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xExam : 000-223 Title : System p AdministratorVer : 12-16-2008

QUESTION 1:

Which of the following commands will display a listof installed AIX software on aserver?

A. installpB. lpstatC. lppchkD. lslpp

QUESTION 2:

There is a database running in an AIX partition on ap570 server. The databaseadminister wants a script run to cleanly shut downthe database before the operating

system is shut down. As system administrator,which of the following would meet thedatabase administrator requirement?

A. Use the chitab command to change the Action



field of the appropriate /etc/inittab entry fromespawn to nceB. Create a script to shut down the database in

the /etc/rc.d/rc2.d directoryC. Create a DLPAR script on the HMC that issues anoperating system command to run the databaseshut down script whenever a hutdown LPARcommand is run on the HMCD. Create an /etc/rc.shutdown file containinginstructions to shut down the database

QUESTION 3:

A System p administrator is doing an AIX 5.3 Newand Complete Overwrite installationon a system with a 64-bit processor using the

default settings. Which of the followingoptions will be the resulting installed environment?

A. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit kernel will be installedand the 64-bit kernel will be enabledB. Only the 32-bit kernel will be installed andenabled

C. Only the 64-bit kernel will be installed andenabledD. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit kernel will be installedand the 32-bit kernel will be enabled



QUESTION 4:

An administrator wants to copy the contents of /apps to tape. Which of the followingwould accomplish this?A. cpio -itv < /dev/rmt0B. tar -xvf /dev/rmt0 /appsC. find /apps -print | backup -i -v -f /dev/rmt0D. find /apps -print | tar -tvf /dev/rmt0

QUESTION 5:

How would an administrator reboot a system intomaintenance mode?

A. init 0B. reboot -mC. bosboot -adD. shutdown -Fm

QUESTION 6:

A user is having unrecognizable characters appearon their IBM 3153 terminal when



QUESTION 8:

During reboot, the system hangs with LED 0581that indicates "Configuring TCP/IP."Which of the following recovery procedures shouldbe taken?

A. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvgand check the /etc/inittab for corruption.B. Boot in maintenance mode after verifying thenetwork connection, access the rootvg and checkthe /etc/rc.net file.C. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvgand rebuild the boot image using the bosbootcommand.D. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvg

and run /etc/tcp.clean.

QUESTION 9:

Which command is used to wait for a process to

exit and display the status?

A. pwaitB. procwaitC. pstat



D. ps

QUESTION 10:

A System p administrator needs to verify that thesymbolic links associated with a filesetare correct as indicated in the Software VitalProduct Data (SWVPD) database. Whichcommand will provide this information?

A. instfix -lB. lslpp -hC. installp -vD. lppchk -l

QUESTION 11:

The /home filesystem is 100% full and errors aregenerated trying to increase the sizeusing chfs. Which of the following is most likelycausing the problem?

A. /home is still mountedB. /var is 100% fullC. A user is editing a file residing in /homeD. /tmp is 100% full



QUESTION 12:

A server has an application installed on it thatcreates many small files while runningwhich are placed in a temporary directory in the/apps filesystem. The sheer number of these files grows rapidly and can reach into thethousands while still taking up very littlespace. Which feature of JFS2 makes it ideal forthe /apps filesystem?

A. Online filesystem free space defragmentationB. Dynamic disk i-node allocationC. Inline logsD. Larger filesystem size capabilities

QUESTION 13:

VLAN support in AIX is based on which of thefollowing?

A. IEEE 802.1Q VLANB. Policy-based VLANC. Port-based VLAND. Layer 2 VLAN



QUESTION 14:

A System p administrator suspects that a systemdoes not have enough paging space.Which of the following will list each paging space,their size and what percentage of eachis being used?

A. lsdev -Cc pagingB. lsps -aC. lsps -sD. lscfg -vp paging

QUESTION 15:

Which of the following procedures is a long termanalysis and resolution of a full filesystemsituation?

A. Locate the largest files in the filesystem anddelete them

B. Increase the size of the filesystemC. Locate the most recently created in thefilesystem and limit their sizeD. Identify the file or files responsible for filling thefilesystem and limit their size



QUESTION 16:

Because of unique application requirements, asystem needs to boot up at runlevel 5.How would the system administrator change thedefault runlevel?

A. Use the appropriate command to modify the"init" entry in the /etc/inittab fileB. Use the touch command to create a file named"initdefault" in the /etc/rc.d/rc6.d directoryC. Use the appropriate command to modify therunlevel field of the rc.boot entry in the /etc/inittabfileD. Edit the "runlevel" entry in the /etc/.init.state file

QUESTION 17:

An Open Source application has been installed onan AIX system in

/usr/local/monitor/bin. How can the PATH to theexecutables in this directory be set sothat only the system administrator has directaccess to the PATH every time they log in?



A. PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/monitor/bin; exportPATHB. Modify the PATH environment variable in

/etc/environmentC. Modify the PATH environment variable in/etc/profileD. Modify the PATH environment variable in/.profile

QUESTION 18:

A disk within a volume group is relocating badblocks as indicated in the error log. Thisdisk only contains one JFS filesystem. The systemhas another disk within the volumegroup with enough free space to contain the JFS

filesystem. Which of the followingactions is required to move this JFS filesytem fromone disk to another?

A. Issue the cp command to make an identical copyof the filesystem.B. Issue the chfs command to move the JFS

filesystem.C. Issue the migratepv command to move thelogical volume.D. Issue the chlv command to specify a differentdisk.



QUESTION 19:

A System p administrator changed the permissionson file1, a file owned by user1, with agroup of group1 by using the following command:chmod 0754 file1If user2 is a member of group1 what access willthey have?

A. noneB. readC. read, write and executeD. read and execute

QUESTION 20:

A System p administrator needs to replace a failedinternal disk in a mirrored rootvg.Which of the following is one of the steps thatwould need to be followed?

A. Deallocate PPs from failed diskB. Deallocate LPs from failed diskC. Deallocate rootvg mirrorD. Use hot replace manager



QUESTION 21:

Which of the following installed fileset states canthe installp reject option remove?

A. brokenB. appliedC. obsoleteD. committed

QUESTION 22:

A System p administrator would like to modify the

system default user characteristics sothat each new user will now be assigned (bydefault) the csh shell rather than the kshshell. Which of the following actions should beperformed?

A. Edit /etc/passwd and change all "ksh" entries to

"csh"B. Run the command mkuser -default "SHELL=cshC. Run the command chlogin -shell "csh"D. Modify the contents of /usr/lib/security/mkuser.default file



QUESTION 23:

A System p administrator plans to run a scriptnamed /scripts/backup.ksh, that normallysends its standard output to the screen. Which of the following will send the output to thescreen and append it to the file named/log/backup.out?

A. /scripts/backup.ksh >> /log/backup.outB. /scripts/backup.ksh | tee /log/backup.outC. /scripts/backup.ksh > /log/backup.outD. /scripts/backup.ksh | tee /log/backup.out

QUESTION 24:

During system boot, the system hangs at LED0C31. What is the first step the systemadministrator should take to correct the problem?

A. Check system console connections.B. Boot from the AIX installation media and mountrootvg filesystems.C. Boot in service mode and change the bootlist.D. Check system network connections.



QUESTION 25:

A system p administrator is using the backupcommand to archive the datavg volumegroup. Which command should also be used torecord the LV structure and sizes so thefilesystems in the datavg volume group appear thesame after a restore?

A. lsvg -l datavgB. df C. lsfs -aD. prtconf -v datavg

QUESTION 26:

A System p administrator wants to implementautomatic monitoring and notification of filesystem growth. What AIX component will allowthis?

A. System Storage Management via smitB. AuditC. RSCT Monitoring via Web Based SystemManagerD. Advanced Accounting



QUESTION 27:

A System p administrator has a development p520. The customer backs up all criticaldata daily to a SAN. Which of the following wouldbe included in a reasonable disasterrecovery plan for this p520?

A. Tuesday's differential backup tape onlyB. Sunday's full backup tape onlyC. Sunday's full backup tape and Monday's through Tuesday's differential backup tapesD. Sunday's full backup tape and Tuesday'sdifferential tape

QUESTION 28:

A System p administrator wants to cleanly removethe logical volume lv03 and the JFS2filesystem /fs03 that was mounted on it. Which of

the following commands wouldremove both the logical volume and thefilesystem?

A. rmfs /fs03



B. rmdir /fs03C. rmlv lv03D. rmdev -dl /dev/lv03

QUESTION 29:

In order to upgrade from AIX Version 5.2 to AIXVersion 5.3, which of the followingactions should be performed?

A. Run update_all from the mounted CDB. Boot from the installation mediaC. Run smit installp

D. Run smit update_all

QUESTION 30:

The production system has been running well untilmore users were placed on thesystem. Based on the vmstat output, what actionshould the administrator take to restorethe response time to an acceptable level?



$ vmstat 5 5kthr memory page faults cpu----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------

r b avm fre CK pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa0 0 34936 123 0 15 80 0 1589 0 125 430 26 1943 0 383 2 34894 167 0 23 86 0 3234 0 1029 6673 349 1258 0 302 2 34894 167 0 20 80 0 1825 0 1017 2522 128 1563 0 222 2 34891 169 0 21 80 0 876 0 1048 4592 208 1634 0 501 2 34891 169 0 20 84 0 1349 0 961 2010 104 2362 0 15

A. Add an additional Ethernet adapter.B. Add an additional CPU.C. Add more RAM.

D. Add paging space.

QUESTION 31:

A System p administrator needs to display the

currently logged in users. Which of thecommands accomplish this?

A. alogB. lsuser



C. whoD. last

QUESTION 32:

Which of the following is a benefit that using smitoffers over using the command line toperform administration functions?

A. ability to execute tasks not available from thecommand lineB. additional security layer by preventing non-adminisrators from performing administrationfunctionsC. default error checking prior to commandexecution

D. centralized logging of administration commandsand their output

QUESTION 33:

Which command would a system administrator useto determine whether a system isusing AIX or System V printing?

A. lpstat



B. switch.prtC. chdevD. lpsystem

QUESTION 34:

A System p administrator needs to restore a singlefile from the /home filesystem. Theonly backup is a mksysb tape. What steps shouldthe system administrator take to recoverthe data file?

A. Use the fsf command to position the tape to thebeginning of the third image and thenuse the restore command to recover the file.B. Use the tctl command to position the tape to the

beginning of the fourth image andthen use the restore command to recover the file.C. Use the chdev command to change the mksysbtape blocksize to 512 and then use therestore command to recover the file.D. Use the tcopy command to copy the mksysbtape to a backup formatted tape and then

use the restore command to recover the file.

QUESTION 35:



A system p administrator is using the backupcommand to archive the datavg volume

group. Which command should also be used torecord the LV structure and sizes so thefilesystems in the datavg volume group appear thesame after a restore?

A. Three node HACMP clusterB. Recent bootable mksysbC. Daily savevg of the data VGD. Annual savevg of data VG

QUESTION 36:

Users are complaining that their system is slowingdown. Based on the output of the

vmstat command shown below, what seems to bethe problem?Kthr memory page faults cpu----- ----------- ------- -------- -----r b avm fre CK pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa0 0 9778 1262 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 72 32 10 15 0 750 0 9778 1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 171 161 38 11 20 0 69

0 0 9778 1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 119 32 11 20 0 690 0 9778 1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 163 119 32 12 20 0 680 0 9778 1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 164 120 33 11 20 0 69

A. The system is I/O bound.



B. There is not enough paging space.C. There is not enough real memory.D. The system needs another CPU.

QUESTION 37:

Which resource is responsible for providing bootdiagnostics via NIM?

A. SPOTB. lpp_sourceC. diagnostics CDROMD. mksysb

QUESTION 38:

A System p administrator has a development p520. The customer backs up all criticaldata daily to a SAN. Which of the following wouldbe included in a reasonable disasterrecovery plan for this p520?

A. Tuesday's differential backup tape onlyB. Sunday's full backup tape and Tuesday'sdifferential tapeC. Sunday's full backup tape only



D. Sunday's full backup tape and Monday's through Tuesday's differential backup tapes

QUESTION 39:

While attempting to mount the /fstest filesystemthe system administrator gets thefollowing error:mount: 0506-324 Cannot mount /dev/fstestlv on/fstest: A file or directory in the pathname does not exist.What is the most likely cause of the error?

A. The /fstest filesystem is out of space.B. The volume group containing the file system isnot imported.

C. The /fstest directory has been removed.D. A user is logged into the /fstest filesystem.

QUESTION 40:

How would an administrator remove the volumegroup datavg definition from thesystem?

A. reducevg datavg



B. lsvg -r datavgC. exportvg datavgD. varyoffvg datavg

QUESTION 41:

A System p administrator wants to cleanly removethe logical volume lv03 and the JFS2filesystem /fs03 that was mounted on it. Which of the following commands wouldremove both the logical volume and thefilesystem?

A. rmdev -dl /dev/lv03B. rmlv lv03C. rmfs /fs03

D. rmdir /fs03

QUESTION 42:

Which command can be used to verify that all

logical volumes in volume group datavgare mirrored?

A. lsvg -l datavgB. lslv -m datavg



C. lslv -p datavgD. lsvg -p datavg

QUESTION 43:

VLAN support in AIX is based on which of thefollowing?

A. IEEE 802.1Q VLANB. Port-based VLANC. Layer 2 VLAND. Policy-based VLAN

QUESTION 44:

A System p administrator wants to reconfigure asystem from a 32-bit kernel to a 64-bitkernel. What actions are needed to accomplishthis?

A. select the 64-bit kernel using "smitty 64bit"

shutdown -FrB. mkdev kernel=64_bit bosboot -ad /dev/ipldeviceshutdown -FrC. ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_64 /unix ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_64 /usr/lib/boot/unix bosboot



-ad /dev/ipldevice shutdown -FrD. chdev -l cpu0 -a kernel=64_bit bosboot -ad/dev/ipldevice shutdown -Fr

QUESTION 45:

During boot up the system hangs with an LED codeof 0121. What is the most likelycause of this problem?

A. ODM errorB. Hardware errorC. Boot Image errorD. Software error

QUESTION 46:

Which command would a system administrator useto determine whether a system isusing AIX or System V printing?

A. switch.prtB. chdevC. lpsystemD. lpstat



QUESTION 47:

A System p administrator wants to implementautomatic monitoring and notification of filesystem growth. What AIX component will allowthis?

A. System Storage Management via smitB. RSCT Monitoring via Web Based SystemManagerC. AuditD. Advanced Accounting

QUESTION 48:

Which of the following commands will display a listof installed AIX software on aserver?

A. lppchkB. lslpp

C. installpD. lpstat



QUESTION 49:

A System p administrator plans to install a new

system with AIX 5.3 TL5 using a NIMserver. Which of the following is required?

A. NIM server must be at same AIX version and TLor higher.B. NIM server must at the same AIX version.C. New server must have existing AIX installation.D. NIM server must be at least at AIX 5.2 and ML9

QUESTION 50:

A System p administrator completed installation of an AIX technology level on their

server. Which of the following commands wouldverify that the operating system is in aconsistent state?

