SoftwareBeacon Courses
Precision IP Boot Camp

Course Description
This 5-day intensive course is intended for System Administrators who are responsible for monitoring their network.   This course was formerly used to train Micromuse employees and their partners and is now being made available to the public. The Precision IP Boot Camp course covers the fundamentals of Precision IP key processes through a full install and customization.  The student will be able work through discovery, configuration, install, and customization of a simulated network hands on.  Due to the comprehensive nature of this course, this class is limited to 10 students per camp.

Audience
System Administrators responsible for IBM/Tivoli Netcool Precision IP and System Integrators responsible for deploying the product.

Prerequisites
The student should have knowledge in the following areas:

• Basic Unix
• Basic network management, including basic SNMP and TCP/IP routing and switching
• Basic Unix editors such as VI

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner will:

• Obtain an understanding for the essential IBM/Tivoli Netcool core products
• Will understand the components of IBM/Tivoli Netcool Precision IP
• Gain hands on experience in building and configuring discovery agents and filters
• Install Precision on the Unix platform
• Understand discovery as it relates to of IBM/Tivoli Netcool Precision IP
• Know how to perform Layer 3 / Layer 2 discovery
• Learn Object Query Language (OQL)
• Optimize discovery by correctly implementing various  filters
• Know how to integrate IBM/Tivoli Netcool Precision IP with other fault monitoring systems
• Be able to arrange the Topoviz Hop View and Network View GUI
• Learn, create, maintain, and optimize Active Object Classes (AOCs)
• Understand, configure, and customize IBM/Tivoli Netcool Precision IP polling behavior
• Discuss multiple real-world designs and architectures
• Discuss methods for automating maintenance of the product
• Actual  scripts from production systems will be made available  to the student to take.   
  

Course Outline
Day 1 – OMNIbus Fundamentals

• How to administer the Object Server, GUI Foundation, Security manager
• Creating custom views on the GUI Server
• Configure and customize generic probes
• Create and Add users

Day 2 – Precision IP Essentials

• Core Components for Precision
• Installation of Precision
• Configuration of Discovery
• Layer 3 Discovery
• Introduction of OQL
• Customize Network Views

Day 3 – Advanced Topics

• Advanced Discovery Methods
• Optimizing Discovery Performance
• Advanced uses of OQL
• Layer 2 Discovery

Day 4 – Everything Involved with Fault Management

• Custom Polling
• Root Cause Analysis
• Active Object Classes (AOCs)

Day 5 – Testing and Comprehensive Labs

• Hands-on labs covering all course topics
• Comprehensive test

Schedule
The next available offering of this course is:  July 23 – July 27th in Lansdowne, Virginia

Price
The price includes your hotel stay and three meals a day during the training days: $3,500

Contact
If you would like to register for this course or have any questions, please contact us: (888) 577-3581 sales@SoftwareBeacon.com