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Tivoli Infrastructure for Senior Administrators
Course Description Tivoli Infrastructure for Senior Administrators is designed for consultants that are experienced in the concepts of Tivoli Framework and need additional knowledge and skills in implementing and designing solutions. The course considers sizing operations, network considerations and design solutions as well as looking in detail at the architecture issues that were only covered briefly on the introductory Framework Course. Problem resolution and object repository maintenance are also covered.
Class Length 5 days
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Course Outline

Unit 1- Planning the Tivoli Management Environment Planning Architecture & Design
Considering Requirements
Preparing Physical Design
Framework Sizing Guidelines
NT Considerations
UNIX Considerations
Network Considerations
Ports & Port Ranges
Network Placement
Network Firewall Considerations
Hostname Resolution Considerations
Tivoli Design Considerations
Policy Region Schema / Design
Subscriber Region
Application Region
Profile Manager Schema
Backup / Recovery High Availability Design
Business Recovery
Disaster Recovery


Unit 2 - Install / Uninstall Tivoli Servers
Preparation for Installation
Tivoli Server Installation
Installation Parameters
License Key / Installation Password
Tivoli Remote Access Account
Database Directory
Disaster Recovery
Removing Framework software


Unit 3 - Installing Tivoli Clients and Applications
Methods of Installation
Installing Products/Patches
Software Installation Service (SIS)
Importing Applications into the IR
Installing Applications using SIS
Installing Endpoints using SIS
SIS Command Line Interface
Using a shared IR


Unit 4 - Advanced TME Policy
Tivoli Policy Review
Profile Policy
Architectural Overview
Profile Policy - Operations
Profile Policy - Configuration
Managed Resource Policy
Architectural Overview
Designing Managed Resource Policy
Managed Resource Policy - Operations
Managed Resource Policy - Configuration
Endpoint Policy
Architectural Overview
Endpoint Policy Operation
Endpoint Policy Configuration


Unit 5 TMA - Deployment & Problem Resolution

TMA Architecture
TMA Installation & Login Process
TMA Operations
TMA Troubleshooting


Unit 6 - Interconnected Servers
Connecting TMR Regions
Disconnecting TMR Regions
Troubleshooting


Unit 7 - MDist Repeaters
Overview & Architecture
Troubleshooting MDist
Bulk Data Transfer & Inter-Object Messaging
MDist2 Features


Unit 8 - RDBMS Interface Module
Overview of RIM
Components of RIM
Creating/Configuring RIM
Query Libraries / Queries
RIM Internals
RIM Troubleshooting / Tracing
New RIM Features/Benefits


Unit 9 - Object Database Maintenance
Tivoli DB Inconsistencies
Tivoli DB Backups
Tivoli DB Restores
Common Maintenance Issues
Backup Internal Details

Unit 10 - Troubleshooting the Tivoli Object Repository Performance Tuning
Managing the Object Dispatcher
Object Database & Object IDs
Object References & Tivoli Name Registry
Troubleshooting Tivoli Objects
Tracing Object Repository Problems

       
   
     

 
 
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