1.
A customer has two 5 TB MS SQL databases with critical data to the business. Which products should be recommended to the customer in order to run database backups online with optimal performance?
2.
A company is adding virtual machines to their environment. What is the most effective way to allow file level backups?
3.
A customer environment is going through a lifecycle process where legacy applications and old backup infrastructure will be consolidated and migrated to an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) backup environment. The consolidated applications consist of one Windows server containing small files and four LAN-free MS Exchange servers. The TSM environment is operating at 90% of its capacity and consists of one TSM server backing up to an IBM 3583 library with four LT04 drives. The current backup environment uses a GigE dedicated backup network. Which list of hardware components should be documented and provided to the customer in order to add the new servers to the backup infrastructure?
4.
The customer environment analysis has identified benefits by improving backup granularity. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) FastBack can be integrated with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to improve recovery. Which feature does TSM FastBack integration add to accomplish this?
5.
The customer is running database applications for geological data and the amount of data is growing tremendously. The database server handles more than 30 TB of data. A month ago the IT environment was audited and feedback was that the recovery time of the database server took too much time. The customer has all the data on an IBM SAN volume controller. The data is backed up by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). Which product solution gives a better Recovery Time Objective and should be in the proposal?
6.
Which currently marketed IBM product allows a customer to store large amounts of data by using a chronological and event-based data retention policy?
7.
A companys IT Manager has requested a topology view of the storage area network infrastructure. Which product provides this function?
8.
The customer wants to view the physical and logical resources (e.g. computers, Storage Area Network fabrics, storage subsystems) that exist in the storage environment. Which product capability fulfills this requirement?
9.
When documenting a company's existing Disaster Recovery Plan, which document should be gathered?
10.
A customer wants to use IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) as their enterprise data protection application. The customer has an existing HP library with six LT03 drives to store the backup data. What would be the first recommendation to be documented and provided to the customer?