IBM 000-007

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3

Implementation

Version 3.0
QUESTION NO: 1
A customer is migrating from IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console (Tivoli Enterprise Console)
to IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 (Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3). This customer's
environment has many custom applications sending postemsg events to Tivoli Enterprise
Console server. How will the custom applications send events to Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 environment by making only minimal changes on the custom
applications?

A. Custom applications should be reconfigured to send postmsg events to Tivoli

Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 ObjectServer.
B. Custom applications should be reconfigured to send postemsg events to Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Tivoli EIF Probe.
C. Custom applications should be reconfigured to send nco_sendmsg events to Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 ObjectServer.
D. Custom applications should be reconfigured to send sendmsg events to Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Probe for Tivoli Common Event Infrastructure.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 2
Which IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 feature must be installed before probe
installation?

A. Probe Control
B. Administrator
C. Probe Support
D. Process Control

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 3
The customer is upgrading from Tivoli Integrated Portal (Webtop 2.2) to Web GUI.Which
file should be restored to get all the filters?

A. install_dir/profiles/TIPProfile/etc/WebGUI/WebGUI_22
B. install_dir/profiles/TIPProfile/etc/WebGUI/WebGUI_21
C. install_dir/profiles/TIPProfile/etc/WebGUI/deprecated
D. install_dir/profiles/TIPProfile/etc/WebGUI/migrated_data

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 4
Which statement is true regarding Accelerated Event Notification channels?

A. Channels cannot be copied and pasted from one ObjectServer to another.

B. Any authenticated ObjectServer user may create a channel through the Netcool admin
client.
C. ObjectServer channels only support the broadcast of data from alerts.status,
alerts.journal, and alerts. details.
D. Although channels in different ObjectServers may be named differently, all channels
within a single ObjectServer must have the same name in order for the broadcast function
to work correctly.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 5
Which two options are true about configuring Probes to use failover Netcool Proxy
Servers? (Choose two.)

A. The Probe's "NetworkTimeout" property should be set to 0.

B. The Probe's "IsOSConnection" property should be set to 0.
C. The Probe's "IsProxyConnection" property should be set to 1.
D. The Probe's "Server" property should be configured to point at the primary Proxy
Server.
E. The Probe's "ServerBackup" property should be configured to point at the backup
Proxy Server.

Answer: DE

QUESTION NO: 6
Which two components are used in the Tivoli Integrated Portal console to create custom
screens for users? (Choose two.)

A. Window
B. Folders
C. Portlets
D. Viewpoints
E. External URLs

Answer: BE

QUESTION NO: 7
What does nco_p_syntax do?

A. It connects to the ObjectServer, tests the rules file, and corrects any syntax errors.
B. It connects to the ObjectServer, tests the rules file, and removes lines with syntax
errors.
C. It connects to the ObjectServer, tests the rules file,and displays any errors to the
screen.
D. It connects to the ObjectServer, tests the rules file, and comments out lines with syntax
errors.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 8
All the processes in the current ObjectServer are functioning normally. The customer
security requirements have changed and all the data in the network must be passed
securely.Which change will be made at the ObjectServer level?

A. Just run the Active Event List in the secure mode.

B. Start all the processes under the process control agent.
C. ObjectServer data is encrypted by default so that no change is required.
D. Use SSL communication port and run the ObjectServer by using -secure option.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 9
A customer has a large, complex environment to monitor, with many sources of events,
some at remote sites. The event volume from these sources is high. There are
requirements to do advanced correlation and event enrichment, as well as providing
browser access to event list views for many operators. Based on the scenario, which type
of installation is recommended?
A. Multi Tier Architecture with Web GUI
B. Single Tier Architecture with Web GUI
C. Individual failover server pair per site
D. Web GUI and OMNIbus installed in single system

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 10
Which probe will be required to integrate events from IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console
with IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus?

A. TEC probe
B. Syslog probe
C. MTTrapd probe
D. Tivoli EIF probe

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 11
The customer wants all the events to be archived to a file with the name
NCOMS.txt.Which type of gateway should be installed?

A. Reporter Gateway
B. Archiving Gateway
C. Flat File Gateway
D. Event File Gateway

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 12
In the probe's rules files, what does the getload() function do?

A. Return the CPU percentage the probe is using.

B. Return the number of events processed per minute.
C. Return the number of events processed per second.
D. Return the percentage of events processed by the probe.

Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 13
The $NCHOME/omnibus/log/NCOMS_profiler_report.log file contains the following
information:
Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2009: Individual user profiles:
Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2009: 'Administrator' (uid = 0) time on IBM-ADAF9B5BAFC:
0.020000s
Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2009: 'PROBE' (uid = 0) time on server1: 55.050000s
Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2009: 'GATEWAY' (uid = 0) time on server1: 0.000000s
Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2009: Grouped user profiles:
Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2009: Execution time for all connections whose application name
is 'Administrator':
0.020000s
Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2009: Execution time for all connections whose application name
is 'PROBE':
55.050000s
Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2009: Execution time for all connections whose application name
is 'GATEWAY':
0.000000s Thu Nov 20 14:02:50 2008: Total time in the report period (59.989325s):
55.070000s What can be deduced from the log file?

A. The gateway is not running.

B. There is a high load of events inserted from the probe.
C. The bi-directional ObjectServer gateway is in failover mode.
D. There are too many clients connected to the ObjectServer.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 14
What is the purpose of the flood. rules file?

