This intermediate level course is for individuals responsible for design and implementation of a production-ready OMNIbus system. This includes operations staff, IT support staff, IT engineering staff, IT architects or IT consultants. Independent of operating system specifics, considerable server-side product detail is provided around the administration and functionality of an OMNIbus system. Students should expect exposure to all fundamental elements of OMNIbus.

• Identify and describe basic features components and concepts of Netcool/OMNIbus
• Use the Conductor
• Use the Event List Alerts View
• Build views using the View Builder
• Build filters using the Filter Builder
• Use basic features of the Event List Monitor Boxes
• Install Netcool/OMNIbus and perform licensing and patching tasks.  FlexLM licensing is removed in v7.2 - so students will be made aware of new Tivoli licensing
• Work in the Netcool directory structure
• Understand communications protocols. v7.2 introduces enhancements to IDUC that allow alarm 'fast tracking'. This new comms channel will be discussed in depth
• Create a Netcool ObjectServer
• Append ObjectServer database structures and properties
• Work with probes and rules files
• Use process controls
• Configure ObjectServer failover and fallback.
• Understand gateways and their configuration
• Create statements using ObjectServer Data Definition Language (DDL)
• Modify menus and create tools
• Use advanced probe techniques to configure correlation and deduplication
• Understand automations (database triggers, signal triggers, temporal triggers)
• Appreciate architecture considerations
• Administer users, groups, conversions, and classes
• Describe Object Server health monitoring
• Explain internationalization capabilities within OMNIbus.
• Describe the functions of the IBM online help system - new to version 7.2.

Day 1

• Components and Concepts
• Getting Started
• The Event List
• Views and Filters
• Using Tools

Day 2

• Installation
• The Directory Structure
• Communications Protocols
• The ObjectServer

Day 3

• Basic Probes
• Process Control
• Failover and Failback
• Gateways

Day 4

• ObjectServer SQL
• Menus and Tools
• Advanced Probe Techniques

Day 5

• Automations
• Administration
• Architecture

You should have:

• General system administration skills for UNIX, Linux or Windows
• Knowledge of (and experience with) scripting languages and/or SQL is recommended, but not required.
• Knowledge of high-level programming languages (C, C++, Java) is not required.