IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.4 - Installation and Configuration

Introduction

• Architecture overview
• New enhancements

Installation prerequisites and considerations

• Operating systems
• Software prerequisites
• Architecture considerations

OMNIbus Core installation

• Pre-installation requirements
• OMNIbus Core installation
• Preliminary functionality
• Student exercises

OMNIbus Web GUI

• Installation
• Basic configuration
• Overview of features and functions
• Introduction to high availability and load balancing
• Student exercises

High Availability

• Overview of high-availability architecture and features
• Techniques for ObjectServer replication to create a backup
• Gateway configuration
• Verification of automated failover and fail back
• Student exercises

Basic ObjectServer Administration

• Overview of Administrative tasks
• Creation of Users, Groups, Roles
• Creation of Tables and Columns
• Student exercises

Tools and Automations

• Overview of basic SQL functions
• Creation of Menus and Tools (Web GUI)
• Overview of ObjectServer automations
• Basic automation configuration
• Launching external commands using automations
• Student exercises

Common Integrations

• Overview of probe features and functions
• Rules file customization
• Probe high availability
• Common probes (Syslog, MTTrapd, EIF)
• Overview of Netcool Knowledge Library
• Remote administration
• Student exercises

Event Archiving

• Overview of event archiving and reporting
• JDBC Gateway
• Tivoli Common Reporting
• OMNIbus report package
• Student exercises

Process control

• Overview of process control features and functions
• Configuration of process control
• Visual PA
• Other features
• Student Exercises