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IBM Tivoli Netcool/Proviso 4.4.1 Administration (Instructor-led Online)

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Course description

NOTE: This is a live, instructor-led online course. Do not make arrangements to travel. See the Remarks section for the equipment required to participate in the lectures and hands-on labs. After you are confirmed in the class you will receive further instructions to access audio, video and remote labs. Instructor-led Online US courses start at 9:00 am Central time unless specified otherwise. Please enroll at least five business days prior to class start date to ensure course materials can be shipped in time.

Learn about system administration for IBM Tivoli Netcool/Proviso Version 4.4.1. Netcool/Proviso is performance management software that provides fast network reporting suitable for trend analysis, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and Service Level Advisor (SLA) objectives. Highly customizable Web-based reports are appropriate for audiences, including network operations staff, business decision makers, and customers of service providers. The highly flexible and scaleable architecture allows for full integration into a service provider or enterprise scale Open Source Software (OSS) infrastructure. This course includes multiple opportunities for hands-on lab practice that expose you to the administration of Netcool/Proviso 4.4.1.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Manage Netcool/Proviso components using GUI and CLI tools
  • Create, delete, import, and export Netcool/Proviso users and groups
  • Verify Netcool/Proviso version information
  • Describe data types in the Netcool/Proviso database
  • Monitor database disk usage
  • Configure database threshold alarms and threshold notifications
  • Change database disk usage directories
  • Purge old metric data from the database
  • Modify data retention intervals
  • Re-index meta data
  • Describe the inventory process and supporting file structure
  • List metric data directories in the DataLoad and DataChannel modules
  • Explain metric data directory concepts, such as quota, FSLL, and flow control
  • Modify DataLoad configuration details
  • Modify DataChannel configuration details
  • View Netcool/Proviso module log files
  • Interpret Netcool/Proviso module log files
  • Monitor Netcool/Proviso performance
  • Configure web user diagnostic reporting
  • Install Netcool/Proviso patches
  • Troubleshoot and resolve common Netcool/Proviso issues

Course outline

  1. System Management
  2. Database Operations
  3. Netcool/Proviso Dataflow
  4. Advanced Channel Configuration
  5. Netcool/Proviso Logs
  6. System Load/Disk Usage
  7. Netcool/Proviso Troubleshooting

Who will benefit from this course

This is an intermediate course for customers who administer and maintain an installation of Netcool/Proviso.

Required skills/knowledge

  •  You should have UNIX or Linux system administration experience.

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