The Tivoli Field Guides represent a new level in customer support by an Enterprise Systems Management company. Included in this initiative are a series of professional and technical white papers and journals. This on-going initiative seeks to share the experience of Tivoli customers and Tivoli implementation experts, with other Tivoli customers to provide the information needed to succeed. Tivoli Customer Support is proud to bring this initiative to life!
Additions & Updates
New Tivoli Field Guides will be added to this site often, and there is a maintenance plan in place to keep the current Tivoli Field Guides up-to-date. Please check back frequently to view updates and additions to this offering.
Two types of Tivoli Field Guides
Tivoli Field Guides for Technical Issues
These are white papers and scripts written by Tivoli employees and by Tivoli customers. These papers are designed to address specific technical scenarios or concepts, which are often complex to implement or difficult to understand. Some of the subjects discussed are:
- Endpoint mobility
- Migration
- Heartbeat monitoring
- Getting the most out of traces
- Endpoint policy issues
Tivoli Field Guides for Business Issues
These are white papers written by Tivoli employees and by Tivoli customers. These papers are designed to address specific business practices that have a high impact on the success or failure of an ESM project. The business papers cover the following topics:
- Change management
- Asset management
- Project management
- Developing requirements
- Building a case for a test environment
- Going for the quick win
- Understanding the phases of deployment
Latest Tivoli® Field Guides
2013-04-05
Tivoli Field Guide - Developing Requirements?
Requirements are the blueprints for an Enterprise Systems Management project in that they provide not only the basis for the actual implementation, but also a means to measure the current status and to provide the customer with the value of the project ...
2013-02-19
Tivoli Field Guide - Services Ready Guide for Nuclear Industry Solution, Release 7.5.1
This Services Ready Guide is meant to support the implementation project life-cycle, from initial planning on through to configuration. It will not tell you what to do, but will provide background information and insight that can be combined with ...
2013-01-02
Tivoli Field Guide - IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1 Gateway Proxy Deepdive
Typically, with most software (including IBM software), detailed documentation for each possible configuration is not provided with the original documentation. This document hopes to take a specific example of the ITM 6.1 Firewall Gateways’ configuration ...
Why did we write them?
Empower Customers & Business Partners to succeed with Tivoli
The Tivoli Field Guides will empower Tivoli customers and Business Partners by providing them with accurate and timely information on Tivoli products and on the business issues that impact their Enterprise Systems Management project. The Tivoli Field Guides are written by Tivoli Support and Services Engineers and by Tivoli Customers who have experience using Tivoli software in a production environment.
Leverage Internal & External Knowledge
Tivoli Customer Support and Services has a great deal of knowledge about how to use Tivoli products in a production environment, but not all of that knowledge is documented in product manuals or redbooks. We need to leverage the knowledge within Tivoli by documenting and sharing information on new products and find a way to leverage knowledge that is outside Tivoli. There are many Tivoli customers and Business Partners who are experts on specific products and who are using Tivoli software in unique ways. We would like to document that expertise and share it with other customers.
Events
The Tivoli Field Guides will be discussed at a number of regional events. Please contact Tivoli support site feedback or ask your account manager if there is an event in your region.
Submission
To submit a paper to Tivoli Field Guides, contact Tivoli support site feedback.
Feedback
To provide feedback on the Tivoli Field Guides or request a new Tivoli Field Guide, contact Tivoli support site feedback.
