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Question 1 For virtualization and the licensing implications for
Correct Oracle software, what type of virtualization
technologies are IBM Logical Partitions (LPAR) and
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Dynamic LPAR (DLPAR) categorized as?
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Hard-partitioning 

Hypervisor partitioning

Soft-partitioning

Bare metal partitioning

Question 2 Some comments the client makes or topics they want
Correct to discuss should set off warning bells in your heads.
Which of the following might be an opportunity, but
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not necessarily cause for worry?
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Our Oracle licensing and support costs are too 

high.

Oracle is talking to us about loaning us an

Exadata system to test our workloads.

Licensing per core on x86 is only 0.5, that must

be less expensive.

The client hasn’t reached out to us, so we can

assume everything is fine and safe at the account.
Question 3 Which of the following statements about Oracle
Correct Exadata is correct?

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against databases running on SPARC servers.

Exadata is a cluster of SPARC servers, built for

High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads.

Exadata is an engineered system that only 

supports database workloads.

Exadata is a multi-purpose server, designed to

support any type of workload.
Question 4 IBM Power ranked #1 for the 13th year in a row in the
Correct Information Technology Intelligence Consulting (ITIC)
annual report of hardware and server operating
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system reliability report. What was the unplanned
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35 minutes

1 minute 

57 minutes

7 minutes
Question 5 Which of the following statements about IBM Power
Correct Virtual Server (PowerVS) is NOT correct?

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clients run on-premises.

PowerVS is connected to and collocated with IBM

Cloud.

Administrators can use the same tools and

workflows as they do with their on-premises IBM
Power servers with PowerVS.

Oracle treats PowerVS as a public cloud and 

doesn’t support their software running on it.
Question 6 Your client tells you that they’re thinking about
Correct replacing their old IBM POWER9 servers running
Oracle Database because the Intel core factor is 0.5.
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How do you respond?
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With Power’s combination of more powerful 

processors, the ability to drive utilization of
systems well above 80% guaranteed, and the
ability to cap environments without having to
pay for all cores in a socket can save on Oracle
licensing costs.

It’s true that the Oracle database software will

end up being about half the cost compared to a
IBM Power-based deployment, but the price of an
IBM Power server is typically only about 50% of
an Intel server, so it equals out in the end.

Power processors have 4x the performance of

Intel x86 processors, which means that only ¼ of
the Oracle software licenses are needed when
running on Power.

Starting with IBM POWER9, the core factor has

been lowered to 0.5 so the software pricing is
going to be identical between these two platforms
going forward.
Question 7 Reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a key value
Correct proposition for running Oracle on IBM Power. What is
the best way to reduce TCO for the client?
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Recommend that the client deploy Oracle RAC
since scale-out servers can be used and they cost
less than scale-up servers.

Recommend x86 servers since they have lower

core performance, % CPU utilization, and
platform efficiency, so they cost less.

Increase the IBM Power discount since hardware

is 50% of the TCO in an Oracle deployment.

Leverage IBM Power benefits to reduce the 

number of Oracle licenses required since
Oracle software (SW) represents 80% of the
TCO of an Oracle deployment.
Question 8 You’re talking to a client that asks you which operating
Correct systems (OS) are supported on Exadata? What do you
share with this client?
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AIX and Oracle Linux

Solaris and any flavor of Linux (RHEL, SLES, and

so on)

Oracle Linux only 

SPARC OS, Solaris, and Oracle Linux

Question 9 Which one of the following statements best describes
Correct Oracle Database software and hardware costs in the
context of Total Cost of Acquisition (TCA) and Total
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Cost of Ownership (TCO)?
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Oracle software costs (including recurrent

maintenance fees) are very low compared to the
price of a server and so software only ends up
being about 10% of the TCO.

The total cost of hardware and software are

negligible relative to the high costs of electricity,
cooling, and the people managing the system.

Oracle software costs are typically much 

higher than the cost of the hardware, and with
yearly software maintenance fees the
software ends up being approximately 80% of
the overall TCO.

Oracle software licensing is a one-time cost and

so along with the initial hardware purchase, the
overall acquisition costs of the solution are much
higher than any subsequent operating costs.
Question 10 Which one of the following is NOT a security-related
Correct feature or capability of IBM Power10?

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IBM Power10 transparent memory encryption
Trusted AIX

Trusted Boot

Question 11 What percentage of Oracle’s software revenue is

Correct derived from UNIX platforms?

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32% 

4%

50%
Question 12 What can help you get you pre-sales resources more
Correct quickly when needed for Oracle on IBM Power deals,
and help IBM make the right types of investments for
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Oracle on IBM Power business?
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Include an Oracle tag in your opportunity in 

IBM Sales Cloud.

Fill out the Oracle on Power Opportunity Form

posted in Seismic.

Call 1-800-Oracle.

Raise a ticket at the My Oracle Support web site.

Question 13 Which one of the following statements reflects
Correct Oracle’s sales strategy with respect to hardware and
their database software?
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Oracle is no longer focused on either hardware or
software; they are transitioning to become a
public cloud vendor primarily.

Oracle considers any server or database software

opportunity simply as a means of driving sales for
its newly acquired storage division.

Oracle is focused on selling hardware (SPARC

servers and Exadata systems). Software is no
longer a focus and is only maintained to drive
hardware sales.