A. Insert flood-related events.

B. Calculate event rates for detecting event floods.
C. Parse the information of flood events for correlation.
D. Delete flood events from IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 15
What does the $NCHOME/omnibus/log/servername_profiler_report.log file contain?
A. historical ObjectServer event reports
B. information of all the profile roles created in the ObjectServer
C. historical information of changes made to the ObjectServer properties
D. information about the amount of time spent running SQL queries for ObjectServer
connections

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 16
Which three groups are identified when creating users for IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus? (Choose three.)

A. Operators
B. Root Group
C. Super Users
D. Support Staff
E. Desktop Users
F. Administrators

Answer: ACF

QUESTION NO: 17
Which action is required to define groups, once the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus is
installed?

A. Verify that each group has access to the system.

B. Test each user for system access before adding them to a group.
C. Identify which role each user is going to have and assign them into groups.
D. Disable default user accounts for System Administration and default Operations
accounts.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 18
What is taken into consideration while calculating sizing for a server that will only run an
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer ?

A. number of Web GUI maps configured

B. number of operator users configured
C. number of custom SQL triggers configured
D. number of Process Control agents configured within the solution

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 19
Which step is critical while calculating sizing for an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
system?

A. Determine the display resolution used by system users.

B. Determine the number of calls managed by system users.
C. Determine if network bandwidth will support event throughput.
D. Determine if a Database Cluster is connected through an OMNIbus Gateway.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 20
Which step is critical while calculating sizing for an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
system?

A. Determine the appropriate method for migration.

B. Determine the number of events that will occur per hour.
C. Determine the number of users configured within OMNIbus.
D. Determine the number of probes attached to the ObjectServer.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 21
Which step is critical while calculating sizing for an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
environment?

A. Determine the naming conventions.

B. Determine directory for installation.
C. Determine Event Volume and Retention requirements.
D. Determine directories that must have write access permissions.

Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 22
Given customer requirements for an event management environment with high-
availability, which IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus components are critical?

A. ObjectServers and Probe

B. Web GUI and ObjectServers
C. ObjectServers and Active Event List
D. ObjectServers and ObjectServer Gateway

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 23
Which condition is valid when naming the ObjectServer?

A. In IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 (Tivoli NEtcool/OMNIbus V7.3),

ObjectServer names should contain fewer than 11 characters.
B. In Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3, ObjectServer names should contain fewer than 29
characters.
C. In Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3, ObjectServer names should contain fewer than 256
characters.
D. In Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3, ObjectServer names can be made longer than 11
characters by using the nco_igen -notrunc command.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 24
A mid-size corporation has a single-tiered IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3
environment. This corporation recently acquired another mid-size company and network
events from the new company are being sent to this Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
environment. How can it be assessed whether the additional load on the OMNIbus server
is adversely affecting performance or not?

A. Type an SQL command from nco_sql prompt and measure the response time.
B. Add an entry to the journal log of an event from an active event log and measure the
time it takes to update the event with the journal entry.
C. In the ObjectServer profiler log, if the value of PROBE and GATEWAY user profiles
together take more than 60 seconds,it is possible that the ObjectServer is falling behind
on processing time.
D. In the ObjectServer profiler log, if the Total Time under the Grouped User profiles
section of the log
approaches the 60-second mark, it is possible that the ObjectServer is falling behind on
processing time.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 25
A customer environment mandates that SSL communications are required for any traffic
flowing in their network environment. Which default ports are used for IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus and IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI?

A. ObjectServer:4100, Web GUI:16310

B. ObjectServer:4100, Web GUI:16316
C. ObjectServer:4500, Web GUI:16316
D. ObjectServer:4500, Web GUI:16310

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 26
A customer has requirement to provide Lightweight Event List for a set of users in the
organization.Where will the Users be created?

A. Create Users only at the ObjectServer server with Normal roles.

B. Create Users only at the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI server with
ncw_user, netcool_ro roles.
C. Create Users IDs at the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI server with
ncw_user, netcool_ro roles and also at the ObjectServer with Normal roles.
D. Create Users at the IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus Web GUI server with ncw_user,
netcool_ro roles and also at the ObjectServer with Public roles.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 27
When running the ObjectServer in secure mode, which properties must be set in a probes
props file to connect to the ObjectServer?

A. SecUserName and SecPassword

B. AuthUserName and AuthPassword
C. SecObjName and SecObjPassword
D. ProbeUserName and ProbePassword
Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 28
Which three actions does the the nco_install_ospam script perform? (Choose three.)

A. Create pam.conf file.

B. Create pam_omnibus.conf file.
C. Create pam_omnibus_os.conf file.
D. Install the ObjectServer Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).
E. Configure an ObjectServer to use PAM.
F. Update system PAM configuration file with auth, account, and password entries for the
nco_objserv application.

Answer: CDF

QUESTION NO: 29
Which encryption utility must be used to encrypt the passwords when running in FIPS
140-2 mode?

A. nco_g_crypt
B. nco_pa_crypt
C. nco_sql_crypt
D. nco_aes_crypt

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 30
Which encryption algorithm must be used when encrypting passwords by using
nco_aes_crypt in FIPS 140-2 mode?

A. AES
B. FIPS
C. NCO_FIPS
D. AES_FIPS

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 31
A firewall sits between an aggregation layer ObjectServer and a display layer
ObjectServer. Both ObjectServers are configured to run on port 4100 and have had their
IDUC port set to 6969.In order for the ObjectServer Gateway that links them to connect
successfully, which statements is true?

