Tivoli Provisioning Manager 5.1: Operations Management Workshop

Course Overview

This hands-on instructor-led workshop guides students using Tivoli Provisioning Manager 5.1 operations. Hands-on labs address managing operating system deployments, software installations, compliance management, and discovery and inventory management.

Audience

This workshop is for system administrators responsible for managing a Tivoli Provisioning Manager environment.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with system administration techniques and concepts for Windows and UNIX environments.

Skills Gained

After completing this course, students should be able to accomplish the following:

• TPM Fundamentals
• Start/Stop TPM
• Use the Information Center
• Create network discovery configuration
• Execute network discovery
• Create computer groups
• Install Tivoli Common Agent
• Execute workflows
• Execute LDOs
• Execute CLI tools
• TPM Administration
• Configure Notification
• Execute SOAP commands
• Manage Automation Packages
• Configure logging
• Generate a default report
• Generate a custom report
• TPM Common Agent Management
• Manage the agent manager and common agent
• Manage distributed content delivery services
• Manage device management services
• TPM User Access
• Configure users
• Configure access groups
• Configure permission groups
• Configure access permissions
• Configure Security Roles
• TPM Workflow Authoring and Automation Package Development
• Install and configure the Automation Package Development Environment (APDE)
• Describe the contents of an automation package
• Build, install, and uninstall an automation package
• Use the workflow programming elements
• Write workflows to manage a computer

Course Outline

• 1. TPM Fundamentals
• 2. TPM Administration
• 3. TPM Common Agent Management
• 4. TPM User Access
• 5. TPM Workflow Authoring and Automation Package Development

Tivoli Provisioning Manager 5.1: Operations Management Workshop / TP06 (TP06GB)