Understanding Ibm Certified Deployment Professional - Tivoli Storage Productivity Center V5.1 Exam

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The candidate who successfully achieves this certification is responsible for all aspects of storage management in a storage area network environment.
An IBM Certified Deployment Professional is one who has the ability to plan for the IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center deployment. Hs main areas of competency are to:
 Determine the best storage standards and practices to be used in a customer environment.
 The ability to access the customer requirements and create a solution design.
 To analyze the deployment environment.
 To develop and execute the project plan
 Have an understanding of the storage infrastructure and apply storage management concepts.

Recommended Prerequisite Skills
Candidates’ should have the following skills and qualifications prior to giving the exam:
 Knowledge of the IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center server and operating systems
 Knowledge of system administration for user account management
 Knowledge of the storage hardware technologies
 Knowledge ...
... of storage concepts
 Knowledge of networking
 Knowledge of operating system maintenance

Exam Topics
Section 1: Planning
 Determine security needs
 Determining the reporting needs and preparing for an automated process to be implemented
 He ability to determine if new installation or migration are required

Section 2: Installation
 Make sure the software and licenses are valid and accessible
 Using an installer perform the installation steps
 Determine the cause of failure if they are any

Section 3: Configuration
 Configure groups
 Define schedules for monitoring the different classes of the supported devices
 Identify alerts and performance monitoring jobs
 Use the configure wizard to configure existing resources

Section 4: Customization and Administration
 Create a job to deploy the Storage Resource Agent
 Create profiles to generate reports
 Usage of TSPC functions to upgrade components to new TSPC levels
 Use the TSPC analytics tools and problem determination assistance to identify the problems
 How to configure changes to the storage environment
 Configure TSPC to collect data from generic NAS
 Create and schedule reports using the Legacy UI

Section 5: Troubleshooting
 Check for successful scans, reports, review logs, output reports, and displays
 Configure error monitoring
 Determine the cause of the failure to correct it

Recommended Study Materials
Those candidates who wish to pass the exam successfully should enroll for the suggested course below and also have some practical experience with the product.

Classroom Course
 Course title: IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1 Administration and Operation: The duration of the course is 5 days and candidates learn how to configure and administer the product.

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