Test 000-373: IBM WebSphere Business Monitor V6.2, Solution Development

The test consists of five sections containing a total of approx. 56 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section title reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections.

Section 1 - Architecture, Topology and Monitor Infrastructure (14%)

1. Describe what Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) encompasses
2. Plan and design the monitor environment and infrastructure based on business requirements (i.e., clustered topology, stand-alone topology, development environment)
3. Define Event architecture
4. Describe the common event infrastructure (CEI)
5. Apply security based on requirements
6. Identify the WebSphere Business Monitor components

Section 2 - WebSphere Business Monitor General Knowledge, Installation and Configuration (16%)

1. Identify the primary function and business value of WebSphere Business Monitor
2. Identify SOA core components within an IBM WebSphere Business Monitor environment
3. Plan the installation of IBM WebSphere Business Monitor and the required prerequisites
4. Install Monitor Development Toolkit and test environment
5. Install Monitor runtime components (i.e., single-server environment, distributed)
6. Install and configure Business Space
7. Install Monitor dashboard portlets into Portal Server
8. Configure database and messaging resources (i.e., SIB, messaging engine, single cell, cross cell considerations)
9. Configure Queue Bypass for event processing for: same-cell /cross-cell topologies

Section 3 - Monitor Model Design, Development and Testing (30%)

1. Design the Monitor model based on business and technical requirements
2. Develop contexts to define and group Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within the KPI Model
3. Identify event emitters within a business application and design the structure of the events to support the required business measures
4. Create business measures within the monitor model
5. Create cubes, dimensions and measures within the dimensional model
6. Create event definitions for inbound and outbound events based on event architecture
7. Create the event definitions within the editor and publish events to monitor models
8. Develop and test the visual model
9. Generate and test the monitor model within the test development environment
10. Generate the monitor model and manage model versioning for deployment
11. Compare and merge monitor models

Section 4 - Monitor Model Installation (13%)

1. Deploy a monitor model within the admin console
2. Undeploy a monitor model within the admin console
3. Deploy a version of the monitor model
4. Determine whether the model version can be updated or redeployed

Section 5 - Dashboard Design, Configuration and Testing (14%)

1. Select the appropriate Monitor widgets/portlets to design a dashboard based on business requirements
2. Configure Business Space
3. Configure Monitor widgets/portlets
4. Configure multiple widgets/portlets to work in cooperative mode
5. Test dashboards in development and runtime environment

Section 6 - Managing Monitor Environment (13%)

1. Configure Monitor server security
2. Tune the Monitor production environment
3. Troubleshoot errors in the development environment
4. Troubleshoot errors in the Monitor production environment
5. Troubleshoot event processing failures
6. Manage failed events within the Monitor admin console
7. Record production environment events for playback in a test environment