TV977 - IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2 for Implementers

Table of Contents:

• Course Description
• Objectives
• Course Outline
• Who Will Benefit From This Course
• Required Skills/Knowledge
• Recommended Courses

Course description

Projected Available: March, 2008
IBM Tivoli Monitoring manages the IT infrastructure including operating systems, databases and servers across distributed and host environments through a single customizable workspace portal.
In this course, you learn how to implement IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2 by directly or remotely installing infrastructure components on distributed systems. It also covers migration or upgrade from previous releases, as well as security, availability, and other infrastructure component management tasks. There are frequent hands-on lab exercises throughout the class.

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Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to accomplish the following:

• Plan an ITM 6.2 Implementation
• Install, configure and maintain IBM Tivoli Monitor 6.2 and its prerequisites
• Install and configure Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agents
• Implement failover support for IBM Tivoli Monitoring
• Describe how to implement ITM 6.2 user security and infrastructure component communication security
• Describe a migration plan to ITM 6.2 from any of the following environments:
  
  • CandleNet Portal
  • IBM Tivoli Monitoring 5.1
  • ITM 6.1

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Course Outline

1. Planning the Implementation
   
   1. Components
   2. Design Process
   3. Platforms
   4. Planning
2. Installing the Infrastructure
   
   1. Preparing for Installation 
   2. Installation Overview
   3. Installing Server Components
   4. Post-installation
3. Configuring and Maintaining IBM Tivoli Monitoring
   
   1. TEC Event Synchronization
   2. Configuration Options
   3. Backup and Maintenance
   4. Removing ITM Components
4. Agents
   
   1. Installing
   2. Remote install
   3. Uninstalling
   4. Deploying
5. Availability
   
   1. Hot Standby
   2. Clustering
   3. Failover
6. Security
   
   1. User Authentication
   2. LDAP
   3. Firewall Support
   4. Take Action
7. Migration
   
   1. Upgrading from ITM 6.1
   2. Upgrading from ITM 5.1.2
   3. Interoperability with ITM 5.x
   4. Upgrading from OMEGAMON V350 and V60
   5. Upgrading from Tivoli DM

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Who Will Benefit From This Course

Primary audience is the Implementer tasked with installing, configuring and performing the initial deployment of ITM. Administrators and Deployment specialists will also benefit from this course.

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Required Skills/Knowledge

• Student should be familiar with monitoring processes in an enterprise environment.
• Students should also be familiar with IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.x

For those new to ITM, IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2 Introduction Web-based course
For those experienced with ITM, the IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2 Differences Web-based course. The ITM Administrator class would also be helpful.

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Recommended Courses

• TV960 - Tivoli Monitoring 6.2 for Administrators

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