A. A firewall rule should be added to the firewall to allow connection from aggregation to
display layer on destination ports 4100 and 6969. The Gateway can run as any user.
B. A firewall rule should be added to the firewall to allow connection from display to
aggregation layer on destination ports 4100 and 6969. The Gateway can run as any user.
C. A firewall rule should be added to the firewall to allow connection from aggregation to
display layer on destination ports 4100 and 6969. The Gateway MUST run as the root
user.
D. A firewall rule should be added to the firewall to allow connection from display to
aggregation layer on destination ports 4100 and 6969. The Gateway MUST run as the
root user.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 32
Which statement is true regarding permissions?

A. ObjectServer Gateways MUST be run as the root system user.

B. The ObjectServer Gateway must be run as a user with $OMNIHOME/bin write access.
C. The system user that an ObjectServer Gateway runs as must be a member of the
ncoadmin group.
D. ObjectServer Gateways can be run as any system user with the correct file permissions
to the $NCHOME directory.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 33
Which statement is true regarding the layers within a three-tiered architecture?

A. The main role of the Collection layer is to service requests from user Event Lists. The
main roles of the Aggregation layer are to perform event processing and correlation. The
main roles of the Display layer are to absorb write locks from Probes inserting events and
perform deduplication.
B. The main roles of the Collection layer are to absorb write locks from Probes inserting
events and
perform deduplication. The main role of the Aggregation layer is to service requests from
user Event Lists. The main roles of the Display layer are to perform event processing and
correlation.
C. The main roles of the Collection layer are to perform event processing and correlation.
The main roles of the Aggregation layer are to absorb write locks from Probes inserting
events and perform deduplication. The main role of the Display layer is to service
requests from user Event Lists.
D. The main roles of the Collection layer are to absorb write locks from Probes inserting
events and perform deduplication. The main roles of the Aggregation layer are to perform
event processing and correlation. The main role of the Display layer is to service requests
from user Event Lists.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 34
Which statement is true regarding multi-tiered architecture?

A. Select the multi-tiered option during the installation to determine the ObjectServer
layer.
B. When deploying a multi-tiered architecture, all ObjectServer and Gateway
configuration files are available in the $OMNIHOME/etc/multitier sub-directory.
C. When running a multi-tiered environment, we can determine that we need more
Collection ObjectServers by running the Process Agent that controls them in debug
mode.
D. In a multi-tiered environment, we can decide whether or not we need to put in place
further Collection or Display layer ObjectServers by monitoring the profiling information
of the ones that are already in place.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 35
What is the default Windows path in which IBM Tivoli OMNIbus V7.3 is installed?

A. C:\IBM\netcool
B. C:\micromuse\netcool
C. C:\IBM\tivoli\netcool
D. C:\IBM\micromuse\netcool

Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 36
Which three types of installation are possible when installing IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus on UNIX? (Choose three.)

A. Custom Installation
B. Silent Installation
C. Default Installation
D. Advance Installation
E. GUI-based Installation
F. Command line-based Installation

Answer: BEF

QUESTION NO: 37
Which command generates the interface file in UNIX?

A. $NCHOME/etc/nco_igen
B. $NCHOME/bin/nco_igen
C. $OMNIHOME/bin/nco_igen
D. $OMNIHOME/install/nco_igen

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 38
Which command creates a new dual desktop display ObjectServer with server name as
DIS_1 connecting to AGG_V ObjectServer?

A. $NCHOME/bin/nco_dbinit -server DIS_1 -desktopserver -dsddualwrite -dsdrimary

AGG_V
B. $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_igen -server DIS_1 -desktopserver -dsddualwrite
-dsdprimary AGG_V
C. $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_dbinit -server DIS_1 -desktopserver -dsddualwrite
-dsdprimary AGG_V
D. $NCHOME/omnibus/install/nco_dbinit -server DIS_1 -desktopserver -dsddualwrite
-dsdprimary AGG_V

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 39
What does the nco_install_integration command do?

A. It installs the Process Agent as a Windows service.

B. It installs the probes and gateways for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.
C. It configures the ObjectServer schema for the integration with other Tivoli products.
D. It installs the necessary configuration files for the integration with other Tivoli
products.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 40
In which directory is the nco_install_integration utility found for a default UNIX
installation of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3?

A. $NCHOME/bin
B. $NCHOME/install
C. $NCHOME/omnibus/bin
D. $NCHOME/omnibus/install

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 41
When upgrading probes, what does the UPGRADE.SH script do?

A. It reinstalls the probes.

B. It migrates probes data to the $NCHOME/omnibus/probes/migrated directory.
C. It reinstalls the probes and migrates data to the $NCHOME/omnibus/probes/migrated
directory.
D. It creates new configuration files of the probes in the
$NCHOME/omnibus/probes/migrated directory.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 42
During a migration of the ObjectServer the engineer chooses not to migrate the existing
ObjectServer V7.2 data to the new installation of V7.3 that is on a different disk
location.How can the ObjectServer data be migrated from the old system to the new
system?
A. Run the UPGRADE.SH script with the -old path and -new path set appropriately.
B. Manually copy all of the configuration files from the old ObjectServer path to the new
ObjectServer directory path.
C. Run the installer again and choose just the data migration option that is available in the
custom configuration option.
D. Use the nco_sql -user username -password password -server servername <
upgrade72to73.sql command to migrate the data.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 43
Which method can be used to migrate the data after an installation from a previous
installation of the ObjectServer to a new installation?

