IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4.2 Operations and Configuration - TOD44G

Description

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IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager solution overview

Business value
Architecture
Terminology

Configuration manager interface

Accessing the application
The queue manager
The resource browser
User preferences and help

Single change configuration management

Discovering network devices
Navigating the configuration and changes
Making direct connections to devices
Device synchronization

Mass change configuration management

Command sets
Building simple command sets
Processing command sets

Administrative tasks

Approving changes
Stopping and restarting units of work
Searching and comparing units of work or resources
Restoring a versioned configuration
Reporting

Netcool integrations

Integration with other Netcool products

Authentication and authorization model

Enabling access control
Realms
Groups and users
FIPS 140-2 security

Device management

Modeling and drivers
Security sets
Device interaction
Customizing device interaction
Device authentication
Access resource
File transfer resource

Using workflow and scheduling

Controlling the flow of tickets
Scheduling units of work
Understanding server time

UOW management

Units of work and tasks
Task processing
Change management quality

IBM device terminal

Device terminal overview
Device terminal command filtering
Device terminal administration

Advanced command sets

Command set types
Native command sets
Modeled command sets
Applying command sets
Command set groups

Device OS upgrade manager

OS upgrade overview
OS registry
OS specification
Optional resources
Launching an OS upgrade

Out-of-band change (OOBC) daemon

Overview
Installing OOBC
Configuring OOBC

Compliance manager interface

Accessing the application
The Policy Definitions tab
The Devices tab
The Execution tab
The Results tab
Integration with configuration management

Compliance reports

Build and run a policy

Policy overview
Building a Definition
Building a rule
Email action
Build and test a policy
Exempting a device from a policy
Build and run a process

Remediation

Remediation actions
Parameterization
Approvals

Advanced definitions

General concepts
CLI definitions
Show command definitions
SmartModel definitions
Using parameters in definitions
Using JavaScript

Preemptive compliance

Overview
Requirements and configuration

Aim

After you complete this course, you can perform the following tasks:

Discover and import network devices into the solution
View and modify a configuration with the configuration editor
Modify one or more devices with a command set
Approve, stop, and restart units of work
Import devices that are discovered by IBM Tivoli Network Manager
Implement view, add, modify, and delete rights throughout the application
Create schedules for units of work and implement recurring units of work
Optimize execution of tasks and steps to increase throughput
Use the IBM device terminal to connect to a device and make changes
Build and test modeled command sets that have advanced features
Use the upgrade manager
Make out-of-band changes with the out-of-band change daemon and synchronize them
Create and test simple compliance policies
Use the existing compliance reports
Create automated actions to remediate device compliance
Set up preemptive compliance and observe its effects on unit of work execution

Participant requirements

Before taking this course, you should have the following skills:

Basic UNIX skills are helpful but not mandatory

Participant

Partners, Services, Support, Technical Sales