IBM Tivoli Netcool/Proviso4.4.1 Administrator (IBM TN12AGB)

Netcool/Proviso is performance management software that provides fast network reporting suitable for trend analysis, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and SLA objectives. These highly customisable web-based reports are appropriate for audiences including network operations staff, business decision makers, and customers of service providers. The highly flexible and scalable architecture allows for full integration into a service provider or enterprise scale OSS infrastructure.
This training class is provided in a classroom environment with multiple opportunities for hands-on lab practice.

Course Objectives

• Manage Netcool/Proviso components using GUI and CLI tools
• Create, delete, import, and export Netcool/Proviso users and groups
• Verify Netcool/Proviso version information
• Describe data types in the Netcool/Proviso database
• Monitor database disk usage
• Configure database threshold alarms and threshold notifications
• Change database disk usage directories
• Purge old metric data from the database
• Modify data retention intervals
• Re-index meta data
• Describe the inventory process and supporting file structure
• List metric data directories in the DataLoad and DataChannel modules
• Explain metric data directory concepts, such as quota, FSLL, and flow control
• Modify DataLoad configuration details
• Modify DataChannel configuration details
• View Netcool/Proviso module log files
• Interpret Netcool/Proviso module log files
• Monitor Netcool/Proviso performance
• Configure web user diagnostic reporting
• Install Netcool/Proviso patches
• Troubleshoot and resolve common Netcool/Proviso issues

Prerequisites
Recommended Courses:

• Tivoli Implementation Foundation Skills: UNIX Shell Scripting

Who should attend
This course is designed for customers administering and maintaining an installation of Netcool/Proviso.

Course outline

• System Management
• Database Operations
• Netcool/Proviso Dataflow
• Advanced Channel Configuration
• Netcool/Proviso Logs
• System Load/Disk Usage
• Netcool/Proviso Troubleshooting

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