I have noticed an ever increasing number of questions about Operations Center in the Certified Administrator exam. As I see it Operations Center is just one of several ways to do management and monitoring. There are other third party solutions and many shops, like our own, has their own customized solutions.
And what "real" TSM knowledge is demonstrated if you can answer the following correctly? "What information is displayed if you hover your mouse pointer over the Server icon" (paraphrased). At some point candidates with just a cursory understanding of TSM concepts will pass the the exam just because they are familiar with a web interface. I think a deep knowledge of how policies work and all the other intricacies of TSM is much more valuable than remembering the ever changing tabs, icons and colors in Operations Center. Where is IBM going with this? Are we being forced to implement and use a specific graphical management solution for the sole purpose of passing future Certfication tests? Hans Chr.