A. lppchk -vB. lslpp -lC. oslevel -r

D. instfix -i

QUESTION 51:



A System p administrator plans to run a scriptnamed /scripts/backup.ksh, that normally

sends its standard output to the screen. Which of the following will send the output to thescreen and append it to the file named/log/backup.out?

A. /scripts/backup.ksh >> /log/backup.outB. /scripts/backup.ksh | tee /log/backup.outC. /scripts/backup.ksh > /log/backup.outD. /scripts/backup.ksh | tee /log/backup.out

QUESTION 52:

An administrator needs to permanently change the

IP address of a system from192.168.1.12 to 192.168.1.45. Which of thefollowing can be used?

A. ifconfig en0 192.168.1.45B. ifconfig ent0 192.168.1.45C. ifconfig en0 down; mktcpip aixhost 192.168.1.45

en0D. ifconfig en0 down; mktcpip aixhost 192.168.1.45en0 192.168.1.12



QUESTION 53:

Which of the following is an advantage of DLPAR?

A. After reallocating resources DLPAR partitionsreboot faster making the changes to thosepartitions readily available.B. DLPAR provides the ability to add/removeprocessing capacity to an LPAR without disruptingapplications.C. Real mode address memory requirements havebeen increased for contiguous blocks of physicalmemory for large-memory partitions thereforeimproving performance for large applications.D. Since at least 1 Gig of memory is required mostapplications will run better.

QUESTION 54:

A System p administrator plans to update aproduction system to a new TL with lowestrisk. At which state should the new filesets be

installed?

A. APPLIEDB. TRIALC. INSTALLED



D. COMMITTED

QUESTION 55:

A System p administrator wants to implement thesame security settings across theirmultiple server environment. Which of thefollowing will accomplish this task?

A. PLMB. aixpertC. seteaD. lssec

QUESTION 56:

A customer has a server that needs to be upgradedfrom AIX Version 5.2 to AIX Version5.3 or later. The customer wants to retain/etc/passwd and /var/adm/ras/errlog. Which of the following installation types should be used?

A. mksysb restoreB. Overwrite InstallC. Migration InstallD. Preservation Install



QUESTION 57:

Which resource is responsible for providing bootdiagnostics via NIM?A. diagnostics CDROMB. lpp_sourceC. SPOTD. mksysb

QUESTION 58:

The /home filesystem is 100% full and errors aregenerated trying to increase the size

using chfs. Which of the following is most likelycausing the problem?

A. /tmp is 100% fullB. A user is editing a file residing in /homeC. /var is 100% fullD. /home is still mounted

QUESTION 59:



A System p administrator needs to display thecurrently logged in users. Which of thecommands accomplish this?

A. whoB. lastC. alogD. lsuser

QUESTION 60:

Which command will increase the number of system threads allowed to access NFSmounts to 100?

A. chnfsexp -d 100

B. chssys -s biod -a 100C. mknfs -N 100D. chnfs -n 100 -B

QUESTION 61:

The network administrator at a company hasnoticed that packets from an AIX server onan Ethernet LAN are causing a large amount of fragmentation to occur at the router.



What parameter can the system administratorchange on the AIX server to reduce theoverhead of fragmentation occuring at the router?

A. Reduce the transmit queue size of the Ethernetadapter.B. Reduce the ipqmaxlen network option.C. Reduce the sb_max network option.D. Reduce the MTU size of the Ethernet interface.

QUESTION 62:

How would an administrator remove the volumegroup datavg definition from thesystem?

A. lsvg -r datavgB. varyoffvg datavgC. reducevg datavgD. exportvg datavg

QUESTION 63:

Which of the following precautions must befollowed to ensure that the power to asystem with dual power supplies will not be



interrupted?

A. Have an adequately sized power distribution unit

to handle the load so the breaker will not trip.B. Have the power cords plugged in to separatelyfused power sources to eliminate a tripped breakeras a single point of failure.C. Use 3-phase power, because it is more reliable.D. Provide power thru a UPS on one of the powercords, to eliminate the UPS as a single point of failure.

QUESTION 64:

A user is having unrecognizable characters appearon their IBM 3153 terminal when

using the ksh shell. The administrator examinesthe user's .profile in their home directoryand it contains this related section of code.

A. 'set TERM' should appear before the'TERM=ibm3151'B. 'set TERM' should be changed to 'export TERM'

C. 'set TERM' should read 'set $TERM'D. 'TERM=ibm3151' should read 'TERM=ibm3153'



QUESTION 65:

An Open Source application has been installed on

an AIX system in/usr/local/monitor/bin. How can the PATH to theexecutables in this directory be set sothat only the system administrator has directaccess to the PATH every time they log in?

A. Modify the PATH environment variable in/.profileB. PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/monitor/bin; exportPATHC. Modify the PATH environment variable in/etc/environmentD. Modify the PATH environment variable in/etc/profile

QUESTION 66:

Which of the following commands would thesystem administrator use to add an entry tothe root crontab file and refresh cron?

A. crontab -aB. crontab -lC. crontab -eD. crontab -r



Explanation: "man crontab" on AIX - flag -e is toedit and refresh

QUESTION 67:

There is a database running in an AIX partition on ap570 server. The databaseadminister wants a script run to cleanly shut downthe database before the operatingsystem is shut down. As system administrator,which of the following would meet thedatabase administrator requirement? before theoperating system is shut down. As systemadministrator, which of the following would meetthe database administrator?

requirement?

A. Use the chitab command to change the Actionfield of the appropriate /etc/inittab entry fromespawn to nceB. Create a script to shut down the database inthe /etc/rc.d/rc2.d directory

C. Create a DLPAR script on the HMC that issues anoperating system command to run the databaseshut down script whenever a hutdown LPARcommand is run on the HMCD. Create an /etc/rc.shutdown file containing



instructions to shut down the database

QUESTION 68:

A system administrator issued the errpt commandand had no results. The systemadministrator determined that error logging wasturned off. Which of the followingcommands would start logging system errors?

A. /usr/lib/errstartB. /usr/lib/errloggerC. /usr/bin/errmsgD. /usr/lib/errdemon

QUESTION 69:

A System p administrator wants to reconfigure asystem from a 32-bit kernel to a 64-bitkernel. What actions are needed to accomplishthis?

A. chdev -l cpu0 -a kernel=64_bit bosboot -ad/dev/ipldevice shutdown -FrB. ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_64 /unix ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_64 /usr/lib/boot/unix bosboot



-ad /dev/ipldevice shutdown -FrC. select the 64-bit kernel using "smitty 64bit"shutdown -Fr

D. mkdev kernel=64_bit bosboot -ad /dev/ipldeviceshutdown -Fr

QUESTION 70:

A System p adminstrator has a new applicationthat requires AIX 5.3, technology level 6and service pack 2. Which of the following willdisplay the currently installed servicepack level?

A. lslpp -LB. oslevel -s

C. uname -vD. instfix -r

QUESTION 71:

A System p administrator needs to restore a singlefile from the /home filesystem. The



only backup is a mksysb tape. What steps shouldthe system administrator take to recover

the data file?

A. Use the tcopy command to copy the mksysbtape to a backup formatted tape and then use therestore command to recover the file.B. Use the chdev command to change the mksysbtape blocksize to 512 and then use the restorecommand to recover the file.C. Use the tctl command to position the tape to thebeginning of the fourth image and then use therestore command to recover the file.D. Use the fsf command to position the tape to thebeginning of the third image and then use therestore command to recover the file.

QUESTION 72:

A System p administrator wants to implement thesame security settings across theirmultiple server environment. Which of the

following will accomplish this task?

A. lssecB. aixpertC. PLM



D. setea

QUESTION 73:

Which of the following commands can be used toindicate software LVM mirrored dataprotection?

A. lspvB. lscfgC. lsvgD. lsdev

QUESTION 74:

Which of the following is a valid group name inAIX?

A. rn_1B. apps-2C. 2-apps

D. staff#2



QUESTION 75:

A System p administrator suspects that a systemdoes not have enough paging space.Which of the following will list each paging space,their size and what percentage of eachis being used?

A. lscfg -vp pagingB. lsps -sC. lsdev -Cc pagingD. lsps -a

QUESTION 76:

Which of the following commands calls rc.netduring the second boot phase to initializeand start TCP/IP interfaces?

A. init

B. rcC. cfgmgrD. inittab



QUESTION 77:

Users are complaining that their system is slowingdown. Based on the output of thevmstat command shown below, what seems to bethe problem?Kthr memory page faults cpu------- ------------- -------- ------- -----r b avm fre CK pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa0 0 9778 1262 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 72 32 10 15 0 750 0 9778 1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 171 161 38 11 20 0 690 0 9778 1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 119 32 11 20 0 690 0 9778 1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 163 119 32 12 20 0 680 0 9778 1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 164 120 33 11 20 0 69

A. There is not enough paging space.B. The system needs another CPU.

C. There is not enough real memory.D. The system is I/O bound.

QUESTION 78:

A System p administrator completed installation of



an AIX technology level on theirserver. Which of the following commands wouldverify that the operating system is in a

consistent state?

A. lslpp -lB. lppchk -vC. oslevel -rD. instfix -i

QUESTION 79:

The intra-disk allocation policy is determined whendefining which of the following?

A. File System

B. Logical VolumeC. Physical VolumeD. Volume Group

QUESTION 80:

A system p administrator is using the backupcommand to archive the datavg volumegroup. Which command should also be used torecord the LV structure and sizes so the



filesystems in the datavg volume group appear thesame after a restore?

A. prtconf -v datavgB. lsfs -aC. lsvg -l datavgD. df

QUESTION 81:

Because of unique application requirements, asystem needs to boot up at runlevel 5.How would the system administrator change thedefault runlevel?

A. Use the appropriate command to modify the

"init" entry in the /etc/inittab fileB. Use the appropriate command to modify therunlevel field of the rc.boot entry in the /etc/inittabfileC. Edit the "runlevel" entry in the /etc/.init.state fileD. Use the touch command to create a file named"initdefault" in the /etc/rc.d/rc6.d directory

QUESTION 82:



An administrator wants to copy the contents of /apps to tape. Which of the followingwould accomplish this?

A. find /apps -print | backup -i -v -f /dev/rmt0B. cpio -itv < /dev/rmt0C. find /apps -print | tar -tvf /dev/rmt0D. tar -xvf /dev/rmt0 /apps

QUESTION 83:

Which command will increase the number of system threads allowed to access NFSmounts to 100?

A. chssys -s biod -a 100

B. chnfs -n 100 -BC. chnfsexp -d 100D. mknfs -N 100

QUESTION 84:

A system p administrator is using the backupcommand to archive the datavg volumegroup. Which command should also be used torecord the LV structure and sizes so the



filesystems in the datavg volume group appear thesame after a restore?

A. Daily savevg of the data VGB. Three node HACMP clusterC. Recent bootable mksysbD. Annual savevg of data VG

QUESTION 85:

Which of the following procedures is a long termanalysis and resolution of a full

filesystem situation?

A. Locate the most recently created in thefilesystem and limit their sizeB. Identify the file or files responsible for filling thefilesystem and limit their sizeC. Increase the size of the filesystem

D. Locate the largest files in the filesystem anddelete them



QUESTION 86:

While attempting to mount the /fstest filesystem

the system administrator gets thefollowing error:mount: 0506-324 Cannot mount /dev/fstestlv on/fstest: A file or directory in the pathname does not exist.What is the most likely cause of the error?

A. The volume group containing the file system isnot imported.B. A user is logged into the /fstest filesystem.C. The /fstest filesystem is out of space.D. The /fstest directory has been removed.

QUESTION 87:

A System p administrator has a production AIXsystem that is down. A call was openedwith IBM support. Which severity level should theadministrator choose for the call?

A. Severity 1B. Severity 4C. Severity 2D. Severity 3



QUESTION 88:

Which of the following commands can be used toindicate software LVM mirrored dataprotection?

A. lsvgB. lsdevC. lspvD. lscfg

QUESTION 89:

The network administrator at a company has

noticed that packets from an AIX server onan Ethernet LAN are causing a large amount of fragmentation to occur at the router.What parameter can the system administratorchange on the AIX server to reduce theoverhead of fragmentation occurring at the router?

A. Reduce the transmit queue size of the Ethernetadapter.B. Reduce the ipqmaxlen network option.C. Reduce the sb_max network option.D. Reduce the MTU size of the Ethernet interface.



QUESTION 90:

A System p administrator has a production AIXsystem that is down. A call was openedwith IBM support. Which severity level should theadministrator choose for the call?

A. Severity 4B. Severity 1C. Severity 3D. Severity 2

QUESTION 91:

The production system has been running well untilmore users were placed on thesystem. Based on the vmstat output, what actionshould the administrator take to restorethe response time to an acceptable level?$ vmstat 5 5

kthr memory page faults cpu----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------r b avm fre CK pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa0 0 34936 123 0 15 80 0 1589 0 125 430 26 19 430 38



3 2 34894 167 0 23 86 0 3234 0 1029 6673 349 1258 0 302 2 34894 167 0 20 80 0 1825 0 1017 2522 128 15

63 0 222 2 34891 169 0 21 80 0 876 0 1048 4592 208 1634 0 501 2 34891 169 0 20 84 0 1349 0 961 2010 104 2362 0 15

A. Add more RAM.B. Add an additional Ethernet adapter.C. Add paging space.D. Add an additional CPU.

QUESTION 92:

During boot up the system hangs with an LED codeof 0121. What is the most likelycause of this problem?

A. ODM errorB. Boot Image errorC. Software error

D. Hardware error

QUESTION 93:



During system boot, the system hangs at LED0C31. What is the first step the system

administrator should take to correct the problem?

A. Check system network connections.B. Check system console connections.C. Boot from the AIX installation media and mountrootvg filesystems.D. Boot in service mode and change the bootlist.

QUESTION 94:

Which of the following precautions must befollowed to ensure that the power to asystem with dual power supplies will not be

interrupted?

A. Provide power thru a UPS on one of the powercords, to eliminate the UPS as a single point of failure.B. Have an adequately sized power distribution unitto handle the load so the breaker will not trip.

C. Use 3-phase power, because it is more reliable.D. Have the power cords plugged in to separatelyfused power sources to eliminate a tripped breakeras a single point of failure.



QUESTION 95:

Which of the following commands calls rc.netduring the second boot phase to initializeand start TCP/IP interfaces?

A. initB. cfgmgrC. rcD. inittab

QUESTION 96:

A System p administrator needs to replace a failedinternal disk in a mirrored rootvg.

Which of the following is one of the steps thatwould need to be followed?

A. Deallocate PPs from failed diskB. Deallocate rootvg mirrorC. Use hot replace managerD. Deallocate LPs from failed disk

QUESTION 97:



A System p administrator plans to update aprodution system to a new TL with lowestrisk. At which state should the new filesets be

installed?

