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IBM InfoSphere Information Server Administrative Tasks V11.5 - SPVC - 2M510G
This course gets those charged with administering Information Server v11.5 and its suite of many products and components started with the basic administrative tasks necessary to support Information Server users and developers. The course begins with a functional overview of Information Server and the products and components that support these functions. Then it focuses on the basic administrative tasks an Information Server administration will need to perform including user management, session management, and reporting management tasks. The course covers both the use of Information Server administrative clients such as the Administration Console and Metadata Asset Manager and the use of command line tools such as istool and encrypt.
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Description
Unit Information Server technical overview
List the Information Server functional categories
List the Information Server products and components that support these functional categories
List the Information Server architectural tiers
Unit 2: Working with Information Server clients
Use the Information Server Launch Pad to access Information Server thin clients including the Administrative Console, Information Governance Catalog, and Metadata Asset Manager
Access Information Server Engine Clients including DataStage, QualityStage, FastTrack, and Information Server Manager
Access Information Server Console Clients including Information Analyzer and Information Services Director
Unit 3: Authentication and suite security
Configure Suite users and groups
Configure DataStage credentials for Engine users
Unit 4: Session management
View a list of active sessions
View session properties
Disconnect sessions
Configure global session properties
Unit 5: Managing reports
Create and manage report folders
Create a report
Run a report
View report results
Unit 6: Administrative tools
Session Admin tool
Directory Command tool
Encrypt tool
Unit 7: Managing Information Server repository assets
Use istool to export and import common metadata assets
Use istool to query information assets
Use istool to export and import security assets
Use istool to export and import reporting assets
Aim
List Information Server functional categories and the Information Server products and components that support them
List and describe the Information Server architectural tiers
Access Information Server clients, including thin clients using the Information Server Launch Pad, the Information Server Engine clients, and the Information Server Console clients including Information Analyzer and Information Services Director
Create and configure Information Server users and groups
Manage Information Server active sessions
Manage Information Server reporting
Work with Information Server command-line tools including tools for session administration, user and group management, and encryption.
Use the istool functionality to query, export, and import Information Server Repository assets
Participant requirements
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
Participant
This basic course is for those who will be administering Information Server and its product components.