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Audience

This intermediate course is for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.3 users. It is intended to update current skill sets and introduce new user communities to version 7.3 functionality.

Pre-Requisites

Prior to attending this course, you should have:

• Network Operations and Maintenance application knowledge
• Linux administration experience

Objectives

• Install client interfaces components
• Describe client components
• Describe client system architecture
• Utilize the Tivoli Integrated Portal
• Navigate and configure the Web GUI portal
• Describe product integrations
• Configure and utilize predefined pages and the Active Event List new functions
• Create custom task pages
• Configure multiple data source references
• Configure and utilize previous Netcool GUI Foundation components and tools
• Configure and utilize new Web GUI filters, views, dashboard and maps
• Utilize basic SQL code to create component configurations
• Change the users password 

Course Content

Unit 1: Initial client setup

• Client system configurations
• System architecture and components
• Installing legacy client system applications
• New client Web GUI functionality
• Configuring system variables

Unit 2: Client Components

• Legacy client functionality

Legacy communication protocols

Legacy directory structures

Launching the legacy OMNIbus Conductor component

Utilizing Conductor GUI elements

Configuring and utilizing the Event List component

Filters, views and event list configuration files

Filter builder functionality

View builder functionality

Legacy configurations within the Conductor

Configuring the Accelerated Event Notification (AEN) client

Tivoli Integrated Portal and Web GUI client functionality introduction

Access the TIP portal

Utilize TIP portal elements

Navigate within the TIP and Web GUI pages

Manage concurrent open pages

Enable Auto-Start preferences

Add pages to the MY Tasks view

Utilize troubleshooting and System Information links

Configure event list refresh rates

Change and save passwords

Unit 3: Web GUI configurations

• Filters

Search, create, copy, delete and modify filters and assign accessibility

Describe personal, Global and System filters

Assign Multiple data sources for filters

Utilize the filter builder functionality

Utilize and create basic filter SQL statements

• Views

How to search, create, copy, delete and modify views and assign accessibility

Personal, Global and System views

Assigning multiple data sources for views

Defining Views to accept differing column definitions from ObjectServers

Utilizing the view builder functionality

• Event Dashboard

Default Event Dashboard page

Event Dashboard icons and preferences pop-ups

Configuring Dashboard layouts, menu options and visuals

Configuring multiple data source entries for monitor boxes

Modifying and editing user and system wide setting for Dashboard page

• Active Event List (AEL)

Launching and accessing the AEL

How filter SQL determines list elements

Utilizing the AEL icons, menus and filter and view assignments

Modifying and editing user and system wide setting for AEL page

Configuring multiple data source entries for AEL page

Implementing AEL with views containing different columns from different ObjectServers

Elements and indicators of the AEL page

AEL tools and actions on events

• Lightweight Event List (LEL)
• Table Views

Unit 4: Web GUI interface - Maps

• Map Example pages

Example map structure

Map interactivity

Utilizing Event List displays

Utilizing active map icons

Dependant filters in maps

Configuring multiple data sources in map

• Map basic configuration

Basic map layout

Split page views (all pages)

Utilizing map elements

Creating a custom page

Scheduled Classes