A. TRIALB. INSTALLEDC. COMMITTEDD. APPLIED

QUESTION 98:

After upgrading to AIX 5300-06 "oslevel -r" stillreports the old technology level5300-04. Which command will show which filesetsstill need to be upgraded so the

oslevel command will report 5300-06?

A. oslevel -rl 5300-06B. instfix -q -l 5300-06C. installp -l 5300-06D. lppchk -v 5300-06

QUESTION 99:

A server has an application installed on it that



creates many small files while runningwhich are placed in a temporary directory in the/apps filesystem. The sheer number of

these files grows rapidly and can reach into thethousands while still taking up very littlespace. Which feature of JFS2 makes it ideal forthe /apps filesystem?

A. Online filesystem free space defragmentationB. Inline logsC. Dynamic disk i-node allocationD. Larger filesystem size capabilities

QUESTION 100:

A system administrator issued the errpt command

and had no results. The systemadministrator determined that error logging wasturned off. Which of the followingcommands would start logging system errors?

A. /usr/bin/errmsgB. /usr/lib/errlogger

C. /usr/lib/errdemonD. /usr/lib/errstart



QUESTION 101:

A user wants to be able to create files over 2 GB.

How would an administrator handlethis request?

A. edit /etc/servicesB. ulimit 4196000000C. chuser fsize=-1 userD. edit /etc/profile

QUESTION 102:

A System p administrator is doing an AIX 5.3 Newand Complete Overwrite installationon a system with a 64-bit processor using the

default settings. Which of the followingoptions will be the resulting installed environment?

A. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit kernel will be installedand the 64-bit kernel will be enabledB. Only the 64-bit kernel will be installed andenabled

C. Only the 32-bit kernel will be installed andenabledD. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit kernel will be installedand the 32-bit kernel will be enabled



QUESTION 103:

Which of the following commands would thesystem administrator use to add an entry tothe root crontab file and refresh cron? A.crontab -aB.crontab -r C.crontab -e D.crontab -lWhich of the following commands would thesystem administrator use to add an entry tothe root crontab file and refresh cron?

A. crontab -rB. crontab -aC. crontab -lD. crontab -e

Explanation: "man crontab" on AIX - flag -e is toedit and refresh

QUESTION 104:

Which command can be used to verify that all

logical volumes in volume group datavgare mirrored?

A. lsvg -l datavgB. lslv -m datavg



C. lsvg -p datavgD. lslv -p datavg

QUESTION 105:


A. Boot in maintenance mode after verifying thenetwork connection, access the rootvg and checkthe /etc/rc.net file.B. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvgand check the /etc/inittab for corruption.C. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvg

and run /etc/tcp.clean.D. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvgand rebuild the boot image using the bosbootcommand.

QUESTION 106:

A System p administrator needs to verify that thesymbolic links associated with a filesetare correct as indicated in the Software Vital



Product Data (SWVPD) database. Whichcommand will provide this information?

A. instfix -lB. installp -vC. lppchk -lD. lslpp -h

QUESTION 107:

A System p adminstrator has a new applicationthat requires AIX 5.3, technology level 6and service pack 2. Which of the following willdisplay the currently installed servicepack level?

A. uname -vB. instfix -rC. oslevel -sD. lslpp -L

QUESTION 108:

A disk within a volume group is relocating badblocks as indicated in the error log. Thisdisk only contains one JFS filesystem. The system



has another disk within the volumegroup with enough free space to contain the JFSfilesystem. Which of the following

actions is required to move this JFS filesytem fromone disk to another?

A. Issue the chlv command to specify a differentdisk.B. Issue the migratepv command to move thelogical volume.C. Issue the chfs command to move the JFSfilesystem.D. Issue the cp command to make an identicalcopy of the filesystem.

QUESTION 109:

A customer has a server that needs to be upgradedfrom AIX Version 5.2 to AIX Version5.3 or later. The customer wants to retain/etc/passwd and /var/adm/ras/errlog. Which of the following installation types should be used?

A. Overwrite Install

B. Migration InstallC. mksysb restoreD. Preservation Install



QUESTION 110:

Which of the following commands would anadministrator use to determine the currentrun level of a system?

A. cat /etc/.init.stateB. init init ?C. telinit -cD. cat /etc/inittab

QUESTION 111:

A user wants to be able to create files over 2 GB.How would an administrator handle

this request?

A. edit /etc/servicesB. ulimit 4196000000C. chuser fsize=-1 userD. edit /etc/profile

QUESTION 112:

Which of the following installed fileset states can



the installp reject option remove?

A. obsolete

B. committedC. appliedD. broken

QUESTION 113:

Which command is used to wait for a process toexit and display the status?

A. psB. pwaitC. procwaitD. pstat

QUESTION 114:

Which of the following is a valid group name inAIX?

A. apps-2B. 2-appsC. rn_1D. staff#2



QUESTION 115:

Which command can be used to eject the tapefrom the drive each night following thebackup?

A. chdevB. cpioC. ddD. tctl

QUESTION 116:

A System p administrator is about to add a PCI hot

plug adapter to the system. Whatshould the administrator do to determine if theadapter can be hot-plugged?

A. Use lsslot to determine what slots the adaptorcan be plugged into.B. Use lsdev to review the attributes of the PCI slot.

C. Use diag to test if the PCI slot is hot pluggable.D. Refer to the PCI Adapter Placement ReferenceGuide.



QUESTION 117:

The intra-disk allocation policy is determined when

defining which of the following?

A. Volume GroupB. File SystemC. Physical VolumeD. Logical Volume

QUESTION 118:

In order to upgrade from AIX Version 5.2 to AIXVersion 5.3, which of the followingactions should be performed?

A. Boot from the installation mediaB. Run smit installpC. Run update_all from the mounted CDD. Run smit update_all

QUESTION 119:

After upgrading to AIX 5300-06 "oslevel -r" stillreports the old technology level5300-04. Which command will show which filesets



still need to be upgraded so theoslevel command will report 5300-06?

A. oslevel -rl 5300-06B. installp -l 5300-06C. lppchk -v 5300-06D. instfix -q -l 5300-06

QUESTION 120:

A System p administrator changed the permissionson file1, a file owned by user1, with agroup of group1 by using the following command:chmod0754 file1If user2 is a member of group1 what access willthey have?

A. noneB. read, write and execute

C. read and executeD. read



QUESTION 121:

Which of the following is a benefit that using smit

offers over using the command line toperform administration functions?

A. additional security layer by preventing non-adminisrators from performing administrationfunctionsB. default error checking prior to commandexecutionC. ability to execute tasks not available from thecommand lineD. centralized logging of administration commandsand their output

QUESTION 122:

When editing a file with vi, while in text-input modehow does one return to commandmode?

A. Ctrl-C

B. EscC. F3D. Alt Insert



QUESTION 123:

A System p administrator plans to install a newsystem with AIX 5.3 TL5 using a NIMserver. Which of the following is required?

A. NIM server must be at least at AIX 5.2 and ML9B. NIM server must be at same AIX version and TLor higherC. New server must have existing AIX installationD. NIM server must at the same AIX version

QUESTION 124:

Which of the following commands would an

administrator use to determine the currentrun level of a system?

A. telinit -cB. initC. cat /etc/inittabD. cat /etc/.init.state

QUESTION 125:



Which command can be used to eject the tapefrom the drive each night following thebackup?

A. tctlB. chdevC. ddD. cpio

QUESTION 126:

A System p administrator would like to modify thesystem default user characteristics sothat each new user will now be assigned (bydefault) the csh shell rather than the kshshell. Which of the following actions should be

performed?

A. Run the command chlogin -shell "csh"B. Modify the contents of /usr/lib/security/mkuser.default fileC. Edit /etc/passwd and change all "ksh" entries to"csh"

D. Run the command mkuser -default "SHELL=csh

QUESTION 127:



How would an administrator reboot a system intomaintenance mode?

A. init 0B. shutdown -FmC. bosboot -adD. reboot -m

QUESTION 128:

An administrator needs to permanently change the

IP address of a system from192.168.1.12 to 192.168.1.45. Which of thefollowing can be used?

A. ifconfig en0 down; mktcpip aixhost 192.168.1.45en0 192.168.1.12B. ifconfig en0 down; mktcpip aixhost 192.168.1.45

en0ifconfig en0C. ifconfig en0 192.168.1.45D. ifconfig ent0 192.168.1.45



QUESTION 129:

A System p administrator is about to add a PCI hotplug adapter to the system. Whatshould the administrator do to determine if theadapter can be hot-plugged?

A. Use lsdev to review the attributes of the PCI slot.B. Use diag to test if the PCI slot is hot pluggable.C. Use lsslot to determine what slots the adaptorcan be plugged into.D. Refer to the PCI Adapter Placement ReferenceGuide.

QUESTION 130:

When editing a file with vi, while in text-input modehow does one return to commandmode?

A. Ctrl-CB. F3

C. Alt InsertD. Esc



Explanation: This correct answer can be found byrunning the command "man vi"on AIX

QUESTION 131:

Because of changes in an application environment,the /etc/inittab file needs to bemodified. Which of the following commands wouldbe used to accomplish this in asupported manner?

A. chssysB. chrsrcC. chitabD. vi

QUESTION 132:

A System p administrator needs to upgrade asystem from AIX 5.2 to AIX 5.3. Which of the following installation methods would minimizedowntime?

A. alt_disk_installB. Migration installationC. Partition MobilityD. update_all smit fastpath and reboot during the



next scheduled outage

QUESTION 133:

A System p administrator has just installed a newtechnology level, but "oslevel -r" doesnot show the expected technology level. Which of the following commands woulddetermine which filesets are downlevel?

A. instfixB. oslevelC. lppchkD. installp

QUESTION 134:

A System p administrator is investigating apossible security breech and wants to reviewinformation about failed login attempts to thesystem. Which of the following commands

will show this?

A. alog -f /etc/security/failedlogin -oB. fwtmp < /etc/security/failedloginC. who



D. cat /etc/security/failedlogin

QUESTION 135:

An administrator needs to be able to restore amksysb created on SERVER_A using a4MM tape drive, to SERVER_B that only has an8MM tape drive. There is an additionalserver that has a 4MM drive at /dev/rmt0 and an8MM drive at /dev/rmt1. Which of thefollowing procedures should be followed to convertfrom the 4MM to 8MM format?

A. cpio -ivcBDUM < /dev/rmt0.1 | cpio -ovcBDUM ->/dev/rmt1.1B. dd if=/dev/rmt0.1 of=/dev/rmt1.1C. tar -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 | tar -cvf /dev/rmt1.1

D. tcopy /dev/rmt0.1 /dev/rmt1.1

QUESTION 136:

For security reasons, an administrator is asked to

modify the system to prevent someonefrom leaving a terminal logged in. Which of thefollowing options would enable a fiveminute timeout for all users?



A. Add the following line to /etc/environment: TMOUT=300 B. Add the following linesto /.profile TMOUT=5 export TMOUT

C. Run the following command: chuser -u ALL -a TIMEOUT=5MD. Run the following command: chsec -u ALL -a TIMEOUT=600

QUESTION 137:

A System p administrator has created a customizedsecurity profile using AIX SecurityExpert. Which of the following commands will applythis to a system?

A. aixpert -a mysec.xml

B. chsec -a mysec.xmlC. chsec -f mysec.xmlD. aixpert -f mysec.xml

QUESTION 138:

A System p administrator wants to NFS mount afilesystem from server "alpha" to server"bravo". Which of the following commands shouldbe issued from "bravo" to determine



which filesystems are being exported by server"alpha"?

A. showmount -e alphaB. lsexport alphaC. mount -enfs alphaD. exportfs -l alpha

QUESTION 139:

What command is used to create a SEA device overphysical ethernet adapter ent0 andvirtual ethernet adapters ent1(PVID 1) andent2(PVID 2) with default ID of 1?

A. mkvdev -sea ent1 -vadapter ent2 -default ent1

-defaultid 1B. mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent1,ent2 -defaultid1C. mkvdev -sea ent1 -vadapter ent0 -vadapter ent2-default ent1 -defaultid 1D. mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent1 ent2 -defaultent1 -defaultid 1

QUESTION 140:



A client needs more disk space for another volumegroup and has decided to use hdisk12from the uservg volume group containing hdisk10,

hdisk11, and hdisk12 where hdisk10and hdisk11 have sufficient PPs to contain thevolume group data. The client attemptedto remove hdisk12 from the volume group butreceived the following error: 0516-016Cannot delete physical volume with allocatedpartitions.Which of the following commands should be run tocorrect this problem?

A. rmdev -dl hdisk12B. cplv hdisk10 hdisk12C. reducevg hdisk12D. migratepv hdisk12 hdisk10

QUESTION 141:

How can permissions be set up on /tmp so that oneuser in a group cannot delete anotheruser's files in that same group?

A. chmod +s /tmpB. chmod 1777 /tmpC. chmod 755 /tmpD. chmod 4755 /tmp



QUESTION 142:

Hur A System p administrator needs to run theannualreval.sh script, directing standarderror to /var/log/reval.err, and appending standardout to /var/log/reval.log. How can thisbe accomplished?

A. annualreval.sh 2>&1 /var/log/reval.log 2>/var/log/reval.errB. annualreval.sh 1>/var/log/reval.log2>/var/log/reval.errC. annualreval.sh 2>>&1 /var/log/reval.log/var/log/reval.errD. annualreval.sh 1>>/var/log/reval.log2>/var/log/reval.err

QUESTION 143:

Given the following script, why does the outputcome out as an empty line instead of

"dog"?#!/bin/ksh $VAR=dog echo "${VAR}"

A. The $VAR should have been set as VAR.B. dog needs double quotes around it when setting



$VAR.C. The { } should not be around VAR in the echocommand.

D. The $VAR variable was not exported.

QUESTION 144:

A System p administrator needs to set the defaultpassword length for all users to sixcharacters. Which of the following files needs to beedited to accomplish this?

A. /etc/security/privB. /etc/security/mkuser.sysC. /etc/security/userD. /etc/security/limits

QUESTION 145:

A System p administrator is reviewing root'scommand history on a development server

and finds that a junior adminstrator had beenattempting to correct a full file system. Oneof the following commands caused damage thatmust be corrected. Which command was it?



A. > /var/adm/wtmpB. rm /var/adm/ras/errlogC. cat /dev/null > /var/adm/cron/log

D. rm /var/preserve/*

QUESTION 146:

While using the smit install_remove menus toremove some filesets on an AIX 5.3 server,a system administrator notices the /usr filesystemis now unnecessarily large. Which of the following actions will reduce the size of the /usrfilesystem?

A. Update the /image.data file with the desired sizefor /usr and reboot the system.

B. Unmount, run defragfs /usr and the reducefs-size n /usr commands.C. Boot frommksysb tape and select Shrinkfilesystems on restore.D. Backup,unmount, remove, recreate and restorethe filesystem.

QUESTION 147:

Which of the following contain the BOS ODM files?



A. /usr/objreposB. /usr/lpp/objrepos

C. /usr/bin/objreposD. /etc/objrepos

QUESTION 148:

Which of the following commands would anadministrator use to add startup scripts tothe system startup process?

