IBM Power Systems Virtual Server

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You are working with an industrial client to optimize their

Oracle workloads and recommend Power Virtual Server
(PowerVS) due to the total cost of ownership (TCO) advantage.
Which technology from PowerVS helps reduce Oracle software
licensing costs?

Open-source Monitoring
Shared Processor Pools 
Virtual Machine Optimization

Cloud Object Storage

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How can Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and Managed Service

Providers (MSPs) benefit from reselling IBM Power Virtual
Server (PowerVS)?

They can move away from costly management of their 

own data centers.
They can reduce development cost.

They can enable Disaster recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

for their workloads.
They can get a development and test environment for
deployments.
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The Information Technology (IT) manager for one of your

clients informs you they are looking to move one of their
production workloads that runs on AIX to Skytap on Microsoft
Azure. You know the workload is mission critical and requires
a large core count to run. How should you introduce IBM
Power Virtual Server (PowerVS)?

Explain how PowerVS provides higher availability and 

throughput, and has the high-end servers they need to
run their workload.

Explain how PowerVS doesn't require them to migrate

their AIX 5.2 images to the most current level of AIX,
which Skytap on Microsoft on Azure does.

Explain how Skytap on Microsoft Azure only focuses on

production workloads and would not meet their
development and test requirements.

Explain how PowerVS provides a much friendlier user

experience and can run the same workload for 75% less
cost than Skytap on Microsoft Azure.
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After a presentation to a client about IBM Power Virtual Server

(PowerVS), one of the line-of-business managers approaches
you regarding an application they currently run on their IBM
Power Systems running IBM i in-house. They are looking to
develop new mobile front ends using web services. Which
PowerVS use case could you discuss with the client?

Improve operational cost

Business continuity planning

Modernize

Data center strategy optimization 

Question 5

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IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) was recognized as a

leader in Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Which review site
utilizes real client feedback and has rated IBM PowerVS “Best
Feature Set”, “Best Value for Price”, and “Best Relationship” in
2023?

MIT Review

Gartner Peer Insights

TrustRadius 
TechRadar
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The Information Technology (IT) director of a small retail

client is impressed with your proposal to use IBM Power
Virtual Server (PowerVS) for their small production workload.
Compared to the same solution running on Azure Skytap, what
is a reasonable expectation of savings if the client commits to
a 3-year deal using IBM PowerVS?

About 30% 
More than 50%

More than 80%

About the same

Question 7

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Which of the following comparisons between IBM Power

Virtual Server (PowerVS) and Power on Azure Skytap is true?

PowerVS supports IBM i, but Skytap on Azure does not.

PowerVS supports scale out capabilities, but Skytap on
Azure does not.

PowerVS supports AIX, but Skytap on Azure does not.

PowerVS is certified by SAP. Skytap on Azure is not 

certified for SAP HANA and clients are also required to
buy a managed service.
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During a client meeting with a utility company, the Chief

Technology Officer (CTO) asked you to respond in one
sentence, “why do clients choose IBM Power Virtual Server
(PowerVS)?” How would you respond?

Clients choose PowerVS as it delivers the best overall

value virtual machine for Oracle, SAP, and Salesforce
workloads on cloud.

Clients choose PowerVS as it delivers the best overall

value virtual machine for Microsoft 365, SAP, and IBM i
workloads on cloud.

Clients choose PowerVS as it delivers the best overall

value virtual machine for Microsoft 365, Oracle, and IBM i
workloads on cloud.

Clients choose PowerVS as it delivers the best overall 

value virtual machine for Oracle, SAP, and IBM i
workloads on cloud.

Question 9

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The Director of Information Technology (IT) at one of your

clients is concerned about operational budget challenges and
a recent loss of two key AIX administrators. Which IBM Power
Virtual Server (PowerVS) use case could you discuss with the
client?

Data center strategy optimization

Improve operational cost 

Modernize

Business continuity planning

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A new seller has joined your IBM Cloud platform team and
asks, "What type of clients should be targeted for IBM Power
Virtual Servers (PowerVS)?" How would you respond?

You should target clients that are looking to migrate away

from their x86 architecture.
You should target clients moving their x86 workloads to
the cloud as those workloads migrate easily to IBM i
running on PowerVS.
You should first target current AIX, IBM i, and Linux 

Power Systems clients that are considering moving

some workloads to the cloud to save money.

You should target existing System z clients since they are

looking to move off the mainframe.
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A prospective client's Chief Information Security Officer

(CISO) is concerned about the security of running workloads in
any public cloud. Which of the following statements could you
make regarding the security of IBM Power Systems and IBM
Power Virtual Server (PowerVS)?

IBM Power platform provides prevention and early 

detection capabilities, which is the best defense
against cyber attacks, such as Ransomware.
Although IBM Power platform does not provide real-time
monitoring, it is trusted by 80 of Fortune 100 companies.

IBM Power platform has higher number of Common

Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) versus x86
hypervisors.

IBM Power platform is the most reliable unconventional

server.

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Which three operating systems are available on IBM Power

Virtual Server (PowerVS)?

AIX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows

AIX, IBM i, and Linux 

AIX, IBM i, and z/OS

AIX, IBM i, and Microsoft Windows

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Which cloud computing category classification does IBM

Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) belong to?

