Sunday, 25 February 2018

MB6-895 Financial Management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Published: November 03, 2017
Languages: English
Audiences: IT professionals, Information workers
Technology: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSE

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

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Set up and configure the core financial modules. (25-30%)
Define and configure the General ledger module.
Define currency and exchange rates; define and create the chart of accounts and main accounts; set up and manage fiscal and ledger calendars; create and define financial dimensions and financial dimension sets; configure account structure; define the ledger for a legal entity; set up journals; define the General ledger parameters and accounts for automatic transactions; configure intercompany accounting
Explain and set up the Cash and bank management module.
Explain bank transaction types and transaction groups; set up bank groups, create bank accounts, explain the Cash and bank management parameters; configure check layouts
Describe and design the Accounts receivable and Collections management modules.
Describe customer posting profiles, set up customer payment information, create customers, define the Accounts receivable parameters, describe an organizational structure for centralized payments; set up and process collection letters, configure and calculate interest, process interest adjustments, set up customer pools and aging period definitions
Review and build the Accounts payable module.
Define vendor posting profiles, configure vendor payment information, explain invoice matching; create vendors, walkthrough the account payable parameters; review an organizational structure for centralized payments
Clarify and utilize the Tax module.
Define ledger posting groups, create sales tax codes, establish sales and item tax groups, define sales tax authorities, explain withholding tax; review sales tax jurisdictions
Define basic fixed asset concepts, and complete setup for the Fixed assets module.
Define depreciation methods and conventions, set up depreciation profiles and books, set up value models, define Fixed Asset parameters, create fixed assets, set up and assign bar codes to assets, lend fixed assets

Manage daily procedures for the core financial modules. (25-30%)

Review and process transactions in the General ledger module.
Create and post general journals; create voucher templates, process periodic journals, process period allocations, create and process accrual schemes, reverse a transaction, create reversing entries; use ledger accrual schemes in a journal; create and post intercompany journal entries
Analyze and walkthrough transactions in the Cash and bank management module.
Create and delete checks, void a check and create payment reversals, create and cancel deposit slips, reconcile bank accounts
Assess and handle transactions in the Accounts receivable and Collections management modules.
Create free text invoices, process prepayments, create payment journals, reverse settlements, reimburse a customer, perform sales order invoicing; review aged balances for customer, process customer account statements, create write-off transactions, process a non-sufficient funds cancellation; manage the status of customer transactions; use cases and activities to track collection actions
Define and create transactions in the Accounts payable module.
Define and create different types of invoice journals, manage vendor invoices, perform invoice matching; process prepayments, create payment proposals; process payment journals
Explain and work with transactions in the Tax module.
Revise sales tax prior to posting a transaction, post sales tax on prepayments, create transactions with conditional sales tax
Review and process fixed asset transactions.
Define transaction types available, process acquisitions through journals, process depreciations, process disposals, process value adjustments; create purchase orders for fixed assets; acquire fixed assets from a purchase order

Set up, configure, and use the Budgeting module. (20-25%)
Define basic budgeting concepts, and setup basic budgeting features.
Define budget concepts; discuss different budget types; set up the different budget configurations, define the budget parameters
Configure and use budget control features.
Set up the budget control configuration settings; define budget groups and budget control rules; enable budget control for source documents and journals; activate and turn on budget control; view budget check results on transactions
Define and generate budget plans.
Define budget planning configuration, create budget plans, process budget plans, modify budget plans in Excel
Create and process budget register entries.
Create and process budget register entries; transfer budget balances, define budget allocations, update budget register entries in Excel; create budget register entries from budget plans

