TV938 - IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 Advanced Deployment

Table of Contents:

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

Course description

In this course you will learn to plan and construct complex, distributed, IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS) environments using several methods. You will create multi-server replicated directories including a proxy server. You will also work on various tuning and troubleshooting techniques. You will learn the concepts and be able to apply them in the labs. This class will be over 50% hands-on exercises.

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Objectives

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

• Describe the different deployment options with ITDS
• Describe the criteria used to setup the optimal ITDS Deployment
• Set up a Distributed ITDS Deployment using Proxy Server and Replication
• Describe how DB2 tuning play in ITDS Tuning
• Performance tune ITDS for large and small installations
• Describe steps needed for performance maintenance
• Plan and perform ITDS updates with minimal downtime
• Identity and troubleshoot problems with distributed ITDS deployments.

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Course outline

1. Distributed Directories
   1. Overview
   2. Available Deployment Options with ITDS
   3. Designing the Optimal ITDS Deployment
   4. Creating a Replication Topology
   5. Creating a Proxy Topology
   6. Set up a Distributed ITDS Deployment using Proxy Server and Replication
2. Performance Tuning
   1. ITDS and DB2 Tuning Components
   2. Tuning ITDS
   3. Tuning DB2
   4. Tuning Tools
   5. Performance tune ITDS for large and small installations
   6. Maintaining Performance
   7. Troubleshooting Performance
3. Managing Updates
   1. Types of Updates
   2. Plan and perform ITDS updates with minimal downtime
4. Troubleshooting
   1. Primary Troubleshooting Areas in a Distributed Topology
   2. Troubleshooting Replication
   3. Troubleshooting Security

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Who will benefit from this course

Those who are responsible for the deployment, troubleshooting, and ongoing performance maintenance of ITDS distributed environments. This course is targeted at personnel requiring intermediate to advanced knowledge of ITDS.

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Required skills/knowledge

• Understanding of LDAP fundamentals.
• Completion of the IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 System Administration course or equivalent experience.

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Recommended courses

• TV946 - Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 System Administration

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