C1000-150 IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation v21.0.3 Administration Questions and Answers

The minimum required user role to request publish approval for workstream definitions within IBM Automation Workstream Services is Publishers. Publishers have the ability to create, edit, and request approval for workstream definitions. They can also view and execute workstreams, but they cannot approve or reject workstream definition requests.

It's important to note that other roles such as Configurators, Supervisors, and Workers have different permission levels and may not have the permission to request approval for workstream definitions.

When deploying License Service Reporter, the summary card additionally shows a View license usage link. This link leads to the License Service Reporter user interface that presents the license usage of your products within the reporting period for a multi-cluster environment. The license usage presented is Average Daily Usage, which is the average number of licenses used per day in the reporting period.

References: [1] https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_2.2.2/com.ibm.cic.agent.lmgr.user/license_usage.html  [2] https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_2.2.2/com.ibm.cic.agent.lmgr.user/view_license_usage.html

The best data to check for installation and upgrade problems is Pod status. Pods are the smallest deployable units in a Kubernetes cluster and contain the necessary components to run an application. Examining the Pod status can help identify any issues that may be present with the installation or upgrade process. The other options are not related to this process.

References: [1] https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/  [2] https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug-application-cluster/debug-cluster-upgrade/

To limit and secure integrations with an external service, the Cloud Pak for Business Automation operator root CA signer certificate should be provided to the external service provider to be configured. This establishes a trusted relationship between the Cloud Pak for Business Automation capability on OpenShift with the external service.

References: [1] https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_2.2.2/cpd/security/tls_integration.html  [2] https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_2.2.2/cpd/security/overview.html

The Cloud Pak Foundation services monitoring stack includes Kibana, which is an open-source data visualization and exploration tool. It allows you to search, view, and interact with data stored in Elasticsearch indices. Kibana provides a web interface that enables you to create and share dynamic dashboards, visualizations, and search templates.

It's important to note that other tools such as Elasticsearch, Alertmanager, and Logstash are also part of the Cloud Pak Foundation services monitoring stack, but they have different functions.

The best approach to determine the cause of a performance issues with Operational Decision Manager Rule Execution Server is to enable an audit trace on the Decision Server Console. This will allow you to view detailed information about rule execution, including the time taken for each rule, the parameters passed to each rule, and the results returned.

References: [1] https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_9.7.1/com.ibm.wbpm.inst.doc/topics/t_audit_trace.html  [2] https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFTN5_9.7.1/com.ibm.wbpm.inst.doc/topics/t_ds_console_overview.html