IBM Storage Copy Data

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Question 1

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What are some of the key features that IBM Storage Copy Data
Management offers?

Select one:

Tremendous scalability, extreme workload support, and

protection management

Snapshot management, application / crash 

consistency, and automation / orchestration

Immutable point-in time copies of production data,

logical air-gap, and fast restore from copies on primary
storage
Data reuse, container support, and protection
management
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What should be a seller’s primary goal when running a Storage

Cyber Resiliency Assessment with a prospective client about
data resilience?

Select one:

Show the customer that IBM Storage Copy Data

Management has the most features compared to
competitors.
Show the client that IBM Storage Copy Data Management
has the fastest performance compared to competitors.
Help clients understand the current capabilities of 
their infrastructure and identify gaps, strengths, and
weaknesses against best practices.

Sell the client on the value of IBM’s Cyber Resiliency and

Modern Data Protection portfolio.

Question 3

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The data resilience offerings from IBM are centered around

cyber, cloud, containers, and convergence. Which of the four
traits ensures that data is highly secure and highly
recoverable?

Select one:

Cyber 

Containers
Cloud

Convergence
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When comparing IBM Storage Copy Data Management to

competitive offerings, which of the following is a key
differentiator?

Select one:

IBM Storage Copy Data Management offers added 

storage services that clients can license to manage
snapshots and replication.

IBM Storage Copy Data Management differs from other

solutions in the marketplace that require their own
appliance.

When IBM Storage Copy Data Management takes

snapshots, they are moved to a proprietary platform for
safekeeping.

IBM Storage Copy Data Management is a hardware and

software solution and utilizes a client’s platforms and
storage services already in place.
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Which of the following is a competitive differentiation

statement about IBM Storage Copy Data Management?

Select one:

IBM Storage Copy Data Management is a hardware and

software solution that utilizes the platforms and storage
services already in place.
IBM Storage Copy Data Management base services are
free, but users are required to pay for added storage
services such as snapshots and replication.
Companies such as Delphix, Cohesity and Rubrik do not
require users to pay again for added storage services such
as snapshots and replication.
IBM Storage Copy Data Management is a software- 
only solution that utilizes client platforms and storage
services already in place.
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Data consumers using IBM Storage Copy Data Management

can benefit from which of the following?

Select one:

The elimination of the requirement to use in-place

container storage interface (CSI) direct backups to object
storage

Backing up Software as a Service (SaaS) data

Role-based access, secure self-service, and a single copy

of data that can be used for multiple use cases

Best practices and guidance that help organizations 

meet service level agreements (SLAs) and achieve
greater performance.

Question 7

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Which of the following statements about data copies is FALSE?

Select one:

Data copies are always taken as full backups, instead 

of incremental snapshots
Data copies can be replaced

Data copies are done in-place

Data copies are space efficient

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Unlike other competitive offerings, the timeframe for a

recovery from IBM Storage Copy Data Management snapshots
is generally measured in which of the following units?

Select one:

Minutes 

Hours

Days

Weeks

Question 9

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When discussing the primary benefit of how IBM Storage Copy

Data Management creates and manages copies of data, which
of the following statements is FALSE.

Select one:

IBM Storage Copy Data Management creates data copies

utilizing a common set of “copy services” across multiple
different data consumers.

IBM Storage Copy Data Management is capable of 

creating data copies that utilize unique sets of
services for multiple data consumers, depending on
the use case.
All data copies share the same services for copying,
cataloging, managing, orchestrating, optimizing, and
utilizing the data copy.

As users need copies of data, they create them from the

data source, ensuring accuracy, reducing copy data sprawl,
and reducing capital expenditure (CapEx).
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In which kind of environment are flexibility and the

enablement of seamless data management important?

Select one:

Unified

High risk

Hybrid cloud 

Containerized

Question 11

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Data consumers in an organization need to ensure that their

data is highly secure and highly recoverable. Which IBM data
resilience offering addresses these needs?

Select one:

IBM Storage Control

IBM Storage Copy Data Management

Copy Services Manager

IBM Storage Protect 

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Licensing of competitive offerings can be complex and

expensive. In what way does IBM Storage Copy Data
Management licensing provide a simple, consistent billing
option for clients?

