At a glance
Course description
NOTE: This is an instructor-led online course. Do not make arrangements to travel. Please see the Student Machine Requirements section for the equipment required to participate in the lectures and hands-on labs.
Learn to use IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus version 7.2 to manage events in a network computing environment. This comprehensive course begins with the product basics, then teaches you to install, administer, and configure the OMNIbus 7.2 solution. Subjects explored include operator usage -including basic fault managment techniques using native v7.2 operator interface(s), installation and licensing procedures, configuring security and component communications, architecture, and implementation. Examples of ObjectServer SQL syntax and automations are examined. The main focus is on the deployment, configuration, and every-day maintenance of Netcool/OMNIbus 7.2 from the perspective of the administrator. Practical exercises demonstrate how to perform operational and administrative tasks using the OMNIbus Administrator GUI, command line tools, and process control. These exercises are structured to teach the operation, administration and configuration of OMNIbus in a network and systems environment. Lab exercises cover ObjectServer configuration and options, probes, gateways, and process control.
Objectives
- Identify and describe basic features components and concepts of Netcool/OMNIbus
- Use the Conductor
- Use the Event List Alerts View
- Build views using the View Builder
- Build filters using the Filter Builder
- Use basic features of the Event List Monitor Boxes
- Install Netcool/OMNIbus and perform licensing and patching tasks. FlexLM licensing is removed in v7.2 - so you will be made aware of new Tivoli licensing
- Work in the Netcool directory structure
- Understand communications protocols. v7.2 introduces enhancements to IDUC that allow alarm 'fast tracking'. This new comms channel will be discussed in depth
- Create a Netcool ObjectServer
- Append ObjectServer database structures and properties
- Work with probes and rules files
- Use process controls
- Configure ObjectServer failover and fallback.
- Understand gateways and their configuration
- Create statements using ObjectServer Data Definition Language (DDL)
- Modify menus and create tools
- Use advanced probe techniques to configure correlation and deduplication
- Understand automations (database triggers, signal triggers, temporal triggers)
- Appreciate architecture considerations
- Administer users, groups, conversions, and classes
- Describe Object Server health monitoring
- Explain internationalization capabilities within OMNIbus.
- Describe the functions of the IBM online help system - new to version 7.2.
Course outline
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DAY 1
- Components and Concepts
- Getting Started
- The Event List
- Views and Filters
- Using Tools
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DAY 2
- Installation
- The Directory Structure
- Communications Protocols
- The ObjectServer
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DAY 3
- Basic Probes
- Process Control
- Failover and Failback
- Gateways
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DAY 4
- ObjectServer SQL
- Menus and Tools
- Advanced Probe Techniques
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DAY 5
- Automations
- Administration
- Architecture
Who will benefit from this course
This intermediate level course is for individuals responsible for design and implementation of a production-ready OMNIbus system. This includes operations staff, IT support staff, IT engineering staff, IT architects or IT consultants. Independent of operating system specifics, considerable server-side product detail is provided around the administration and functionality of an OMNIbus system. You should expect exposure to all fundamental elements of OMNIbus.
Required skills/knowledge
You should have:
- General system administration skills for UNIX, Linux or Windows
- Knowledge of (and experience with) scripting languages and/or SQL is recommended, but not required.
- Knowledge of high-level programming languages (C, C++, Java) is not required.
To participate in both the lectures and labs for this course, the student workstation must meet the following hardware requirements:
- Minimum of 256 MB of memory
- Windows 2000 or XP
- Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.
- 128-bit encryption
- Versions of Internet Explorer prior to version 6.0 and Windows 2000 must have the High Encryption Packs installed
- Minimum 30Kbps dedicated Internet bandwidth
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