A. chitabB. mkitabC. vi /etc/inittabD. vi /etc/rc.d

QUESTION 149:

A System p administrator must change the9.47.53.0 subnet from 128 addresses to 64

addresses. How can the AIX systems in the networkbe permanently modified toaccomplish this?

A. ifconfig en0 netmask 0xffffffc0



B. chdev -l en0 -a netmask=255.255.255.192C. ifconfig en0 netmask 255.255.255.64D. mktcpip -h hostname -a 9.47.53.x -m

255.255.255.64 -i en0 -g 9.3.230.1

QUESTION 150:

A System p administrator is attempting to restoresome files from a backup tape. Therestore failed. The system administrator suspectsthe block size of the tape drive isincorrect. Which of the following commands can beused to determine the block size of the backup tape?

A. tar

B. ddC. cpioD. restore

QUESTION 151:

A System p admistrator must document the date of the latest update of the developmentsystems. Which of the following commands willprovide this information?



A. lppchk -vB. lppchk -l

C. installp -hD. lslpp -h

QUESTION 152:

A System p administrator has an application thathas the data in volume group appvg.Which of the following commands will back up thecontents of appvg to the tape in/dev/rmt0 and check for any read errors?

A. savevg -mf /dev/rmt0 appvgB. savevg -cvf /dev/rmt0 appvg

C. savevg -f /dev/rmt0 -V appvgD. savevg -vf /dev/rmt0 appvg

QUESTION 153:

A System p administrator needs to document



system changes that have occurred recently. The company has a policy of making all possiblechanges via the smit interface. Which

of the following files would show the commandsthat have been performed from withinsmit and their resulting output?

A. /smit.logB. /.historyC. /smit.scriptD. /var/log/smit.log

QUESTION 154:

The df command indicates that a filesystem is full,however, the du command indicates

that not all space is allocated. How would thesystem administrator isolate thediscrepancy?

A. Use the fuser command to identify deleted butopen files.B. Use theipcs command to view orphan shared

memory segments.C. Use thetopas command to identify processesusing the most system resources.D. Use the defrag command to determine if thefilesystem is fragmented.



QUESTION 155:

Using splitvg to create a snapshot volume group of rootvg results in an error. What is themost likely cause of the error?

A. One of the physical volumes associatedwithrootvg has a status of "missing"B. Rootvg is running in enhanced concurrent modeC. A snapshot volume group cannot be created fortherootvgD. There is not an available disk to allocate to thesnapshot volume group

QUESTION 156:

Because of performance problems, capacity needsto be added to a paging space namedpaging01 on hdisk1. The physical partition size of hdisk1 is 4MB. Which command will

increase the size of paging01 by 100MB?

A. chps -s 25 paging01B. extendlv -a paging01 25C. mkps -a 25 paging01



D. chlv -a paging01 25

QUESTION 157:

Due to operational commitments, a system has avery short backup window during theweek, but is not used from Saturday morningthrough Sunday at Midnight. Which of thefollowing minimizes backup and recovery time,while providing complete data restorecoverage?

A. Full backup Saturday night, incremental backupsthe rest of the weekB. Full backups every month, daily differentialbackups

C. Full backup Saturday night, differential backupsthe rest of the weekD. Full backups every month, daily incrementalbackups

QUESTION 158:

Which of the following commands will display thecurrent technology levelof a server?



A. oslevel -i | grep MLB. oslevel -r

C. lslpp -LD. instfix -r

QUESTION 159:

An administrator attempts to add a new 100GBlogical volume to the datavg volumegroup, which resides on hdisk1. How can theadministrator easily determine if there isenough space in datavg to create the logicalvolume?

A. lsvg datavgB. lslv hdisk1

C. lspv datavgD. lsvg datavg

QUESTION 160:

Sometimes performance is more important than

availability (e.g., in cases where the datacan be easily re-created). Which of the following isthe appropriate disk configuration foran application that requires faster writes overavailability?



A. RAID 0B. RAID 6

C. RAID 1D. RAID 0 + 1

QUESTION 161:

Which of the following actions will enable 64-bitapplications on a system with a 32-bitkernel?

A. Re-install all applications with 64-bit versions.B. Use "smit load64bit" to enable the 64-bitapplications.C. Re-install the OS with 64-bit kernel enabled.

D. Change the kernel to 64bit, reboot, and then usethe following command:chdev -l sys0-a "applications=64_bit"

QUESTION 162:

During system boot, the boot process hangs at LED0551. Which of the following is alikely cause?



A. corrupted /etc/inittab fileB. A network problemC. corrupted ODM

D. corruptedfilesystem

QUESTION 163:

A System p administrator noticed several errormessages on the screen while the systemwas booting up; but was not able to write themdown. Where should the systemadministrator look for the console log, assuming itis in the default location?

A. /var/log/console.logB. /var/adm/ras/conslog

C. /var/ras/console.logD. /var/log/conslog

QUESTION 164:

An administrator attempted to run a sar -u reportand received the following error:sar: 0551-201 Cannot open /var/adm/sa/sa12.Which of the following should be scheduled inadm's crontab to enable sar reporting?



A. iostatB. sa1

C. vmoD. sar

QUESTION 165:

The /etc/qconfig file needs to be modified on abusy AIX print server with 30 printersattached. What action should be performed beforemodifying this file?

A. lpstat; Record the currently running jobsB. enq -DC. enq -h -p<queue>

D. enq -X

QUESTION 166:

A System p administrator is currently working on a

problem with IBM Support. Theadministrator feels that their expectations are notbeing met on this problem. What is theIBM recommended procedure to ensure that therequest is handled appropriately?



A. Request to escalate the problem todevelopment.

B. Call IBM Support again and restart the processC. Request to speak to the Duty Manager.D. Request to change the severity to 1.

QUESTION 167:

Which of the following commands may indicatehardware redundancy protection of aPV?

A. lsresourceB. lspvC. lsattrD. lsvg

QUESTION 168:

A banking user with the userid of 'joe' is unable torsh from SYSTEMA to SYSTEMB

without having to retype their password, but theycan rsh from SYSTEMB toSYSTEMA.No other users are experiencing the same issue.Both systems have a /home/joe/.rhosts file that



contain the proper references to the otherhost. The /home/joe/.rhosts files on both SYSTEMA and

SYSTEMB are owned by userid 'joe'.Which of the following is the most likely cause of this problem?

A. The file permissions on the /home/joe/.rhosts fileon SYSTEMB are incorrect.B. User 'joe' is specified in the /etc/nologin onSYSTEMB.C. User 'joe' is specified in the /etc/nologin onSYSTEMA.D. The file permissions on the /home/joe/.rhosts fileon SYSTEMA are incorrect.

QUESTION 169:

An administrator needs to add the /usr/vac/bindirectory to their PATH environmentvariable for the current session. Which of thefollowing will accomplish this task?

A. Modify the PATH environment variable in/etc/profileB. PATH=$PATH:/usr/vac/bin; export PATHC. PATH.=/usr/vac/bin; export $PATHD. Modify the PATH environment variable in



/.profile

QUESTION 170:

Which of the following commands would a systemadministrator use to initiate a rescanof the /etc/inittab file?

A. Boot media such as CDROM or Tape is requiredand an administrator must select theproper SMS menus to get into maintenance mode.Boot media such as CDROM or Tape is required andan administrator must select theproper SMS menus to get into maintenance mode.B. init -r

C. initab -sD. telinit -qE. exec /etc/inittab

QUESTION 171:

A System p distribution customer is very concernedabout Reliability, Availability andServiceability (RAS). They are planning to installseveral p6 servers in their facilities and



want to be able to move an LPAR from one Systemp to another. Which of the followingwould accomplish this?

A. System p servers using similar SAN storageB. System p servers with VIOSC. System p servers must have the same level HMCD. System p servers must share an HMC

QUESTION 172:

How can an administrator determine how manyphysical copies there are of a mirroredlogical volume in rootvg?

A. lsvg rootvg

B. lsvg rootvgC. lspv hdisk0D. lslv rootvg

QUESTION 173:

Which cron entry will run /usr/local/bin/myscript at0500 every Saturday?

A. 0 5 6 * * /usr/local/bin/myscript



B. 6 * * 5 0 /usr/local/bin/myscriptC. 0 5 * * 6 /usr/local/bin/myscriptD. 5 0 * * 6 /usr/local/bin/myscript

QUESTION 174:

An AIX server will not boot in normal mode and theserver must be booted intomaintenance mode to rebuild the boot logicalvolume. A NIM master is not defined inthis environment. How is the system booted intomaintenance mode to perform this task?

A. Apply power and the server automatically bootsinto maintenance mode where youcan select your disk to rebuild the boot logical

volume.B. Boot media such as CDROM or Tape is requiredand an administrator must select theproper SMS menus to get into maintenance mode.Boot media such as CDROM or Tape is required andan administrator must select theproper SMS menus to get into maintenance mode.

C. Boot media such as CDROM or Tape is requiredto boot into maintenance mode.When inserted into the proper device the systemautomatically boots into maintenancemode when it can not boot into normal mode.



D. Apply power and when the SMS menus appearpress 5 repeatedly to enter amaintenance boot automatically. The system will

present a maintenance shell eventually.

QUESTION 175:

Which of the following commands can be used toidentify all PCI hot plug slots on aserver and their characteristics?

A. lscfg -vl pciB. lsdev -c slotC. lsattr -l pciD. lsslot -c pci -a

QUESTION 176:

A System p administrator needs to replace a failedinternal disk in a mirrored rootvg.Which of the following is one of the steps that

would need to be followed?

A. odmdelete CuAtB. exportvg rootvgC. Deallocate LPs from failed disk



QUESTION 179:

A System p administrator in a manufacturing

customer plans to migrate an AIX 5.2system to a new LPAR on an existing System pusing VIOS. Which of the followingmust be completed prior to this migration?

A. Upgrade system firmware to latest levelB. Upgrade HMC to version 6.1C. Convertrootvg filesystems to JFS2D. Upgrade to AIX 5.3

QUESTION 180:

IBM hardware support has just replaced a disk, andcommented that the systemadministrator might want to remove the "DISK OPERATION ERROR" from the error

report. Which of the following commands is used todelete the "DISK OPERATIONERROR" from the following error report? IDENTIFIER TIMESTAMP T CRESOURCE_NAME DESCRIPTION F89FB899



0616150005 P O dumpcheck The copydirectory is too small. 5DFED6F1 0616075205 I OSYSPFS UNABLE TO ALLOCATE

SPACE IN FILE SYSTEM AA8AB241 0615153905 T OOPERATOR OPERATORNOTIFICATION 35BFC499 0412130605 P H hdisk6DISK OPERATION ERROR91FBD5DB 0525045805 P S ssa1 SOFTWAREPROGRAM ERROR 05F97A320525045805 P H ssa1 ADAPTER ERROR

A. errclear -k 35BFC499 0B. errclear 35BFC499 0C. errclear 35BFC499 0D. errclear -j 35BFC499 0

QUESTION 181:

Several people in an finance customer ITdepartment are asking for fileset updates thatthe system administrator received from IBM earlierthat day on CD-ROM. The systemadministrator created an install directory on their

machine and made it available toeveryone. Which of the following commands willallow the system administrator to copythe images from an IBM update CD-ROM to theinstall directory?



A. mount thecdrom on /cdrom and run "cp /cdrom/*." from the target directory

B. "tar -xvf /dev/cd0" from the target directoryC. "smit bffcreate" from the target directoryD. "restore -xvqf /dev/cd0" from the targetdirectory

QUESTION 182:

A System p administrator found a process on theserver that should be stopped. Which of the following commands can be used to list all thesignal actions defined for this process?

A. lssig

B. pstatC. procsigD. ps

QUESTION 183:



A System p administrator has been instructed toverify that all filesets have all requiredrequisites and are completely installed. Which of

the following commands will providethis information?

A. lslppB. installpC. lppchkD. geninstall

QUESTION 184:

A System p administrator has just configuredlogging system messages with the syslogddaemon. At boot time which file starts the syslog

daemon?

A. /etc/rc.tcpipB. /etc/rc.netC. /etc/rc.dD. /sbin/rc.boot

QUESTION 185:

Which of the following commands would a system



administrator use toautomate monitoring and notification of fillingfilesystems?

A. filemonB. startcondrespC. lsfsD. mount

QUESTION 186:

After completing an installation of new software, asystem administrator notices thesystem is slow. To troubleshoot the performance,which single AIX command could beused to provide a real-time display of CPU, memory

and disk utilization?

A. netstatB. topasC. iostatD. vmo

QUESTION 187:

A System p administrator has increased the size of



the logical volume lv00. Theadministrator now wants to enlarge thefilesystem /fs00 that is mounted on lv00 to the

same size as lv00. Which of the followingcommands will show the administrator thenumber of blocks to use when increasing the sizeof the filesystem /fs00?

A. lslv /fs00B. lsattr -El lv00C. lscfg -v lv00D. lsfs -q /fs00

QUESTION 188:

A System p adminstrator must recover user

information from a system that will notsuccessfully boot. Which of the following installmethods will accomplish this?

A. New and complete overwriteB. PreservationC. Migration

D. Repair

QUESTION 189:



A System p administrator is looking at changingattributes of a logical volume. Which of

the following must be defined when it is created?

A. placement of the logical volumeB. intra-disk policy of the logical volumeC. inter-disk policy of the logical volumeD. stripe size of the logical volume

QUESTION 190:

A System p administrator has determined that arecently applied APAR needs to beremoved. Which of the following installp optionswill remove the APAR?

A. rejectB. uninstallC. cleanupD. deinstall

QUESTION 191:

A System p administrator wishes to create atemplate file to monitor performance.



Having found a template from January, how canthe administrator create a July templatewithout destroying the original January version?

A. vijan.template :%s/Jan/Jul/g :w jul.template :q!B. vijan.template :1,$ replace Jan Jul [Esc] ZZC. vijan.template :w jul.template :1,$ s/Jan/Jul/g :q!D. catjan.template | sed s:Jan:Jul: > jan.template

QUESTION 192:

When using a mksysb and base media to clone asystem, which of the following willcause the installation to fail?

A. mksysb made on machine with mirrored rootvg

and new machine only has one disk inrootvg, no editing of the image.data fileB. mksysb made on a single processor machine butis being installed on a multipleprocessor machine, no editing of the image.datafileC. mksysb made on a machine with 32GB of RAM

but being installed on a machine withonly 8GB of RAMD. mksysb made on a machine with virtualEthernet adapter but being installed on amachine which only has a physical Ethernet



adapter

QUESTION 193:

A System p administrator would like to verify theuser definitions in the /etc/passwd file.Which of the following commands will accomplishthis?

A. usrckB. sysckC. lssecD. lsuser

QUESTION 194:

A state agency has recently deployed a new criticalapplication on an 8-way p570. Thestate government has just mandated that allagencies have disaster recovery plans torecover critical applications in acceptable periods

of time with no loss of performance.Which of the following will best address this newrequirement?