Manage periodic and closing procedures for the financial modules. (20-25%)
Setup, configure, and run consolidations and eliminations.
Set up and define a consolidation and elimination company, add consolidation information to main accounts; define and use consolidation groups; configure elimination rules; define the consolidation methods available; perform a consolidation; create and process eliminations
Configure and perform foreign currency revaluations.
Define main account settings for foreign currency revaluation; define the types of foreign currency revaluations; perform foreign currency revaluations
Set up and run ledger allocations.
Describe the various types of ledger allocation; create ledger allocations rules and basis; process ledger allocation requests; configure allocations terms for a main account
Construct and use the period close workspace.
Describe uses for the period close workspace; configure the period close workspace; define a period close template; use the period close workspace
Set and run the fiscal year end closing processes.
Define parameters for fiscal year end close; configure and run the fiscal year close process; describe and use the closing sheet

The controller of your company has received notice from the taxing agency of another state that the sales tax rate on the company’s products sold in that will increase by 0.5% starting
on January 1st and continuing in perpetuity.



Question 1:

You must make all changes necessary in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations to make these changes take effect on January 1st. Which object in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations should be modified to make this change?

A. sales tax code
B. Ledger posting group
C. Sales tax authority
D. Settlement period

Answer: A

Question 2:
A vendor contacts you about an unpaid invoice. You verify that check was printed and mailed one month ago. Because the check has not been received by the vendor, you need to reissue a check to the vendor.

Which action should you perform?

A. Reverse the payment from the Vendor transaction report from, and then reissue the payment.
B. Void the check from the original payment journal, and then reissue the payment.
C. Create a reversing entry by using the General journal form, and then reissue the payment.
D. Process a payment reversal from the Checks from, and then reissue the payment.

Answer: D

Question 3:
Your company has acquired customers in a new state. The company must collect sales tax on the product sales to those customers.
As bookkeeper, you need to configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations to report collected sales tax to the new customers state authorities.
Which configuration controls the payment of sales tax to the new state?

A. main accounts
B. customer account
C. sales tax group
D. sales tax authority

Answer: C

Thursday, 22 February 2018

500-701 Cisco Video Infrastructure Design


This course is designed to teach technicians that install and support Cisco TelePresence solutions to install/configure, operate and maintain core visual communication components, including Cisco TelePresence endpoints, integration of premise with cloud solutions, meeting solutions, and management software.

In this course, students will add Cisco TelePresence to existing Cisco Expressway environments. This training is also appropriate for end-user technical staff, such as video system administrators and first-line support personnel.

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
Define Cisco Business TelePresence Solutions components and architectures
Understand Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (Expressway) for basic and advanced video networks
Understand Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS)
Define Cisco Meeting Server features
Define integration of Cisco Collaboration Premise Solutions with Cisco Cloud
Demonstrate how Cisco TelePresence Content Server (TCS) interacts with other products within Cisco’s Business TelePresence Solution

Target Audience
End-user technical staff
Video system administrators
First-line support personnel

Course Prerequisites
It is recommended, but not required, that students have the following knowledge and skills:

Basic computer literacy
Basic IP network literacy
Basic knowledge of video conferencing and streaming fundamentals

Associated Certification: None
QUESTION 1
In an H.323 call to that is not inter worked, which signaling protocols are routed through the Expressway?

A. RAS, RTP and H.254
B. RAS, RTP and RTCP
C. RTP, RTCP and H.254
D. RAS, Q.932 and H.245

Answer: D


QUESTION 2
Which is a call Control Device in a Cisco Collaboration environment?

A. Cisco Meeting Server
B. Cisco Telepresence Management Suite
C. Cisco Content Server
D. Cisco Expressway

Answer: A


QUESTION 3
Which Cisco WebEx product can be integrated ina CMR Cloud or CMR Hybrid deployment?

A. Cisco WebEx Training Center
B. Cisco WebEx Meeting Center
C. Cisco WebEx Support Center
D. Cisco WebEx Event Center

Answer: D

QUESTION 4

How is lite Management Connector configured for Cisco Spark Hybrid?

A. From the Web Interface of the Expressway Core and the Web interface of Spark Administration.
B. From the Web Interface of the Expressway Edge.
C. From the Web Interface of the Expressway Core.
D. From the Web Interface of Spark Administration.