A. Run migration script.

B. Run GUI installation.
C. Run silent installation.
D. Run the installation again and select migrate data in the custom installation.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 44
What do the entity views become when they are migrated from IBM Tivoli
Netcool/Webtop 2.x to IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI ?

A. system maps
B. system views
C. entity groups
D. system filters

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 45
What do the entities become when they are migrated from IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop
2.x to IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI ?

A. HTML filters
B. data sources
C. system maps
D. system filters

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 46
Which two types of elements can be migrated from IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop 2.x to
IBM Tivoli Netcool/ OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI? (Choose two.)

A. Maps
B. Links
C. Frames
D. Entities
E. JavaScript

Answer: AD

QUESTION NO: 47
Which two modules are part of the migration tool used to migrate data from
Netcool/Webtop 2.x to the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI? (Choose two.)

A. Merge
B. Import
C. Export
D. Upgrade
E. Rollback

Answer: BC

QUESTION NO: 48
An administrator is required to change the log level in the message log to troubleshoot a
problem on the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 ObjectServer. Which setting should
be changed?

A. LogLevel: 'debug'
B. MessageLog: 'debug'
C. Message.Debug: TRUE
D. MessageLevel: 'debug'
Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 49
What is the effect of the setting AllowConnections: FALSE on the ObjectServer
properties file?

A. Specify that non-root users cannot connect to the ObjectServer.

B. Probes and gateways cannot connect to the ObjectServer.
C. Do not allow connections to ObjectServer from native desktop and Web GUI.
D. Users can connect to ObjectServer by using the IBM Tivoli Netcool Administrator
GUI but no connections are allowed to the ObjectServer from probes, gateways, and Web
GUI.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 50
An administrator is required to define SSL communications on the ObjectServer. The
ObjectServer, named NCOMS, is running on a server with hostname ORLANDO.
Which setting is appropriate to enable SSL ?

A. Primary: ORLANDO SSL 4500

B. Primary: ORLANDO 4100 SSL 4500
C. Primary: NCOMS SSL 4500
D. Primary: NCOMS 4100 SSL 4500

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 51
An Administrator is required to collect statistical information about triggers from an IBM
Tivoli Netcool/ OMNIbus V7.3 ObjectServer. Which two settings are required to be
defined in the ObjectServer properties file? (Choose two.)

A. Set value of MessageLog to 1.

B. Set value of Auto.debug to ON.
C. Set value of MessageLevel to 1.
D. Set the Auto.StatsInterval property to 60 seconds.
E. Set the Auto.Enabled property of the ObjectServer to TRUE.

Answer: DE
QUESTION NO: 52
Which options must be used when creating the ObjectServer to create a Display
ObjectServer and apply the SQL customization to it?

A. dsddesktopserver, dsddualwrite, dsdprimary, and configfile

B. desktopserver, dualwrite, dsdprimary, and customconfigfile
C. desktopserver, dsddualwrite, dsdprimary, and customconfigfile
D. dsddesktopserver, dsddualwrite, dsdprimary, and customconfigfile

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 53
Why is a Display ObjectServer used?

A. Connect more probes.

B. Connect more gateways.
C. Web GUI users can only connect to Display ObjectServers.
D. Increase performance to the desktop and Web GUI users.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 54
How is the ObjectServer Admin Client started?

A. To start the ObjectServer Admin Client , run the command

$NCHOME/bin/nco_config.
B. To start the ObjectServer Admin Client , run the command
$OMNIHOME/bin/nco_config.
C. To start the ObjectServer Admin Client , run the command
$NCHOME/admin/nco_config.
D. To start the ObjectServer Admin Client , run the command
$OMNIHOME/tip/bin/nco_config.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 55
Which two statements are true regarding Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator Client?
(Choose two.)
A. The Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator Client can be used to create and administer
ObjectServer triggers.
B. The Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator Client can be used to update Probe properties
files by the Process
Agent configuration window.
C. The Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator Client can be used to update Gateway properties
files by the
Process Agent configuration window.
D. The Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator Client can be used to create log files that can be
written to from
within triggers and procedures.
E. The Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator Client can be used to create and maintain shell
scripts that can
then be called by External Procedures.

Answer: AD

QUESTION NO: 56
Which two files/directories must be backed up before the upgrade if the existing Tivoli
Integrated Portal (Web GUI 2.2) is installed as non-root user? (Choose two)

A. install_dir
B. DE_username
C. .username_asci
D. .asci_username
E. Non_Install.dir

Answer: AD

QUESTION NO: 57
Which command is required to export the data from Webtop 2.x when upgrading from
Webtop 2.x to Web GUI?

A. $MIGRATION_TOOL_HOME/bin/sm_migration
B. $MIGRATION_TOOL_HOME/etc/sm_migration_import
C. $MIGRATION_TOOL_HOME/bin/sm_migration_export
D. $MIGRATION_TOOL_HOME/install/sm_migration_export

Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 58
Which two environment variables must be set before starting the upgrade tool when
upgrading from Webtop 1.3 to Web GUI? (Choose two.)

A. GUI_HOME
B. TIP_HOME
C. NGF_HOME
D. NCW_HOME
E. WEBTOP_HOME

Answer: BE

QUESTION NO: 59
How are failover and failback functionality enabled in the ODBC Gateway connecting to
ObjectServer pair?

