Exam : IBM 000-222 Title : P5 and pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L V5.3

Exam : IBM 000-222

Title : P5 and pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L V5.3

1. A system has five 80GB disk drives and has a requirement to store 300GB of data. Which disk configuration will

provide fault tolerance while still meeting data storage requirements?

A. Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD)

B. RAID-5

C. RAID-0

D. RAID-1

Answer: B

2. A system administrator has filesystems that should not be mounted during system startup. How can the system

administrator prevent the /data filesystem from being mounted during subsequent boots?

A. mount -no /data

B. chfs -A no /data

C. mount -n /data

D. chfs -a type=nfs /data

Answer: B

3. A system administrator needs to quickly migrate a machine from AIX 5.2 to AIX 5.3. The administrator will only be

allowed enough downtime to reboot the machine. Which installation method would accomplish this task?

A. Perform a migration installation during the reboot process.

B. Perform an alternate disk installation and migration using NIM.

C. Copy the /usr directory from another 5.2 server to this server.

D. Perform an update_all install from 5.2 media to take effect on reboot.

Answer: B

4. An AIX system has four LPARS configured with similar environments and applications. What happens to the other

LPARS when

one of the LPARS runs out of memory and that LPAR starts paging heavily due to a poor paging configuration?

A. The other three LPARS will experience the same problem because they all share a common memory pool.

B. The hypervisor will shutdown the offending LPAR and dynamically reallocate the memory to the other LPARS.

C. The other LPARS will be unaffected by the offending LPAR due to LPAR isolation.

D. There will be a moderate slowdown on the remaining LPARS due to hypervisor overload during the time the

offending LPAR is having paging problems.

Answer: C

5. Which disk configuration provides the fastest write performance with fault tolerance?

A. RAID-0

B. RAID-3

C. RAID-5

D. RAID 1+0

Answer: D

6. A system administrator has a server that is performing poorly. The vmstat command identifies that high CPU usage

is

the problem. Which of the following commands can be used to identify the eight most active processes running on the

server?

A. ps -ef -t8

B. sar -u -p 8

C. vmstat -t 8

D. topas -p8 -n0 -d0

Answer: D

7. Which of the following commands can be used to get the system ready to physically insert a PCI hot plug adapter?

A. mkdev

B. cfmgr

C. drslot

D. lsslot

Answer: C

8. An administrator is logged into a remote server using an Xwindows client and wants to use smit. The bandwidth for

the remote connection is minimal, so the administrator would like to disable the graphical version of smit to speed up

display updates. Which of the following commands will start smit in the non-graphical mode?

A. smit

B. msmit

C. smit -C

D. smit_tty

Answer: C

9. A system has a critical need for network services on a small network with a limited number of hosts. System

overhead is not a concern. Which of the following options would the system administrator perform to help ensure

connectivity in the event of a gateway failure?

A. Use the ifconfig command to enable dead gate detection.

B. Use the chdev command to set active dead gateway detection.

C. Use the route command to set active dead gateway detection.

D. Add the line active_dgd=1 to the /etc/gated.conf command and refresh the gated daemon.

Answer: C

10. company uses raw logical volumes. Which of the following commands can be used to back up the data in the raw

logical

volumes to a tape?

A. dd

B. tar

C. cpio

D. pax

Answer: A

11. system administrator is considering enabling the 64-bit kernel but first must determine if the system hardware will

support 64-bit. How would the system administrator accomplish this in AIX 5L?

A. prtconf -c

B. lscfg -v sys0

C. Check the /unix link

D. Check for JFS2 filesystems

Answer: A

12. Prior to implementing an LPAR system, which of the following options needs to be performed?

A. All PCI slots must be made active.

B. Cluster System Management (CSM) software must be installed.

C. The LPAR system must have a Hardware Management Console (HMC) connected.

D. Each LPAR must be configured with a CDROM for operating system installation.

Answer: C

13. An AIX LPAR capable server has AIX versions 5.1 and 5.2 installed. Which of the following options reflects

available features?

A. Dynamic allocation of a CPU is available in versions 5.1 and later of AIX.

B. Memory and CPU dynamic allocation is available in versions 5.2 and later of AIX.

C. AIX version 5.1 and later support DLPAR features and hot swapping of PCI slots.

D. Only Memory and CPUs can be dynamically allocated and require version 5.2 or later of AIX.

Answer: B

14. A system administrator was asked to log information on possible security breaches on a server. To which file

should additional entries be added to capture this information?

A. /var/adm/sulog

B. /etc/syslog.conf

C. /etc/security/sysck.cfg

D. /etc/security/login.cfg

Answer: B

15. How should a system administrator turn on Dynamic Processor Deallocation?

A. Use the diag menu to set dynamic deallocation to 'on'.

B. Use the chdev command to enable the 'cpuguard' attribute of sys0.

C. Use the cfgmgr command to change the 'monitor' attribute of proc0.

D. Use the smitty command with the fast path dynamic_processor_deallocation to turn it on.

Answer: B

16. Total memory available to all LPARS is 128 GB with 64 GB unallocated. Which of the following options assigns

memory (8 GB) from LPAR1 to LPAR2 in a DLPAR environment?

A. Select LPAR1 and move the 8 GB into LPAR2. Reboot required on LPAR1.

B. Select memory from unallocated available memory. Reboot required on LPAR2.

C. Select LPAR1 and move the 8 GB into LPAR2. Reboot not required.

D. Select LPAR1 and move the 8 GB into LPAR1. Reboot required on both LPARS.

Answer: C

17. Which of the following attributes of a logical volume can NOT be changed after it is created?

A. The placement of the logical volume

B. The stripe size of the logical volume

C. The upper bound of the logical volume

D. The intra-policy of the logical volume

Answer: B

18. Sometimes performance is more important than availability (e.g., in cases where the data can be easily recreated).

Which of the following is the appropriate disk configuration for an application that requires faster writes over

availability?

