IBM Spectrum Protect Flashcards

1
Q

What does PSP stand for?

A

Primary Storage Pool

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2
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What does ASL stand for?

A

IBM Application-Specific Licensing

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

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3
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What does TSM stand for?

A

Tivoli Storage Manager

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4
Q

What does ADSM stand for?

A

ADstar Distributed Storage Manager

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5
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What does NDMP stand for?

A

Network Data Management Protocol

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6
Q

What does VTL stand for?

A

Virtual Tape Library

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7
Q

What is the central management GUI called?

A

Operations Center

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8
Q

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

A

7.1.3

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9
Q

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

A

The SnapDiff API

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10
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What is the underlying database platform on the Spectrum Protect server (from version 6.1 onwards)?

A

IBM DB2

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11
Q

Which command creates the DR planfile?

A

PREPARE

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12
Q

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

A

Container Storage Pool

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13
Q

How do to protect a Directory Container on tape

A

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

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14
Q

Can you export data to a Container Storage Pool?

A

No

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15
Q

Where would you find Spectrum Protect documentation?

A

The IBM Spectrum Protect Knowledge Center website

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16
Q

What does PVU stand for?

A

Processor Value Unit

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17
Q

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

A

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

18
Q

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

A

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

19
Q

What is Front-End Capacity with regards to licensing?

A

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

20
Q

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

A

Q PR

21
Q

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

A

10

22
Q

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

A

A Virtual Tape Library (VTL)

23
Q

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

A

Linux

24
Q

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

A

No

25
Q

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

A

No

26
Q

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

A

No

27
Q

Is Spectrum Protect 7.1 supported on Windows 2016?

A

No

28
Q

Which Storage Pool types can be converted to Container Pools?

A

File Device Class, VTL, physical tape - all sequential

29
Q

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

A

dsmadmc.exe and the Operations Center

30
Q

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

A

Flash, SSD

31
Q

What does LTO stand for?

A

Linear Tape Open

32
Q

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

A

VMware Change Block Tracking (CBT)

33
Q

What is the default name of the client options file?

A

dsm.opt

34
Q

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

A

No

35
Q

Do Cloud Container Pools support the PROTECT STGPOOL process

A

No

36
Q

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

A

A Directory Container Pool cache on the Spectrum Protect server

37
Q

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

A

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

38
Q

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

A

mmbackup

39
Q

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

A

Tier by age

40
Q

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

A

Tier by state