Duration
5 days
Overview
The BMC Control-M 9.x: Fundamentals for Schedulers course provides IT professionals with the concepts and hands-on experience of using distributed Control-M products to monitor and manage their production environments, including the creation of job definitions.
This course explores features and functionality found in the Control-M interface, a monitoring and management tool for the enterprise batch scheduling environment.
Participants will learn to manage job processing across all platforms supported by Control-M/Servers and Control-M/Agents, including the creation, scheduling, and deployment of job processing definitions using the Planning domain. Hands-on labs allow participants to apply the procedures and concepts presented in the class.
IMPORTANT: Included in this course is the examination for BMC Accredited Scheduler: BMC Control-M Workload Automation 9.0. Taking the exam and pursuing accreditation is optional, however all students enrolled in the BMC Control-M 9.x: Fundamentals for Schedulers course are automatically enrolled in the exam. You will have two attempts to pass the exam. No retakes will be offered. Those who pass will receive the title of BMC Accredited Scheduler: BMC Control-M Workload Automation 9.0. Upon completion, you will return to your organization with increased visibility as a recognized BMC Control-M expert and with improved capabilities to impact your business.
Target Audience
- Administrators
- Schedulers
- Operators
Learner Objectives
- Examine Control-M terminology, architecture, key components, and their relationships
- Use the Control-M interface to control job execution, including the creation and scheduling of job definitions for a Control-M environment
- Examine the options for the scheduling of job definitions, including the use of different types of calendars
- Describe and use all types of Control-M variables, including job-specific user-defined variables, global variables, and system variables
- Examine the configuration and use of notifications and on-do actions
- Use of control and quantitative resources in job definitions
- Manage job workload using the Workload Policy Manager
- – Creation and use of SMART Folders
- – Creation and use of job templates
- Use of BMC Control-M/Forecast to verify job schedules and observe simulated job flow
- Use of BMC Impact Manager to proactively detect and address problems in the execution of a series of jobs
Prerequisite
BMC Control-M Workload Automation 9.0: Foundation (WBT)
Course Modules
Module 1: BMC Control-M Solution Overview
» BMC Control-M Solution Overview
» Introduction to Control-M Concepts
» Introduction to Control-M Security
Module 2: Introduction to Control-M
» Control-M Overview
» Navigating Control-M
Module 3: Basics of Job Creation
» Creating Folders and Jobs
» Defining In and Out Conditions for Jobs
Module 4: Basics of Job Scheduling
» Introduction to Job Scheduling
» Introduction to Using Calendars
Module 5: Advanced Scheduling
» Using Periodic Calendars
» Using Rule-Based Calendars
» Advanced Scheduling
Module 6: Managing Notifications, OnDo Actions, and Alerts
» Notifications Overview
» Using On-Do Actions
» Viewing and Acting on Alerts
Module 7: Using Resources
» Introduction to Resources
» Introduction to Control Resources
» Introduction to Quantitative Resources
» Introduction to Workload Policies
Module 8: Additional Control-M Features
» Introduction to Cyclic Jobs
» Introduction to Find and Update
» Managing Workspaces, Folders and Jobs
Module 9: Understanding Global Conditions
» Introduction to Global Conditions
» Using Global Conditions
Module 10: Understanding and Using SMART Folders
» Introduction to SMART Folders
» SMART Folder Properties
» Creating SMART Folders
» Creating Sub-Folders in SMART Folders
Module 11: Working with Variables
» Introduction to Variables
» Using Variables in Job Definitions
» Introduction to Global Variables
» Use of a Named Pool for Variables
» Job Output and Variables
» Introduction to Include Variables
» Control-M Utilities to Manage Variables
Module 12: Managing Job Templates and Mass Job Creation
» Job Templates Overview
» Using Template Functions
» Mass Job Creation
Module 13: Creating Reports
» Introduction to the Control-M Reporting Facility
» Generating Reports
» Using the Report Wizard to Create Report Templates
» Batch Processing of Reports
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.