Select one:

Licensing is based on processor value units (PVUs)

Licensing is bases on the number of source systems

Licensing is based on a flat price per terabytes (TBs) 

Licensing is based on virtual private cores (VPCs)

Question 13

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During client meetings, which of the following end-user

benefits of IBM Storage Copy Data Management are important
to emphasize?

Select one:

It provides advanced business intelligence features.

It provides end-users with the freedom to define their
own permissions on the data.

It automatically stores copies on the fastest class of

available storage.
It provides fast access to useable data for end users 
to get their jobs done.
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A client is considering multiple copy data management

offerings from competitive vendors. Which of the following is a
key differentiator of the IBM Storage Copy Data Management
offering?

Select one:

It works in a secure, dedicated environment to provide

resilient copy data storage and management capabilities.

It creates a “golden master” physical copy of the entire

source data and stores it on a separate infrastructure.

It provides the benefit of managing and orchestrating 

data copies “in-place” without disrupting a client’s
existing environment.

It uniquely provides the ability to protect virtual machines

(VMs).

Question 15

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When speaking to a client, how would you define the phrase

“cyber resiliency”?

Select one:

Immunity from malware and other attacks on data

Keeping hackers out, ensuring recovery after an attack,

and analyzing exposure after an attack

Being able to analyze exposure following an attack

Ensuring that an environment can recover following an 

attack
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When discussing the risks of cyber attacks with a client, how

long does it take on average for malware to be detected after a
breach has occurred?

Select one:

6 months 

2 weeks

3 months

1 year

Question 17

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A client needs help with managing their snapshots. What

unique feature of IBM Storage Copy Data Management
provides snapshot management capabilities?

Select one:

IBM Storage Copy Data Management uses agents to

improve snapshot performance

IBM Storage Copy Data Management copies the

snapshots to a dedicated Cloud Object Storage instance

IBM Storage Copy Data Management uses a metadata 

catalog to intelligently map applications and storage

IBM Storage Copy Data Management copies the

snapshots to a dedicated, proprietary appliance
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IBM Storage Copy Data Management requires licenses for

which of the following?

Select one:

The source volumes only

The source volumes, and copies only 

The source volumes, copies, mirrors, and clones

The source volumes, copies, and mirrors, only

Question 19

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The Data Resilience Portfolio’s container capabilities and

enhancements are focusing on helping clients do which of the
following?

Select one:

Unify all the components of the IBM Storage Protect

portfolio into a single solution

Prepare for the next frontier in data creation and 

protection
Seamlessly manage data in hybrid cloud environments

Ensure that their data is highly secure and highly

recoverable
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Which of the following capabilities about IBM Storage Copy

Data Management is FALSE?

Select one:

It provides replication automation for storage

environments
It provides application consistent storage snapshots
It provides snapshot automation for storage
environments
It provides flash storage 

Question 21

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What feature in IBM Storage Copy Data Management should

be recommended to a client specifically for SAP HANA?

Select one:

Instant Snapshot Revert

HyperSwap support 

SAP Incremental Forever

Audit log enhancements
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While talking with a client, they mention that they need the
ability to manage snapshots of their data. Can IBM Storage
Copy Data Management meet their needs?

Select one:

Yes, but only for cloud services

Yes 

Yes, but only for containers

No, IBM Storage Copy Data Management does not offer
snapshot capabilities

Question 23

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Which of the following is NOT a key reason for clients to

modernize their data protection platform?

Select one:

To prevent data loss due to file corruption

To prevent data loss due to natural disasters

To enable data retention for regulatory compliance

To prevent cyber attacks 

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What are the capabilities that environments should consider in

order to prepare for the next frontier in data creation and
protection?

Select one:

DevOps and TestDev environments

Hybrid cloud environments

Containerized environments 
Virtualized environments

Question 25

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A client asks about IBM Storage Protect’s Instant Snapshot

Revert features. Which key benefit should be emphasized?

Select one:

Near zero Recovery Time Objective (RPO) and Recovery

Point Objective (RTO)

Near zero Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

Near zero Recovery Time Objective (RTO) 

Almost instantaneous backups