Answer: D


QUESTION 5

What must be configured to setup a Directory connector for Cisco Spark Hybrid?

A. The administrator needs to configure AD to point to Cisco Spark Cloud
B. Configure the Directory Connector on the Expressway Core
C. The administrator only needs to configure AD settings in the Cisco Spark Management Portal
D. The administrator must log in to Cloud Collaboration Management and download the Directory Connector in the Windows Server

Answer: D

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Exam MB6-894 Development, Extensions and Deployment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Published: December 04, 2017
Languages: English
Audiences: Developers Technology Microsoft Dynamics 365
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSA

Skills measured
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Understand the architecture and development environment (20-25%)
Describe the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations architecture
Describe the development environment; describe the components in the application stack; identify cloud architecture components; explain the server architecture; describe the layer architecture
Describe the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail architecture
Identify components of the retail solutions and their purpose; Describe differences and uses for the Retail Server and the Retail Store Scale Unit (RSSU); Describe hardware components; Describe and create components for the Modern Point of Sale (MPOS) and the Cloud Point of Sale (Cloud POS)
Manage development with Microsoft Visual Studio and Lifecycle Services (LCS)
Identify the windows and basic navigation of Visual Studio; describe differences between and uses for projects, models, solutions, and packages; describe and perform the build process; describe the features of LCS; use LCS to deploy hotfixes, manage assets, and complete the build process

Develop new elements by using Application Explorer (20-25%)
Create and manage labels and resources
Create new label files; create and use labels; describe elements and uses for labels; identify best practices for labels; identify uses for resources
Create and manage data types
Describe uses for base enumerations; create new base enumerations; identify best practices for base enumerations; describe primitive and extended data types; create new extended data types; identify key properties for extended data types; implement best practices for extended data types
Create and manage tables
Identify the components of a table; describe various types of table relationships; describe various types of table indexes; implement best practices for tables, relationships, and indexes

Read and Write Basic X++ (20-25%)
Describe the X++ environment
Identify the characteristics of X++; use the code editor to write X++; describe the features of IntelliSense; identify basic syntax for X++; describe the use of common key words in X++; describe the features of the debugger; use the comparison tool; use the best practice checker
Work with X++ control statements
Work with variables, operators, conditional statements, and loops; use built-in functions; use communication tools
Work with classes
Create new classes; describe scoping events and parameters; describe inheritance; identify key best practices when writing X++
Manipulate data with X++
Identify techniques for data retrieval; explain uses for transaction integrity checking; insert, update, and delete records using X++; identify best practices for manipulating data with X++
Manage exceptions in X++
Identify exception types; use try/catch statements; describe the features of optimistic concurrency control; describe best practices for exception handling with X++

Manage the User Interface and Security for Developers (20-25%)
Manage the user interface
Identify components of various form patterns; identify common form patterns and sub patterns; identify key properties for form elements; apply and validate form patterns; describe uses for tiles; describe how to join data in forms; implement best practices for form development
Manage the user navigation
Identify types of menu items; create menu items and menus; identify key properties for menu items; describe uses for menu items; implement best practices for menus and menu items
Manage security in the development environment
Describe the security architecture; describe the components of role-based security; create new privileges, duties, and roles in the application explorer; describe the extensible data security framework

Develop and extend retail components (15-20%)
Modify retail components
Describe the components of the Commerce Runtime (CRT) and how to extend the CRT; describe the components of the Commerce Data Exchange (CDX) and how to extend the CDX; Identify components of the retail architecture that can be extended; Describe how to extend various components of the retail architecture.
Deploy retail modifications
Describe how to package and deploy retail modifications into a source environment; review and apply retail hot fixes; create and deploy packages for retail; resolve conflicts and rebuild packages
Monitor retail components
Identify, use and extend diagnostics and monitoring tools for retail components; Identify, setup, and monitor data distribution and offline databases; Understand hot, warm, and cold paths for diagnostics and monitoring; Use events logs, and LCS to monitor and diagnose issues with retail components


