Which option for the highest level of data durability at the lowest cost should small client installs

implement
for off-site disaster recovery (DR) or air-gap capability?
Question 1Answer

IBM All Flash cache with encryption

TS7770 Feature Code (FC) 5995 with IBM LTO (Linear Tape Open) tape support and export

TS7770C cloud off-load

Feature Code 5999 replacing the C06 or C07 controller

The IT industry utilizes 2 to 3 percent of all globally produced energy and has a high carbon footprint. What
feature does the TS7700 grid provide that reduces CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) impact by reducing
required hardware?
Question 2Answer

Secure data infrastructure

Multi-site High Availability/Disaster Recovery (HA/DR)

Physical tape support

Concurrent code load to a single grid cluster

A small IBM Z client has a cloud-first approach to storage. They would like to know how cloud retention and restores
are performed. What is the correct response?
Question 3Answer

Cloud retention and restores are performed without intervention from host applications.

Cloud retention and restores are performed using JSON-scripted (JavaScript Object Notation) APIs (Application
Programming Interfaces).

Cloud retention and restores are performed via RESTful (Representational State Transfer) APIs.

Cloud retention and restores are performed in a similar manner to traditional retention and restores.

A government account is required to get multiple bids for enterprise Virtual Tape Library (eVTL) solutions. They know
that IBM is the largest competitor in the market. But they ask an IBM seller which solution provider is the next largest
competitor in the market. What is the correct response?
Question 4Answer
Model9

Luminex

Dell DLm (Disk Library For Mainframe)

Cohesity

TS7700 clients rely on the secure, mature of IBM Z mainframe server. Besides encrypting data, what is another
advantage of the TS7770’s use of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256 encryption?
Question 5Answer

AES-256 algorithms are Quantum-resistant.

AES-256 uses Elliptic Curve Cryptography.

AES-256 is an IBM standard algorithm.

AES-256 is supported by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 14001 as strong encryption.

A client has petabytes of archives behind IBM Z and is currently using 3rd party maintenance for direct attach tape.
What TS7770 Feature code provides a replacement for traditional tape attach controllers?
Question 6Answer

TS7770 Feature Code 5999 is the correct replacement for traditional tape attach controllers.

TS7770 supports controller replacement natively.

TS7770 Feature Code 3402 is the correct replacement for traditional tape attach controllers.

Cloud supported retention and restore functionality are performed with TS7770 Feature Code 3402.

A client has both a DS8900F and TS7770 in their environment. A Seller has recommended Transparent Cloud Tiering
Hierarchical Storage Manager (TCT HSM) archiving. What is the most likely benefit provided to the client?
Question 7Answer

The most likely benefit would be up to 50% in mainframe central processing unit (CPU) utilization when migrating
large datasets.

The most likely benefit would be adding the cost of two Storage Area Network (SAN) Fibre Connect (FICON) control
feature codes.

The most likely benefit would be 50% Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) licensing cost reduction.
The most likely benefit would be $1million in storage cost savings.

A hurricane has just caused massive flooding in a client data center. The client utilizes the TS7700C for critical
mainframe data. How does a TS7770C Cloud Restore help the client organization recover from regional catastrophes?
Question 8Answer

TS7770C is hosted as Infrastructure-as-a-Service for disaster recovery (DR) operations.

TS7700 can create grid connectivity in the cloud.

An empty TS7770C store can be connected to the cloud source and restore the database (DB), including source
settings and pool definitions.

Managed service providers keep the data in multiple locations for critical access.

Why is the Dell DLm (Disk Library For Mainframe) solution not as robust for High Availability/Disaster Recovery (HA/DR)
when compared to the IBM TS7700?
Question 9Answer

IBM TS7700 has cloud export.

IBM TS7700 views all sites as equal, regardless of the designation as HA/DR.

Dell DLm uses the same volume ranges across locations.

Dell DLm HA/DR supports bi-directional replication.

A client with short SLA (service level agreement) requirements is looking to move more data to physical tape. An IBM
seller tells the client that physical tape brings massive capacity to large High Availability/Disaster Recovery (HA/DR)
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) customers. Which of the following is a disadvantage of physical tape usage for mainframe?
Question 10Answer

Significant reductions in CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent)

Significant cost savings for archive data

Low latency recalls of data

Increased data resiliency with air-gap

A Dell EMC seller has informed a competitive account that IBM is getting out of the tape business. In response, an
IBM seller can inform the client that IBM commands a major percentage of the mainframe enterprise Virtual Tape
Library (eVTL) market by revenue. What is that percentage?
Question 11Answer

52%

70%

97%

80%

What TS7770 Feature Code (FC) is required to bundle features to provide clients with a high-performance replacement
for C06 and C07 Direct Attach tape?
Question 12Answer

FC 8080

FC 5999

FC 3402

FC 5995

How does the IBM Secure Data Transfer (SDT) Function provide high performance encrypted data transfer with
minimal impact to the CPU?
Question 13Answer

By offloading encryption to the Ethernet card

By exploiting Power8 and Power9 embedded encryption instruction set

By letting DS8900F do all the encryption of data

By joining the clusters into the grid

A U.S. credit union has a business continuity plan that requires testing of restores in the event of a cyber disaster. Why
are “test modes” important to cyber resiliency and continuity planning?
Question 14Answer
Test modes are required by SEC (Security and Exchange Commission) regulations.

