that was deleted when the rules event cache became full.

D. An event from TEC is modified on the Common Event Console by an IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 operator.

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 29Which line command is used to make a new situation from an exported file?

A. tacmd newSit

B. tacmd createSit

C. tacmd importSit

D. tacmd generateSit

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 30When integrating IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 and Netcool/OMNIbus, what translates the Event IntegrationFacility (EIF)

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event into an OMNIbus alert format?

A. OMNIbus EIF probe

B. Omegamon_base probe

C. Situation event forwarder

D. Netcool/OMNIbus Alert Adapter

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 31Which three authorities are available in the Administer Users view? (Choose three.)

A. Policy

B. Situation

C. Inventory

D. Root access

E. Install/Uninstall

F. Agent Management

Answer: ABFSection: (none)

QUESTION 32The customer wants to see additional events from TEC on the Common Event Console. What needs to bereconfigured toaccomplish this?

A. An event group

B. A parameter in the situpdate.conf file

C. An event definition in omegamon.baroc

D. A parameter in the connector configuration dialogs

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 33When a TEC event is displayed in the Common Event Console, which attribute fields are displayed?

A. All Attributes

B. Base Attributes only

C. Extended Attributes only

D. A customizable subset of the Base and Extended Attributes

Answer: DSection: (none)

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QUESTION 34A company decides to use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Agent Builder to create monitoring solutions forapplications that donot have existing agents. Which three functionalities does Agent Builder provide that the Universal Agent doesnot? (Choosethree.)

A. Monitors SNMP devices

B. Monitors use of custom scripts

C. Creates queries as part of the solution install

D. Creates situations as part of the solution install

E. Creates custom attributes as part of the solution

F. Creates workspaces as part of the solution install

Answer: CDFSection: (none)

QUESTION 35Which conditions apply to users for the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 on Windows servers?

A. The installation user and the running user must be "non administrator."

B. The installation user and the running user must have administrative privileges.

C. The installation user must have administrative privileges; the running user can be an ordinary user.

D. The installation user must not have administrative privileges; the running user must have administrativeprivileges.

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 36What enables changes in the event status made on the TEC to be reflected on the TEP?

A. EIF

B. TEC rule base

C. Update the tecserver.txt file

D. Event synchronization component

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 37What is the default name for the database used by the Tivoli Data Warehouse?

A. TEPS

B. ITMUser

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C. WAREHOUS

D. WAREHOUSE

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 38Which three steps must be taken to enable event forwarding of situation events from IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2and fromthe event server? (Choose three.)

A. The event server must be configured.

B. The Common Event Console must be configured.

C. Situation forwarding must be enabled on the event server.

D. Situation forwarding must be enabled on the HUB monitoring server.

E. Situation update forwarding must be installed on the HUB monitoring server.

F. A situation update forwarding process must be installed on the event server.

Answer: ADFSection: (none)

QUESTION 39When creating a CD image with the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 Agent Builder, which three componentsare generatedfor installation into an existing ITM environment? (Choose three.)

A. New agent

B. ODBC drivers

C. Universal Agent

D. TEP Desktop client

E. TEPS application support

F. TEMS application support

Answer: AEFSection: (none)

QUESTION 40IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 has been enhanced to support LDAP authentication. User security is enabled on theHUBTEMS. At which level does the user mapping occur?

A. LDAP and TEPS

B. LDAP and TEMS

C. LDAP and remote TEMS

D. LDAP and the TEMS operating system

Answer: A

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Section: (none)

QUESTION 41The IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 Agent Builder is supported on which three operating systems? (Choosethree.)

A. AIX V5.1

B. AIX V5.3

C. HP-UX V11

D. Solaris V10

E. Windows XP Professional

F. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1

Answer: BEFSection: (none)

QUESTION 42What is the flow of the Summarization and Pruning Agent from start to finish?

A. Summarization and Pruning Agent wakes up, connects to the warehouse database, prunes data from rawtable,aggregates data for that table, repeats for remaining tables, updates WAREHOUSELOG with the result.

B. Summarization and Pruning Agent wakes up and connects to TEMS to retrieve attribute group settings,connects to thewarehouse, aggregates data in raw tables, prunes data from raw tables, then updates WAREHOUSELOGtable with theresult.

C. TEPS wakes up the Summarization and Pruning Agent. The Summarization and Pruning Agent connects tothewarehouse, prunes data for all raw tables, aggregates data for all raw tables, then updates theWAREHOUSEAGGREGLOG table with the result.

