General
DevOps
Administration
Performance
100

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

100

Successfully implementing DevOps requires implementing changes in what three things?

Process, Culture, Technology

100

What administration solution product(s) are required to perform change management?

Db2 Administration Tool/Object Comparison Tool

100

What are the four products contained in the Db2 Performance Solution Pack?

OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert, Db2 Query Monitor, Db2 Query Workload Tuner, Db2 SQL Performance Analyzer

200

What is the name of the z/OS open source platform on which Db2 DevOps Experience is built?

Zowe
200

Name three key features of Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS

Create and delete Db2 for z/OS sandbox environments, make Db2 syntax changes using object-aware Data Definition Language (DDL) editor, integrate Db2 database object management into existing continuous delivery development processes, define teams of users, environments, and application components for developers to use in their application development, discover and select application’s Db2 database components to be managed and processed together, set rules and storage limits for the defined teams, review and approve developer schema changes

200

What product, contained in the Db2 Administration Solution Pack, is no longer available as a stand alone product?

Db2 Configuration Manager for z/OS

200

Which product now contains some of the features/functions from IBM Path Checker?

Db2 SQL Performance Analyzer

300

Where is IDUG being held in the U.S. in 2019?

Charlotte

300

What is the most likely role in an organization to drive the pursuit of DevOps?

IT Architect / Innovation Thought Leader (CIO acceptable alternate answer)

300

Which Db2 Tool, contained in the Db2 Administration Solution Pack, provides some data masking capabilities?

Db2 Cloning Tool for z/OS
300

Name three differentiating features of OMPE?

Extended Insight, SQL and Stored Procedure monitoring, workflow integration with IBM tuning tools, situation and alert reporting (including trigger of pre-defined commands), support for the Db2 Analytics Accelerator, buffer pool analysis

400

Which two Db2 Tools-related offerings are available today on z Trial?

Db2 Administration Solution, Db2 Utilities Solution

400

Which three zAnalytics products are the best fit for complementing the Z Systems DevOps portfolio?

Db2 DevOps Experience, Optim Test Data Management, Optim Test Data Fabrication

400

What is the #1 capability in the Administration space that is critical to address in a competitive replacement?

Change Management

400

What Solution Packs / bundles contain OMEGAMON XE for Db2 Performance Expert on z/OS?

Db2 Performance Solution Pack

Db2 Management Solution Pack

OMEGAMON Performance Management Suite for z/OS

IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS