IBM Cognos TM1: Administer the Technical Environment (V10.1) SPVC

TM1 Architecture and Installation

• describe the IBM Cognos performance management (PM) system and TM1's role in PM
• identify the components of the TM1 architecture
• install TM1 components
• configure TM1 components

Replicate and Synchronize Servers

• describe the replication process
• identify replication relationships
• identify possible server configurations
• replicate cubes
• remove cube replications
• synchronize replications

Administer TM1 Servers with the Operations Console

• add your admin server and TM1 server to the Operations Console
• use the TM1OperationsConsole.xml file to set up your environment quickly
• check the health status of the servers
• filter the statuses shown

Monitor Server Performance

• use TM1 log files
• monitor performance with control cubes
• dynamically monitor TM1 server threads
• monitor TM1 server performance in real time

Manage the Server

• broadcast messages to clients
• connect and disconnect users from a TM1 server
• shut down a remote TM1 server

Implement TM1 Security

• identify TM1 authentication options
• create users and groups
• assign object security rights to groups
• use rules to maintain security rights

Maintain Applications

• identify migration approaches
• document objects in the TM1 application
• manage the application metadata
• identify backup approaches
• create processes to back up data
• plan for backup and recovery of TM1 applications

Customize Business Rules (Optional)

• describe a rule
• review automatically generated rules
• describe and re-order rule blocks
• disable and enable auto-generated rules
• review manual rules

Use the IBM Cognos TM1 Package Connector (Optional)

• install the IBM Cognos TM1 package connector
• import dimensions and a cube from an IBM Cognos package

Disaster Recovery Plan Template (Optional)

• complete a disaster recovery plan