D. TEMS wakes up Summarization and Pruning Agent. The Summarization and Pruning Agent connects to thewarehouse,connects to TEPS to retrieve attribute group settings, aggregates data in raw table, prunes for that table,then repeats forremaining tables.

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 43What creates the UADVISOR_KSY_ENABLE situation on the HUB TEMS that is responsible for waking up theSummarization and Pruning Agent every five minutes?

A. Itmcmd support <tems_name> sy

B. Starting the Summarization and Pruning Agent for the first time

C. Right-clicking the Summarization and Pruning Agent in the MTEMS GUI and choosing reconfigure

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D. Configuring and saving the summarization and pruning settings in the TEPS historical configuration GUI forthe firsttime

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 44Which two messages would an administrator find in the kfwservices.msg file? (Choose two.)

A. Current TEPS trace level B Failed login attempt by users

B. Which valid users have connected to the TEPS

C. The version of JRE running on the TEP browser client

D. The reference to the HUB TEMS that the TEPS is contacting

Answer: BDSection: (none)

QUESTION 45What is the correct naming convention for a TEMS RAS log file?

A. <install_dir>/logs/<hostname>_cq_4473e394e-01.log

B. <install_dir>/logs/<hostname>_ms_4473e394e-01.log

C. <install_dir>/logs/<hostname>_hd_4473e394e-01.log

D. <install_dir>/logs/<hostname>_sy_4473e394e-01.log

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 46What diagnostic information does pdcollect retrieve when it is invoked on a Windows system? (Choose three.)

A. Network state

B. Disk space information

C. Non-ITM application logs

D. All loaded perfmon counters

E. Status of all configured services

F. IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 configuration and log files

Answer: ABFSection: (none)

QUESTION 47Which IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 tool allows an administrator to view trace log timestamps in a readable formatonWindows?

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A. pdcollect

B. kinlogs.exe

C. kinviewer.exe

D. taudit.bat <log file name>

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 48A Tivoli administrator has confirmed the historical settings for the Linux OS agent Disk Usage attribute group bycapturingthe following information from the log file:

............Table : LNXDISK, Linux_Disk_Usage . ...............Summarize for(quarter) ................Summarize for (month) ................Summarize for(week)................Summarize for (day) ................Summarize for (hour)................Prune (month) table when (3 month) old ................Prune (week) table

when (2 month) old ................Prune (day) table when (12 day) old................Prune (hour) table when (7 day) old ................Prune (raw) table when(2 day) old

Which log file did the Tivoli administrator review?

A. uswest1_cq_xxxxx

B. uswest1_hd_xxxxx.log

C. uswest1_sy_xxxxx.log

D. uswest1_sy_java_ xxxxx.log

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 49Which config file and parameter should be changed if the TEPS needs to be pointed at a non-local TEMS on10.0.0.1?

A. cq.properties; temshost=10.0.0.1

B. cq.ini; CT_CMSLIST=ip.pipe:10.0.0.1

C. <hostname>_cq.cfg; ip.pipe=10.1.0.1

D. cq.config; CT_CMSLIST=ip.pipe:10.0.0.1

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 50How can you disable the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 Service Console on security sensitive servers?

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A. Set the variable KDS_VALIDATE=YES

B. Stop the Service Console process using itmcmd agent stop

C. Update the variable KDC_FAMILIES to contain http_server:n

D. Update the variable KDC_CONSOLE to contain http_server:n

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 51What is the correct method to access the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 Service Console?

A. Start an ITM command prompt

B. Run itmsc.bat / itmsc.sh from the CANDLEHOME\bin directory

C. Open an Internet browser to the Service Index page and select the Service Console link for the desiredcomponent

D. Right-click on the desired component in the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services window andselect ServiceConsole

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 52A Universal Agent failed to start on Windows with the following error:

Error: Could not open TCP/UDP sockets bound to Universal Agent.

Which two tools can be used to help diagnose the problem? (Choose two.)

A. Telnet

B. Prstat

C. Netstat

D. Ipconfig

E. Nslookup

Answer: ACSection: (none)

QUESTION 53Where does the Summarization and Pruning Agent retrieve the summarization and pruning configurationsettings neededfor each product group and table?

