FS Cloud - 3 - Customer Workload Environment

IBM Cloud for Financial Services
Study Guide
This study guide will help prepare you for the IBM
Cloud for Financial Services Certification Examination.
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 Customer Workload Environment
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Courses and Objectives
Courses Objectives
Customer Workload Environment  Describe the concept of lift and shift and alternatives to it
 Explain when to use lift and shift
 Describe the factors for consideration when performing a migration
assessment
 Describe the workload model
 Discuss the important aspects to consider when evaluating data
stores for migrating to IBM Cloud
 Explain the importance of mapping security controls to FS for cloud
prior to migration to the cloud
 Discuss compliance requirements as they relate to the security
model
 Define the Data Governance model
 Discuss Wave planning
 Describe how to create a pain-versus-gain grid
 Describe the options for data storage that are available on IBM
Cloud
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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment
Introduction and Objectives
In Course 3 of the study guide, the subject matter:
 Focuses on making recommendations relating to the customer workload environment, including

identifying existing applications for migration to IBM Cloud for Financial Services.
 Describes how to assess customer application and process technology limitations.
 Highlights identifying dependencies between externally hosted applications and those hosted on IBM
Cloud for Financial Services.
Lessons
 Introduction and Objectives

 Applications for Migration
 Customer Application and Process Technology Limitations
 Check Your Knowledge
Objectives
• Describe the concept of lift and shift, when it should be used, and alternatives to it
• Describe the factors for consideration when performing a migration assessment
• Describe the workload model
• Discuss the important aspects to consider when evaluating data stores for migrating to IBM Cloud
• Explain the importance of mapping security controls to FS for cloud prior to migration to the cloud
• Discuss compliance requirements as they relate to the security model
• Define the Data Governance model
• Discuss wave planning to prioritize workloads
• Describe the options for data storage that are available on IBM Cloud

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Applications for Migration Overview

Migration to the cloud, also known as modernization, is a complex process that differs from application
to application. One of the key strategies to help you transform your legacy (usually monolithic)
applications to take advantage of hybrid cloud is lift and shift.
Lift and Shift
The lift and shift modernization model can be considered a first step to cloud-native development. For
example, after implementing lift and shift, a client may decide to:
 Containerize existing monolithic workloads.
 Deploy the workload on a Platform as a Service (PaaS).
 Keep external integrations and data on the legacy platform.
IBM Cloud for Financial Services provides database and other platform services to monoliths that are
migrated using lift and shift.
Benefits of Using Lift and Shift

Fast, Cost-effective, Lift and shift enables a quick migration, without dedicating a large team to the
Minimally Disruptive task. An on-premise application can remain in place during the migration,
Migration guaranteeing no interruption of service, and the application experience remains
identical to users.
Potential for Lift and shift offers the opportunity to run applications on updated, better-
Improved performing hardware, without having to purchase hardware.
Performance
Expanded Capacity Add compute capacity, storage, and additional network bandwidth from the
while Consolidating cloud on a pay-by-use basis while consolidating on-premises data center
On-Premises infrastructure and costs at the same time.
Scalability on Lift and shift can enable the organization to scale an application without
Demand purchasing and physically installing new computing capacity.
Cost-Saving Some applications may also take advantage of cloud elasticity—the ability to
Elasticity automatically spin-up and spin-down resources to precisely match demand.
The greater the cloud’s elasticity, the more an organization can save.
Enhanced Security Once migrated, even legacy applications may be able to take advantage of
cloud security services such as role-based access control, multifactor
authentication, and unified hybrid security processes.
Reduced On- The more applications an organization can migrate to the cloud, the faster the
Premises Data organization can scale down on-premises infrastructure and the costs of
Center Costs managing and maintaining it.
Simple First Step Lift and shift is an easy way to move the applications most ready and best
toward a Hybrid suited to a private or public cloud while continuing to host other applications
Cloud workloads on-premises. With the proper management tools, you can manage
the platforms together as a single, optimized infrastructure.
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Alternatives to Lift and Shift

Broadly speaking, there are two other types of cloud migration to consider.
Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS)

