Course Description
This is a 3-day instructor-led course that explores the IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager 4.2 product in more detail. Using the 4.2.1 version of the product, students will learn best practices for deploying the product, as well as monitoring and troubleshooting methods. Students will use the new deployment services Activity Planner, Change Manager and Resource Manager (for users only). The new Pristine Manager deployment service will also be introduced in this course.

Class Length
3 days

Objectives

This course enables you to build the necessary knowledge and skills to:

• Plan for Software Distribution and Inventory profile distributions in a large environment, including scaling and bandwidth issues.
• Configure and troubleshoot MDist 2 and Scalable Collection Service (SCS).
• Apply best practices for distributing software, including monitoring distributions and recovering from failed distributions.
• Distribute profiles to mobile targets.
• Configure Inventory to collect and store custom information.
• Use and maintain the configuration repository.
• Deploy and troubleshoot Activity Planner plans and Change Manager Reference Models to aid in Configuration Manager deployment.
• Use Resource Manager with Enterprise Directory Query Facility to manage systems that are linked to LDAP users.
• Describe the functionality of the Pristine Manager component.

 

Who will benefit from this course
System administrators who deploy, administer, and maintain IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager 4.2 environments.

Required Skills Knowledge

• Working knowledge of the Windows and Unix operating systems, Windows and Unix administration functions, and Windows program installation
• Basic familiarity with database queries
• Ability to use the following Tivoli infrastructure components:
        Tivoli Desktop
        Tivoli Administrators
        Tivoli Profiles
• Students must have previous experience with Configuration Manager 4.2. It is assumed that the student will know how to create and distribute
• Software Distribution and Inventory profiles, as well as create basic software packages.
• Students must have a working knowledge of Tivoli infrastructure concepts and components.

Prerequisites

• IBM Tivoli Infrastructure 4.1 course
• IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager 4.2 - Overview and Operation

Course Outline

• Planning for IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager Deployment
        Scaling, bandwidth
        Installation issues
        Firewall issues
        Automating endpoint logins
• 
  Configuring IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
        MDist 2 and SCS configuration
        RIM objects
• Software Distribution Topics:
        Best practices
        Monitoring distributions and handling failures
        Distributing from file server or CD ROM
        Data moving service
        Mobile endpoints
• Customizing Inventory Functions
        Expanding the configuration repository schema
        Collecting custom MIF information
        Custom software signatures and software package signatures
• The Configuration Repository
        Record keys, custom keys
        Maintenance tasks
        Historical database
• Activity Planner
        Functionality, architecture
        Installation, configuration, and tuning
        Troubleshooting
• Change Manager
        Functionality, architecture
        Installation, configuration, troubleshooting
• Resource Manager for Users
        Introduction to LDAP Concepts
        Using Resource Manager for users
        Installing and configuring Enterprise Directory Query Facility
•  Pristine Manager
        Introduction to functionality and architecture