IBM Service Management Service Availability and Performance Management V3

Vendor: IBM

Certification Summary

The IBM Service Management Service Availability and Performance Management V3 is one of the certification programs from a vast group of IBM Certified Advanced program for professionals. The certification can be thought of receiving only if the person has adequate knowledge about the Tivoli Service Operations and analyzing performance along with managing the solutions. Expertise in these fields is the only thing that can get you to the certification process and only then it may be realized. It can be a ubiquitous task if you are a novice in this field.

Who can pursue this certification?

As mentioned earlier, achieving the IBM Service Management Service Availability and Performance Management V3 can be quite a task, so it is advised to have high fundamental skills and understanding of the concepts related to the Tivoli Service Operations and analyzing performance along with managing the solutions. So a person who has these skills and knowledge is only advised to go for this certification course.

Benefits

With great certification comes great benefits and certainly this goes well for the IBM Service Management Service Availability and Performance Management V3 certification as well. The benefits are in plenty if you manage to achieve this feat. Besides the higher employment opportunities that come with this certification, many a organizations use the performance management features for a better service. This will not only boost your pay scale but also create you into a high class resource for your organization while speeding up your professional growth by providing and verifying the accreditation you have achieved. Certainly, an achievement to brag about!

Associated Exam

Well, great things are not easy to achieve by and this certification just proves it right. To get this certification amongst your ranks, you need to clear three quite challenging tests. These exams are listed below:

• Test 000-538 - Tivoli Monitoring Implementation V6.2.2
• 000-007 - Tivoli Omnibus/Netcool Implementation by IBM V7.3
• For this third stage, you need to clear any one of the following mentioned tests:
  1. Test 000-655 - Tivoli Application Manager for Composite Transaction V7.3 Implementation
  2. Test 000-222 - Tivoli Application Manager for Composite Transaction V7.1 Implementation
  3. Test 000-568 - Tivoli IBM Manager for Composite Application Diagnostics Implementation V7.1
  4. Test 000-033 - Tivoli Application Discovery Dependency Manager Implementation V7.2
  5. Test 000-654 - Tivoli Application Discovery Dependency Manager Implementation V7.2.1.3

The test number 000-538 can also be taken in the Japanese language along with English. The test will have a total number of 62 questions which will have to completed in maximum time range of 90 minutes. A minimum passing percentage of 69% or above is required to clear this test.

For details and test structure of the rest of the tests, please visit the provider's website for further details. However, it is mandatory to note that a sample test may be undertaken from the website for the candidates to know where they stand with their preparation and what to expect in the exam.

In case if someone fails to qualify for the test, he may take a retest immediately without any time gap requirement. However, a time limit of 30 days needs to be maintained if this process goes on till a third try.

Prerequisites

Before you go out to acquire this certification, IBM provides solutions to these challenging tests in the form of trainings and courses. These teaching courses are not necessary but are highly advised to be taken in order to prepare yourself with the topics in the exams and these courses also teaches you what kind of mental preparation needs to be done while going for this certification process.

Topics Covered

Test 000-538 have a range of topics which includes planning project sponsors, ITM model for support, existing hardware and software, TEMA operations, Installation, understanding Hub Tivoli Server, installing UNIX and LINUX, configuration, analyzing the performance and solutions, error detection and administration.

For all the topics that are included in the rest of the exams, please visit the provider's website and plan accordingly about how to go with your preparation and which tests to go for.

Certification Validity

Like most of the other IBM certification programs, the IBM Service Management Service Availability and Performance Management V3 certification is also high value and need recertification upon the next release of the updated version in the area concerned. The recertification provides you resourcefulness and expertise in the latest advancement brought out in the marketplace.

Review by Experts

The word 'Certified' ahead of any professional term is a stamp of approval and appeals to your employers about some of the qualities one has, be it knowledge, trustfulness and awareness and being an IBM certified simply doubles the value.

AllexBrown, Synopsys Inc.

Ontario, Canada