A. TEPS database

B. WAREHOUSELOG table

C. ODI files located on the TEPS

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D. Product attribute files located on the TEMS

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 54What is the configuration parameter that the Summarization and Pruning Agent uses to control the number ofsimultaneousworker threads?

A. KSY_PROCESS_THREADS

B. KSY_PARALLEL_THREADS

C. KSY_MAX_WORKER_THREADS

D. KSY_CONCURRENT_THREADS

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 55Which diagnostic collection tool can be used in a Take Action, which can be run on multiple managed systemsincludingWindows, UNIX, and Linux?

A. digup

B. tacmd

C. pdcollect

D. itmcollect

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 56What is an advantage of using the Service Console?

A. No authentication is required to carry out certain actions.

B. Traces can be set dynamically without restarting components.

C. It provides a graphical view into the status of the environment.

D. Components can be stopped and started without directly logging on to the host systems.

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 57You receive the following error:

Ex: Connection failure: "ip.pipe:#172.16.0.1:1918"

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Which log would have this type of error in it if a TEMA running on UNIX was unable to connect to a remoteTEMS?

(Note: TEMS is on 172.16.0.1)

A. TEMA log

B. TEMS log

C. TEPS log

D. System log

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 58The TEMS RAS1 log shows the error "KDSMA010 - Communication did not succeed," indicating that the TEMSran out of

sockets (listen threads). Which configuration parameter should be increased to solve this problem?

A. KDS_NCSLISTEN

B. KDS_MAX_THREADS

C. KDS_RPC_LISTENERS

D. KDS_RPC_MAX_THREADS

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 59Which two parameters can be used to control the hostname that is displayed in the TEPS Navigator for anagent?(Choose two.)

A. CTIRA_HOSTNAME

B. RUNNINGHOSTNAME

C. CTIRA_SYSTEM_NAME

D. KFW_TOPOLOGY_BIND

E. KDEB_MACHINE_NAME

Answer: ACSection: (none)

QUESTION 60Where are situation definitions first stored?

A. In a binary file on the TEMA

B. In a binary file on the TEMS

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C. In a delimited text file on the local machine

D. In the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server database

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 61One of the main features of IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 is "centralized control." What benefit does this featureprovide tocustomers?

A. Only a single administrator can modify the settings on the system.

B. Everything monitored in the enterprise can be accessed from one point.

C. Everything monitored in the enterprise must be seen from one big screen.

D. Only selected super administrators can see what is selectively monitored in the enterprise.

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 62What information can be stored in the Tivoli Data Warehouse database?

A. Monitoring data for last month

B. Monitoring data for the past hour

C. Workspace configuration information

D. User access permission of monitoring data

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 63Which component is the TEPS configured to communicate directly with?

A. S&P Agent

B. HUB TEMS

C. Remote TEMS

D. Warehouse Proxy

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 64An IT Manager overspends because of server space, troubleshooting and overtime. Which three benefits doesimplementingIBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 provide to this IT Manager? (Choose three.)

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A. Fewer power supply failures

B. Early detection of server intrusions

C. Knowledge of future provisioning needs

D. Knowledge of root causes of transactions failures

E. Decrease in costs by eliminating event management

F. Increased maintenance of Tivoli Monitoring software

Answer: BCDSection: (none)

QUESTION 65On which three platforms is TEPS supported? (Choose three.)

A. AIX V5.2

B. AIX V5.3

C. Windows XP 64-bit

D. Windows 2000 Server

E. RedHat Enterprise Linux V4 Intel

F. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server V8 Intel

Answer: BDESection: (none)

QUESTION 66Which solution should be recommended for monitoring a log file on a Windows system?

A. Log Agent for Windows

B. Windows Event Log situation

C. Universal Agent with file data provider

D. Universal Agent for HTTP data provider

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 67How is the "Edit Managed System Lists" GUI launched from the TEP?

A. Use Ctrl + S to invoke the editor

B. Use Ctrl + L to invoke the editor

C. Select the icon with letters MSL

D. Use Ctrl + M to invoke the editor

Answer: DSection: (none)

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QUESTION 68Which option should you Uncheck if you want to take away permissions to start or stop agents?

A. Stop

B. Start

C. Modify

D. Start/Stop

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 69Which authority must a user have in order to start the OS agent on a Microsoft Windows machine?

A. Administrator access to the Windows machine

B. Action permission in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2

C. Administration permission in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2

D. Agent Management access in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 70Why would an IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 administrator consider implementing a data mart for the Tivoli DataWarehouse?