Migration Migration
 Involves revising your application to take  Involves replacing your on-premises app
greater advantage of the cloud provider’s with a ready-made, cloud-based alternative
PaaS stack. that provides similar functionality.
 You might refactor or replatform the  Leverages more of the benefits of your
application to optimize its performance for cloud provider’s infrastructure.
cloud or to leverage specific cloud  Can deliver low migration cost of lift and
capabilities. shift with the cloud advantages of PaaS
 You might rearchitect the application to get migration.
the benefits of microservices, containers, or  Might require you to forego or wait for
serverless architecture. certain features or customizations.
 You might completely redesign the  You’ll most likely need to adopt the SaaS
application using the cloud provider’s application’s facilities for data
development tools and platform management, access control, security, and
capabilities. more.
 Compared to lift and shift, PaaS migration is
more costly, labor-intensive, and time-
consuming.
 However, it enables your application to
take better advantage of cloud-native
operations automation, developer
productivity, security, resiliency, etc.
When does Lift and Shift make more sense than a PaaS migration?
 On-premises infrastructure costs are skyrocketing, but the organization is not ready to rearchitect
its applications.
 The organization wants to migrate off-the-shelf applications.
 The organization needs less-costly, more-scalable backup and recovery.
Important to note:
Consider using VMware HCX when using the lift and shift migration pattern for VMware workloads.
VMware HCX simplifies the migration process for VMware workloads. Rapidly moving to cloud by
migrating existing applications is an advantage of lift and shift under the VMware architecture.
VMware with elasticity requirements is a good workload option for lift and shift to a cloud platform
with optimum efficiency.

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Lift and Shift Migration Assessment

Before undertaking any lift and shift migration, carefully assess and prepare for factors that can impact
the difficulty, cost, and ultimate value of the undertaking. These can include, but are not limited to the
following:
Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3
Application Lifespan Compliance API Access Restrictions
Before migrating from your

How much longer will you private, on-premises
continue to use this environment to a private or Make sure your move to the
application or run this public cloud, evaluate your cloud won't result in
workload? In most cases, it migration plan and the bottlenecks for your current
doesn’t make sense to cloud provider’s API tools.
migrate an application you’ll infrastructure to ensure all
be retiring within the next compliance requirements
12 months. will be met during and after
the migration.
Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor 6
Migration Automation Migration Priority Feature and Scope Creep

Tools
Feature-rich cloud
How much longer will you environments can easily
Identify whether your cloud
continue to use this tempt you to integrate
hosting provider offers any
application or run this capabilities on the fly,
automated tools for
workload? In most cases, it leading to delays and
migrations and plan to use
doesn’t make sense to resource drains. Have a
them whenever possible.
migrate an application you’ll clearly defined project and
be retiring within the next stick to it throughout the
12 months. migration.

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Cloud Workload Assessment

The cloud workload assessment is a defined service offering from the IBM Cloud Garage®. It is a tool
organizations can use to explore the current environment and prioritize focus areas to enable and
accelerate cloud adoption.
Wave planning in the cloud workload assessment establishes the sequence of workloads to transform,
with constraints and dependencies.
How Cloud Workload Assessment Fits into the Cloud Adoption and Transformation
Journey
Evaluating Migration Complexity

Application architecture is an important consideration when planning migration waves. The following
diagram shows the possible complexity level of several architecture types.
Easier to Move
• Microservices
• Applications following the 12-factor methodology
Requires Thorough Review

• Monolithic
What are some blocks to public cloud adoption?

As many as 80% of workloads in financial institutions remain on-premises due to
concerns about cyber and regulatory risk, lack of PaaS services, and architectural
complexity.

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Exposing Legacy APIs

The strangler modernization pattern is commonly used to incrementally modernize a legacy application
by replacing functionality in small chunks over time, until the legacy application is fully replaced and no
longer needed. Using this approach reduces the overall risk of introducing a new implementation while
providing a controlled mechanism to implement new functionality and easily roll back changes if needed.
Exposing API Functional Requirements

When delivering financial technology services by APIs, ensure the following functional requirements are
addressed:
1. Ability to provide RESTful APIs
2. Access to the API with Authentication and authorization services
Cloud Storage Options

IBM Cloud provides three types of cloud storage: object storage, block storage, and file storage. One
important difference between object storage and block storage is how each handles metadata.
In object storage, metadata can be customized to include additional, detailed information about the data
files stored in the object. For example, metadata accompanying a video file could be customized to tell
where the video was made, the type of camera used to shoot it, and even what subjects were captured in
each frame. In block storage, metadata is limited to the block address.
IBM Cloud Object Storage IBM Cloud Block Storage IBM Cloud File Storage
(COS)
Stores and retrieves objects in Stores data files separated into Flash-backed, durable, fast,
a single repository based on a block on SANs or cloud-based and flexible NFS-based file
unique key that is replicated storage environments. storage with customizable
across multiple data centers. It IOPS and predictable billing.
also has better cost efficiency. File storage is usually
Encrypt buckets with HPCS. accompanied with Network
Ex. Storage behind a database Attached Storage (NAS)
Ex. Data archiving, analytics platform, OpenShift application technology. Presents storage to
storage, generate mountable needing single zone users and applications using
file systems in Red Hat (or directory trees, folders, and
Portworx) individual files.
Data Storage for Single Zones in Red Hat® OpenShift

Virtual private cloud (VPC) block storage is the only persistent storage solution that supports a single
zone in the IBM Cloud for a Red Hat OpenShift application.