A. HACMP/XD and an 8-way p570 in the same



locationB. HACMP and a 4-way p570 in the same locationfor the critical applications only

C. HACMP/XD anda 8-way p570 in a secondlocationD. HACMP/XD and a 4-way p570 in a secondlocation

QUESTION 195:

The company auditors require a System padministrator to archive detailed informationfrom each of their systems. Which of the followingcommands will accomplish this task?

A. lsconf

B. prtconf C. snap -aD. snap -i

QUESTION 196:

Exhibit:A system administrator ran the iostat commandbecause of system performanceproblems. The following iostat output is provided.



See exhibit.Based on the output, which of the following isinsufficient?

A. CPUB. MemoryC. Paging spaceD. Disk capacity

QUESTION 197:

A system administrator is monitoring a system thathas recently shown a decrease inperformance. The administrator suspects that thesystem may be low on memory and maybe paging excessively. Which of the following

commands is best to identify a possiblepaging problem?

A. iostatB. lsps -aC. psD. vmstat

QUESTION 198:



What stanza file does a system administrator viewto determine which kernel-tuningparameter changes were made when the system

was last started?

A. /etc/rc.netB. /etc/tunables/tuningC. /etc/tunables/lastbootD. /usr/samples/kernel/nextboot

QUESTION 199:

A system administrator ran the vmstat commandbecause of performance problems. Theoutput of the vmstat is given:kthr memory page faults cpu

----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------r b avm fre CK pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa4 1 191703 677 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 150 47 61 37 0 14 1 191703 341 0 0 0 0 0 0 206 100 27 64 30 2 44 1 192064 664 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 110 16 53 43 1 33 1 191773 447 0 0 0 0 0 0 206 110 84 57 38 2 34 1 191592 184 0 0 0 0 0 0 204 110 87 63 32 1 4

4 1 191567 232 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 150 87 63 33 1 35 1 191521 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 208 120 33 59 38 0 24 1 191985 170 0 0 0 0 0 0 209 121 29 64 32 1 35 1 191856 179 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 120 40 57 42 0 0Based on the output, which of the following is



insufficient?

A. cpu

B. kthrC. memoryD. page

QUESTION 200:

A system administrator is in the process of documenting the system. Which of thefollowing commands will provide a list of all thedevices defined on the system?

A. lsdevB. lsresource

C. lsattrD. lsslot

QUESTION 201:

An administrator attempted to run a sar -u reportand received the following error: sar:0551-201 Cannot open /var/adm/sa/sa07. Which of the following should be scheduled inadm's crontab to enable sar reporting?



A. sarB. sa1

C. vmtuneD. schedtune

QUESTION 202:

The /home filesystem is 100% full and errors aregenerated trying to increase the sizeusing chfs. Which of the following options is mostlikely the problem?

A. /tmp is 100% fullB. /var is 100% fullC. /home is still mounted

D. A user is editing a file residing in /home

QUESTION 203:

A system administrator was asked to log

information on possible security breaches on aserver. To which file should additional entries beadded to capture this information?

A. /var/adm/sulog



B. /etc/syslog.conf C. /etc/security/sysck.cfgD. /etc/security/login.cfg

QUESTION 204:

What do the entries in the /proc directoryrepresent?

A. They are the decimal numbers corresponding tothe active process IDs.B. They are the decimal numbers corresponding tothe gid of the system group.C. They are the decimal numbers corresponding tothe block IDs of the boot sector.D. They are the decimal numbers corresponding tothe inodes of the system directories.

QUESTION 205:

Exhibit:

Which of the following commands is used to delete"DISK OPERATION ERROR" fromthe following error report?

A. errclear -k 35BFC499 0



B. errpt -N hdisk6C. errclear -j 35BFC499 0D. errpt -k 35BFC499

QUESTION 206:

A system administrator mirrored the rootvg fromhdisk0 to hdisk1 and needs to specifythat the system would boot from hdisk1 if hdisk0failed. Which of the followingcommands would be used to accomplish this?

A. bootlist -mo normal hdisk1B. bootlist -m normal hdisk0 hdisk1C. bootlist -m service hdisk0 hdisk1D. bosboot -m normal hdisk0 hdisk1 -i

QUESTION 207:

During reboot, the system hangs with an LED 0554message that means, "The boot

device could not be opened or a read failed." Whatrecovery procedures should be taken?

A. Boot in maintenance mode and use fsck tocheck hd5.



B. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvgand check the /etc/inittab for corruption.C. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvg

and rebuild the boot image using thebosboot command.D. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvgand use the bootlist command to create avalid boot list.

QUESTION 208:

A system administrator noticed several errormessages on the screen while the systemwas booting up; but was not able to write themdown. Where should the systemadministrator look for the console log, assuming it

is in the default location?

A. /tmp/conslogB. /etc/console.logC. /var/adm/ras/conslogD. /var/ras/console.log

QUESTION 209:

A system was running properly until a reboot.



Following the reboot, the system LEDdisplayed cycles between 0223 and 0229. Which of the following procedures should be

performed next?

A. Power down then power up the system.B. Boot into diagnostic mode and run fsck.C. Boot from installation media and run bosboot.D. Boot into maintenance mode and check thebootlist.

QUESTION 210:

A system administrator has filesystems that shouldnot be mounted during system startup.How can the system administrator prevent the

/data filesystem from being mountedduring subsequent boots?

A. mount -no /dataB. chfs -A no /dataC. mount -n /dataD. chfs -a type=nfs /data

QUESTION 211:



Which of the following commands would anadministrator use to add startup scripts tothe system startup process?

A. chitabB. vi /etc/inittabC. vi /sbin/rc.bootD. mkitab

QUESTION 212:

The /etc/inittab file is composed of position-dependent entries. What is the second fieldof an /etc/inittab file entry?

A. Label

B. ActionC. CommandD. RunLevel

QUESTION 213:

Which of the following scripts is executed duringsystem startup to set the systemhostname, default gateway and static routes?



A. /etc/rc.bootB. /etc/rc.netC. /etc/rc.tcpip

D. /etc/resolv.conf

QUESTION 214:

Which action changes the default editor for ALLusers on the system from vi to edit?

A. Issue the command: xport EDITOR=/usr/bin/editB. Modify /.profile and change the EDITOR variableto /usr/bin/editC. Modify /etc/environment and addEDITOR=/usr/bin/edit xport EDITORD. Modify /etc/security/defaults and change the

EDITOR value to /usr/bin/edit

QUESTION 215:

A 1500 page print job was sent to the "pcl" queue.

The job was running for severalminutes before it was determined that the job wasnot needed. Which of the followingoptions will delete the job?lpstat



Queue Dev Status Job Files User PP %Blks Cp Rnk------ -------- --------- --- --------- ------- --- ----

pcl pcl RUNNING 201 STDIN.27648 root 750 101000 1 1

A. kill 201B. cancel 201C. disable pclD. lp -d /var/spool/lpd/STDIN.27648

QUESTION 216:

Given the following script, why does the outputcome out as an empty line instead of "dog"?

#!/bin/ksh$VAR=dogecho "$\{VAR}"

A. The $VAR variable was not exported.B. The $VAR should have been set as VAR.C. dog needs double quotes around it when setting

$VAR.D. The { } should not be around VAR in the echocommand.



QUESTION 217:

A system administrator wants to give fullread/write/execute access to the owner andgroup of the /stuff directory and all subdirectoriesand files, but only allow read/executefor others. Which of the following commandsshould the administrator use?

A. chmod -R 775 /stuff B. chmod -h 002 /stuff C. chmod -R 577 /stuff D. chmod ug+rwx,o+rx /stuff

QUESTION 218:

A system administrator would like to allow rootaccess only from the system console.Which of the following commands can be used toaccomplish this?

A. chuser

B. chconsC. chauthentD. chservices



QUESTION 219:

A system administrator is unable to unmount a filesystem. Which of the following is theappropriate command to determine who or what isaccessing the file system?

A. who /filesystemB. lsfs /filesystemC. fuser /filesystemD. umount -f /filesystem

QUESTION 220:

Given the following scripts, what output would be

generated?/usr/local/bin/script1#!/usr/bin/kshVAR1=redexport VAR1=greenVAR1=blue/usr/local/bin/script2

VAR1=yellow/usr/local/bin/script2#!/bin/kshecho "The sky is ${VAR1}."



A. The sky is red.B. The sky is blue.C. The sky is green.

D. The sky is yellow.

QUESTION 221:

Which cron entry will run /usr/local/bin/myscript at0500 every Saturday?

A. 0 5 * * 6 /usr/local/bin/myscriptB. 0 5 6 * * /usr/local/bin/myscriptC. 6 * * 5 0 /usr/local/bin/myscriptD. 5 0 Sat * * /usr/local/bin/myscript

QUESTION 222:

Which of the following commands will run myscriptand redirect stdout and sterr to/tmp/myoutput?

A. ./myscript >> /tmp/myoutputB. ./myscript 2>&1 /tmp/myoutputC. ./myscript > /tmp/myoutput &1>2D. ./myscript > /tmp/myoutput 2>&1



QUESTION 223:

Which of the following commands will find all the rcfiles in /etc and display them?

A. ls -l /etc/r?B. ls -l /etc/rc.d/*C. ls -l /etc/rc? | grep -v ^dD. ls -l /etc/rc* | grep -v ^d

QUESTION 224:

Which of the following commands restarts a TCP/IPsubsystem that provides network

services?

A. refresh -s inetdB. refresh -s tcpipC. refresh -g /etc/rc.tcpipD. refresh -g /etc/inetd.conf

QUESTION 225:

A user reports that they cannot cd to



/tmp/application. A system administrator enteredthefollowing command:

ls -ld /tmp/applicationdrw-r--r-- 4 root system 512 Jan 15 14:09applicationWhat is the most likely cause of the problem?

A. The /tmp/application should be globally writable.B. The /tmp/application directory should beexecutable.C. The /tmp/application directory should be ownedby the user.D. The /tmp/application directory should have thesticky bit set.

QUESTION 226:

How does a system administrator add a new userto a system and create a homedirectory?

A. mkuser

B. cruserC. edit /etc/security/userD. edit /etc/passwd



QUESTION 227:

A production system needs to be upgraded fromAIX V5.2 to AIX V5.3. All logs andusers need to be saved. Which installation methodwill accomplish the upgrade?

A. Update InstallationB. Migration InstallationC. Preservation InstallationD. Mirror rootvg prior to a Preservation Installation

QUESTION 228:

A system administrator has a mksysb of an AIX 5.3

machine and needs to install it on adifferent server. How can this be accomplished?

A. Install the base AIX from 5.3 media and theninstall the mksysb over it.B. Mount the tape and use the tar command toinstall AIX and the rest of the contents of

the rootvg.C. Insert the mksysb tape and a 5.3 base media CDand then boot to maintenance modeand initiate the install.D. Install AIX 5.3 from base media and then



perform an update_all install from themksysb tape of the original machine.

QUESTION 229:

A system administrator will be migrating a serverfrom AIX 5.2 to AIX 5.3 and isuncertain if the application running on the serverwill function properly after themigration. What is the fastest way to return to theprevious AIX level if the applicationdoes not work?

A. Use base media to restore system to AIX 5.2.B. Use an alt_disk_install and boot back to the AIX5.2 rootvg.

C. Make a mksysb of the original AIX to restoreback to the AIX 5.2 level.D. Perform the AIX 5.3 upgrade using update_allwith the commit option and rejectfilesets to return to AIX 5.2.

QUESTION 230:

To load the base operating system on a machineusing NIM, what are the minimum NIM



resources that must be defined for the installationto succeed?

A. A mksysb resource, a SPOT resource, and anlpp_source resourceB. A SPOT resource, an lpp_source resource, and amachine definitionC. An lpp_source resource, a mksysb resource, anda machine definitionD. A SPOT resource, an lpp_source resource, amachine definition, and a bootable CD

QUESTION 231:

Which of the following commands will display thecurrent Maintenance Level of a

server?

A. lslpp -LB. oslevel -rC. oslevel -mD. oslevel -i | grep ML

QUESTION 232:

A system administrator suspects that there were



problems with the AIX installation on anAIX server. Which of the following commands canbe used, with the appropriate flags, to

view the BOS installation output files?

A. alogB. errptC. lscfgD. installp

QUESTION 233:

A system administrator just completed an AIXinstallation but suspects that not allfilesets installed completely. Which of the followingcommands would verify that all

filesets are completely installed?

A. installp -EB. lslpp -EC. lppchk -cD. errpt -a

QUESTION 234:

A system administrator has determined that a



recently applied APAR needs to beremoved. Which of the following installp optionswill remove the APAR?

A. cleanupB. commitC. deinstallD. reject

QUESTION 235:

Several people in an Information Technology (IT)department are asking for filesetupdates that the system administrator receivedearlier that day on CD-ROM. The systemadministrator created an install directory on their

machine and made it available toeveryone. Which of the following commands willallow the system administrator to copythe images from the CD-ROM to the installdirectory?

A. smit bffcreate from the target directory

B. tar -xvf /dev/cd0 from the target directoryC. restore -xvqf /dev/cd0" from the target directoryD. mount the cdrom on /cdrom and cp /cdrom/* .from the target directory



QUESTION 236:

A system administrator is doing an AIX 5L New andComplete Overwrite installation ona system with a 64-bit processor using the defaultsettings. Which of the followingoptions will be the resulting installed environment?

A. Only the 32-bit kernel will be installed andenabledB. Only the 64-bit kernel will be installed andenabledC. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit kernel will be installedand the 32-bit kernel will be enabledD. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit kernel will be installedand the 64-bit kernel will be enabled

QUESTION 237:

How can a directory be excluded from a mksysbbackup?

A. Put an entry in the /etc/exclude.rootvg file.B. Put an entry in the /etc/mksysb.exclude file.C. Remove the directory's entry from the mksysb/image.data file.



D. Remove the directory's entry from the/var/adm/ras/bosinst.data file.

QUESTION 238:

A support specialist started to apply an APAR on asystem by inserting the tape into thetape drive, and loaded the fix using smitty installp. The following error message isdisplayed: tape not in backup format Which of thefollowing options will resolve thisproblem?

A. Change density setting to 2B. Set tape device to /dev/rmt0C. Set block size to 0 for variable

D. Enable compression on tape device

QUESTION 239:

A company uses raw logical volumes. Which of the

following commands can be used toback up the data in the raw logical volumes to atape?

A. dd



B. tarC. cpioD. pax

QUESTION 240:

A system administrator performs a full backupevery Saturday evening and incrementalbackups the rest of the week. The system failed on Thursday and needs to be restored.Which backup tapes will be required to restore thesystem to its most recent recoverablestate?

A. Saturday's full backup tape onlyB. Wednesday's incremental backup tape only

C. Saturday's full backup and Wednesday'sincremental backup tapesD. Saturday's full backup and Sunday's throughWednesday's incremental backup tapes

QUESTION 241:

An administrator needs to be able to restore amksysb created on SERVER_A using a4MM tape drive, to SERVER_B that only has an



8MM tape drive. There is an additionalserver that has a 4MM drive at /dev/rmt0 and an8MM drive at /dev/rmt1. Which of the

following procedures should be followed to convertfrom the 4MM to 8MM format?

