What administration solution product(s) are required to perform change management?
Db2 Administration Tool/Object Comparison Tool
100
What are the THREE core solution areas where we have Db2 tools offerings?
Administration, Utilities and Performance
100
What product is included in bundles from two brands, Analytics and Systems?
OMPE
100
What product protects customers' mission-critical data?
Db2 Recovery Expert
100
Which competitor’s administration product is hardest to displace?
BMC CHANGE MANAGER for Db2
200
What is DevOps?
A practice that aims at unifying software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops)
200
What is the name of the spreadsheet that helps calculate the appropriate credit to give a client when trading up from individual products to a solution pack?
Solution Pack Calculator
200
Which performance product is currently not supported by Data Server Manager?
Db2 SQL Performance Analyzer
200
What product in the Utilities Solution Pack is no longer sold as a stand-alone product?
Db2 Utilities Enhancement Tool
200
Which overall feature of the Db2 tools portfolio is our core strength against competition ?
Db2 z support/exploitation – Day-one support and staff support
300
Which Admin product can be used to alter ZPARMS?
Db2 Administration Tool
300
What is the name of the "cloud" system where clients can request a sandbox image and take a "guided tour" of our software (currently available for Administration)
IBM zTrial
300
What is the fundamental difference between Query Monitor and OMEGAMON Db2?
Query Monitor is an SQL statement monitor where OMEGAMON Db2 is a thread monitor or Db2 system monitor
300
What does RTO stand for and which Db2 Tool can address it?
Recovery Time Objective (RTO), Db2 Recovery Expert
300
What is the biggest reason we lose against a BMC or CA?
Price
400
What two roles in your Db2 accounts are the target audience for selling DEV OPS?
Both DBA and Application Developers
400
Which Db2 OTC tool(s) is currently NOT offered in any solution pack?
Log Analysis Tool and Loader
400
Which product now contains some of the features/functions from IBM Path Checker?
Db2 SQL Performance Analyzer
400
What is the key component that controls autonomics in the utilities solution?
Autonomics Director for Db2
400
Which is the only competitor to have a tool like the IBM Db2 Cloning Tool?
UBS Hainer in Germany
500
Which Db2 tool contains some data masking capabilities?
Db2 Cloning Tool
500
How many Solution Packs do we currently have in the Db2 for z/OS Tools portfolio?
Eight (will also accept "Nine" since Fast Copy Pack is still in marketing)
500
IBM OMEGAMON XE for Db2 PE for z/OS performs two basic kinds of traces - what are they?
Snapshot and Db2 event traces
500
What feature(s) related to autonomics are not available if a client chooses the Db2 Backup & Recovery Solution Pack instead of the Db2 Utilities Solution Pack?
Db2 utilities history, sort optimization
500
When speaking to customers about GDPR what product might be of interest in order to support and simplify a company‘s recovery process for Db2 for z/OS data