A. RAID-1

B. RAID-5

C. RAID-0 + 1

D. RAID-0

Answer: D

19. system administrator has been asked to migrate the dev_vg volume group from server A to server B. The dev_vg

volume group contains a single filesystem named "/development". To prepare for migration, which of the following is

the correct sequence of commands for removing the volume group from server A?

A. exportvg dev_vg; umount /development; varyoffvg dev_vg

B. varyoffvg dev_vg; umount /development; exportvg dev_vg

C. umount /development; exportvg dev_vg; varyoffvg dev_vg

D. umount /development; varyoffvg dev_vg; exportvg dev_vg

Answer: D

20. Because of performance problems, space needs to be added to a paging space named paging01 on hdisk1. The

physical partition size of hdisk1 is 4MB. Which command will increase the size of paging01 by 100MB?

A. swapon -a paging01 25

B. mkps -a 25 paging01

C. extendlv -a paging01 25

D. chps -s 25 paging01

Answer: D

21Which command restores files from a volume group backup on a specified media?

A.mksysb -r

B.savevg -r

C.restorevg -r

D.restorevgfiles

Answer: A

22  Which of the following can an operator use to shutdown a system into single-user mode?

A.shutdown -d

B.shutdown -s

C.shutdown -m

D.shutdown -Fr -s 1

Answer: C

23. A non-root user can run rsh commands from serverA to serverB, but attempts to run rsh commands by the root user return

with a permission error message. What action will resolve the problem?

A.Add root user to the /etc/hosts.equiv on serverB.

B.Create $HOME/.rhosts file for the root user on serverB.

C.Restart the rshd daemon with root enabled option on serverB.

D.Add entry to allow root user from serverA to the /etc/hosts.allow on serverB.

Answer: D

24. A recently installed package needs to be rolled back to a previous version. Which of the following commands will perform

the task?

A.reject

B.cleanup

C.deinstall

D.uninstall

Answer: A

25. How can a JFS2 filesystem be added to a volume group that has insufficient space to host a log LV?

A.Create the filesystem with an inline log.

B.Create the filesystem referring to the jfs2log in rootvg.

C.Create the filesystem and format the logical volume with 'logform'..

D.Create the filesystem's underlying logical volume with an inline log.

Answer: C

26. Which of the following allows multiple applications to share a single operating system resource?

A.Logical Partition

B.Workload Partition

C.Dynamic Logical Partition

D.Shared Processor Logical Partition

Answer: B

27. When ordering a new IBM Power Systems server, a customer is given the option of two types of Hardware Management

Console: 7042-CR4 and 7042-C06.

Which main difference between the options would influence the customer's decision?

A.The 7042-CR4 is a rack mounted model, compared to the 7042-C06, which is a desktop.

B.The 7042-CR4 is limited to 16 managed systems, compared to a limit of 32 for the 7042-C06.

C.The 7042-C06 has faster CPUs and twice the RAM compared to the 7042-CR4, which is suited to large enterprise

deployments.

D.The 7042-C06 can manage POWER5-based hardware, in addition to POWER6, while the 7042-CR4 can only manage

POWER6-based hardware.

Answer: C

28. Which port must be open on the HMC to allow remote web access?

A.22

B.80

C.443

D.8080

Answer: C

29. Which are the two main uses of a VIO server?

A.Virtualize network and memory to LPARs.

B.Virtualize network and storage to LPARs.

C.Virtualize memory and processors to LPARs.

D.Virtualize storage and processors to LPARs.

Answer: B

30. Which POWER6 virtualization technology is the minimum to enable multiple shared processor pool functionality?

A.PowerHA Standard Edition

B.PowerVM Standard Edition

C.Power6 Management Edition

D.Power6 Virtualization Edition

Answer: B

31. What is the minimum amount of memory required for a new LPAR to be built via NIM on AIX6.1?

A.128 MB

B.256 MB

C.512 MB

D.1024 MB

Answer: B

32. What is the theoretical maximum number of logical ports that a one port of a 2-port 10Gb IVE can provide if no VIO Server

is connected to the IVE?

A.2

B.4

C.8

D.16

Answer: D

33. An administrator wants to deploy a complex LPAR environment on a 595. What is the most current tool available for

documenting the proposed LPAR configuration and determining if there are adequate IO resources?

A.LPAR Planning Tool.

B.System Planning Tool.

C.LPAR Validation Tool.

D.System Validation Tool.

Answer: B

34. Where will an administrator find documents in PDF format that include detailed architecture and step-by-step installation

instructions for Power servers?

A.AIX Fix Central

B.IBM Developer Works

C.IBM Systems Software Information Center

D.IBM Systems Hardware Information Center

Answer: D

35. Which of the following is a situation where dual (redundant) HMCs are recommended?

A.When managing more than four VIO servers.

B.When installed with Power 570 and larger hardware.

C.When hosting both Linux and AIX on the same physical hardware.

D.When unexpected outage on a single HMC would prove an untenable risk for the hosted LPARs.

Answer: D

36. A customer has a requirement for a single AIX LPAR to be highly available. The customer only has enough funding to

purchase a single system.

Which would be the most critical option to mitigate AIX availability?

A.Dual power supplies.

B.Twice the amount of disk.

C.Two dual-port LHEA adapters.

D.Two dual-port fibre channel adapters.