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Choosing a Database Cloud Databases

Choosing a database technology requires the The strangler modernization pattern is commonly
following prerequisite knowledge: used to incrementally modernize a legacy
application by replacing functionality in small
1. Deep understanding of the application chunks over time, until the legacy application is
problem at hand. fully replaced and no longer needed. Using this
2. Knowledge of database semantics, including approach reduces the overall risk of introducing a
distributed computing fundamentals. new implementation while providing a controlled
3. Understanding how to distinguish marketing mechanism to implement new functionality and
hype from truth in enterprise software easily roll back changes if needed.
marketing.
IBM Cloud Hyper Protect DBaaS

IBM Cloud Hyper Protect DBaaS is validated for IBM Cloud for Financial Services. Built on IBM LinuxONE
technology, IBM Hyper Protect DBaaS provides built-in encryption for data at rest and in flight with high
availability and performance. It ensures complete data confidentiality and grants data owners complete
control over the data, protecting data from both external and internal threats, and it is fully managed. In
addition, Hyper Protect DBaaS provides standardized APIs to provision and monitor databases.
Data Security
There are three key components to data security:
1 2 3
Classification and Privacy and Integrity and

Monitoring Regulations Archiving
Governance Model
Data governance provides the means to supplement management in situations where no single manager
has authoritative control. In those cases, you can use data governance to affect control and direction.
Nobody wants to escalate cross-organizational decisions all the way up to the president or managing
director. Data governance provides the means to supplement management in situations where no single
manager has authoritative control.

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Data Governance Capability and Risk Migration

When an organization avoids governance, it risks a financial exposure. In today's world, you must be
able to use data to prove business facts. Take a disciplined approach to data governance to avoid
failures and other risks that are associated with adhering to regulatory and statutory requirements.
A good security governance model that extends an existing security policy onto cloud-based systems
enforces the IT security policy through security controls, meets industry compliance regulations, and
automates compliance validation. Below, you will find the main capabilities of data governance.
Clarity and Consistency Oneness Framework

Organizations can create An organization that receives a Data governance can
unintentional ambiguity. Their waiver from having to conform complement general data-
interpretations can often differ can keep information and centric activities by
from implementation to communication flowing. If a establishing certain types of
implementation. As a result, team can't comply with the controls.
everyone thinks they are data governance board, it might
compliant, but none of them end up hiding its work. Establish a framework for a
are compliant in the same way. data governance practice by
Data governance is about using four types of control:
Use data governance as a illumination. Even if all the
means to drive toward work products aren't fully  Ensure: Controls for guiding
consistency and to help consistent, communication work
disparate teams reveal their must be consistent and free  Assure: Controls for doing
work products. flowing without unnecessary work
hiding.  Insure: Controls for
operating
 Reassure: Controls for
continuity
NOTE: The IBM Cloud for

Financial Services Controls
Framework does not define the
governance model for financial
institutions adopting the IBM
Cloud.

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Readiness Assessment
Readiness Assessment is the second stage of the cloud adoption and transformation journey. In this
stage, a minimum viable product (MVP) is established.
IBM Cloud for Financial Services Advantages

When performing a readiness assessment for moving a financial services application to the cloud,
consider the following advantages of using IBM Cloud for Financial Services:
 The FIPS 140-2 Level 4 encryption offered by IBM Hyper Protect Crypto Services allows sensitive data
to be migrated to the cloud.
 The IBM Cloud Satellite service enables the creation of hybrid environments where data and customer
applications can still run on-premises.
Creating a Mountable File System Volume in Red Hat OpenShift

You can use Software Defined Storage with Portworx or IBM Cloud Object Storage to create a mountable
file system volume in Red Hat OpenShift in an multizone region on IBM Cloud.
Analyze Pain and Understand Gain

