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Tivoli Inventory 4.0 |
| Course
Description |
This
course teaches students to administer and implement Tivoli
Inventory and Scalable Collection Service. Students will learn
to collect and store inventory data, and to use queries provided
by Tivoli to interrogate the database and display the information
collected by Tivoli Inventory. Students will learn to perform
inventories of the hardware and software present in their
enterprise environment. Students will also learn to collect
custom information, such as user-supplied information, and
DMI information. This training is done in a classroom environment
with multiple opportunities to practice concepts by performing
hands-on student lab exercises. |
| Class
Length |
2
days |
| Objectives |
This course enables you to build the necessary knowledge and
skills to:
Describe the basics of a Tivoli Inventory environment
Gather hardware information using Tivoli-provided Inventory
scanners
Gather software information using Tivoli-provided Inventory
scanners
Gather configuration files using Tivoli-provided Inventory
scanners
View Inventory data from the configuration repository
Manage when, where and how Inventory distributions and collections
occur
Gather custom system information
Install and configure a Tivoli Inventory environment based
on information
requirements, network configuration, and TME configuration
Implement Scalable Collection Service
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| Who
will benefit from the course? |
This
course is intended for Tivoli Administrators responsible for
configuration and administration of the Tivoli Inventory application.
Also, individuals responsible for using the results of the
Inventory data for monitoring physical inventory and software
license accounting - asset management. This course is only
a portion of the knowledge needed to prepare the student for
the certification exam, and should be combined with real-world
experience prior to becoming a certified consultant. |
| Required
Skills/Knowledge |
This
course is designed for system and network administrators who
are responsible for maintaining inventory information for
their enterprise. The following skills are expected:
1. Working knowledge of hardware and software concepts
for NT, UNIX, and Windows PC operating systems.
2. Working knowledge in the use of Tivoli Framework specifically:
Use of the Tivoli desktop.
Understand the concept of creation and populating an administrator's
desktop.
Understand the concept of creation and use of policy regions.
Understand the concept of creation and use of profiles and
profile managers.
Understand the concept of distribution of profiles to subscribers.
Understand of the concept of authorisation roles within
Tivoli Framework.
3. Knowledge of basic inventory control and system configuration
management concepts.
4. Knowledge of RDBMS and SQL concepts (does not need to
be a db admin).
5. Working knowledge of MIBs (Management Information Base).
Recommended Course Pre-Requisites
|
| Recommended
Pre-requisites |
Tivoli
Management Framework 3.6 course or Tivoli Management Framework
3.7 course |
| Course
Outline |
Unit
1: Tivoli Inventory Course Introduction
Unit 2: Overview to Tivoli Inventory
Unit 3: Configure Inventory Profiles
Unit 4: Gathering Hardware Information
Unit 5: Gathering Software Information
Unit 6: Viewing Tivoli Inventory Data
Unit 7: Managing Distributions and Collections
Unit 8: Gathering Custom Information
Unit 9: Scalable Collection Service
Unit 10: Tivoli Inventory Advanced Topics |
