During which of the following activities do the customer and the technical specialist define post installation support?

A. During the TDA (Solution Assurance)

B. When establishing the system ship date

C. When configuring the System z using eConfig

D. During the installation of the equipment by the CE

The System z Technical Specialist is sizing a zEnterprise z196 + zBX for a multi-tier applications, which is running today on z10 EC and distributed environment under AIX. Which of the following should be used for the sizing of the proposed zEnterprise configuration?

A. Use zPCR or zCP3000 for the z196 sizing, and engage a Techline specialist for the POWER7 sizing.

B. Use the MIPS table for z196 sizing and engage a Techline specialist for the POWER7 sizing.

C. Use the COMP Conversion tables for both environments

D. Use zPCR or zCP3000 for the z196 sizing, and use estimated TPM-C ratios for POWER7

A customer recently ordered a z196 with a zBX.

Which of the following is the best action a specialist could take to ensure the customer is satisfied with the new zBX?

A. Review the hardware support process and the HMC documentation for the z196 CPC and the zBX

B. Conduct and "Fit for Purpose Study"

C. Conduct a z/VM Implementation Workshop

D. Mentor the customer on installing PowerVM and VMware

A customer is looking for a solution that delivers a workload management across the platforms that run his core application. Additionally he is interested in a continuous availability solution that controls all components of the application independent of the platform that is used for the deployment.

Which of the following makes zEnterprise the best match to those requirements?

A. The new Infiniband coupling link of z196 offer the opportunity to interconnect all platforms. The Unified Resource Manager delivers a central tool to control all events.

B. z/OS offers with Parallel Sysplex and WLM a best of breed solution. For the distributed part Tivoli System Automation for Multi Platforms (TSAMP) delivers the required functionality.

C. The combination of Unified Resource Manager, GDPS and TSAMP meets all requirements without changes to the applications.

D. The customer can consolidate all application parts either on z/OS or on Linux on System z to meet the requirements.

A z114 will be defined as a member of an ensemble and use Unified Resource Manger. Which of the following options correctly describe the HMC requirements?

A. a Z114 requires no HMC

B. Requires a primary HMC only

C. Any HMC may be carried forward

D. Both the Primary HMC and Alternate HMC must have various identical components

A customer is planning a large consolidation project of multiple System z servers and numerous distributed servers. Which method is appropriate to perform a capacity planning and a TCO analysis for the consolidation?

A. RACEv tool to perform an in depth analysis of the environment

B. Rule of thumb (ten x86 processors = 1 IFL, 3 Power CPUs = 1IFL)

C. Scorpion study to perform an in depth analysis of the environment

D. Commercial benchmark results to estimate the hardware capacity and the BVAT for the TCO

A new customer bought a zEnterprise 114 and zBX. The customer questioned why there are two HMCs configured. Which of the following is the reason that the HMC needs to be redundant?

A. zEnterprise 114 and zBX will have a dedicated HMC respectively

B. The Support Element (SE) is no longer available

C. All zEnterprise servers are configured with 2 sets of HMC by default

D. Two HMCs are required to preserve Ensemble state configuration

An account team is working on a very large deal with the customer. The configurations and solution design are in place and have the customer agreement. Which of the following is the next logical step in this opportunity?

A. Schedule a Customer meeting

B. Schedule a Pre-Install meeting

C. Schedule Pre-sales TDA meeting

D. Schedule Post completion meeting

A customer has decided to modernize one of its main z/OS applications by using web technologies such as J2EE. Customer's cost studies indicate the only affordable platforms are based on distributed servers. What would be your best strategy to protect and grow System z?

A. Create an offer based on Linux for System z for Application Development, System z Solution Edition for WebSphere and System z Solution Edition for Enterprise Management.

B. Create an offer that addresses the total application lifecycle based on System z Solution Edition for Application Development, System z Solution Edition for WebSphere and additional management tools, as needed.

C. Create an offer that addresses the total application lifecycle based on System z Solution Edition for Cloud Computing, adding development tools, WebSphere Application Server and additional management tools, if needed.

D. Create an offer that addresses the total application lifecycle based on System z Solution Edition for Linux, System z Solution Edition for Application Development, System z Solution Edition for WebSphere and System z Solution Edition for Enterprise Management.

A customer is considering a zEnterprise with a zBX. The customer has a back level AIX server installed running production workloads. Which of the following is the best action a specialist could take to ensure the customer is satisfied with the new zBX?

A. Migrate to the latest version of AIX for supported migration to the zEnterprise

B. Create a migration plan for all AIX applications to the zBX

C. Conduct a Fit for Purpose workshop to ensure the customer understands workload deployment on zEnterprise

D. Use zCP3000 to measure the transaction rate