A. No additional actions must be taken.

B. Add two entries for the gateway to the interfaces file.
C. Import the proper IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 schema.
D. Ensure the gateway configuration files uses the virtual ObjectServer.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 60
Which command starts a bi-directional ObjectServer gateway named BI-GATE?

A. $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_gate -name BI_GATE

B. $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_gate -server BI_GATE
C. $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_g_objserv_bi -name BI_GATE
D. $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_g_objserv_bi -server BI_GATE

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 61
Which command starts a uni-directional ObjectServer gateway called UNI_GATE?

A. NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_gate -name UNI_GATE

B. NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_gate -server UNI_GATE
C. NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_g_objserv_uni -name UNI_GATE
D. NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_g_objserv_uni -server UNI_GATE

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 62
What are two types of ObjectServer gateways? (Choose two)

A. Reader
B. Writer
C. Secure
D. Bi-directional
E. Uni-directional

Answer: DE

QUESTION NO: 63
What is a critical step while configuring an external tool on IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus ?

A. Install jr_exec process.

B. Determine user privileges to run the external tool.
C. Determine the licensing option for the external tool.
D. Determine the time frame of the external tool execution.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 64
What is a critical step while configuring an external tool on IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus ?

A. Determine the thread of the external tool.

B. Determine the licensing option for the external tool.
C. Create ObjectServer role to execute the external tool.
D. Determine operating system compatibility with the external tool.

Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 65
The customer would like a tool configured that operators can run when right-clicking on
selected events in a native event list. Which menu should the tool be added to?

A. Alerts Menu
B. Conductor Menu
C. Sub Event List Menu
D. Main Event List Menu

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 66
When an operator runs a new tool there is a requirement for them to add some details in
the journal of the event that the tool was run against.How is this achieved?

A. Create a Journal type prompt from the Prompts window and reference it in the tool
B. Nothing, all tools force the user to enter Journal information before they execute.
C. Select "Force Journal Entry" under the Journal tab of the event configuration window.
D. Ensure the tool calls the Journal Entry external script under the Executable tab of the
event configuration window.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 67
What is the effect of the setting, users.global.view.mode:0, on the Web GUI Server
Initialization file?

A. Enable Web GUI users with ncw_user and netcool_rw roles to view Global Views.
B. Enable Web GUI users with ncw_user and netcool_rw roles to modify Global Views.
C. Disable Web GUI users with ncw_user and netcool_rw roles from viewing Global
Views.
D. Disable Web GUI users with ncw_user and netcool_rw roles from modifying Global
Views.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 68
Which access level is required for editing personal settings, accessing Portlet help and
accessing a Portlet defined in the Web GUI?

A. User
B. Editor
C. ncw_user
D. Privileged User

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 69
Which role is required to define Users, Groups, and Roles on IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI?

A. ncw_admin
B. iscadmins
C. ncw_admin, tipadmins
D. ncw_admin, netcool_rw

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 70
Which actions should be performed by an Administrator to delete some portlets that exist
in IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI that are not being used by any users?

A. The Administrator can delete only a copy of the portlet.

B. From Settings --> Portlet Management, select the portlet and delete.
C. Remove the portletname.portlet file under
install_dir/_uninst/TIPInstallOMNIbusWebGUI/Portlet directory.
D. Edit the portlets file under install_dir/_uninst/TIPInstallOMNIbusWebGUI/Portlet
directory and remove the names of the portlet that have to be deleted.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 71
In which two instances will a dedicated gateway be used for forwarding accelerated
events? (Choose two.)
A. to send accelerated events directly to an Accelerated Event Notification desktop client
B. to eliminate the possibility of unexpected delays caused by high volumes of events
C. to send accelerated events to a different ObjectServer than that used for normal IDUC
updates
D. to send accelerated events to an ObjectServer via a proxy server so that connections
can be combined for performance
E. to send ALL events in the source ObjectServer more quickly - since the EVTFT IDUC
mechanism is faster than the regular IDUC mechanism

Answer: BC

QUESTION NO: 72
What is required to be configured so that a user can run process control on Linux?

A. A user must be created in the ObjectServer.

B. Configure PAM authentication for that user and add user to ncoadmin group.
C. Ensure that the user is created in LDAP for authentication of process control.
D. Nothing, process control should be started with an operating system user account.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 73
Which step is required once an ObjectServer is running within an architecture?

A. Enable PAM authentication.

B. Turn off the proxy settings which are turned on by default.
C. Remove the root user account because it is a security risk.
D. Modify the properties files of every integration that will be sending alerts to the
ObjectServer.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 74
What is the only environment variable that has to be set for the ObjectServer to be
started?

A. PATH
B. NCHOME
C. DISPLAY
D. OMNIHOME

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 75
How are the gateway properties files in a multi-tiered architecture created?

A. Default files can be used without alteration.

B. Download the multi-tier package from passport advantage.
C. Create custom properties files to support a complex multi-tiered environment.
D. There is a multi-tier architecture directory that contains the template files to use to
configure gateways.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 76
What must be verified while configuring probes for an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
system?

A. The probe can connect to the GUI Server.

B. The required ports for the rules file are available.
C. The required interface ports for the probes are available.
D. The appropriate ObjectServer role is configured in the probe properties.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 77
What does an event with the Type field set to a value of 1 in the alerts.status table of the
ObjectServer indicate?

