Duration
3 days
Overview
This course teaches you to perform a complete installation of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1. Through lectures and extensive hands-on exercises, you learn all the steps necessary to perform an installation, including hardware sizing, confirming software prerequisites, installation, creation of ObjectServers, installation of probes, installation of gateways, configuring high availability, and deploying historical event reporting. Throughout the course, you practice your knowledge through extensive hands-on exercises that emphasize the skills taught in the lectures. The lab environment for this course uses the Red Hat Linux platform.
Learning Journeys or Training Paths that reference this course:
- OMNIbus V8.1 Application Administration / Implementer Certification
- Network Manager V4.1.1 Application Deployment Professional certification
- IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact V7.1 Administration Implementation certification
Audience
This intermediate-level course is for anyone responsible for the installation of IBM Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1.
Prerequisites
You should have the following skills:
- Practical knowledge of UNIX and typical UNIX-based tools
- Practical knowledge of Network Fault Management
- Basic understanding of database concepts, including language constructs, database versus table versus column, triggers
- IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V8.1 User course or equivalent experience
Key topics
Basic Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus components and concepts
Overview
Installation prerequisites and planning
- Pre-installation planning
- Other considerations
Netcool/OMNIbus core installation
- Pre-installation requirements
- Core installation
- Preliminary operation
Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI
- Installing Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI
- Web GUI user features and functions
- Web GUI administrative features and functions
- Web GUI user authentication
Basic ObjectServer administration
- Netcool/OMNIbus directory structure
- ObjectServer structure
- Administration overview
- Modifying the ObjectServer
Tools and automations
- Introduction to ObjectServer SQL
- Desktop tools
- ObjectServer automations
Common integrations
Overview
- Common probes
- Optional probe features
- Remote probe administration
ObjectServer high availability
Overview
- Implementing high availability
- Gateway configuration
Process control
Overview
- Visual Process Activity (PA)
Event archiving
Overview
- Tivoli Common Reporting
- Gateway for JDBC
- Event reports
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.