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This z/OS component exists to record the location of data sets.
What is a Catalog?
This is a base component of z/OS that manages the distribution of resources to competing workloads on the system. It manages use of CPU, I/O, storage, and more.
What is z/OS Workload Manager (WLM)?
In a WSC Health Check, the attribute of a system to deliver non-disruptive service 24/7 with no planned or unplanned outages is referred to as ___.
What is continuous availability?
To avoid being locked out of ISC, make sure to log in every ___ weeks.
What is 2 weeks?
This is the percentage of the AI environmental footprint that is estimated to come from inferencing.
What is 80%?
This IBM product uses generative AI to simplify mainframe interactions for system programmers, operators, and developers.
What is IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z?
IBM intends to enhance this to perform encryption within the access methods for tape data sets.
What is pervasive encryption?
This is a global team that operates to compare IT solutions, comparing cost and business, value between IBM and third-party solutions by creating tailor-made business cases to help IT & LoB executives make a more informed financially based decision.
What is the IT Economics team?
HiperSockets can also be referred to as internal QDIO; QDIO stands for ____.
What is Queued Direct Input/Output?
This terminology in z/OS refers to setting a CPU resource limit for an LPAR, group of LPARs, or specific workload.
What is Capping?
This IBM product provides centralized key management across on-premises and cloud environments.
What is Unified Key Orchestrator (UKO)?
Tagged as operations reimagined, this new product is meant to target skills gap concerns and IT operations to enhance productivity and efficiency.
What is WXA4Z?
Data Gate can synchronize different mainframe data sources via this brand of open table data format.
What is Iceberg?
This protocol enables direct memory access between hosts, bypassing CPU and OS layers.
What is RDMA? (remote direct memory access)
Studies performed by the IT economics team are always a comparison of ___ and __or __ between an IBM solution versus one or more proposed alternatives.
What are costs or value?
This interactive platform from IBM helps learners gain hands-on experience with z/OS, JCL, and COBOL through gamified challenges and virtual badges.
What is IBM zXplore?
This is the attribute that can be given to a user if it is determined that said user needs to be denied access to the system.
What is the REVOKE attribute?
This is the zone outside of your Comfort Zone that Maryela recommends to aim for the majority of the time.
What is Stretch Zone?
This WSC Intake Request is for customers seeking critical support for planning, scaling, and/or modifying production mainframe environments.
What is CPS Tools Processing Services?
From Maryela’s presentation, this “is something not given to an individual, it’s something demonstrated by the individual."
What is Leadership?
This step in the SMP/E process involves applying PTFs to the target zone.
What is SMP/E APPLY?
Whereas capacity planning is ongoing, with system utilization checked against a multi-period plan, this is a one-time, finite effort, done in preparation for a processor change.
What is CPU sizing?
According to a May 2024 IBM study on the future of AI, this percentage of enterprise data is currently leveraged for gen AI.
What is 1%?
The first Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) of TCP/IP was released in this year. Hint: the ’80s.
What is 1983?
This term refers to the ratio of actual dispatched CPU time vs CPU time that can be measured and attributed to actual workloads.
What is Capture Ratio?