A. The event is marked as a problem.

B. The event is marked as a resolution.
C. The event is marked as indeterminate.
D. The event is marked as informational.

Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 78
In a probe main rules file, which statement can reference a number of secondary rules
files?

A. nest
B. imbed
C. merge
D. include

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 79
Which two ways do Probes run on UNIX systems? (Choose two.)

A. as a Service
B. as Java applets
C. as Web applications
D. from the command line
E. under process control

Answer: DE

QUESTION NO: 80
A SQL Event Management tool is being created on the IBM Tivoli Netcool Web GUI
server, containing a SQL instruction that explicitly runs against all rows. Under this
condition, which statement is true?

A. Select Execute for each Selected Row checkbox.

B. Do not select Execute for each Selected Row checkbox.
C. SQL instructions within the SQL tool should be restricted only for one row.
D. Use a Multiline String prompt in the SQL instruction which will run the query against
multiple rows.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 81
Which tool types are available in IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI?
A. SQL, alerts, and Script tools
B. alerts, CGI_Tools, and Local_Tools
C. alerts, CGI/URL, and Command tools
D. SQL, CGI/URL, Command, and Script tools

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 82
When creating an SQL tool in IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI, what is the
effect of selecting Execute for each Selected Row?

A. Execute the SQL tool against selected rows that are defined in the tool.
B. Execute the SQL tool against rows that are selected from the IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus Active Event
List.
C. Allow an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus administrator with ncw_user roles to execute
the SQL tool
against all rows by using nco_sql command.
D. Allow an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus administrator with ncw_admin roles to
execute the SQL tool
against all rows by using nco_sql command.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 83
Which statement is true about tools that do not have access criteria defined in IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 Web GUI?

A. They are displayed for all users for all events.

B. They are not displayed for all users for all events.
C. They are displayed for all users but only for Probe Watch events.
D. They are displayed for all users but only for events related to ObjectServer Health.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 84
A customer already has a group called paadmin and would like the members of that group
to control Process Agent instead of users from the ncoadmin group.
Which option should the Process Agent start with to use paadmin group?
A. -group
B. -pagroup
C. -admingroup
D. -ncoadmingroup

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 85
When running in secure mode, which properties must be set in the ObjectServer
properties file for Process Agent to run external actions?

A. PA.User and PA.Passwd

B. SecUser and SecPassword
C. AuthUser and AuthPassword
D. PA.Username and PA.Password

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 86
When running the Process Agent in secure mode, with P

A. Username and PA.Password set in the ObjectServer properties file, what can Process
Agent do?
B. Run triggers.
C. Start probes and gateways.
D. Start the ObjectServer with SSL encryption.
E. Run external procedures called from Event List tools.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 87
Which command will show if Process Agent has started the components in its
configuration file?

A. nco_pa_show
B. nco_pa_start
C. nco_pa_state
D. nco_pa_status
Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 88
Netcool Proxy servers are designed to accept connections from which Netcool
components?

A. Netcool Probes only

B. All Netcool Gateways only
C. Netcool ObjectServer Gateways only
D. All Netcool Gateways and Netcool Probes

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 89
What is the recommended place to run the bidirectional aggregation ObjectServer
Gateway that synchronizes events between a failover pair of ObjectServers at the
aggregation layer in a multi-tiered IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus environment?

A. on a computer dedicated to running the gateway only

B. on the same host computer as the backup aggregation ObjectServer
C. on the same host computer as the primary aggregation ObjectServer
D. on the same host computer as one of the collection layer ObjectServers

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 90
Which type of gateway is used between ObjectServers at the collection and aggregation
layers of a multitiered IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus architecture?

A. ARS gateway
B. ODBC gateway
C. Bi-directional ObjectServer gateway
D. Uni-directional ObjectServer gateway

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 91
What is the default mapping file provided for configuring a gateway connecting a
collection layer ObjectServer to the aggregation layer in a multi-tiered IBM Tivoli
Netcool/OMNIbus architecture?

A. UNI_GATE.map
B. C_TO_A_GATE.map
C. MULTI_TIER_GATE.map
D. COL_TO_AGG_GATE.map

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 92
What is the purpose of the -dsddualwrite option when creating a display layer
ObjectServer in a multi-tier IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus architecture?

A. Allow triggers at the display layer to run against the display and aggregation layer
ObjectServers.
B. Allow the display layer ObjectServer to connect to a failover pair of ObjectServers at
the aggregation layer.
C. Allow user initiated tools at the display layer to run against the display and
aggregation layer ObjectServers.
D. Allow the display layer ObjectServer to retrieve events from the collection and
aggregation layer ObjectServers.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 93
Which statement is true about a Signal Trigger?

A. It is executed repeatedly based on a specified frequency.

B. It responds to changes detected within the OMNIbus processes.
C. It can only be executed if the system is running under Process Control.
D. It can only be executed before or after an event is updated in the ObjectServer.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 94
Which statement is true about a Temporal Trigger?
A. It responds to changes detected within the ObjectServer.
B. It is executed repeatedly based on a specified frequency.
C. It can only be executed if the system is running under Process Control.
D. It can only be executed before or after an event is updated in the ObjectServer.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 95
Which two keywords are required for creating an SQL procedure? (Choose two.)