Oracle remains primarily a software company 

and hardware is used to drive software sales
and maintenance.
Question 14 According to the US Government’s National
Correct Vulnerability Database (NVD), as of September 2022,
how many vulnerabilities have been reported against
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IBM PowerVM?
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166

73

9

1339

Question 15 Like many other clients that have moved to running

Correct Oracle on IBM Power, Copel has significantly reduced
their Oracle license requirements by running on IBM
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Power. What portion of Copel’s licenses were freed for
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other use?

39%

19%

49% 

59%
Question 16 A potential client has expressed a desire to move off
Incorrect their SPARC/Solaris servers. However, given the
perceived modern capabilities in Linux, they believe
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systems. How should you respond to this client?

The move to AIX on IBM Power has been done by

thousands of clients over the years and is safe
and well established. The knowledge that they
will be able to work with the actual developers
that wrote and own the code in the event of a
failure provides a level of comfort that these
clients have become accustomed to.

You state that while Oracle’s SPARC platform has

no future, Solaris is still a viable operating system
that can be run on IBM Power, and they can take
advantage of their existing Solaris skills there.

You inform them that the only Linux distribution

that supports Oracle Database on x86 servers is
Oracle Linux, and it is very different than other
variants of Linux. As such, they will be building
untransferable skills if they take that route.

You explain that AIX is just an IBM-branded 

version of Linux that has full command and
binary compatibility with other Linux
 distributions. Therefore, they should also be
considering AIX and Power Systems for their
new Oracle Database platform.

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Question 17 Approximately how many joint clients do IBM and
Correct Oracle have?

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1,200

8,000

45,000

Question 18 Which of the following is NOT an Oracle licensing

Correct metric?

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1.00 Per Socket

Per Core

Per Named User Plus

Per Terabyte 
Question 19 IBM offers a performance utilization guarantee for a
Correct number of different IBM Power10-based servers.
What is the guaranteed system utilization rate for High
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80% 

70%

65%

85%
Question 20 Which of the following statements about Oracle’s
Correct plans for their SPARC/Solaris platform is correct (as of
August 2022)?
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Oracle has a 10-year roadmap during which time
they plan to release 2-3 new generations of
SPARC servers, along with new versions of the
Solaris operating system.

Oracle have announced that they will alternate

the release of new generations of their SPARC
servers and Exadata servers every other year.

Oracle have successfully pivoted the SPARC

platform from Unix-based Solaris to Linux on
SPARC.

Oracle has not published a futures roadmap in 

several years. They have laid off their
development team, effectively leaving SPARC
and Solaris with no future.
Question 21 Your client is looking for ways to reduce overall IBM
Correct Systems and AIX costs. They ask if they can utilize the
IBM Power Systems Private Cloud Solution with
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Dynamic Capacity (Enterprise Pools 2.0) to reduce
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Enterprise Pools 2.0 can reduce the cost of the

IBM Power/AIX environment and can reduce the
Oracle license costs since Oracle can move freely
with the AIX licenses.

Enterprise Pools 2.0 should only be sold in

conjunction with live partition mobility (LPM) so
that Oracle workloads can be moved with the AIX
licenses reducing Oracle license costs since
Oracle is licensed the same as AIX.

Enterprise Pools 2.0 can reduce the cost of 

the IBM Power/AIX environment and if
properly designed (i.e. use of properly
managed shared processor pools for Oracle)
can maintain the benefits of Oracle hard
partitioning and associated licensing costs.

Oracle does not support Enterprise Pools 2.0 and

therefore this cannot be sold to run Oracle.
Question 22 What is an important differentiator for demonstrating
Correct investment protection for clients?

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IBM Power10 forcing clients to upgrade hardware
(HW) when they upgrade their Oracle Database
version.

Oracle doesn’t leverage AIX exclusives (like

DLPAR, LPM, AME, SMT-8) and by using the least
common denominator with other platforms (e.g.,
x86) clients are assured that their investment is
protected.

IBM Power offers tremendous flexibility with 

Oracle Database versions 11g, 12c, 18c and
19c. They are all available on IBM Power10
and with a common AIX version that clients
can leverage to perform upgrades of platform
or database version.

Oracle certifies each IBM Power hardware model

so clients can look up their model in Oracle
“Certify” to know which ones they should
purchase.
Question 23 IBM Power includes a capability that allows virtual
Correct machines to dynamically share CPU resources from a
set of processors, limiting software licensing to the
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What is this unique capability called?

Capped Capacity Control

Shared Processor Pools 

Multi-VM Sharing

Enterprise Core Sharing

Question 24 IBM published a paper to demonstrate the benefit of
Correct upgrading Oracle Database on IBM POWER8 to IBM
Power10. What was the throughput improvement for
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an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) environment
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250% 

100%

60%

150%
Question 25 What is AIX Live Kernel Update?
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Points out of It is a live migration capability that lets clients

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server to another.

It is a real-time security monitoring tool

identifying unauthorized attempts to access an
Oracle instance running on AIX.

It is AIX’s default firewall and virus protection

tool.

It is a capability of AIX that lets clients apply 

operating system updates without a system
restart (nor a database shutdown in the case
of Oracle deployments).