A. tcopy /dev/rmt0.1 /dev/rmt1.1B. dd if=/dev/rmt0.1 of=/dev/rmt1.1C. tar -xvf /dev/rmt0.1 | tar -cvf /dev/rmt1.1D. cpio -ivcBDUM < /dev/rmt0.1 | cpio -ovcBDUM ->/dev/rmt1.1

QUESTION 242:

An AIX server is being used as a file server and alldata is stored on a non-root volume

group and resides on mounted filesystems. Whichof the following commands providesthe quickest way to backup all of the data andfilesystem definitions?

A. backupB. mksysb

C. paxD. savevg



QUESTION 243:

A system administrator wants to automatically

eject the backup tape each night after thebackup is complete. Which of the followingcommands can be used to eject the tape?

A. stopsrcB. tctlC. chdevD. tcopy

QUESTION 244:

How should a system administrator turn onDynamic Processor Deallocation?

A. Use the diag menu to set dynamic deallocationto 'on'.B. Use the chdev command to enable the'cpuguard' attribute of sys0.C. Use the cfgmgr command to change the'monitor' attribute of proc0.

D. Use the smitty command with the fast pathdynamic_processor_deallocation to turn it on.



QUESTION 245:

Total memory available to all LPARS is 128 GB with

64 GB unallocated. Which of thefollowing options assigns memory (8 GB) fromLPAR1 to LPAR2 in a DLPARenvironment?

A. Select LPAR1 and move the 8 GB into LPAR2.Reboot required on LPAR1.B. Select memory from unallocated availablememory. Reboot required on LPAR2.C. Select LPAR1 and move the 8 GB into LPAR2.Reboot not required.D. Select LPAR1 and move the 8 GB into LPAR1.Reboot required on both LPARS.

QUESTION 246:

A system administrator is considering enabling the64-bit kernel but first must determineif the system hardware will support 64-bit. Howwould the system administratoraccomplish this in AIX 5L?



A. prtconf -cB. lscfg -v sys0

C. Check the /unix linkD. Check for JFS2 filesystems

QUESTION 247:

Prior to implementing an LPAR system, which of the following options needs to beperformed?

A. All PCI slots must be made active.B. Cluster System Management (CSM) softwaremust be installed.C. The LPAR system must have a Hardware

Management Console (HMC) connected.D. Each LPAR must be configured with a CDROM foroperating system installation.

QUESTION 248:

A system has a critical need for network serviceson a small network with a limitednumber of hosts. System overhead is not aconcern. Which of the following options



would the system administrator perform to helpensure connectivity in the event of agateway failure?

A. Use the ifconfig command to enable dead gatedetection.B. Use the chdev command to set active deadgateway detection.C. Use the route command to set active deadgateway detection.D. Add the line active_dgd=1 to the /etc/gated.conf command and refresh the gated daemon.

QUESTION 249:

While logged into the console, a system

administrator would like to change the server'sprimary IP address from X.X.X.X to Y.Y.Y.Y. Whichof the following options would bethe best way to perform this task?

A. Use smit chinet.B. Use smit mktcpip.

C. Issue ifconfig -a Y.Y.Y.Y.D. Edit the /etc/hosts file with the new IPinformation.



QUESTION 250:

Where can a system administrator find informationregarding configured physicalvolumes, volume groups, and logical volumesbesides the Volume Group DescriptorArea (VGDA)?

A. /etc/filesystemsB. /etc/environmentC. Object Data Manager (ODM)D. Logical Volume Control Block (LVCB)

QUESTION 251:

Which daemon converts Remote Procedure Call(RPC) program numbers into Internetport numbers?

A. inetdB. rexecdC. routed

D. portmap

QUESTION 252:



A user with the userid of 'joe' is unable to rsh fromSYSTEMA to SYSTEMB without

having to retype their password, but they can rshfrom SYSTEMB to SYSTEMA. Noother users are experiencing the same issue. Bothsystems have a /home/joe/.rhosts filethat contain the proper references to the otherhost. The /home/joe/.rhosts files on bothSYSTEMA and SYSTEMB are owned by userid 'joe'.Which of the following is the mostlikely cause of this problem?

A. User 'joe' is specified in the /etc/nologin onSYSTEMA.B. User 'joe' is specified in the /etc/nologin onSYSTEMB.

C. The file permissions on the /home/joe/.rhosts fileon SYSTEMA are incorrect.D. The file permissions on the /home/joe/.rhosts fileon SYSTEMB are incorrect.

QUESTION 253:

Which of the following commands will remove thehardware definition of the tape drivermt0 from a system?



A. rm /dev/rmt0B. rmdel -s rmt0

C. rmdev -dl rmt0D. rmdev -ol rmt0

QUESTION 254:

The following entry is in the /etc/host.equiv and/home/jsmith/.rhosts file on serverAlpha: + jsmith What does this entry indicate?

A. The user "jsmith" can use r-commands from anyserver to server Alpha system-wide.B. The user "jsmith" can use r-commands fromserver Alpha to any server system-wide.

C. The user "jsmith" can use r-commands fromserver Alpha to any server with a /home/jsmithdirectory.D. The user "jsmith" can use r-commands from anyserver to server Alpha only in the /home/jsmithdirectory.

QUESTION 255:

A system administrator wants to NFS mount a



filesystem from server "Alpha" to server"Bravo". Which command should be issued from"Bravo" to determine which filesystems

are being exported by server "Alpha"?

A. lsnfsmnt AlphaB. exportfs -l AlphaC. showmount -e AlphaD. mount -t nfs Alpha

QUESTION 256:

What command is used to create a SEA device overphysical ethernet adapter ent0 andvirtual ethernet adapters ent1(PVID 1) andent2(PVID 2) with default ID of 1?

A. mkvdev -sea -vadapter ent1 -vadapter ent2-default ent1 -defaultid 1B. mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent1 -vadapter ent2-default ent1 -defaultid 1C. mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent1 ent2 -defaultent1 -defaultid 1D. mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent1,ent2 -defaultid

1

QUESTION 257:



Which of the following commands will display thenetwork configuration of an Ethernet

adapter?

A. lsdevB. lscfgC. entstatD. ifconfig

QUESTION 258:

Where are timekeeping services configured?

A. /etc/servicesB. /etc/ntp.conf

C. /etc/rc.tcpipD. /etc/inetd.conf

QUESTION 259:

Where do the BOS ODM files reside?

A. /usr/objreposB. /usr/lpp/odmC. /usr/bin/objrepos



D. /etc/objrepos

QUESTION 260:

Which of the following actions will enable 64-bitapplications on a system with a 32-bitkernel?

A. Change the kernel to 64bit, reboot, and then usethe following command: chdev -lsys0 -a "applications=64_bit".B. Re-install the OS with 64-bit kernel enabled.C. Re-install all applications with 64-bit versions.D. Use "smit load64bit" to enable the 64-bitapplications.

QUESTION 261:

Because of performance problems, space needs tobe added to a paging space namedpaging01 on hdisk1. The physical partition size of

hdisk1 is 4MB. Which command willincrease the size of paging01 by 100MB?

A. swapon -a paging01 25B. mkps -a 25 paging01



C. extendlv -a paging01 25D. chps -s 25 paging01

QUESTION 262:

Which of the following commands would an AIXsystem administrator invoke to check if the required device-dependent software ismissing?

A. dbxB. cfgmgrC. telinit qD. lsdev -Cc adapter

QUESTION 263:

Which of the following commands will set theduplex of a network adapter?

A. no -a media_speed=100_Full_Duplex en0

B. chdev -l ent0 -a media_speed=100_Full_DuplexC. ifconfig -a media_speed=100_Full_Duplex ent0D. chinet -l en0 -a media_speed=100_Full_Duplexen0



D. mkfscopy

QUESTION 266:

A system administrator has determined that the/development filesystem needs to bechanged from JFS to JFS2 to take advantage of thenew capabilities available in JFS2.What is the method to convert the /developmentfilesystem from type JFS to JFS2?

A. umount the /development filesystem, createnew JFS2 /development filesystem, and remount itusing the following command: mount -t jfs2/developmentB. Backup the /development filesystem data, edit

the /etc/filesystems file to change the typeparameter to "jfs2", change the log parameter to"jfs2log" and restore the data to the /developmentfilesystemC. Backup the /development filesystem data,delete the JFS /development filesystem, create thenew JFS2 /development filesystem, and restore the

data to the /development filesystemD. Backup the /development filesystem data,change the /development filesystem using thefollowing command chfs -t type=jfs2 /developmentthen, restore the data to the /development



filesystem and apply the journals

QUESTION 267:

A system administrator would like to renamevolume group oldvg to newvg. This volumegroup resides on hdisk1. What is the appropriateprocedure to perform this?

A. reboot the server in maintenance modemigratevg -y newvg oldvg reboot the server innormal modeB. unmount all filesystems in the volume groupvaryoffvg oldvg migratepv -y oldvg -n newvgvaryonvg newvgC. unmount all filesystems in the volume group

varyoffvg oldvg exportvg oldvg importvg -y newvghdisk1 mount allD. unmount all filesystems in the volume groupvaryoffvg oldvg for each logical volume in thevolume group do cplv <lv name> -v oldvg -ynewvg varyonvg newvg mount all

QUESTION 268:

The /systest filesystem is associated with the



/dev/testlv logical volume on the testvgvolume group. The testvg volume group isassigned to physical volumes hdisk2 and

hdisk3. Which of the following commands can thesystem administrator use to determineif the /systest filesystem is mirrored?

A. df B. lslvC. lsfsD. lsdev

QUESTION 269:

A system contains multiple hot-swap stand-alonedisks with a large number of JFS2

filesystems. Which feature of JFS2 improvesreliability, availability and serviceability(RAS) if a system crash occurs?

A. LoggingB. Dynamic inode allocationC. Linear directory organization

D. Online filesystem defragmentation

QUESTION 270:



Which of the following commands would anadministrator use to list which filesystems

are in volume group datavg?

A. lspv datavgB. lslv -a datavgC. lsfs -v datavgD. lsvg -l datavg

QUESTION 271:

A system administrator has a server experiencingperformance problems with logicalvolumes within a particular volume group. Whichcommand can report I/O statistics for

logical partitions with each logical volume withinthe volume group?

A. lslvB. lsvgC. iostatD. lvmstat

QUESTION 272:



Which attribute of a JFS filesystem can NOT bechanged after the filesystem is created?

A. The size of the filesystemB. The placement of the filesystemC. The mount point of the filesystemD. The number of bytes per inode

QUESTION 273:

A system administrator has increased the size of the logical volume lv00. Theadministrator now wants to enlarge thefilesystem /fs00 that is mounted on lv00 to thesame size as lv00. Which of the followingcommands will show the administrator the

number of blocks to use when increasing the sizeof the filesystem /fs00?

A. lslv /fs00B. lsfs -q /fs00C. lsdev -Cc lv00D. lsattr -El lv00

QUESTION 274:



The system administrator wants to use a new jfslog/dev/fs1log with the filesystem/test/fs1 on the testvg volume group. The following

commands were used to create thelog and assign it to the filesystem: mklv -t jfslog-y /dev/fs1log testvg 1 chfs -alog=/dev/fs1log /test/fs1 While trying to mountthe /test/fs1 filesystem the administratorreceived the error: "Cannot mount /dev/fs1lv on/test/fs1: A system call received aparameter that is not valid". What step did theadministrator miss that most likely causedthe error?

A. Use the logform command to format /dev/fs1logas a jfslog.B. Use the chlv command to change the lv typeof /dev/fs1log to jfslog.

C. Use the chvg command to change the default jfslog of testvg to /dev/fs1log.D. Edit the /etc/filesystems file to change the logassociated with /test/fs1 to /dev/fs1log.

QUESTION 275:

A system administrator's daily monitoring hasrevealed a failing disk drive. The drivethat is failing, hdisk0, is a lvm mirrored drive. What



is the first step that would be takenin order to physically replace this drive?

A. Remove the physical volume from the system.B. Remove the physical volume from the volumegroup.C. Remove the physical partitions from the volumegroup.D. Remove the logical volume copies from thefailing drive.

QUESTION 276:

A system administrator has a two-disk volumegroup (testvg) with one logical volume(testlv) which has just been mirrored across both

disk drives. Which of the followingcommands can be used to turn off quorum?

A. chvg -Qn testvgB. chlv -Qn testlvC. varyoffvg testvg; varyonvg -Qn testvgD. varyoffvg testvg; exportvg testvg; importvg -Qn

testvg; varyonvg testvg

QUESTION 277:



Which of the following commands list out thephysical volume names as well as

total/free PPs in volume group datavg?

A. lsdev -Cl datavgB. lsvpcfg datavgC. lspv -p datavgD. lsvg -p datavg

QUESTION 278:

A system administrator received the followingmessage while trying to ssh to a server:connection timed out The administrator pinged theserver and had no response. The

administrator then pinged the gateway, and wassuccessful. Which of the following toolscould the administrator use next to isolate theproblem?

A. routeB. traceroute

C. netstat -nrD. broadcast ping



QUESTION 279:

A system administrator needs to configure dump

devices for the system. Which of thefollowing commands would be used to estimate thesize required for a dump device?

A. lsdevB. chdevC. sysdumpdevD. sysdumpstart

QUESTION 280:

A server will not boot in normal mode and theserver must be booted into maintenance

mode to rebuild the boot logical volume. A NIMmaster is not defined in thisenvironment. How is the system booted intomaintenance mode to perform this task?

A. Apply power and when the SMS menus appearpress 5 repeatedly to enter a maintenance boot

automatically. The system will present amaintenance shell eventually.B. Boot media such as CDROM or Tape is requiredto boot into maintenance mode. When inserted intothe proper device the system automatically boots



into maintenance mode when it can not boot intonormal mode.C. Apply power and the server automatically boots

into maintenance mode where you can select yourdisk to rebuild the boot logical volume.D. Boot media such as CDROM or Tape is requiredand an administrator must select the proper SMSmenus to get into maintenance mode.

QUESTION 281:

A system administrator is currently working on aproblem with IBM Support. Theadministrator feels that their expectations are notbeing met on this problem. What is theIBM recommended procedure to ensure that the

request is handled appropriately?

A. Request to change the severity to 1.B. Request to speak to the Duty Manager.C. Request to escalate the problem todevelopment.D. Request IBM to close the incident and reopen

the incident with another call.

QUESTION 282:



A mirrored root disk needs to be replaced. Which of the following commands will clear

the boot record on the failing disk?

A. chpv -cB. rmlv hd5C. bosboot -adD. rmdev -dl hd5

QUESTION 283:

A system's backups are failing. Error log analysisindicates that there is either a hardwareor media problem. Which of the followingcommands is used to determine if there is a

hardware problem with the tape drive?

A. diagB. lscfg -vC. errpt -zD. cfgmgr

QUESTION 284:

A system administrator has been asked to lock a



specific login account. Which of thefollowing commands is used to accomplish this?

