Tivoli Netcool/Realtime Active Dashboards 3.0 Fundamentals

Course Overview

This course introduces the capabilities, limitations, installation, configuration, and integration methodologies of IBM Netcool/Realtime Active Desktops version 3.0 (RAD). The course focuses on the deployment, configuration, and everyday maintenance of Netcool/RAD from the perspective of the administrator. Begin by installing the RAD application on a classroom server, and then cover the standard configuration objects. Additional hands-on exercises provide experience installing and configuring the RAD application on dedicated UNIX workstations. The exercises are structured to teach the RAD fundamentals, such as creating templates and modeling various components in a network and systems environment. Additional labs include how to set up SLA monitoring in the service model.

Studentd interested in configuring custom canvases (models) and dashboard components should subsequently attend the Netcool/RAD Advanced class.

Audience

This course is for individuals responsible for Netcool/RAD 3.0 implementation and administration. This includes network and systems management developers and engineers who are required to install, configure, maintain, or support a Netcool/RAD system.

This is an entry level product course, and no knowledge of earlier versions of the software is assumed. However, those who use Netcool/RAD for monitoring and are not interested in creating models or product administration are not advised to take this course.

Skills Gained

• Build RAD service models
• Use and configure RAD service views
• Use advanced features of service models to expand model coverage
• Configure maintenance windows
• Configure data fetchers
• Build service models using auto population and data fetchers
• Develop custom views for users
• Administer users and groups in RAD and the Security Manager framework
• Use and program the RAD API
• Support the RAD environment as an administrator
• Install RAD

Prerequisites

System administrator level understanding of Solaris 9 with an ability to edit text files

Administrative level skills with OMNIbus version 7 or later (see course TN02G)

An understanding of programming concepts: conditional statements, variables, loops, objects and array UNIX administration skills

Fundamentals of database construction (SQL for example)

Course Outline

Introduction

• Building Service Models
• Using Service Views
• SLAs
• More Service Models
• Maintenance Windows
• Data Fetchers
• Automated Service Model Development
• Basic Custom Views
• User Management
• RAD API
• RAD Administration
• RAD Installation

Tivoli Netcool/Realtime Active Dashboards 3.0 Fundamentals / TN19 (TN19GB)