When evaluating an existing compute environment with many components, it is important to understand
the value of moving to cloud and understand the "pain," or effort, which is associated with each
workload.
Your organization must establish a quantifiable measurement to gauge the pain or gain. This
measurement is further dependent on individual workload characteristics and includes factors such as
platform type, unique hardware considerations, stability, and business criticality. IBM uses a standard
list of attributes that are further informed by the organization's attributes and objectives. Organizations
might establish their own measurements such as:
Possible Measurements for Gain Possible Measurements for Pain

 Faster time to market  Unsupported software or operating
 Reduced time and work to deploy and systems
administer a new build  Complex code that requires rework
 Increased frequency of updates or releases  Level of risk
 Increased user satisfaction
 Reduced effort to manage the compute
infrastructure

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Create the Grid

After workload attributes are collected and can be measured, explore prioritization in the context of
plotting across a gain-versus-pain grid. This activity helps you decide which workloads can be grouped
into waves of effort. A gain-versus-pain grid also informs your sequence as your plan evolves into
analyzing your data and including stakeholders.
In this example
grid, the workload
is plotted based
on the assessed
attributes, the
gain that is
associated with
cloud disposition,
or both.
Typically, the
upper-right
quadrant reflects
the workloads to
target first, as
they represent the
most value with
minimal effort.
Technology, Dependencies, Scalability

Additional considerations when performing a workload assessment for migrating to the cloud are the
existing technology, dependencies, and how much scalability is required.

Course 3: Customer Workload Environments
Check Your Knowledge
Question 1.
In addition to planning for the expected longevity of the application and potential
for retirement, what is one other item to consider when migrating target
applications to cloud using lift and shift?
A. Ensure that the compliance standards for your application can be met by
the cloud provider
B. The number of applications that must be rewritten to be cloud ready
C. The requirements for connectivity between VMs on-premises
D. How many services are available on the cloud provider's platform
Answer A. One other item to consider when migrating target applications to

cloud using lift and shift is to ensure that the compliance standards for your
application can be met by the cloud provider.

Question 2.
In order to meet demand without refactoring, which capability offered by IBM

Cloud for Financial Services can be leveraged once a monolith has been lifted and
shifted?
A. Horizontal scaling and block storage replication

B. Database and multi-zone regions
C. Database and other platform services
D. Load balancing and other platform services
Answer C. In order to meet demand without refactoring, database and

other platform services can be leveraged once a monolith has been lifted
and shifted.
Question 3.
When migrating workloads to the IBM Cloud for Financial Services, which of the
following identifies a benefit afforded by a lift and shift approach?
A. Integrated cloud platform service on demand

B. Scalability on demand
C. Choice of infrastructure
D. Mitigated software licensing costs
Answer B. Scalability on demand is a benefit afforded by a lift and shift

approach when migrating workloads to the IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

Question 4.
What can be used to streamline VMware workloads during lift and shift migration?
A. vSphere Integrated Container Engine

B. vCenter Converter
C. vRealize Suite
D. VMware HCX
Answer D. VMware HCX can be used to streamline VMware workloads

during lift and shift migration.

Question 5.
When leveraging cloud services, which of the following identifies a type of

migration to a destination cloud requiring re-platforming or refactoring the
application?
A. On-premises to CaaS
B. On-premises to SaaS
C. On-premises to PaaS
D. On-premises to laaS
Answer C. When leveraging cloud services, on-premises to PaaS is a type of

migration to a destination cloud requiring re-platforming or refactoring the
application.
Question 6.
A good, efficient option for lift and shift to a cloud platform would be which of the
following workloads.
A. VMware with elasticity requirements

B. An application that runs slowly or inefficiently on premises
C. Cloud Foundry workloads using platform services provided by another
cloud provider
D. Mainframe batch processing workloads
Answer A. VMware with elasticity requirements is a good workload option

for lift and shift to a cloud platform with optimum efficiency.

Question 7.
Which of the following identifies the primary purpose of wave planning for
workload migration?
A. It implements building blocks and MVP capabilities simultaneously.