QUESTION 1
You finish developing a model named CompletedModel1 that contains objects.
Which three items from the model must be included to build the CompletedModel1 model during the
package build on the build server? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

A. CompletedModel1 build result file
B. Metadata of objects in CompletedModel1
C. Source code of objects in CompletedModel1
D. Visual Studio solution file
E. CompletedModel1 descriptor file

Answer: B,C,E

Explanation: Section: Understand the architecture and development environment (20-25%)

Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
A Dynamics AX package is a deployment and compilation unit of one or more models. It includes model metadata, binaries, cubes and other associated resources. One or more AX packages can be packaged into a deployment package, which is the vehicle used for deployment on UAT and production environments. Packages are packaged into a deployable package file for deployment to Sandbox or production environments.

QUESTION 2
You are working in a Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail environment andneed to develop an app that canbe installed on
a tablet to calculate the sales total with tax for a given list of items.
The app must work if the tablet loses wireless connectivity.
Which type of interface should you use to develop the app?

A. Cloud POS
B. User Interface
C. eCommerce
D. Modern POS

Answer: D
Explanation: Section: Understand the architecture and development environment (20-25%)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Users of Retail Modern Point of Sale (POS) can perform various retail tasks on supported laptops, tablets,
and phones. These tasks include processing sales transactions, viewing customer orders, managing daily
operations and inventory, and viewing role-based reports.
 

QUESTION 3
You are working for a client in a new Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations environment.
The client requests that custom fields be added to the SalesTable table. You need to add them in a way tominimize the
cost of maintenance and upgrading.
What should you do to add the custom fields?

A. Create a new package in the ApplicationSuite model.
B. Create a new model that overlayers the ApplicationSuite model.
C. Create a new extension model that references the ApplicationSuite model.
D. Create a new project in the ApplicationSuite model.

Answer: C

Explanation:
Section: Understand the architecture and development environment (20-25%) Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Microsoft's best practice recommendation is to use extension objects and models wherever we can.

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

C9560-523 IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 Implementation

Number of questions: 66
Number of questions to pass: 40
Time allowed: 90 mins
Status: Live

This exam consists of 5 sections described below.

Section 1: Planning
Given access to the customer technical staff and network information, determine the Network Manager requirements so that configuration can be carried out.
Given the identified IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) requirements, determine the ITNM architecture so that a detailed deployment plan is created.
Given the network size (ports/interfaces) and architecture, identify the hardware and server specifications so that hardware and server are designed for a successful IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) deployment.
Given a requirement for NCIM failover, determine the configuration options required so that primary and backup ITNM servers use the available active database.
Given installed IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V.4.1.1 (ITNM), enable the Collector Framework so that all devices which are imported by the Collector Framework are available in the topology after finishing the successful discovery.
Given access to IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) and requirements from the customer, determine data polling requirements and data collection strategies so that ITNM properly polls all the devices and interfaces.
Given the identified IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) architecture, determine the hosts and ports that will be accessed from an ITNM and end user perspective so that customer is aware of potential firewall changes.

Section 2: Installation
Given an installation environment, server, and user access method, determine if the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) installation prerequisites will affect the installation method so that a method for installation has been determined.
Given the server operating system, topology database type and hardware specifications, verify the component prerequisites to ensure a proper deployment of ITNM V4.1.1.
Given the architecture design documentation and customer requirements, determine the user access required for installation with directory permissions so that ITNM can be installed.
Given a previous Oracle or DB2 database has been installed and patched to the latest patch level, configure the remote database so that ITNM can be installed and started.
Given access to the command line on the installation system(s) and installation media, run the installation process so that ITNM is installed.
Given a new installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM), perform the required post installation tasks so that the system is ready for configuration.
Given a server with a successfully completed ITNM 4.1.1 installation and access to fixpack media, check for any Fixpacks or Interims fixes and install them if needed so that the server has a current patch level.

