Exploiting IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) 6.2

Course: ITIVM

Duration: 4 Days

Level: I

Course Summary

IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) manages the IT infrastructure including operating systems, databases and servers across distributed and host environments through a single customizable workspace portal. Students learn how to map the architecture of key components and the flow of event data through the architecture. They will set user access parameters to manage who sees various workspaces and personalize workspaces to provide the key information required by various operators. Also time will be saved by learning to program automated responses to events.

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Topics Covered In This Course

Introduction and Overview

Overview
Description
Architecture and Components

Using and Navigating TEP

Launching Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP)
Application Window
Online Help
Navigators
Navigating Workspaces
Capturing and Displaying Data

Event Notification

Situation Events
Situation Event Notification
Accessing Situation Event Details
Monitoring Situation Event Status Changes

Managing Enterprise Events Effectively

Situation Event Management Facilities
Accessing Situation Event Management Options
Managing Situation Events Effectively

Overview of Administrative Tasks

Solution Demonstration
Tivoli Monitoring Services
Starting and stopping ITM Components
Managed Systems
Data Storage - Data Collection
Creating Agents

Monitoring your Enterprise

Situation Events and Situation Attributes
The Situation Editor
Building Situations
Situation Settings
Expert Advice
Managing Situations
Embedded and Correlated Situations
Building Situations against different agents
Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) Integration
Omnibus Integration

Actions and Automation

Overview
Take Action
Situation Actions
Policies

Visualizing Monitoring Data

Structuring the Enterprise in Logical Views
Organizing the Presentation
Defining Data Collection Rules

Navigating Monitoring Solution

Providing User Navigation
Defining a Simple Link
Creating Advanced Links; Advanced Link Usage Examples and Link Specifics

Historical Data Collection

Configuring Historical Data Collection in TEP
Configuring the Summarization and Pruning Agent
Embedding History Data in TEP

Managing Users and Publishing Workspaces

Create, Delete, and Customize User and Group Accounts in TEP
Change Permissions for Applications and Navigator Views
Publishing Workspaces

What You Can Expect

After completing this course, attendees will be able to:

Describe the IBM Tivoli Monitoring architecture.
Use and navigate the Tivoli Enterprise Portal in order to monitor and manage an enterprise monitoring solution built with IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.
Access situation events, situation event details and status changes.
Manage events effectively using facilities provided with IBM Tivoli Monitoring.
Manage the infrastructure for IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.
Monitor the enterprise through situation events and TEC events.
Automate problem resolution through actions and policies.
Visualize enterprise monitoring data.
Personalize workspaces through creating links.
Collect historical data, prune and summarize data, manage data retention, and create historical enterprise reports.
Manage ITM 6.2 users and control access to features and workspaces

Who Should Take This Course

This class is intended for Tivoli system operators and administrators responsible for monitoring a distributed environment and setting up access, managing the workspaces, and analyzing historical data. The class will also be of benefit to Deployment specialists.

Recommended Prerequisites

To benefit from this class attendees should have the ability to navigate through Windows applications, a working knowledge of an Internet browser and experience with event management.

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Related Courses

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