A. Data marts offer a more granular level of data selection.

B. Database queries have more functionality in a data mart.

C. Filespace is limited and a data mart takes up less filespace.

D. Database read/write activity can become unbalanced and result in extended wait times.

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 71What happens when the correlate by checkbox is empty for a policy?

A. The policy is not triggered by any situation evaluation.

B. The managed systems in that policy distribution must be of the same platform type.

C. The policy runs once for all managed systems in its distribution rather than once for each.

D. The policy must be distributed to a Managed System List rather than to individual managed systems.

Answer: CSection: (none)

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QUESTION 72Which variable can be set in the Warehouse Proxy Agent configuration file to increase performance when theTivoli Data Warehouse database is not local?

A. TDW_REMOTE=Y

B. KHD_BATCH_USE=Y

C. LOCAL_DATABASE=N

D. USE_TDW_HOST=Hostname of database server

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 73The customer does not want closed events to appear on the Common Event Console. Where can it bereconfigured?

A. A parameter in the situpdate.conf file

B. The event group configuration dialogs

C. An event definition in omegamon.baroc

D. A parameter in the appropriate connector dialogs of the Common Event Console Configuration

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 74How can a situation attribute be enabled for greater than zero and less than ten?

A. Add a second formula row

B. Right-click the attribute and select less than ten

C. Add the attribute condition a second time in the same row

D. Add two attribute conditions a second time in a separate row

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 75When defining a new situation, a filter can be set to which severities?

A. Critical, Warning and Informational only

B. Fatal, Minor, Information and Unknown only

C. Critical, Warning, Harmless and Unknown only

D. Fatal, Critical, Minor, Warning, Harmless, Informational and Unknown

Answer: DSection: (none)

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QUESTION 76Which two objects are eligible sources of a workspace link? (Choose two.)

A. An icon on a Graphic view

B. A slice in a Pie Chart view

C. An action in a Take Action view

D. A point on an Event Console view

E. An entry in a Tivoli Enterprise Console

Answer: ABSection: (none)

QUESTION 77What is the result of selecting run at startup for a situation?

A. The situation always starts when the host is restarted.

B. If a monitoring agent to which the situation is distributed goes offline, the situation will start automaticallyonce the TEMSis restarted.

C. If a monitoring agent to which the situation is distributed goes offline, the situation will start automaticallywhen the agentstarts again.

D. If a monitoring agent to which the situation is distributed goes offline, the situation will not start automaticallywhen theagent starts again.

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 78What is the effect of modifying a shared Navigator item?

A. Only the changed Navigator is affected.

B. A new copy of the modified item is created.

C. All Navigators that share the item are affected.

D. The message it is not possible to modify shared Navigator items is displayed.

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 79Which variable in a UNIX or Linux TEMS log indicates that security authentication is enabled?

A. KDS_VALIDATE=YES

B. TEMS_VALIDATE=YES

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C. KDS_AUTHENTICATE=YES

D. CMS_AUTHENTICATE=YES

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 80What can an IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 administrator do to manage ITM users and user groups?

A. Use TEP GUI

B. Use tacmd addUser command

C. Use itmcmd addGroup command

D. Write a script to automatically create ITM users without predefined IBM Portal permissions

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 81What is important to consider when scheduling the warehousing of historical data?

A. It is not important since it has little impact on system performance.

B. It should be spread over each hour throughout the day to distribute the load.

C. It should be distributed among available TEPS to minimize bottlenecking issues.

D. It should be scheduled to run concurrently with the Summarization & Pruning Agent to increase efficiency.

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 82At which location can the status of situations (stopped/started) be viewed?

A. At the top level OS type in the Navigator view

B. At the Enterprise level of the Navigator Physical view

C. At the Situation Editor when started from the tool bar icon

D. At the TEMA level for each managed system in the Physical Navigator view

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 83Who can start or stop a non-OS agent on an AIX machine from the TEP GUI?

A. Only the user oot on that AIX machine

B. Any user who can log on to that AIX machine

C. A TEP user who has start/stop agent permission

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D. A user with IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Admin authority

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 84Which format results from running the command to export a Managed System List (MSL) to a file?

A. CSV

B. XML

C. HTML

D. Plain text

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 85Which variable in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 RAS1 logs identifies the name or location of the TEMS?