B. It establishes a sequence of workloads to transform, with dependencies
and constraints.
C. It establishes a checklist to determine the success of a given effort.
D. It establishes a sequence of checklists to recognize general cloud MVP
technical requirements.
Answer B. The primary purpose of wave planning for workload migration is

that it establishes a sequence of workloads to transform, with dependencies
and constraints.
Question 8.
When a client wants to take the first step toward moving workloads to the cloud,
which service offering from the IBM Cloud Garage would you recommend?
A. Analyzing a full cost comparison of on-premises to cloud

B. Conducting a trial run by migrating a small workload to the cloud
C. Executing a cloud workload assessment
D. Creating an IBM Cloud account only for practice
Answer C. When a client wants to take the first step toward moving
workloads to the cloud, you should recommend executing a cloud workload
assessment.
Question 9.
In considering public cloud adoption by financial institutions, which of the

following obstacles have generated the most impact, resulting in more than 80%
of workloads remaining on-premises?
A. Cost and disruption of cloud migrations, lack of PaaS services, and

architectural complexity
B. Multiple clouds and vendor lock-in, cyber and regulatory risk, and
scalability concerns
C. Lack of PaaS services, cyber and regulatory risk, and multiple clouds and
vendor lock-in
D. Confidence to run data sensitive workloads in public cloud, cyber and
regulatory risk, and architectural complexity
Answer D. In considering public cloud adoption by financial institutions,

obstacles such as the confidence to run data sensitive workloads in public
cloud, cyber and regulatory risk, and architectural complexity have
generated the most impact.
Question 10.
Which of the following is true about the IBM Cloud for Financial Services Controls
Framework and its relationship to the governance model for financial institutions
who adopt the IBM Cloud for Financial Services?
A. The IBM Cloud for Financial Services Controls Framework does not
define the governance model.
B. Specific controls of financial institutions do not map to the governance
model.
C. All of the compliance standards and regulations applicable to a financial
institution are covered by the IBM Cloud for Financial Services Controls
Framework.
D. The governance model for financial institutions is directly affected by
the IBM Cloud for Financial Services Controls Framework.
Answer A. The IBM Cloud for Financial Services Controls Framework does
not define the governance model for financial institutions who adopt the
IBM Cloud for Financial Services.
Question 11.
Data security is comprised of which key components?
A. Privacy and regulations, classification and monitoring, and integrity and

protection
B. Archiving and protection, integrity, and protection and compression
C. Classification and monitoring, integrity and protection, and protection
and compression
D. Privacy and regulations, archiving and protection, and classification and
monitoring
Answer A. Data security is comprised of privacy and regulations,

classification and monitoring, and integrity and protection.
Question 12.
In order to deliver financial technology services with APIs, what functional

requirements must be addressed?
A. Limited access to APIs to service accounts and generate logs from only
successful API access, and support for mobile application management
functions
B. The ability to generate logs from only successful API access, and the
ability to access services using RESTful APIs
C. The ability to secure access to the API with authentication and
authorization services, and the ability to provide RESTful APIs
D. Support for compliance scanning of API and support for mobile
application management functions
Answer C. In order to deliver financial technology services with APIs, the

ability to secure access to the API with authentication and authorization
services, and the ability to provide RESTful APIs must be addressed.
Question 13.
When utilizing Red Hat OpenShift in an MZR on IBM Cloud, which two options can
be used to create a mountable file system volume?
A. IBM Event Streams

B. IBM Cloud Databases
C. Software Defined Storage with Portworx
D. OpenShift Service Mesh
E. IBM Cloud Object Storage
Answer C, E. When utilizing Red Hat OpenShift in an MZR on IBM Cloud,

Software Defined Storage with Portworx and IBM Cloud Object Storage can
be used to create a mountable file system volume.
Question 14.
What are two primary benefits the IBM Cloud for Financial Services offers when
performing a readiness assessment for moving a financial services application to
the cloud?
A. IBM Blockchain stores immutable audit logs.

B. Sensitive data can be migrated to the cloud because of the FIPS 140-2
Level 4 encryption offered by IBM Hyper Protect Crypto Services.
C. Data and client applications can run on-premises due to the IBM Cloud
Satellite service enabling the creation of hybrid environments.
D. Client applications can be run on-premises by way of the IBM Code
Engine Service, which runs Cobol applications.
E. The new Security and Compliance center can detect fraudulent financial
transactions.
Answer B, C. Sensitive data can be migrated to the cloud because of the