A. END
B. WHEN
C. START
D. BEGIN
E. DECLARE

Answer: AD

QUESTION NO: 96
What are the three types of triggers of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ? (Choose three.)

A. Signal
B. System
C. Temporal
D. Database
E. Procedures
F. User-defined

Answer: ACD

QUESTION NO: 97
When creating an SQL procedure, which keyword is used to define variables?

A. USE
B. BEGIN
C. START
D. DECLARE
Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 98
When creating a table, what does the VIRTUAL keyword do?

A. The table references a master table.

B. The table is deleted when the ObjectServer restarts.
C. The table is re-created, complete with all its data when the ObjectServer restarts.
D. The table is re-created with the same table description, but without any data when the
ObjectServer
restarts.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 99
If the Tivoli Integrated Portal (TIP) is going to be installed behind a Load Balancer, what
has to be done to configure the required database?

A. Turn on the default load balancer within TIP.

B. Nothing, the TIP does not support Load Balancing.
C. Run the HAScripts.sh command, which will automatically create the database and
schema.
D. Run the tipMakedb.sh and tipdbSchema.sh commands which will automatically create
the database and schema.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 100

What is the best way to automate configuration procedures for the Web GUI application?

A. Use the WAAPI Client.

B. Use the new Tivoli Integrated Portal (TIP) Webtop GUI tool.
C. Create a simple script to modify the HTML configuration files.
D. There is a menu in TIP that will allow custom scripts to be imported to make
modifications to the Web
GUI.

Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 101
Assuming that the ObjectServer and Tivoli Integrated Portal are installed, what has to be
done to limit those who can access an external script tool?

A. Access criteria has to be added to the tool when it is created.

B. There is no way to limit those who can run an external script tool.
C. When a tool is added to the menu, it is automatically assigned to a specific user.
D. When a tool is added to the menu, it is automatically assigned to a specific group.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 102

What is required to set up access rights to a CGI script tool within Web GUI?

A. There is no way to limit those who has access to CGI based tools.
B. After the tool is created specific access rights have to be set up.
C. When a tool is added to the menu, it is automatically assigned to a specific user.
D. When a tool is added to the menu, it is automatically assigned to a specific group.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 103

Which two components are used in the Tivoli Integrated Portal console to create custom
screens for users? (Choose two.)

A. Pages
B. Folders
C. Screens
D. Portlets
E. Viewpoints

Answer: AB

QUESTION NO: 104

Which command checks the status of the process agent SFOSYS_PA in UNIX with
username "netcool" and password "netcool" ?
A. $NCHOME/etc/nco_pa_status -server SFOSYS_PA -username netcool -password
netcool
B. $NCHOME/bin/nco_pa_status -server SFOSYS_PA -username netcool -password
netcool
C. $NCHOME/omnibus/etc/nco_pa_status -server SFOSYS_PA -username netcool
-password netcool
D. $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_pa_status -server SFOSYS_PA -username netcool
-password netcool

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 105

How can Granularity can be set?

A. Change the Granularity in log files.

B. Change the Granularity in the probes file.
C. Change the Granularity in event list configuration.
D. Change the ObjectServer property file for Granularity.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 106

How is the command line SQL started in Windows?

A. isql.bat
B. nco_sql
C. nco_p_sql
D. nco_dbinit

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 107

What is the command to encrypt the password for the process agent in UNIX?

A. nco_crypt
B. nco_pa_crypt
C. nco_pad_crypt
D. nco_aes_crypt
Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 108

When cloning the Web GUI from one machine to another, what happens to the original
settings on the target machine?

A. They are overwritten and lost.

B. The settings are merged together.
C. The user will be prompted for each change to be overwritten.
D. A backup of the settings is made and they are then overwritten.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 109

What does the command ws_ant.bat|sh -f tipExportImport.xml export
-DarchiveDir=archiveDir - DtipAdmin=tipadmin -DtipPassword=tippass do?

A. Clone the ObjectServers.

B. Clone the gateway and probe configuration files.
C. Clone the entire IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus suite.
D. Clone instances of the Tivoli Integrated Portal server.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 110

To back up an ObjectServer to a temporary location, nco_sql into the ObjectServer and
issue which command?

A. table backup '/tmp/mybackup';

B. system backup '/tmp/mybackup';
C. alter table backup '/tmp/mybackup';
D. alter system backup '/tmp/mybackup';

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 111

Which two tasks are required to back up the Web GUI? (Choose two.)
A. Shut down the Web GUI.
B. Determine the backup location.
C. Determine if enough disk space is available.
D. Shut down the ObjectServer the Web GUI connects to.
E. Determine the speed of the network the Web GUI is on.

Answer: BC

QUESTION NO: 112

What is the purpose of NCHOME/omnibus/install/startup/install script?

A. to create gateways configuration files

B. to set up the ObjectServer as a Windows service
C. to create the necessary configuration files the process agent is required to run
D. to copy files to the operation system's startup directories to enable process agent to run
when the server is started

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 113

Under which directory are the startup scripts to automatically start the Process Agent
when the system starts?

A. NCHOME/etc/install/startup/install
B. NCHOME/scripts/startup/install
C. NCHOME/omnibus/install/startup/install
D. NCHOME/omnibus/scripts/startup/install

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 114

A Network Operations Center includes a group of users who belong to the ObjectServer
group, LondonUsers. The organization has a strict requirement to ensure that this group
only sees events where the Location field is set to 'London' and does not see events from
other locations. What is the best way an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus administrator
might enforce this?