A. ITMTEMS

B. KDC_TEMS

C. CT_CMSLIST

D. KDC_FAMILIES

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 86A policy successfully runs through its activities and ends. What causes the policy to immediately run again if thesituationdefined in the initial wait until a condition is true activity is still true?

A. Restart is checked in the Policy Details window for that policy.

B. Auto start is checked in the Policy Details window for that policy.

C. Both save results and auto start are checked in the Policy Details window for that policy.

D. The policy is distributed to the TEMS itself instead of a subset of managed systems connected to theTEMS.

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 87Which two steps are required in order to use LDAP for authentication? (Choose two.)

A. The TEPS administrator must set up an LDAP User Group.

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B. The OS administrator must set up a local registry account.

C. The LDAP administrator must create a group of administrators.

D. The LDAP administrator must create a filter mapping TEP user IDs to LDAP login IDs.

E. The LDAP administrator must create a sysadmin account, and accounts for any TEP users that do notalready exist onthe LDAP server.

Answer: DESection: (none)

QUESTION 88What are three of the four components of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 TEMS and TEPS RAS1 log namingconvention?(Choose three.)

A. Hostname

B. Process ID

C. Hex time stamp

D. Two letter product code

E. Randomly generated number

F. User name of user that started the process

Answer: ACDSection: (none)

QUESTION 89Which situations are seen when the Situation Editor is accessed from the tool bar icon?

A. All situations

B. Only product-provided situations

C. Only situations that have been distributed to a managed system

D. Only situations that are associated with the current Navigator item

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 90Which three actions can the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Launch Application function perform? (Choose three.)

A. Launch telnet

B. Open a Web page

C. Restart an OS agent

D. Restart a non-OS agent

E. Send a Universal Message

F. Start an application program

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Answer: ABFSection: (none)

QUESTION 91What variable can be set to enable globalization of the Event Integration Facility (EIF) event message slots thatgetmapped to alert summaries by the OMNIbus EIF probe?

A. KDE_OMTEC_LOCATION

B. KDS_GLOBALIZATION_LOC

C. KMS_OMNI_GLOBALIZATION_LOC

D. KMS_OMTEC_GLOBALIZATION_LOC

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 92What is the correct sequence for creating a new TEP view?

A. 1) modify an existing view 2) save with a new name

B. 1) split an existing view 2) assign a view type 3) assign a query

C. 1) copy an existing view 2) assign a query 3) select the view type

D. 1) split an existing view 2) assign a view type 3) choose the filter functions 4) assign a query

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 93The customer requires the Universal Agent to forward SNMP traps to a third-party event management system.Whatmust be running for this functionality to be available?

A. SNMP Emitter

B. HTTP data provider

C. Script data provider

D. SNMP data provider

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 94A company has decided to utilize the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 Agent Builder to produce custom agents.Since theyadhere to ITIL processes, the newly created agent must be deployed in a test environment before it is releasedintoproduction. Which two agent generation processes does the Agent Builder provide for test purposes? (Choose

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two.)

A. Generates Solution Install package

B. Generates an ITM V5.x mapping file

C. Creates a CD from which the agent can be installed

D. Generates the agent files in an installation on the local machine

E. Creates a compressed file so that the agent can be installed on another machine

Answer: DESection: (none)

QUESTION 95What would you configure to prevent events that originate in IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 from beingreturned fromNetcool/OMNIbus to the Common Event Console?

A. An ITM situation

B. A TEC event group

C. The connector field labeled SQL WHERE clause that restricts events for the Common Event Console toITMStatus =

D. The connector field labeled SQL WHERE clause that restricts events for the Common Event Console toITMStatus =RUE

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 96After upgrading a monitoring infrastructure on UNIX, which command will upgrade agents on managedsystems?

A. tacmd upgrade -A

B. itmcmd upgrade -A

C. itmcmd updateAgent

D. tacmd upgradeAgent

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 97Why does every monitoring agent have its own BAROC file?

A. To configure the event connector for forwarding events to TEC

B. To configure synchronization between IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 and TEC

C. To specify to the TEC server what kind of events that the monitoring agent will send

D. To specify to the TEC server what action to take in response to events from that monitoring agent

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Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 98Which two trace loggers does IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Agent Builder provide? (Choose two.)