A. pwdckB. usrckC. chuserD. rmuser

QUESTION 285:

A system administrator has just finished upgradinga system to AIX 5.3. If there arefuture problems, the system administrator wouldlike to add an entry to the AIX errorlogto record this event. Which of the followingcommands can be issued for this purpose?

A. /usr/bin/errmsg "System upgraded to AIX 5.3"B. /usr/bin/errlog "System upgraded to AIX 5.3"C. /usr/bin/errupdate "System upgraded to AIX 5.3"D. /usr/bin/errlogger "System upgraded to AIX 5.3"

QUESTION 286:

Which of the following commands can be used toidentify all PCI hot plug slots on a



server and their characteristics?

A. lsattr -l pci

B. lscfg -vl pciC. lsconn -p pciD. lsslot -c pci -a

QUESTION 287:

Performance monitoring of a poorly performingsystem indicates a high level of CPUusage. Which of the following tools can be used tohelp identify which processes areusing excessive CPU resources?

A. sar

B. topasC. iostatD. vmstat

QUESTION 288:

After adding a new Ethernet card to a system andrebooting, the system administratornotices the card was not configured. How can thesystem administrator determine if there



were errors during the configuration process forthe card?

A. Examine the bootlog with the command: alog -o-f /var/adm/ras/bootlog.B. Display the device attributes and errors with thecommand: lsdev -C -l ent0.C. Examine the AIX errlog for configuration methoderrors with the command: errpt -a -C ent0.D. Examine the ODM for configuration errors withthe command: odmget -q "method_errors" ent0.

QUESTION 289:

A user has used all of the allowed logon attemptsfor the userid. Which command can be

used to reset the unsuccessful_login_count to 0 forthat user?

A. usrckB. chsecC. chuserD. passwd

QUESTION 290:



Which of the following attributes of a logicalvolume can NOT be changed after it iscreated?

A. The placement of the logical volumeB. The stripe size of the logical volumeC. The upper bound of the logical volumeD. The intra-policy of the logical volume

QUESTION 291:

A system administrator can create logical volumes

and then add file systems to them, orcreate the file system directly. What is anadvantage of the two-step approach instead of the one-step approach?

A. The number of bytes per inode can be specified.B. Placement of the filesystem on the disk can be

specified.C. The jfslog can be specified on creation of thefilesystem.D. Either a JFS or JFS2 filesystem can be created onthe logical volume.



QUESTION 292:

The /systest filesystem is associated with the/dev/testlv logical volume on the 'testvg'volume group. Given this information, which of thefollowing commands can the systemadministrator use to determine if the /systestfilesystem is mirrored?

A. df B. lsvgC. lsfsD. lsdev

QUESTION 293:

Which of the following commands will increase thecontiguous free space of a filesystem without having to add additional partitions?

A. chfsB. fsckC. chlvD. defragfs



QUESTION 294:

Which of the following commands is used to listinformation about each physical volumein volume group testvg?

A. lsvg -p testvgB. lspv -v testvgC. lslv -l testvgD. lqueryvg -p testvg

QUESTION 295:

Which of the following commands will list all the

logical volumes and the file systemdistribution across a specific physical volume?

A. lspv -lB. lslv -pC. lspv -LD. lsvg -m

QUESTION 296:



Disks hdisk1 and hdisk2 are assigned to datavg.Which of the following would determinewhich logical volumes are present on hdisk1?

A. lspv -l hdisk1B. lsvg -l datavgC. lslv -p hdisk1D. lsattr -El hdisk1

QUESTION 297:

While using the smit install_remove menus toremove some filesets on an AIX 5.3 server,a system administrator notices the /usr filesystemis now unnecessarily large. Which of the following actions will reduce the size of the /usr

filesystem?

A. Backup, unmount, remove, recreate and restorethe filesystem.B. Boot from mksysb tape and select Shrinkfilesystems on restore.C. Unmount, run defragfs /usr and the reducefs

-size XXX /usr commands.D. Update /etc/filesystems with the desired sizefor /usr and reboot the system.



QUESTION 298:

A system administrator is attempting to unmountfilesystem /dev/data and receives thefollowing message: umount: 0506-349 Cannotunmount /dev/data: The requestedresource is busy. Which of the following commandscan be used to determine whichprocess has open references within the filesystem?

A. lsfsB. topasC. fuserD. ps

QUESTION 299:

Under which of the following circumstances must a JFS filesystem be used instead of a JFS2 filesystem?

A. When the filesystem will contain 100GB files

B. When the filesystem resides on a 32-bit systemC. When the filesystem contains a large number of small filesD. When filesystem compression is required due tolimited disk space



QUESTION 300:

A system administrator has been asked to migratethe dev_vg volume group from serverA to server B. The dev_vg volume group contains asingle filesystem named"/development". To prepare for migration, which of the following is the correct sequenceof commands for removing the volume group fromserver A?

A. exportvg dev_vg; umount /development;varyoffvg dev_vgB. varyoffvg dev_vg; umount /development;exportvg dev_vg

C. umount /development; exportvg dev_vg;varyoffvg dev_vgD. umount /development; varyoffvg dev_vg;exportvg dev_vg

QUESTION 301:

A system administrator has a failed disk drive thatis mirrored to another disk drive. Thesystem administrator successfully removed the



logical volume copies off of the faileddisk drive. Which of the following commands wouldremove the failed disk drive from

the volume group?

A. reorgvgB. rmdevC. reducevgD. exportvg

QUESTION 302:

Error log analysis indicates that a disk is starting tofail and will need to be replaced. Thefailing disk contains multiple logical volumes whichspan multiple disks. A free disk has

been added to the failing disk's volume group. Alldisks are the same size. Which of thefollowing options is the most efficient method tomove the data from the failing disk tothe new disk?

A. Back up the data, remove the failing disk from

the volume group, then restore the data to the newdisk.B. Use the migratepv command to move data fromone disk to another and then remove the failingdisk from the volume group.



C. Use the mirrorvg command to mirror the data tothe new disk, break the mirror and then removethe failing disk from the volume group.

D. Create a new filesystem on the new disk anduse the mv command to move the data to the newfilesystem, and then remove the failing disk fromthe volume group.

QUESTION 303:

A system administrator will use a mksysb from auniprocessor server running AIX 5.1 toinstall a multiprocessor chrp server. What else isrequired?

A. A 5.1 AIX base media set

B. An AIX 5.1.x Additional Device Software CDC. A mksysb of the multiprocessor chrp serverD. A savevg of the uniprocessor server

QUESTION 304:

While attempting to load a base operating systemto a machine, an administrator isreceiving bootp timeout error messages. Whatsteps should be followed to troubleshoot



communications between the NIM master and theclient machine?

A. View debug logs on NIM master for errors orfailures.B. Boot the client machine to SMS, and view thePOST Error log.C. Boot the client machine to SMS, setup remoteIPL, and execute a ping test.D. Boot the client machine to diagnostics, and pingthe client from the NIM master.

QUESTION 305:

A system administrator is installing a C compiler ona system. According to the

compiler's documentation, the AIX filesetbos.adt.lib must be installed prior to theinstallation of the compiler. Which of the followingcommands would verify installationof the bos.adt.lib fileset?

A. installp

B. instfixC. lppchkD. lslpp



QUESTION 306:

A system administrator needs to quickly migrate amachine from AIX 5.2 to AIX 5.3. The administrator will only be allowed enoughdowntime to reboot the machine. Whichinstallation method would accomplish this task?

A. Perform a migration installation during thereboot process.B. Perform an alternate disk installation andmigration using NIM.C. Copy the /usr directory from another 5.2 serverto this server.D. Perform an update_all install from 5.2 media totake effect on reboot.

QUESTION 307:

A system administrator has been asked to installan APAR but wants to be able to easilyremove it. Which of the following install options

should be used?

A. applyB. cleanupC. commit



D. reject

QUESTION 308:

In order to upgrade from AIX Version 5.1 to AIXVersion 5.3, which of the following

actions should be performed?

A. Run smit update_allB. Run smit install_allC. Boot from the installation mediaD. Run update_all from the mounted CD

QUESTION 309:

A system administrator completed installation of an AIX Maintenance Level on their

server. Which of the following commands wouldverify that the operating system is in aconsistent state?

A. instfix -i



B. lslpp -lC. lppchk -vD. oslevel -r

QUESTION 310:

A system administrator has been instructed toverify that all filesets have all requiredrequisites and are completely installed. Which of the following commands will providethis information?

A. lslppB. lppchkC. geninstallD. installp

QUESTION 311:

A customer has a server that needs to be upgradedfrom AIX Version 5.2 to AIX Version

5.3. The customer wants to retain /etc/passwdand /var/adm/ras/errlog. Which of thefollowing installation types should be used?

A. Preservation Install



B. Retention InstallC. Overwrite InstallD. Migration Install

QUESTION 312:

A system administrator has just installed a newmaintenance level, but "oslevel -r" doesnot show the correct maintenance level. Which of the following commands woulddetermine which filesets are downlevel?

A. lppchkB. instfixC. fixdistD. maintlvl

QUESTION 313:

A new application has been added to a systemwhich needs to be started automatically atsystem startup. The system administrator has

decided to accomplish this by using the/etc/inittab file. Which of the following commandswould accomplish this in a supportedmanner?



A. viB. mkitabC. telinit

D. lsitab

QUESTION 314:

Which supported command is used by the systemboot process to determine whatresources are available to the system?

A. diagB. lscfgC. bootinfoD. cfgmgr

QUESTION 315:

What system startup files would an administratoredit for starting up miscellaneous thirdparty applications?

A. /etc/rc.net and /etc/inetd.conf B. /etc/rc.boot and /etc/servicesC. /etc/rc.local and /etc/inittab



D. /etc/rc.tcpip and /etc/rc.net

QUESTION 316:

Which of the following options could the systemadministrator use to assist in debuggingboot problems after the system is up?

A. bootinfoB. alogC. fsckD. bosboot

QUESTION 317:

A system administrator wants to perform somesystem maintenance. The AIX installationCD is in the CDROM drive; however, the system willnot boot from the CD. Which of the following commands will assist in determiningif the CDROM drive is currently a

bootable device?

A. lscfg -l cd0 -vB. bootlist -m service -oC. bosboot -a -d /dev/cd0



D. chdev -l cd0 -a boot=yes

QUESTION 318:

During system boot, the system hangs at LED0C31. What is the first step the systemadministrator should take to correct the problem?

A. Check system console connections.B. Check system network connections.C. Boot in service mode and change the bootlist.D. Boot from the AIX installation media and mountrootvg filesystems.

QUESTION 319:


A. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvgand run /etc/tcp.clean.B. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvgand check the /etc/inittab for corruption.C. Boot in maintenance mode, access the rootvg



and rebuild the boot image using thebosboot command.D. Boot in maintenance mode after verifying the

network connection, access the rootvgand check the /etc/rc.net file.

QUESTION 320:

During system initialization, which of the followingcommand scripts is executed throughthe /etc/inittab to activate page spaces and mountfilesystems?

A. rcB. initC. srcmstr

D. rc.init

QUESTION 321:

How would a system administrator review root's

current cron jobs?

A. crontab -lB. cron -l rootC. lscron -l root



D. cat /var/cron/crontabs/root

QUESTION 322:

For security reasons, an administrator is asked tomodify the system to prevent someonefrom leaving a terminal logged in. Which of thefollowing options would enable a fiveminute timeout for all users?

A. Add the following line to /etc/environment: TMOUT=300B. Add the following lines to /.profile TMOUT=5export TMOUTC. Execute the following command: chuser -u ALL-a TIMEOUT=5M

D. Execute the following command: chsec -u ALL -a TIMEOUT=600

QUESTION 323:

How can permissions be set up on /tmp so that auser cannot delete another user's files?

A. chmod +s /tmpB. chmod 775 /tmp



C. chmod 1777 /tmpD. chmod 4755 /tmp

QUESTION 324:

A system administrator wants to rewrite a how-toguide. Each chapter is a file calledchapter. * where * is the chapter number. Chapters110-120 have replaced chapters10-19. How would the System Administratorremove the files containing chapters 10 thru19?

A. rm chapter.1?B. rm chapter.1*C. rm $(ls chapter | grep 1)

D. for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 do rm chapter.1${I}done

QUESTION 325:

Review the following program. What is most likelythe problem?-------------------------VAR=1 (( VAR=$VAR+1 ))while [ $VAR -lt 10 ]



doecho $VAR done------------------------

A. #!/bin/ksh line is missingB. Variable name VAR is not properly initializedC. Loop variable is not incremented inside the loopD. Loop variable is not decremented inside the loop

QUESTION 326:

Given the following scripts, both found in/usr/local/bin, what would the output be whenexecuting /usr/local/bin/script1?script1#!/bin/kshvar1="dog"

var2="cat"export var1export var2 var1="mouse"/usr/local/bin/script2script2#!/bin/kshvar2="fish"

echo "${var1} ${var2}"

A. dog catB. dog fishC. mouse cat



D. mouse fish

QUESTION 327:

A user wants to be permanently added to the dbagroup. Which of the followingcommands or processes can be used to accomplishthis?

A. chgrpB. chuserC. setgroupsD. edit /etc/security/group

QUESTION 328:

A user's print jobs default to PRINTER_ A. The user wants to change their default printerto PRINTER_B. How can the system administratorchange the user's default printer toPRINTER_B?

A. Execute the command 'piobe -q PRINTER_B'B. Edit the user's stanza in the /etc/qconfig fileC. Execute the command 'chuser -aQUEUE=PRINTER_B user'



D. Add the line 'export PRINTER=PRINTER_B' to theuser's .profile

QUESTION 329:

A system administrator wants to run a script calledmyscript, but does not want to see theerrors that might be generated by the script. Howwould this be accomplished?

A. /usr/local/bin/myscript > /dev/nullB. /usr/local/bin/myscript < /dev/nullC. /usr/local/bin/myscript 2> /dev/nullD. /usr/local/bin/myscript 1> /dev/null

QUESTION 330:

A system administrator would like to modify thesystem default user characteristics sothat each new user will now be assigned (bydefault) the csh shell rather than the kshshell. Which of the following actions should be

performed?

A. Run the command chlogin -shell "csh"B. Run the command mkuser -default "SHELL=csh"C. Edit /etc/passwd and change all "ksh" entries to



"csh"D. Modify the contents of /usr/lib/security/mkuser.default file

QUESTION 331:

A system administrator has a server that isperforming poorly. The vmstat commandidentifies that high CPU usage is the problem.Which of the following commands can beused to identify the eight most active processesrunning on the server?

A. ps -ef -t8B. sar -u -p 8C. vmstat -t 8

D. topas -p8 -n0 -d0

QUESTION 332:

While installing an application, the administrator is

instructed to perform two final tasksprior to starting the application: 1. Set theownership of a file named 'control_file' to beowned by the user 'database' and the group'appsrvr'. 2. Change the permissions of



'control_file' to 0766. After these two tasks havebeen completed, what will the filepermissions look like when 'ls -l control_file' is

executed?

