TV119 - IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager 4.2 - Software Package Preparation
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Course description
The course IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager 4.2: Software Package Preparation details the building of complex software packages, testing the software package, distributing of the software package, and confirming that the software package was properly installed.
This training is done in a classroom environment with hands-on laboratory opportunities to practice concepts by performing student exercises that reflect real-world scenarios.
During the course, students will build software packages, work with the disconnected commands and work with the new features of the Software Package Editor. Students attending this course should already know the basics of software package creation.
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Objectives
- Create software packages that add and remove object related actions (text file objects, file system objects, device objects, Windows registry, shell, and profile objects, Windows services)
- Create software packages that include system actions (check disk space, restart, define software signature)
- Create software packages that include program actions (execute generic programs)
- Use disconnected commands
- Use variables, conditions, dependencies
- Create nested software packages
- Use Activity Planner to build activity plans for deploying a series of software packages
- Create software packages that use native installation (Microsoft Setup, InstallShield, AIX installp, Solaris pkgadd & patchadd, Linux RPM)
- Create software packages that install operating system and application patches
- Set software package-level properties
- Customize AutoPack to create software packages
- Use the advanced features of the Software Package Editor
- Manage locked files during installation.
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Who Will Benefit From This Course
System administrators and software deployment specialists who create complex Software Packages on a regular basis.
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Required Skills/Knowledge
- Working knowledge of the Windows and Unix operating systems, working knowledge of Windows and Unix administration functions, and Windows and Unix program installation
- Basic familiarity with database queries
- Ability to use the following Tivoli infrastructure components:
- Tivoli Desktop
- Tivoli Administrators
- Tivoli Profiles
- Ability to create Software Distribution profiles and packages.
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Recommended Courses
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Course Outline
- Introduction
- Create Software Packages
- Verifying and Installing a Software Package
- Software Package Objects and Actions by Operating System
- Automate the Creation of a Software Package Using AutoPack
- Software Package Editor: Advanced Features
- Upgrade and Operating system and Application Patches
- Using the Activity Planner
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