A. JLOG

B. KQZTrace

C. KUDTrace

D. WMITrace

E. KQZInstallTrace

Answer: ABSection: (none)

QUESTION 99Which two user IDs are recommended for installing the portal server on Linux? (Choose two.)

A. Root

B. Any server user

C. Portal administrator

D. IBM Tivoli valid account

E. IBM DB2 UDB administrator

Answer: AESection: (none)

QUESTION 100What are two functions of an event connector? (Choose two.)

A. Sends event data from a TEMA to TEC

B. Sends event data from a TEMA to OMNIbus

C. Retrieves event data from a supported event system

D. Sends user-initiated actions to be run in the event system

E. Sends events modified at the Common Event Console to the event management system

Answer: CDSection: (none)

QUESTION 101Which three databases can be used for IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Data Warehouse? (Choose three.)

A. Oracle V9.x

B. Oracle V8.x

C. IBM DB2 UDB V8.x

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D. IBM DB2 UDB V7.x

E. Microsoft SQL Server 2000

F. Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Answer: ACESection: (none)

QUESTION 102What effect does running the ras1 set command in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Service Console have?

A. It enables the remote access service for the component.

B. It enables the recursive analysis service for the component.

C. It immediately changes the tracing settings for the component.

D. It changes the tracing settings for the component next startup.

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 103What is the location of the agent logs on a default TEMA install for UNIX?

A. $CANDLEHOME/logs

B. %CANDLEHOME%/logs

C. $CANDLEHOME/default/logs

D. $CANDLEHOME/logs/<agent-type>/

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 104Which log file would indicate why Windows TEP client is unable to connect to the TEPS?

A. Windows Event Log

B. %CANDLEHOME%\logs\agent.log

C. %CANDLEHOME%\cnp\logs\kcjras1.log

D. %CANDLEHOME%\cnp\logs\kcjerror_1.log

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 105How can the default encryption key be changed after the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 environment hasalreadybeen installed?

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A. Reinstall GSkit

B. Edit the keyfile.kdb file

C. Reinstall the entire ITM environment

D. Reconfigure the TEMS and TEPS using the itmcmd command

Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 106Which parameter can be set within the Warehouse Proxy Agent configuration file to help improve itsperformance?

A. KHD_BATCH_SORT

B. KHD_QUEUE_LENGTH

C. KPX_WAREHOUSE_CHECK

D. KHD_COLLECTOR_TIMEOUT

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 107Within IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) V6.2 component log files there is a common variable KBB_RAS1. Whichfunction does it control?

A. Starting the ITM V6.2 component after reboot

B. The current trace level the component is running

C. The number of log files that the components are allowed to generate

D. The capability to determine if Security Validation has been turned on at the TEMS

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 108What should you do to access the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Service Console?

A. Open a command prompt on the TEMS and enter the tacmd monitoringConsole managed_system_namecommand

B. Open a command prompt on the target system and enter the itmcmd openConsole command

C. Open the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services (MTEMS) application; select the appropriatecomponent;right-click the icon; select Advanced; select Open Service Console

D. Open the Internet Explorer V5 or higher; in the address field, enter http://<hostname>:1920; select IBMTivoli ServiceConsole for the appropriate component; enter a valid user ID and password

Answer: DSection: (none)

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QUESTION 109What information does the TEPS database table KFWHISTSTAT provide about historical collectionconfiguration?(Choose two.)

A. The version of the database

B. The timestamp of the last collection interval

C. The attribute groups configured for collection

D. The agents for which historical collection is started

E. The list of TEMSs that are configured for collection

Answer: CESection: (none)

QUESTION 110When using the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Service Console, which product provided action should you takewhenunsure about a command syntax?

A. Click the Help button

B. Type help at the command prompt

C. Type listcmd at the command prompt

D. Type a question mark (?) at the command prompt

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 111In a multiple TEMS environment with many agents on each, multiple Warehouse Proxy Agents (WPA) arerequired toadequately distribute the export load. Which two statements are true about this configuration? (Choose two.)

A. Each WPA must be on its own TEMS/remote TEMS.

B. The WPAs must use the KHD_WAREHOUSE_TEMS_LIST variable in their environment files.

C. The HUB TEMS must use the KPX_WAREHOUSE_LOCATION variable in its environment file.

D. The SOURCEP column must be added to the raw data tables in the warehouse database to identify eachnode with theWPA that exports its data.