Section 3: Configuration
Given an ITNM installation, a virtual ObjectServer pair, appropriate server information, and access to the appropriate configuration files, configure ITNM to communicate with a virtual ObjectServer failover pair so that ITNM is able to start and events can be sent to the ObjectServer.
Given an installation of ITNM, domain information, access to the appropriate command line, and configuration GUIs, create an additional ITNM domain for improved product performance or specific business requirements
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) is installed , configured and running; Discovery Scope, Seed, SNMP, and Advanced Features are configured, configure TIP so that a user is created and defined with sufficient privileges.
Given that a user is logged in with the appropriate IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) administration rights to the TIP, select the Network Discovery Configuration and enter the appropriate information so that the scope of a Discovery is limited.
Given access to TIP and a user with sufficient privilege, configure ping seeds for improved discovery reliability.
Given a seed file and a discovery configured to use the seed file, configure the discovery process to only discover devices that are reachable in the seed file so that only appropriate devices are discovered.
Given access to devices, configure SNMP community string and telnet username and password, so that the devices can be discovered/queried by SNMP and/or Telnet.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) is installed and running, select required discovery agents so that the system is configured to run the appropriate agents during discovery.
Given an installed ITNM system, the Architecture document and an understanding of the Network Address Translation (NAT) environment, configure discovery so that the NAT environment is discovered correctly.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1(ITNM) is installed, configure pre/post discovery filters so that those devices that pass the discovery filters will be written to the topology.
Given that a user is logged in with the appropriate IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 administration rights to the TIP, select the Network Discovery Configuration and enter the appropriate information, so that advanced discovery options are configured.
Given the IP address and port on which the collector is running or listening and EMS information for EMS collectors, enable appropriate collectors so that devices that are not discovered by ping or file seeds can be discovered.
Given a list of devices not classified as desired, configure an active object class so that the device is represented correctly in Model.
Given the Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) environment, configure the polling of discovered devices, so that alerts are sent on problems on the network.
Given that ITNM has been installed and the TIP/Webgui server is available configure IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) for adaptive polling so that adaptive polling can be created to verify outages
Given an existing poll definition and access to the appropriate configuration file, configure the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) Event Gateway so that a named poll is passed correctly from the ITNM Event Gateway for Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
Given and ITNM server or alternative IP Address for the Home node and log in credentials, configure root cause analysis options within IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 to: (1) use a specific starting point within the discovered network for topological root cause analysis, (2) perform RCA based on the managed status of a device; and (3) consider time difference in alerts as a factor in determining root cause.
Given additional data in the discovery and sufficient user privileges, modify the appropriate IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 configuration files, so that the additional data is correctly displayed in the structure browser.
Given a discovered network and additional data that is required to be partitioned on, appropriate command line privileges to edit IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) configuration files, and a suitable database, create network views based on defined custom NCIM data so that non-standard data is available for use while creating Network Views.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) and the dependent Netcool components are installed and running and write access to the ITNM GUI component's configuration file, perform configuration tasks so that a new icon is available for a class of device.
Given an IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) installation and a third-party Web-based tool, configure ITNM so that the third-party tool is available as a context sensitive right-click menu tool from the topology views.
Given a working installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 and the user requirements, create and configure the network view so that the required network view would be available for the specific user.
Given a working IBM Tivoli Network Manager (ITNM) IP Edition system, appropriate Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) access to discovered devices, a successful, completed discovery and ITNM administrative access to TIP; create a path view so that a path between two devices can be viewed and managed by ITNM.
Given installed and working primary and secondary ITNM domains, configure and test failover so that ITNM virtual domain components can communicate.
Given a default installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM), enable the Service-affecting Events (SAE) functionality and configure it to use a named topology field within the resulting SAE events so that the SAE process is enabled, the ObjectServer is configured to accept Service data and the SAE events contain the named topology field.
Given an existing topology attribute and an existing ObjectServer event field, configure the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) gateway to enrich events with the topology attribute in the ObjectServer field so that the EventGateway is configured to enrich all events with a named topology attribute into a named ObjectServer field.
Given the ITNM environment and a default set of ObjectServer alerts.status column names, configure the system so that the ObjectServer alert.status column names can be used in the creation of Network Views and for Adaptive Poll targeting.
Given a running IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) environment, configure a graph of a specific MIB variable for a network device so that operators and administrators can see a real time graph for fault analysis and solution of network problems.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) and the dependent Netcool components are installed and running and admin access to the command line is available, query the dNCIM database so the customers can review the data stored in the dNCIM.
Given a new network element with non-standard monitored (interfaces/elements) being discovered or third party customizations configure the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) NCIM embedded discovery database so that the new custom data is stored in NCIM.
Given an installed and functional ITNM product utilizing multiple domains for discovery, configure cross-domain discovery and visualization so that devices in the network views show the links between discovered domains.
Given access to the web interface and command line interface (CLI) of the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) as well as an element management system (EMS) that manages LTE devices, configure the discovery to query this EMS for LTE device related information so that LTE devices are properly discovered
Given ITNM is installed with TIP/Webgui , utilize NetworkView bookmarks for faster access to maps.
Given a working installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 and the user requirements, configure a Java Collector based discovery so that all devices which are imported by the java based Collector are available in the topology after finishing the successful discovery.
Given an installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) monitoring many data sources and/or implementing adaptive polling configure an additional poller to improve performance.

