The purpose of this course is to teach students to enable transaction monitoring in a production environment after IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager 6.1 has been installed. In this course students will learn how to capture transactions for analysis and system testing. Additionally, students will learn how to enable monitoring of actual user transaction experiences.
Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to accomplish the following:
Administer IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Response Time Tracking components, such as monitors, schedules, agent groups and reporting groups
Deploy application monitoring using robotic scripts
Deploy Web server monitoring
Deploy J2EE application server monitoring
Deploy user workstation application monitoring
Course outline
Deploying IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Response Time Tracking Monitors Overview
Introduction to Transaction Monitoring
The Management Server
The Management Agent
Monitoring Components
Monitors
Putting It All Together
Preparing for Monitoring
Basic Process for Setting Up Monitors
Things to Consider before Deploying Monitors
Performing Common Setup Tasks
Monitoring Applications with Synthetic Transactions from Robotic Scripts
Introduction to Robotic Script Monitoring
Creating and Uploading Rational Robot Scripts
Deploying the Generic Windows Monitoring Component
Deploying and Managing Generic Windows Robotic Monitors
Analyzing Transactions and Refining the Monitor
Monitoring Web Servers
Introduction to Web Server Monitoring
Confirming and Installing the Network Monitor Driver
Deploying the Web Response Monitor Monitoring Component
Performing a Web Response Monitor Discovery
Deploying and Managing Web Response Monitor Listening Monitors
Monitoring Application Servers
Introduction to Application Server Monitoring
Deploying the J2EE Monitoring Component
Deploying and Managing J2EE Discovery
Deploying and Managing J2EE Listening Monitors
Monitoring User Applications
Introduction to User Application Monitoring
Deploying the CAT Monitoring Component
Deploying and Managing Client Application Tracker Listening Monitors
Using IBM Tivoli ETEWatch Behavior Files
Administering Monitor Deployment Using the Command-line Interface
Introduction to the Command-line Interface
Managing Transaction Monitors Using the CLI
Who will benefit from this course
This course targets administrators of IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Response Time Tracking, such as application monitoring engineers, tools administrators, performance analysts, and system administrators.
Required skills/knowledge
You should also have the following knowledge and skills:
Working knowledge of basic operating systems
Experience administering operating systems
Working knowledge of IBM DB2 and IBM WebSphere Application Manager
Basic networking and Internet skills
Before taking this course, you should attend the IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Response Time Tracking 6.1 Overview course or possess equivalent knowledge and skills, as defined in the description for that course.
