Credential Code C9006300 · C1000-176

IBM Certified Advanced
Architect - Cloud v2

Demonstrate three or more years of hands-on experience designing cost-effective, resilient architectures on IBM Cloud — selecting the right services, applying best practices, and designing hybrid multicloud solutions with little to no assistance.

Resilient Architecture Security Best Practices Hybrid Multicloud Cloud Migration Kubernetes & OpenShift Cost Optimization

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IBM Certified Advanced Architect

Cloud v2 · C1000-176

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Certification StatusLive

Credential CodeC9006300

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Exam LanguagesEnglish

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Certification Overview

What This Certification Validates

An IBM Certified Advanced Architect – Cloud v2 should have at least three years of hands-on experience in designing cost-effective resilient architectures on IBM Cloud that adhere to industry best practices and selecting the appropriate IBM Cloud services based on application and customer requirements. They can do this with little to no assistance.

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Before You Begin

Industry cloud best practices

IT architectures and cloud solution patterns

IBM Cloud Service Management and Operations (CSMO)

Designing Kubernetes and OpenShift solutions

Cloud infrastructure: storage, security, networking, virtualization

Designing solutions incorporating emerging technologies

Exam Objectives

What the Exam Covers

Number of Questions

Questions to Pass

90 min

Time Allowed

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Certification Details

Required ExamC1000-176: IBM Cloud Advanced Architect v2

GroupCloud

Certification StatusLive

Credential CodeC9006300

Replaces Credential CodeN/A

Being Replaced ByN/A

Exam StatusLive

Exam LanguagesEnglish

This assessment exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed in the related job role and exam objectives. The sample test gives you an idea of the type and number of questions that may appear on the actual exam.

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Course Curriculum

Cloud Advanced Architect v2 Modules

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Design Secure Solutions from the Ground Up

4 Topics

Apply the IBM Cloud security best practices

Apply the IBM Cloud shared responsibility model

Use IBM Cloud security services

Build and design solutions that take advantage of multiple security services

Strategies for Maintaining Response Time, Throughput and Cost Targets on IBM Cloud

3 Topics

Utilize logging and monitoring to trigger auto-scaling and deployment of services

Build and design solutions that scale elastically for performance and cost efficiency or take advantage of reserved instances

Optimize solution performance using geolocation

Designing Solutions for Ease of Operations and Automation

4 Topics

Describe security and compliance goals

Design solutions for observability

Design solutions that take advantage of immutable cloud infrastructure software defined environments

Centralized logging and monitoring for hybrid multicloud environments

Design Solutions that Survive Outages and Can Perform Auto-Healing

4 Topics

Design resilient solutions using availability zones and regions

Design per Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) requirements

Design resilient solutions using technologies with inherent resiliency

Design solutions that can survive the outage of a node, region, zone, metro, or cloud provider

Design Solutions Using IBM Cloud Services

3 Topics

Design application architecture

Select the right compute options per the functional requirements on IBM Cloud

Design solutions for storing and analyzing data

Design Hybrid Multicloud Platform Architectures

4 Topics

Design solutions for portability

Apply network design considerations

Design solutions for data residency

Design environments for multicloud deployments

Cloud Migration and Modernization

4 Topics

Matching customer requirements with migration use cases to IBM Cloud

Design migration solution to migrate complex workloads to VMs/VSIs on IBM Cloud

Design migration solution to transform and migrate complex workloads to containers on IBM Cloud

Design migration solution to migrate data to DBaaS on IBM Cloud

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Who should take the C1000-176 exam?

Senior cloud architects with at least three years of hands-on experience designing resilient, cost-effective architectures on IBM Cloud.

Do I need prerequisites for this exam?

There is no mandatory prerequisite, but topics covered on the IBM Cloud Professional Architect certification exam form a strong foundation for this advanced-level exam.

How many questions are on the exam and what is the passing requirement?

The exam consists of 60 questions, and you need to answer 37 correctly to pass within the 90-minute time limit.

What topics carry the most weight in this exam?

Designing solutions for ease of operations and automation, and designing solutions that survive outages and perform auto-healing form the largest portions of the exam, along with hybrid multicloud architecture and security.

Is this certification currently active?

Yes. The C1000-176 certification status is Live and currently has no replacement credential.

What is included in the Zetlan Cloud Advanced Architect v2 training?

The course covers all 7 exam domains — secure solution design, performance and cost strategies, operations and automation, resiliency and auto-healing, IBM Cloud services design, hybrid multicloud architecture, and cloud migration and modernization — with hands-on guidance.

IBM Certified AdvancedArchitect - Cloud v2

IBM Certified Advanced Architect

What This Certification Validates

Before You Begin

What the Exam Covers

Certification Details

Cloud Advanced Architect v2 Modules

Frequently Asked Questions

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