A. Create a restriction filter (Location = 'London') on the ObjectServer and apply it to the
group
'LondonUsers'.
B. Create a temporal trigger on the ObjectServer that contains the following SQL: delete
from alerts.status where Location = 'London';
C. Create a master ELV file that has (Location = 'London') appended to each monitor box
SQL definition and then configure each user's Native Event List to load this ELV file by
default.
D. Because only Administrators can see Acknowledged events by default, create a
temporal trigger on the ObjectServer that contains the following SQL: update alerts.status
set Acknowledged = 1 where Acknowledged = 0 and Location <> 'London';

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 115

Which statement is true regarding the Event List views?

A. Columns from any ObjectServer table can be added to an Event List view.
B. When saving a view, it saves it in the alerts.col_visuals table in the ObjectServer for
later use.
C. The number of rows seen can be restricted in an Event List to the top 'n' rows by the
filter builder dialogue box.
D. When columns are added to a view, they take their default appearance as per their
respective definition in alerts.col_visuals.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 116

Which file extension is created when saving an Event List view to a local workstation?

A. ELV
B. EFT
C. ELF
D. ELC

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 117

When saving an Event List configuration, it saves the monitor box layout, filters, and
views into a single file. What is the file extension for this type of file?
A. DFT
B. ELC
C. CFG
D. CONF

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 118

How does the Log and Trace Analyzer help IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3
administrators?

A. It queries remote ObjectServers and provides a single view of all logs.

B. It allows administrators to remotely enable or disable debugs on ObjectServers.
C. It queries ObjectServers and copies logs to the workstation for further analysis.
D. By using the analyzer multiple Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus log files are correlated into a
single view.

Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 119

When an IBM Tivoli Probe is installed, what is the default log level set in the properties
file?

A. msg
B. warn
C. info
D. error

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 120

What does details($*) do in a rules file?

A. It populates the details column in the alerts.status table.

B. It sends all the details of an event to the alerts.details table.
C. It stops the details of an event from being sent to the alerts.details table.
D. It appends the details of an event to the summary field in the alerts.status table.
Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 121

In a rules file, which line will assign the Node token to the Node field in the
ObjectServer?

A. @Node = &Node
B. %Node = @Node
C. @Node = $Node
D. $Node = @Node

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 122

When using conditional statements in a rules file, what is the most efficient statement?

A. IF statements
B. ELSE statements
C. SWITCH statements
D. IF ELSE statements

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 123

How does an ObjectServer administrator enable failback for the BMC gateway?

A. Modify the gateway configuration files to use the virtual ObjectServer.

B. Modify the omni.dat file and add the failback flag to the virtual ObjectServer.
C. Failback is enabled by default, so nothing has to be done to any configuration file.
D. Manually add entries to the interfaces file for both the Primary and Failover
ObjectServer.

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 124

An ObjectServer fails to start. An error message is received related to an address that is
already in use.
What is the correct action to take to resolve the problem?

A. Run nco_igen and it will find an available IP address.

B. Modify the interfaces.arch file with an available IP address.
C. Make appropriate changes to the omni.dat file and run nco_igen.
D. Make appropriate changes to the omni.dat file and restart the ObjectServer.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 125

Which response will enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communications to the
Netcool/OMNIbus Master Server (NCOMS) ObjectServer?

A. [NCOMS]{Primary: nocturama 3000 ssl 3500}

B. [NCOMS]{Primary nocturama 3000 ssl 3500}
C. [NCOMS]{Primary: nocturama ssl 3500}
D. [NCOMS]{Primary: nocturama ssl 3500 3000}

Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 126

Different IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus components can be run on multiple systems in a
network. Which step is required to enable a distributed mixed UNIX installation?

A. Use the interfaces.UNIX file for all systems.

B. Create and distribute an interfaces file to each server running Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
components.
C. The same server OS platform is required for each ancillary component running in a
distributed environment.
D. Create interfaces files for each of the ancillary components where it will be running on
each distributed server.

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 127

What occurs in the probe when there is a missing server option in the properties file?

A. The probe process freezes.

B. The probe broadcasts the events to the local console.
C. The probe will attempt to connect to an ObjectServer named NCOMS.
D. The probe stores events locally until prompted to connect to a defined ObjectServer
server.

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 128

Where is the path of the log file for a probe defined?

A. in the probe rules file

B. in the probe properties file
C. in the ObjectServer properties file
D. in the process agent properties file

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 129

Which types of error messages are generated by a probe into its' log file?

A. control, move, add, change, and debug

B. error, clear, general, debug ,and check
C. fatal, error, warning,information, and debug
D. critical, major, minor, indeterminate, and information

Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 130

What is a reason for a probe to consume too much CPU time when reconnecting to an
ObjectServer?

A. The rules file is corrupted.

B. The properties file is misconfigured.
C. The store-and-forward file is too large.
D. The peer-to-peer failover has gone in stand by.

Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 131
What environmental variables are required to be set to run the Web GUI?

A. NCHOME and WEBHOME

B. NCHOME and TIPHOME
C. TIPHOME and OMNIHOME
D. JAVA_HOME and OMNIHOME

Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 132

What environmental variables are required to be set to run the probe?

A. OMNIHOME and NCHOME

B. OMNIHOME and TIPHOME
C. NCHOME and NC_RULES_FILES
D. OMNIHOME and NETCOOL_HOME

Answer: A