Section 4: Administration
Given a working installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) and sufficient user privileges, use the command line to uninstall ITNM so that the required components will be uninstalled.
Given a time the discovery should run, configure the appropriate stitcher so that discovery is started on given time.
Given appropriate access to the GUI, the appropriate tool security privilege, and access to the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 configuration files, unmanage a topology entity using the GUI and permanently unmanage a filtered set of entities via the discovery configuration files so that an entity unmanaged via the GUI/command line and a set of entities are unmanaged automatically via the discovery process.
Given the operational setup of the ITNM, start, stop, and verify the status of discovery process so that the discovery process is managed and verified.
Given Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) core components are installed, configure OS startup, so that all relevant ITNM processes are started automatically after reboot.
Given an installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM), appropriate access to the ITNM discovery configuration files, and a list of unconnected entities that need connecting, configure the PresetLayer stitcher mechanism, so that the unconnected devices are connected and the model database is populated with this information.
Given a discovered topology and devices for discovery are in scope, select the appropriate devices for the rediscovery and set the partial agents so that rediscovery of devices could be performed successfully.
Given a MIB file and access to the TIP Server, perform the appropriate actions so that MIB information is successfully written to the NCIM database.

Section 5: Problem Tuning & Problem Determination
Given the Architecture documentation, access to the command line and credentials for the NCIM database, verify connectivity to the NCIM database, so that ITNM components can access the NCIM database.
Given a running setup of ITNM, verify why a device is not correctly discovered so that problems preventing the device from being discovered correctly can be solved.
Given a running OMNIbus and ITNM environment, interrogate the event sub-system so that events are properly mapped to the corresponding topology entity.
Given administrative access to IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) system, perform configuration tasks so that additional levels of information are available.
Given completely installed product, verify the basic criteria, and based on the outcome, make the required changes, so that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) is connected with OMNIbus.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) is installed and the ITNM host is in the NCIM topology, determine why the ITNM Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is not working, so that events are being flagged as root cause or symptom.
Given completely installed product and fully configured and operating discovery, troubleshoot what is occurring during the discovery cycle using the OQL services so that discovery information can be seen during the discovery cycle..
Given the operational setup of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V3.9 (ITNM), configure the monitor probe to communicate with the ObjectServer, and populate an event field with new data so that ITNM Monitor probe is able to communicate with ObjectServer.
Given completely installed product and operating ITNM, review monitoring requirements so that Poller(s) can be tuned and configured to use its maximum capacity in large scale environment.

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