E. The KHD_EXPORT_DESTINATION=<WPA_name> parameter must be added to the environment file ofeach TEMSfor which at least one attribute group has been configured with a ollection clocation of TEMS.

Answer: BCSection: (none)

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QUESTION 112What happens when you use the setting as1 set(UNIT:xxx ANY) in the Monitoring Service Console?

A. Turns off tracing

B. Sets trace level to ANY

C. Traces all UNITS available at the default setting

D. Traces all UNITS available at the maximum setting

Answer: ASection: (none)

QUESTION 113An OS agent is configured with "KDC_FAMILIES=IP.PIPE SKIP:2 PORT:1918 IP use:n SNA use:n IP.SPIPEuse:n."What is the first port this agent will attempt to start on?

A. 1918

B. 4096

C. 6014

D. 10110

Answer: DSection: (none)

QUESTION 114Which diagnostics can be performed by using the SITpad tool?

A. Provides real time debugging of SOAP calls

B. Displays situation details and can be tested instantly

C. Produces a report that documents situation status and history

D. Highlights situations that are expected to be distributed to remote monitoring servers but are not found andshows errorsin situation compilation

Answer: BSection: (none)

QUESTION 115Which two are viable methods for determining whether the Warehouse Proxy Agent (WPA) is successfullyinsertinghistorical agent data into the warehouse database? (Choose two.)

A. Inspect the output of elect * from WAREHOUSELOG

B. Query the KFWHISTDATA table in the TEPS database for INSERT errors

C. Check the Summarization and Pruning Agent java log for aggregation errors

D. Connect to the warehouse database from the WPA configuration GUI and query the raw data tables

E. Using KBB_RAS1=ERROR (UNIT:khdx IN,ER), inspect the TEMA RAS1 log file for export errors

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Answer: AESection: (none)

QUESTION 116Due to an unforeseen accident, a production IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 Agent box had to be reloaded from animage.There is limited user access. Which three simple tools can be used to verify the network path to the TEMS,access to port1918 on the remote host, and that the agent is listening locally? (Choose three.)

A. Find

B. Ping

C. Snoop

D. Telnet

E. Netstat

F. Nslookup

Answer: BDESection: (none)

QUESTION 117You notice that data exists in the warehouse for all agents isolated from the Warehouse Proxy Agent (WPA) bya firewall. Thefirewall has been configured to allow traffic on port 6014, the WPA listener port. However you find in the WPARAS1 log thatthe WPA is registered on port 10110. How can you force the WPA to listen on port 6014 and configure theUNIX Agent to useanother port? (Choose two.)

A. Edit um.ini and add the COUNT:5 option to KDC_FAMILIES, restart the agent

B. Edit the ux.ini and add the SKIP:2 option to KDC_FAMILIES, restart the agent

C. Edit the hd.ini and add the COUNT:1 option to KDC_FAMILIES, restart the agent

D. Edit sy.ini and add the EPHEMERAL:Y option to KDC_FAMILIES, restart the agent

E. Edit the cq.ini and set the variable KFW_FORCE_INTERFACE=Y, restart the agent

Answer: BCSection: (none)

QUESTION 118The command tamcd viewDepot fails with KUICVD003I: The depot is empty, or the depot does not exist. Whichlog fileshould an administrator review when tacmd commands fail?

A. migrate.log

B. kcjras1.log

C. kuiras1.log

D. <hostname>_cq_<timestamp>-01.log

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Answer: CSection: (none)

QUESTION 119The collection location is set to TEMS for an attribute group configured and started on RTEMS1. Historical datafor thisattribute group are not making it into the warehouse database for any of the agents managed by RTEMS1.What are threeexplanations for this? (Choose three.)

A. The Warehouse Proxy Agent cannot connect to the database.

B. That attribute group is not configured and started on the HUB TEMS.

C. The Warehouse Proxy Agent has not registered with the HUB TEMS.

D. The TEMAs on RTEMS1 cannot connect to the Warehouse Proxy Agent.

E. RTEMS1 has not yet retrieved the Warehouse Proxy Agent location information from the HUB TEMS.

F. The Summarization and Pruning Agent cannot connect to the TEPS to retrieve the collection locationinformation.

Answer: ACESection: (none)

QUESTION 120What information is stored in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server database?

A. Historical data

B. Monitoring data for less than 24 hours.

C. Monitoring data for longer than 24 hours.

D. User IDs and user access control of the monitoring data.

Answer: DSection: (none)