IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus 8.1 Installation and Configuration

This intermediate-level course is for anyone responsible for the installation of IBM Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1.

Please refer to course overview for description information.

You should have the following skills:

• Practical knowledge of UNIX and typical UNIX-based tools
• Practical knowledge of Network Fault Management
• Basic understanding of database concepts, including language constructs, database versus table versus column, triggers
• IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V8.1 User course or equivalent experience

Basic Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus components and concepts

• Overview

Installation prerequisites and planning

• Pre-installation planning
• Other considerations

Netcool/OMNIbus core installation

• Pre-installation requirements
• Core installation
• Preliminary operation

Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI

• Installing Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI
• Web GUI user features and functions
• Web GUI administrative features and functions
• Web GUI user authentication

Basic ObjectServer administration

• Netcool/OMNIbus directory structure
• ObjectServer structure
• Administration overview
• Modifying the ObjectServer

Tools and automations

• Introduction to ObjectServer SQL
• Desktop tools
• ObjectServer automations

Common integrations

• Overview
• Common probes
• Optional probe features
• Remote probe administration

ObjectServer high availability

• Overview
• Implementing high availability
• Gateway configuration

Process control

• Overview
• Visual Process Activity (PA)

Event archiving

• Overview
• Tivoli Common Reporting
• Gateway for JDBC
• Event reports