IBM Security Access Manager V9.0 Deployment — Question 6

An IBM Security Access Manager V9.0 Reverse Proxy has a stateful junction to a Portal application called "/wps" There is no web server in front of Portal. This junction has three Portal servers defined behind it. The Portal team needs to do maintenance on each of the three servers. The team wants to accomplish with least impact to end users.
Which pdadmin "server task" based steps will accomplish this?

Answer options

• A. Stop a server, have Portal team apply maintenance, bring server online-repeat for the other two servers.
• B. Delete a server, have Portal team apply maintenance then add server back-repeat for the other two servers.
• C. Take a server offline, have Portal team apply maintenance, bring server online- repeat for the other two servers.
• D. Throttle a server, ensure activity has ceased for that server, have Portal team apply maintenance, bring server online-repeat for the other two servers.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Option C is correct because taking a server offline allows maintenance to be performed without affecting user access to the other servers. Option A could lead to downtime for users if a server is stopped completely. Option B involves deleting a server, which can cause more disruption than simply taking it offline. Option D, while reducing server load, may still allow some activity to occur and could result in user impact during maintenance.