A. -rwxrw-rw- 1 database appsrvr 4913 Mar 1708:24 control_fileB. -rwxr-xr-x 1 appsrvr database 4913 Mar 1708:24 control_fileC. -rw-rw-rw- 1 database appsrvr 4913 Mar 1708:24 control_fileD. -rwxrw-rw- 1 appsrvr database 4913 Mar 1708:24 control_file

QUESTION 333:

Which of the following commands would restart themail daemon?

A. sendmail -biB. refresh -s sendmailC. restart -a sendmailD. /etc/sendmail.cf -stop /etc/sendmail.cf -start

QUESTION 334:



Due to operational commitments, a system has avery short backup window during theweek, but is not used from Saturday morning

through Sunday at Midnight. Which of thefollowing minimizes backup time, while providingthe best data restore coverage?

A. Full backups every nightB. Differential backups every nightC. Full backup Saturday night, incremental backupsthe rest of the weekD. Full backup Saturday night, differential backupsthe rest of the week

QUESTION 335:

A system administrator has an application that hasthe data in volume group appvg.Which of the following commands will back up thecontents of appvg to the tape in/dev/rmt0 and check for any read errors?

A. savevg -mf /dev/rmt0 appvg

B. savevg -cvf /dev/rmt0 appvgC. savevg -xvf /dev/rmt0 appvgD. savevg -f /dev/rmt0 -V appvg

QUESTION 336:



Which of the following commands can a systemadministrator use to verify that a tape is

in backup format and is readable by the system?

A. tarB. tctlC. tcopyD. restore

QUESTION 337:

In which of the following directories are the basicLinux commands such as gzip, gunzipand zcat installed?

A. /opt/freeware/binB. /usr/bin/freewareC. /var/freeware/binD. /usr/sbin/freeware

QUESTION 338:

The rootvg disk on a system failed and wasreplaced. The system was restored using thelatest mksysb. However, no files in the /home



filesystem were restored. Which of thefollowing options is the most likely cause of thisproblem?

A. The new drive is too small to hold the entirerootvg.B. The /home filesystem was not mounted duringcreation of the mksysb.C. The /home stanza in the bosinst.data containedan entry 'restore=no'.D. The /home filesystem was NFS exported toanother system during creation of themksysb.

QUESTION 339:

A system administrator is attempting to restoresome files from a backup tape. Therestore failed. The system administrator suspectsthe block size of the tape drive isincorrect. Which of the following commands can beused to determine the block size of the backup tape?

A. ddB. tarC. cpioD. restore



QUESTION 340:

A system administrator used the savevg commandto back up the testvg each night. Thereis now a requirement to exclude the /test/staticfilesystem from the backup. How can thisbe accomplished?

A. Use the -X flag on the savevg command.B. Put an entry in the /etc/exclude.testvg file.C. Remove the /test/static entries from the/vgdata/testvg.data file.D. Use the touch command to create/test/static/.exclude before using savevg.

QUESTION 341:

Which of the following commands will show allinterfaces and their IP addresses on anAIX system?

A. entstat -dB. netstat -aC. ipconfig -lD. ifconfig -a



QUESTION 342:

For security reasons an administrator has editedthe appropriate file to disable ftp andtelnet. Which of the following commands must berun to activate the changes?

A. /etc/rc.tcpipB. refresh -s inetdC. kill -l inetdD. startsrc -g tcpip

QUESTION 343:

An administrator has added a new device to asystem and wants to determine if it hasbeen correctly added to the ODM database. Whichof the following commands would thesystem administrator use?

A. odmgetB. odmaddC. odmshowD. odmcreate



QUESTION 344:

A system administrator created a /etc/exports fileon server "Alpha" and entered afilesystem to be exported to server "Bravo."However, the remote server is unable tomount the filesystem. What does the systemadministrator need to do?

A. Use the exportfs command on server "Alpha" toexport the filesystemB. Use the showmount command on server "Bravo"to import the filesystemC. Use the startsrc command on server "Bravo" torefresh the NFS daemonsD. Use the chfs command on server "Alpha" to

change the filesystem type to NFS

QUESTION 345:

The $HOME/.netrc file contains information used by

the automatic login feature of which of the following commands?

A. rshB. ftp



C. sshD. rlogin

QUESTION 346:

A system administrator wants to couple twoservers together so that users from server Acan access server B without entering theirpassword. How should this be accomplished?

A. Employ NIS to synchronize user names andpasswordsB. Create a /.rhosts on server A and server BC. Create a $HOME/.netrc for all users on server Aand server BD. Create a /etc/hosts.equiv on server A and server

B

QUESTION 347:

How would a system administrator find informationregarding smit menu definitions?



A. Use ODM commandsB. Use LVM commands

C. In the /etc/environment fileD. In the /usr/lib/smit/menu.cfg file

QUESTION 348:

Which of the following commands will show thenetwork configuration settingsassociated with an Ethernet adapter?

A. lscfgB. lsdevC. netstatD. ifconfig

QUESTION 349:

An AIX 5L system has 2 active paging spacedevices - /dev/hd6 at 64MB in the rootvg

and /dev/page01 at 256MB in the datavg. Thesystem administrator has determined thatonly 192MB of active paging space is actuallyrequired and wants to reclaim some of thedisk space for use by a new application. Which of



the following commands should beused to reduce the size of /dev/page01?

A. chpsB. rmpsC. chdevD. swapoff

QUESTION 350:

A system administrator did not receive a responsewhile attempting to ping loopback.Which of the following options would most likelyresolve this problem?

A. Issue startsrc -s loopbackB. Issue startsrc -s tcpipC. Run /etc/rc.tcpipD. Reconnect the network cable

QUESTION 351:



Which of the following commands will list vitalproduct data for all hardwarecomponents on a server?

A. lsdev -CB. lsslot -aC. lscfg -vpD. lsattr -El

QUESTION 352:

Which of the following options applies to virtualethernet devices?

A. A virtual ethernet adapter can only connect toother partitions within the same system.

B. A virtual ethernet adapter needs to beconnected to an external VLAN capable switchto be able to communicate with other partitions onthe same P5 system.C. A partition can support an unlimited number of virtual ethernet devices.D. A virtual ethernet adapter in the VIO Server that

is part of a SEA should not have the"trunk flag" set.



QUESTION 353:

How can a system administrator determine if a

system is running in 32-bit or 64-bitmode?

A. Use 'prtconf -c' to see if the system is 64-bitenabledB. Check the /etc/inittab to see if /etc/method/cfg64 is enabledC. Use the ls -al to see if /unix is linked to/usr/lib/boot/unix_64D. Use the lslpp command to see if the bos.mp64fileset is installed

QUESTION 354:

An administrator is logged into a remote serverusing an Xwindows client and wants touse smit. The bandwidth for the remote connectionis minimal, so the administratorwould like to disable the graphical version of smitto speed up display updates. Which of

the following commands will start smit in the non-graphical mode?

A. smitB. msmit



C. smit -CD. smit_tty

QUESTION 355:

Multiple users are trying to telnet to the AIX server. They are able to ping the serversuccessfully, but are getting the following errormessage: telnet: connect: A remote hostrefused an attempted connect operation Which of the following options could be thecause of this problem?

A. The routing table on the AIX server is incorrect.B. The IP address on the network adapter isincorrect.

C. The portmap daemon is not running on the AIXserver.D. The inetd daemon is not running on the AIXserver.

QUESTION 356:

How is an alias IP address removed from a networkinterface?



A. rmdev -dl ent0B. ifconfig en0 downC. ifconfig en0 delete

D. ifconfig ent0 detach

QUESTION 357:

A user calls to report they are getting I/O errors ona file system. Which of the followingtools would isolate this problem?

A. df B. diagrptC. errmsgD. errpt

QUESTION 358:

A system administrator has placed an AIX basemedia CD-ROM in a server and initiateda reboot. The server has an ascii terminal attachedto it. Which key or key combination

must the administrator press to initiate themaintenance mode?

A. 5B. M



C. F8D. Ctrl-Alt-Delete

QUESTION 359:

Which of the following commands can be used toget the system ready to physicallyinsert a PCI hot plug adapter?

A. mkdevB. cfmgrC. drslotD. lsslot

QUESTION 360:

A system dump has occurred. The LED displayshows 0c0. What does this indicate?

A. The dump was successful.B. A system dump is in progress.

C. No system dump device configured.D. There was an I/O error during the dump.



QUESTION 361:

A user would like their shell prompt to reflect the

current directory. Which of thefollowing environment variables can be set toaccomplish this?

A. PS1B. PATHC. PROMPTD. LOCPATH

QUESTION 362:

A system administrator has determined a rootmirrored disk, hdisk1, needs to be replaced.

The root volume has been unmirrored. What is thenext step to remove the disk drive?

A. recreatevg rootvg hdisk1B. rmdev -d hdisk1 -lC. reducevg rootvg hdisk1D. reorgvg rootvg hdisk1

QUESTION 363:



A system without a monitor has crashed. Theadministrator would like to see the consoleoutput to determine a possible cause of the crash

and ensure that there were no problemson reboot. Which of the following commandsshould be used?

A. alogB. swconsC. lsconsD. syslog

QUESTION 364:

A remote user is trying to telnet to the productionserver. The session is getting a timeout

error. Which of the following commands would theuser issue to verify the networkconnection?

A. iptraceB. nslookupC. netstat

D. traceroute

QUESTION 365:



A system administrator would like to verify the userdefinitions in the /etc/passwd file.

Which of the following commands will accomplishthis?

A. sysckB. usrckC. lssecD. lsuser

QUESTION 366:

Following a system boot, the display indicates thatpreviously detected hardware ismissing. Which of the following commands would

identify the missing hardware?

A. diagB. lscfgC. cfgmgrD. lsattr

QUESTION 367:

Which of the following commands will remove all



software entries in the error log?

A. errpt -d S

B. errmsg 0C. errclear -d S 0D. errmsg -d S 0

QUESTION 368:

A system administrator identified a problem withan AIX command and implemented awork-around. A call was made to IBM Support toreport the problem. What severity levelshould the administrator choose?

A. Crit-Sit

B. Severity 1C. Severity 2D. Severity 3

QUESTION 369:

A system administrator is monitoring a system thathas recently shown a decrease inperformance. The administrator suspects there isan overload of traffic on a singleEthernet adapter. Which of the following



commands is best to identify a possibleoverload of the Ethernet adapter?

A. pingB. iostatC. netstatD. ifconfig

QUESTION 370:

A system administrator ran the vmstat commandbecause of performance problems. Theoutput of the vmstat is given:System Configuration: lcpu=2 mem=512MBkthr memory page faults cpu----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------

r b avm fre CK pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa1 2 51351 198 0 38 1553 2540 14902 0 592 14711547 14 15 38 321 1 51610 120 0 34 40 123 1788 0 496 1425 892 01 79 200 1 51610 127 0 143 48 144 1568 0 592 11991045 0 3 49 48

0 1 51610 123 0 140 51 141 1032 0 589 11811038 0 2 49 480 1 51610 125 0 143 40 144 1375 0 589 11881039 0 2 49 49Based on the output, which of the following options



is insufficient?

A. Disk

B. CPUC. MemoryD. Network

QUESTION 371:

A system administrator has been asked todocument the hardware configuration of asystem. Which of the following commands wouldassist in this task?

A. lscfgB. lsattr

C. lsresourceD. cfgmgr

QUESTION 372:

Which of the following commands would a system

administrator run after using an editorto create the /etc/tunables/nextboot file?

A. ksh -n nextbootB. tunsave -a -f nextboot



C. tuncheck -r -f nextbootD. diff $(vmtune) /etc/tunables/nextboot

QUESTION 373:

A system administrator has edited /etc/syslog.conf to change system logging. What otheraction is necessary to put this change into effect?

A. rebootB. refresh -s syslogdC. refresh -s syslogD. Run /etc/rc.net

QUESTION 374:

A system administrator issued the errpt commandand had no results. The systemadministrator determined that error logging wasturned off. Which of the followingcommands would start logging system errors?

A. /usr/bin/errmsgB. /usr/lib/errdemonC. /usr/lib/errloggerD. /usr/bin/errinstall



QUESTION 375:

Exhibit:

A system administrator periodically receives callsfrom users who complain about poorperformance with their application. Using thefollowing sar command output, which of the following system resources need moreinvestigation?

A. CPUsB. DskC. MmoryD. Ntwork

QUESTION 376:

A filesystem /fs_a occupies the entire volume groupvg_a. There are no availablepartitions in vg_a. How would the size of /fs_a be

increased?

A. Extend the volume group vg_a into anothervolume group with available partitionsB. Use another filesystem to extend the



filesystem /fs_aC. Extend the filesystem /fs_a after adding anavailable physical volume to vg_a

D. Add free space from another volume group tovg_a

QUESTION 377:

Exhibit:

Because of system performance problems, asystem administrator ran the iostatcommand. The following iostat output is provided:Which of the following issues can be derived fromthe output?

A. The server is cpu bound.B. The server has network problems.C. The server is memory constrained.D. The server needs the disk usage to beoptimized.

QUESTION 378:

A system administrator found a process on theserver that should be stopped. Which of the following commands can be used to list all the



signal actions defined for this process?

A. ps

B. pstatC. portmapD. procsig

QUESTION 379:

An AIX LPAR capable server has AIX versions 5.1and 5.2 installed. Which of thefollowing options reflects available features?

A. Dynamic allocation of a CPU is available inversions 5.1 and later of AIX.B. Memory and CPU dynamic allocation is available

in versions 5.2 and later of AIX.C. AIX version 5.1 and later support DLPAR featuresand hot swapping of PCI slots.D. Only Memory and CPUs can be dynamicallyallocated and require version 5.2 or laterof AIX.

QUESTION 380:

A system has five 80GB disk drives and has a



requirement to store 300GB of data. Whichdisk configuration will provide fault tolerance whilestill meeting data storage

requirements?

A. Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD)B. RAID-5C. RAID-0D. RAID-1

QUESTION 381:

Sometimes performance is more important thanavailability (e.g., in cases where the datacan be easily re-created). Which of the following isthe appropriate disk configuration for

an application that requires faster writes overavailability?

A. RAID-1B. RAID-5C. RAID-0 + 1D. RAID-0

QUESTION 382:



Which disk configuration provides the fastest writeperformance with fault tolerance?

A. RAID-0B. RAID-3C. RAID-5D. RAID 1+0

QUESTION 383:

An AIX system has four LPARS configured withsimilar environments and applications.What happens to the other LPARS when one of theLPARS runs out of memory and thatLPAR starts paging heavily due to a poor pagingconfiguration?

A. The other three LPARS will experience the sameproblem because they all share a common memorypool.B. The hypervisor will shutdown the offending LPARand dynamically reallocate the memory to theother LPARS.

C. The other LPARS will be unaffected by theoffending LPAR due to LPAR isolation.D. There will be a moderate slowdown on theremaining LPARS due to hypervisor overload duringthe time the offending LPAR is having paging



problems.

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