IBM Spectrum Protect

Question 1

What does PSP stand for?

Answer 1

Primary Storage Pool

Question 2

What does ASL stand for?

Answer 2

IBM Application-Specific Licensing

a way for service providers to license Spectrum Protect and other IBM software

Question 3

What does TSM stand for?

Answer 3

Tivoli Storage Manager

Question 4

What does ADSM stand for?

Answer 4

ADstar Distributed Storage Manager

Question 5

What does NDMP stand for?

Answer 5

Network Data Management Protocol

Question 6

What does VTL stand for?

Answer 6

Virtual Tape Library

Question 7

What is the central management GUI called?

Answer 7

Operations Center

Question 8

In which version of Spectrum Protect were Container Storage Pools introduced?

Answer 8

7.1.3

Question 9

What feature improves progressive incremental backup of NetApp file systems to Spectrum Protect?

Answer 9

The SnapDiff API

Question 10

What is the underlying database platform on the Spectrum Protect server (from version 6.1 onwards)?

Answer 10

IBM DB2

Question 11

Which command creates the DR planfile?

Answer 11

PREPARE

Question 12

Which Storage Pool type supports in-line deduplication, compression and encryption?

Answer 12

Container Storage Pool

Question 13

How do to protect a Directory Container on tape

Answer 13

Run PROTECT STGPOOL to a Copy-Container Storage Pool on tape

Question 14

Can you export data to a Container Storage Pool?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

Where would you find Spectrum Protect documentation?

Answer 15

The IBM Spectrum Protect Knowledge Center website

Question 16

What does PVU stand for?

Answer 16

Processor Value Unit

Question 17

What information is required to determine the license requirement when the PVU model is used?

Answer 17

CPU model and socket and core count across all machines being protected, and the Spectrum Protect server(s)

Question 18

What is Back-End capacity, in terms of licensing?

Answer 18

Amount of Primary Storage Pool occupancy across Spectrum Protect Storage Pools.
“Managed Data”

Question 19

What is Front-End Capacity with regards to licensing?

Answer 19

The amount of data at source across machines being protected (backed up or archived from)

Question 20

Which administrative command to check running tasks on the Spectrum Protect server is also a London football team?

Answer 20

Q PR

Question 21

How many VMs are counted for every 1TB of Spectrum Protect Suite Back-End Capacity license when using Spectrum Protect Plus?

Answer 21

10

Question 22

If LANfree clients need to backup to a disk device, what storage target is required?

Answer 22

A Virtual Tape Library (VTL)

Question 23

To which operating system can a Spectrum Protect server database on AIX be converted to?

Answer 23

Linux

Question 24

Can a Spectrum Protect server database on Windows be converted to Linux?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

Is CentOS supported by IBM to run the Spectrum Protect server?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

Is Windows 2008 a supported operating system to run a Spectrum Protect 8.1 server on?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

Is Spectrum Protect 7.1 supported on Windows 2016?

Answer 27

No

Question 28

Which Storage Pool types can be converted to Container Pools?

Answer 28

File Device Class, VTL, physical tape - all sequential

Question 29

Where can the Spectrum Protect Administrator command line be run from?

Answer 29

dsmadmc.exe and the Operations Center

Question 30

What type of storage is recommended for the Spectrum Protect database when deduplication is in use?

Answer 30

Flash, SSD

Question 31

What does LTO stand for?

Answer 31

Linear Tape Open

Question 32

What feature allows Spectrum Protect Plus and Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments to perform block level incremental backup of VMware VMs?

Answer 32

VMware Change Block Tracking (CBT)

Question 33

What is the default name of the client options file?

Answer 33

dsm.opt

Question 34

Can a Container Storage Pool deduplicate data already encrypted by the backup client?

Answer 34

No

Question 35

Do Cloud Container Pools support the PROTECT STGPOOL process

Answer 35

No

Question 36

What is required to shield backup clients from network latency when backing up to a Cloud Container Storage Pool?

Answer 36

A Directory Container Pool cache on the Spectrum Protect server

Question 37

Which Spectrum Protect product is not included in the Spectrum Protect Suite license?

Answer 37

Spectrum Protect HSM for Windows (it is a rebranded product from a 3rd party)

Question 38

What Spectrum Scale function improves incremental forever backup via Spectrum Protect?

Answer 38

mmbackup

Question 39

Which method is used to migrate data to the cloud based on the age of an object

Answer 39

Tier by age

Question 40

Which method is used to migrate only inactive backup copies to the cloud

Answer 40

Tier by state