IBM C9510-318 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | IBM |
| Exam Name: | IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.5 Core Administration |
| Exam Number: | 000-318 (C9510-318) |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Passing Score: | Not officially published (usually ~60–70%) |
| Real Exam Qty: | 56 |
| Exam Price: | Not publicly listed (IBM Professional exam pricing applies) |
| Related Certifications: | IBM Certified System Administrator - WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.5.5 and Liberty Profile |
| Available Languages: | English, Japanese (000-318J variant) |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Withdrawn / Retired |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice, Multiple answer |
| Sample Questions: | IBM C9510-318 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Onsite or Pearson VUE testing centre delivery |
| Pre Condition: | Foundational knowledge in Java Enterprise Edition, OS administration, networking and security concepts recommended |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.ibm.com/training/certification |
IBM C9510-318 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Installation, Configuration and Maintenance | - Profile creation and management - Silent installation and installation manager use |
| Application Management | - EAR/WAR deployment - Resource configuration |
| Security Configuration | - User realms and authorization - SSL and certificates |
| Performance and Monitoring | - Tuning JVM and thread settings - PMI and performance tools |
| Administrative Tools and Scripting | - Integrated Solutions Console - wsadmin scripting |
| Architecture | - Deployment manager, nodes, clusters - WebSphere topology and components |
| Clustering and Workload Management | - Cluster setup - Distributed session management |
| Problem Determination | - Heap/javacore analysis - Logging, trace and HPEL |
IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.5, Core Administration Sample Questions:
1. A system administrator created multiple production cells for a company. Each cell contains multiple clustered application servers. The administrator needs to configure an external HTTP server to route requests to the multiple cells. How can the system administrator configure a web server to route traffic to multiple unrelated cells?
A) Generate a plugin configuration file using the deployment manager.
B) Use the WebSphere Customization Toolkit to create a customized plugin configuration.
C) Configure the plugin to use multiple plugin configuration files.
D) Run the pluginMerge script.
2. A Messaging Engine that persists data inside the message store has crashed and the backup of the configuration data is also not available. What should the system administrator do to restore the configuration data of the queues and topics?
A) Create a new Messaging Engine using the same messagestore.
B) Use the Integration Solutions Console (ISC) to restore the configuration.
C) Use recoverMEConf +-g command from wsadmin.
D) Create a new Messaging Engine and create queue and topic destinations with same names.
3. A system administrator is asked to increase the logging level of an e-commerce application running on a production server to help developers troubleshoot a problem that is difficult to reproduce. The requester wants lengthy comprehensive logs to locate the root cause of the problem. The application is responsible for the online shopping experience of thousands of customers daily. The administrator is concerned about degrading performance of the application with the major shopping weekendapproaching. How can the administrator address their performance concerns and satisfy the needs of the developers?
A) Enable Cross Component Tracing.
B) Enable the diagnostic trace service in-memory circular buffer.
C) Enable High Performance Extensible Logging (HPEL) and disable the HPEL text log.
D) Ask the developers to use the WebSphere Event Logging and redeploy the application.
4. An e-commerce application has been deployed on a WebSphere Application Server cluster with four cluster members. While a customer is shopping on the website, one of the application servers within the cluster fails. How does the system administrator need to configure the cluster so that the application's users do not get logged out of the application if the server fails?
A) Enable session affinity
B) Enable failover of transaction log recovery
C) Increase the session timeout
D) Configure memory-to-memory session replication
5. A system administrator is using wsadmin scripts to perform product configuration.
The command connects to a target server by specifying the connection type (SOAP), target server, port number and script file. The scripts have been successfully tested in a standalone environment. But, after the node is federated, the updates made are only visible for a limited amount of time. What should the system administrator do to fix this problem?
A) Verify that deployment manager is set as the target server.
B) wsadmin should target node agent.
C) Ensure that the deployment manager and node agents are synchronized before running the script.
D) After running wsadmin, a syncNode command should be run.
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: D | Question # 2 Answer: C | Question # 3 Answer: C | Question # 4 Answer: D | Question # 5 Answer: A |
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