WA1430 IBM Tivoli Infrastructure and Framework V4.1.1 Workshop

This four day course is intended for System Administrators who will be installing and tailoring the IBM Tivoli Management Framework.  It teaches the participants the fundamentals of Framework which is the core component of the Tivoli Infrastructure. Terminology, concepts and administrative functions used by Framework are fully covered. The participants get the Framework hands-on experience through numerous lab exercises

• Defining naming conventions
• Presenting Tivoli Managed Resources
• Creating and managing Tivoli Administrators
• Creating and managing Policy Regions
• Managing Tivoli Endpoints and Tivoli Gateways
• Describing the Tivoli Object Repository
• Maintaining the Tivoli Object Repository
• Understanding Framework authorization roles
• Creating and managing profiles
• Creating Tivoli tasks and jobs
• Describing the different types of Tivoli Policies
• Overview of the Endpoint Health check facility

Almost 40% of the course is dedicated to hands-on exercises. The participants will have a chance to install an Endpoint simulator, which will allow them to better understand Framework and the Infrastructure. They will create managed resources and operate a fully functional Tivoli environment.

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

• Administer a fully operational Tivoli Management Region using the Command Line Interface and the GUIs.
• Understand how to manage resources using Tivoli Framework.
• Explain the function of the Tivoli Object Repository database.
• Understand how to maintain a healthy Tivoli environment.