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 

Question 14

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During a client briefing, a developer suggests using Google

Cloud Platform (GCP) for all their production IBM Power
Systems workloads. Knowing this client has workloads
running on SAP, how should you respond?

While GCP does have SAP HANA certification, GCP are

limited in the number of data centers where that offering
is available.

While GCP does support IBM Power Systems, GCP 

does not have SAP HANA certification. Also, they are
limited in the number of data centers where the
offering is available.

While GCP does have SAP HANA certification, GCP only

has IBM Power available on one data center.

While GCP does support IBM Power Systems, GCP does

not have SAP HANA certification. Also, GCP only has IBM
Power available on one data center.
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When using IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) for SAP,

which of the following components are managed by IBM?

Middleware

Data

Storage 
Runtime

Question 16

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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from a pharmaceutical

company, who oversees their mission critical workloads on
Power Systems, states that replatforming costs are growing
and they are facing challenges. Which program provided by
IBM with prescriptive guidance and incentives for client’s
Hybrid Cloud Journey can you discuss to mitigate the CFO's
concerns?

IBM Cloud Power Virtual Server Migration Acceleration 

Program

IBM Cloud Power Virtual Server Special Bid Program

IBM Cloud Power Virtual Server Configuration
Enhancement Program

IBM Cloud Power Virtual Server Replatforming Facilitation

Program
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A prospective client is looking to migrate their current SAP

workloads running on-premises to a cloud-based solution.
Which of the following are capabilities and benefits of IBM
Power Virtual Servers (PowerVS) for SAP that the client could
leverage?

IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers for SAP is certified 

by SAP for SAP HANA and NetWeaver instances,
supports a bring-your-own-license model for SAP
licenses, and guarantees 1 million SAPs (SAP
Standard Application Benchmark) per virtual server.

IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers for SAP is

aggressively priced, but not certified by SAP for SAP
HANA and NetWeaver production workloads.

IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers for SAP is

aggressively priced, certified by SAP for SAP HANA and
NetWeaver instances, and supports cloud-based SAP
licenses.

IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers for SAP is

aggressively priced, certified by SAP for SAP HANA and
NetWeaver instances, and supports a bring-your-own-
license model for SAP licenses.
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Which of the following is a valid reason for a client to consider

SAP running on IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS)?

PowerVS is the only cloud-based solution.

Migrating to PowerVS can save clients upwards of 80% in
cost savings compared to Amazon Web Services (AWS) or
Microsoft Azure.
IBM Power Systems Virtual Server can reliably scale past
16 petabytes (PB).
PowerVS provides very high performance of SAP 
workloads, which can drive down the number of
required servers, reduce infrastructure and
management costs, and reduce license costs.

Question 19

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How is IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) infrastructure

separated from IBM Cloud infrastructure?

PowerVS and IBM Cloud use the same data centers and
infrastructure but different Site Reliability Engineers
(SRE).
PowerVS and IBM Cloud utilize different data centers in
different cities to enhance availability.
PowerVS utilizes different networks with direct- 
attached storage than IBM Cloud infrastructure.

PowerVS and IBM Cloud infrastructures are not

separated.
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The Chief Information Officer at a potential client meeting,

mentioned their last Disaster Recovery (DR) test did not go
well, as the testing heavily impacted their production AIX
environment. Which IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) use
case could you discuss with the client?

Modernize
Improve operational cost

Business continuity planning 

Data center strategy optimization

Question 21

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Your client is interested in migrating their Power Linux

workloads to Power Virtual Server (PowerVS). Which IBM
organization will you use to assist in the migration process?

IBM Financing
IBM Technology Expert Labs 

IBM PartnerWorld
IBM Training
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You are presenting the benefits of migrating to Power Virtual

Server (PowerVS) at a conference. A current Linux on IBM
Power Systems client asks you why they should stay with the
Power Platform. How would you respond?

Migration to PowerVS is too risky, so it’s better to stay

with on-premises Power Systems.
PowerVS is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering that
IBM manages up to runtime, making it a good way for
clients to stay with the Power Platform.
PowerVS doesn’t have an identical enterprise stack as the
certified on-premises stack, so client should stay with
Power System on-premises.
Migration to PowerVS can protect client’s existing 
Power investment by moving it to PowerVS instead of
requiring a costly replatform.
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A client's Chief Information Officer (CIO) has been asked to

put a plan in place to vacate one of their current and aging
data centers. The CIO approaches you with concerns about
obtaining sufficient floor space and power at their other data
centers to support all the IBM Power Systems that are
currently running in the targeted data center. Which IBM
Power Virtual Server use case could you discuss with the
client?

Business continuity planning

Improve operational cost
Datacenter strategy optimization 

Modernize

Question 24

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As of May 2023, how many IBM Cloud data centers support

IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS)?

5
18 
30

More than 35
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Iptor is an international leader in enterprise resource planning

(ERP), supply chain management, and logistics software and
services. What was the primary challenge that IBM Power
Virtual Server (PowerVS) helped to address for Iptor?

Modernize and transition to a true cloud delivery 

model

Requires lab and test environments

Demands extremely high availability from customers

Free up resources from low value tasks to refocus on new

projects