FIPS 140-2 Level 4 encryption offered by IBM Hyper Protect Crypto Services
and data and client applications can run on-premises due to the IBM Cloud
Satellite service enabling the creation of hybrid environments are two
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Question 15.
Which of the following identifies two types of application architectures that are
generally considered easier to migrate to cloud environments?
A. Legacy database connections and applications following the twelve-

factor methodology
B. Applications following the twelve-factor methodology and microservices
architecture
C. Stateful applications with persistent client connections and microservice
architecture
D. Monolithic applications and legacy database applications
Answer B. Applications following the twelve-factor methodology and

microservices architecture are generally considered easier to migrate to
cloud environments.
Question 16.
When thinking about the benefits and/or cost of moving an application workload to
the cloud, which two disadvantages should be considered?
A. The challenge of setting up a CI/CD pipeline and decreased frequency of

updates
B. Relying on the cloud vendor to provide infrastructure level security and
reworking intricate code that has external dependencies
C. Reworking intricate code that has external dependencies and how to
migrate unsupported software
D. How to migrate unsupported software and the challenge of setting up a
CI/CD pipeline
Answer C. When thinking about the benefits and/or cost of moving an

application workload to the cloud, reworking intricate code that has external
dependencies and how to migrate unsupported software are two
disadvantages that should be considered.
Question 17.
Once an established compute environment with multiple components has been

assessed for cloud migration, how should the work then proceed?
A. The number of lines of code in each application (from small to large)

should be identified in order to prioritize the migration of applications.
B. Web UI applications should be migrated before backend applications.
C. The type of data stored by an application (from more to less
confidential) should dictate how the work is prioritized.
D. Each component should be plotted on a Value versus Effort (gain versus
pain) graph so that work that is identified as both high gain and low pain
can be prioritized.
Answer D. Once an established compute environment with multiple

components has been assessed for cloud migration, each component
should be plotted on a Value versus Effort (gain versus pain) graph so that
work that is identified as both high gain and low pain can be prioritized.
Question 18.
In considering the IBM Cloud for an OpenShift application, which of the following
persistent storage solutions only supports a single zone?
A. VPC File Storage

B. VPC Block Storage
C. SDS (Portwork)
D. Cloud Object Storage
Answer B. In considering the IBM Cloud for an OpenShift application, VPC

Block Storage only supports a single zone.

Question 19.
A fast, cost-effective migration with little to no disruption of service is a benefit of

which kind of FS Cloud workload migration approach?
A. PaaS
B. Cloud native
C. Lift and shift
D. SaaS
Answer C. Lift and shift is a fast, cost-effective migration approach with

little to no disruption of service.

Question 20.
Rapidly moving to cloud by migrating existing applications is an advantage of lift

and shift under which architecture?
A. VMware
B. Quantum
C. Hyper Crypto
D. Watson
Answer A. Rapidly moving to cloud by migrating existing applications is an

advantage of lift and shift under the VMware architecture.

Question 21.
Reduction in time and _____ needed to deploy and administer the build is an
advantage to consider when migrating an application workload to the cloud.
A. Cost
B. Complexity
C. Work
D. Risk
Answer C. Reduction in time and work needed to deploy and administer the
build is an advantage to consider when migrating an application workload to
the cloud.
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Acronyms
Acronym Acronym Expansion
API Application programming interface
COS Cloud Object Storage
MVP Minimum viable product
NAS Network Attached Storage
PaaS Platform as a Service
SaaS Software as a Service
SAN Storage Area Network
VPC Virtual private cloud

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This study guide covers:

 Customer Workload Environment

How to Use this Study Guide

Read the content. Take notes. Answer practice

Thorough study is essential to a successful outcome on the exam.

• Clear your schedule.

• Open the associated on-line course for reference.

• Print a copy of the study guide.

Courses and Objectives

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Introduction and Objectives

In Course 3 of the study guide, the subject matter:

 Focuses on making recommendations relating to the customer workload environment, including

 Introduction and Objectives

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Applications for Migration Overview

Benefits of Using Lift and Shift

Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Alternatives to Lift and Shift

Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS)

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Lift and Shift Migration Assessment

Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3

Application Lifespan Compliance API Access Restrictions

Before migrating from your

Factor 4 Factor 5 Factor 6

Migration Automation Migration Priority Feature and Scope Creep

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Cloud Workload Assessment

Evaluating Migration Complexity

Requires Thorough Review

What are some blocks to public cloud adoption?

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Exposing Legacy APIs

Exposing API Functional Requirements

Cloud Storage Options

Data Storage for Single Zones in Red Hat® OpenShift

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Choosing a Database Cloud Databases

IBM Cloud Hyper Protect DBaaS

Classification and Privacy and Integrity and

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Data Governance Capability and Risk Migration

Clarity and Consistency Oneness Framework

NOTE: The IBM Cloud for

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

IBM Cloud for Financial Services Advantages

Creating a Mountable File System Volume in Red Hat OpenShift

Analyze Pain and Understand Gain

Possible Measurements for Gain Possible Measurements for Pain

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Course 3: Customer Workload Environment

Create the Grid

Technology, Dependencies, Scalability