Test modes allow verification of the ability to restore a company to operations without risking operational data
corruption.

Test modes enable entire clusters to be easily configured and reconfigured when applications are implemented in the
grid.

Test modes create development environments that let developers build new functions and features.

A Fintech start-up utilizing IBM Z uses a cloud first approach. Because they keep all data forever, what feature does
the cloud off-load provide that physical tape does not provide?
Question 15Answer

Cloud is always less expensive to store data on than tape.

Cloud enables establishing a pseudo test environment.

Cloud has faster data recalls than tape.

Cloud can be used as an air gap.

What capability does LWORM (logical write once-read many) expire-hold provide to clients who have regulatory
requirements to keep data protected?
Question 16Answer

It provides enforced volume retention.

It reduces IBM Z CPU usage by up to 50%.

It prevents deletion of volumes returned to scratch.

It creates a level of air-gap using tape retention.

An existing client is looking to expand their TS7700 infrastructure to help with business resiliency across sites. They
have requested more information on multiple site data protection. How many clusters does the TS7770 support in a
single Grid configuration?
Question 17Answer

8 clusters can be supported.

2 clusters can be supported.

Only 1 cluster can be supported.

6 clusters can be supported.

TS7700 clusters in a grid can be separated by thousands of miles. When a client says that Dell DLm (Disk Library For
Mainframe) also supports multiple site replication, IBM sellers can inform them that the maximum distance that a
remote site can be from the primary site for DLm is much less. What is the maximum for Dell DLm?
Question 18Answer

4 miles

Campus-wide

130 kilometers (km)

130 miles

A client has indicated that Dell DLm (Disk Library For Mainframe) supports fail-over in the case of a location outage.
IBM responds that the TS7700 fail-over is easier for clients to operate. Why is TS7700 fail-over easier?
Question 19Answer

TS7700 fail-over and fail-back are automated.

TS7700 provides synchronous replication.

TS7700 does not use deduplication technology.

TS7700 has no advantage in fail-over compared to Dell DLm.

A seller is in a competitive situation with Dell DLm (Disk Library For Mainframe). The client is worried that when a
problem occurs on a cluster, the TS7770 grid automatically fails over, but requires manual intervention to synch Data
Facility Hierarchical Storage Manager (DFSMS) data. What is the correct response to this concern?
Question 20Answer

False. Data Facility Hierarchical Storage Manager (DFSMShsm) controls all of the fail-over activity.

False. TS7770 is automated to fail-over and fail-back automatically synching data.

False. Fail-over requires manual intervention but data synchs are automatic.

True. Fail-over is automatic, but TS7700 cannot synch data. 错误选项

When a large competitive account mainframe director asks for a key comparative feature of IBM TS7770 DR (disaster
recovery) when compared to Dell DLm (Disk Library For Mainframe) DR, what is the best response?
Question 21Answer

IBM TS7770 is highly automated and offers robust “hands-off” disaster recovery.

Dell DLm prevents corruption of data by using GDDR (Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart) for recovery.

IBM TS7770 controllers are more reliable because they use IBM POWER servers.

IBM TS7770 components are all in a single frame

What are the 2 broad factors that reduce a mainframe administrator’s management workloads and make TS7700 the
best possible choice for mainframe Virtual Tape Library (VTL)?
Question 22Answer

Tape management and volume range policies, providing granular management

Integration of deduplication

Unique MTLs (mutual transport layers)

Integration with SMS (Storage Management subsystem), providing flexible and dynamic policy management

A new IBM Z client is wondering how much data is really being generated by IBM Z systems. You have decided to use
the example of credit card transactions; what percentage of the world’s credit card transactions are processed by IBM
Z?
Question 23Answer

68%

12%

80%

87%

A client is very interested in the All Flash TS7770. To help them make a purchasing decision, which of the following
products should the seller tell them is specifically designed for their workloads?
Question 24Answer

Low-cost direct attach tape

High IOPS (input/output operations per second) like Transaction Processing Facility (TPF)

High Availability (HA) Grid support

Write once-read many (WORM) applications

An information security analyst is trying to improve data security on mainframe storage. What statement best
describes the difference between Dual Authentication (2FA) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?
Question 25Answer

2FA meets IBM naming conventions.

2FA uses IBM Security Suite for TS7700 logins.

MFA is more robust because it uses 2 forms of trust to log in as an administrator.

MFA requires 2 separate admins to agree on a critical change.