IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 System Administration Core B Sample Questions:
1. The Syndicator status frequently hangs on "Pending" or on "Pending, Active".
What can the administrator do to avoid this situation?
A) Configure the Syndicator to skip failed items.
B) Delete the existing Syndication relationship and create a new one.
C) Redirect all web traffic to other servers during Syndication to avoid server overload.
D) Improve the performance of the database by running maintenance tasks.
2. Danny wants to change the applications that are starting up while the server is configured for portal light mode.
In which file would he make these changes?
A) wp.base_WhiteListApps.properties
B) centralizedstartup.xml
C) wp.base_TargetMapInclList.properties
D) applicationRegistry.xml
3. Patty received a new portlet and a Java archive (JAR) file to be installed in her development IBM WebSphere Portal environment. This portlet uses the com.ibm.websphere.personalization.ContentSpot class to run personalization rules. In addition, the JAR file contains generated content spot classes and other resource collection classes. Her goal with this deployment is to avoid any class loading issues.
In which directory should Patty deploy the JAR file so that the portlet personalization rules can locate the required class objects?
A) ${wp_profile_root}/PortalServer/solutionInstaller/shared/app
B) ${PortalServer_root}/pzn/prereq.pzn/lib
C) ${PortalServer_root}/shared/ext
D) ${wp_profile_root}/portalServer/pzn/collections
4. After initially integrating IBM WebSphere Portal with the LDAP, Eric finds that users from the file repository can log in but that users from the LDAP cannot log in.These same users can log in to other systems that are integrated with the same LDAP. He checks the SystemOut.log and finds many "LDAP: error code 49" (invalid credentials) messages.
What should Eric do next?
A) Verify the bindDN and bindPassword from the LDAP definition in wimconfig.xml.
B) Verify the bindDN and bindPassword from the LDAP definition in security.xml.
C) Verify that the hashing algorithm that Virtual Member Manager uses on passwords is the same hashing algorithm that the LDAP uses.
D) Verify the federated.ldap.bindDN and federated.ldap.bindPassword that were used during integration.
5. When migrating a shared portal farm, assuming that each farm instance is a clone, which approach is valid?
A) Migrate each farm instance as a stand-alone environment.
B) Migrate each farm instance as a stand-alone environment, and enable farm mode.
C) Migrate one instance as a stand-alone environment, create clones of the migrated instance, and enable farm mode.
D) Disable farm mode, migrate one instance as a stand-alone environment, create clones of the migrated instance, and re-enable farm mode.
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: B | Question # 2 Answer: D | Question # 3 Answer: D | Question # 4 Answer: B | Question # 5 Answer: B |
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