IBM AIX 7 Administration - 000-221 Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
An administrator saved a change to the active profile of an LPAR. When will the change take effect?

A. When the Rebuild Managed System task completes B. When the admin reboots the LPAR from within AIX C. Immediately after the profile is saved D. When the LPAR is shutdown and the profile is activated from the HMC

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 2
Why would the 'bffcreate -d /dev/cd0 -t/tmp/images all' command be run?

A. To create installation or update images of all software packages from media in /dev/cd0 B. To install all software packages from the media in /dev/cd0 that have prerequisites met on the system or in /tmp/images. C. To make a copy of all software in /tmp/images and store onto the writable media in /dev/cd0 D. To make a file in /tmp/images that lists all of the software packages on media in /dev/cd0

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 3
What infrastructure is necessary to support update installation to an existing IVM instance?

A. Cluster Systems Manager B. Network Install Manager C. IBM Systems Director D. Systems Director Management Console E. Hardware Management Console

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 4
Given the following output, what is the most likely cause for the error shown?

A. The network that ent0accesses is unavailable. B. The SEA providing network connectivity for ent0is unavailable. C. ent0is not connected to a switch. D. ent0is part of an EtherChannel.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 5
Before changing virtual memory settings, how can an administrator check the valid range of values for a tuning parameter?

A. Isattr-R B. Iscfg-T C. vmo-L D. vmtune-l

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 6
When attempting to connect to a remote system, a long delay is experienced before the login prompt is displayed. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this issue?

A. The /etc/resolv.conf file on the remote system has an invalid entry. B. The /etc/hosts file on the remote system has an invalid hostname listed for itself. C. The /etc/resolv.conf file on the remote system is missing. D. The /etc/hosts file on the remote system does not have an entry for itself.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 7
A mirrored rootvg internal disk, hdisk1, has failed and must be replaced. The remaining mirrored disk, hdisk0, is intact and functioning normally. What is the correct sequence of actions?

A. unmirrorvg rootvg hdisk1 rmdev-I hdisk1 -d physically replace hdisk1 reducevg rootvg hdisk1 cfgmgr extendvg rootvg hdisk1 mirrorvg rootvg Run a bosboot on both disks B. unmirroivg rootvg hdisk1 reducevg rootvg hdisk1 rmdev -I hdisk1 -d physically replace hdisk1 cfgmgr extendvg rootvg hdisk1 Run a bosboot on both disks mirrorvg rootvg C. unmirrorvg rootvg hdisk1 reducevg roolvg hdisk1 rmdev -I hdisk1 -d physically replace hdisk1 cfgmgr extendvg rootvg hdisk1 mirroivg rootvg Run a bosboot on both disks D. rmdev-l hdisk1 -d physically replace hdisk1 cfgmgr unmirrorvg rootvg hdisk1 reducevg rootvg hdisk1 extendvg rootvg hdisk1 mirrorvg rootvg Run a bosboot on both disks

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 8
When migrating an LPAR utilizing Live Partition Mobility (LPM), which statement is correct?

A. The destination system must have the same virtual adapter slots free on its VIO Server as the source system. B. LPARs with dedicated I/O adapters can be migrated using LPM, provided the same
dedicated I/O adapters are available on the destination system. C. The source and destination systems must be managed by different HMC devices. D. Physical disk attributes for backing devices must have the same reservation policy set on both source and target VIO Servers.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 9
In addition to an available DVD drive and 5GB disk space, what are the minimum server and LPAR requirements to install AIX 7.1 from DVD media?

A. IBM PowerPC 970, POWER4, POWER5, POWER6 or POWER7 Server 1024MB Memory B. IBM POWER4, POWER5. POWER6 or POWER7 Server 1024MB Memory 3015 C. IBM POWER4. POWER5. POWER6 or POWER7 Server 512MB Memory D. IBM PowerPC 970, POWER4, POWER5, POWER6 or POWER7 Server 512MB Memory

Correct Answer: D