IBM Cognos TM1: Administer the Technical Environment (V10.2) SPVC

Cognos TM1 Architecture

• Describe the IBM Cognos performance management (PM) system and Cognos TM1's role in PM
• Identify the components of the Cognos TM1 architecture

Cognos TM1 Installation and Configuration

• Install Cognos TM1 components
• Configure Cognos TM1 components

Administer Cognos TM1 Servers with the Cognos TM1 Operations Console

• Add your Cognos TM1 admin server and Cognos TM1 server to the Cognos TM1 Operations Console
• Check the health status of the servers
• Filter the statuses shown
• Dynamically monitor Cognos TM1 server threads

Monitor Server Performance

• Use Cognos TM1 log files
• Monitor performance with control cubes
• Monitor Cognos TM1 server performance in real time

Manage the Server

• Broadcast messages to clients
• Connect and disconnect users from a Cognos TM1 server
• Shut down a remote Cognos TM1 server
• Use the command line utility to execute operations

Implement Cognos TM1 Security

• Identify Cognos 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 CognosTM1 application
• Manage the application metadata
• Transfer data in Cognos TM1 Performance Modeler
• Identify backup approaches
• Create processes to back up data
• Plan for backup and recovery of CognosTM1 applications

A: Use the IBM Cognos TM1 Package Connector (Optional)

• Install the Cognos TM1 package connector
• Import dimensions and a cube from a Cognos package

B: 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

C. Replicate and Synchronize Servers (Optional)

• Describe the replication process
• Identify replication relationships
• Identify possible server configurations
• Replicate cubes
• Remove cube replications
• Synchronize replications

D: Disaster Recovery Plan Template (Optional)

• Complete a disaster recovery plan