The IBM Tivoli Netcool/Reporter 2.0 Installation and Administration course provides students with the ability to install, configure and operate the Netcool/Reporter product. This will include understanding the hardware and software requirements, configuring the operating system, configuring the database, installing and configuring the High Performance Oracle Gateway in Reporter mode, installing the Netcool/Reporter Server, JRun, Apache, and command line interaction with the various software components.
Students will learn how to administer Users and Groups, Data Sources, the Reporter Server and User Pages.
The course has many practical sessions, each student performing installation and configuration activities on a dedicated Solaris workstation. For much of the webbased configuration work, the student must bring a pc/laptop running Internet Explorer version 5+.
Upon completion of the training, each student will be able to deploy and integrate Netcool/Reporter version 2.0 on a Solaris host. The student will learn and use basic troubleshooting and faultfinding techniques.
An Oracle 8i instance and Netcool/OMNIbus v3.6 are pre-installed on each student’s Solaris8 workstation. The student learns how to customize the Oracle instance in preparation for the installation and operation of the High Performance Oracle Gateway. The Reporter Server is then installed and integrated with the Oracle instance. The student then learns how to manage Users and Groups, Data Sources, Roles and User Pages.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, each student will understand how to install and configure the Netcool Reporter Server and perform basic administration tasks. Students will:
Understand the hardware requirements
Know how to create the Oracle Reporter tablespace and tables
Know how to create the Oracle Repository tablespace and tables
Know which files require modification for the High-Performance Oracle Gateway
Understand configuration requirements for nonstandard OMNIbus alerts.status schema
Learn how to install, configure, run and test the High-Performance Oracle Gateway
Know how to install and run the Netcool/Reporter Server
Know how to access the Netcool/Reporter GUI with a web browser
Know how to create new Reporter Users, Groups and Roles
Know how to create and manage Channels and Pages
Course outline
Agenda - Day 1
What is Netcool/Reporter?
The business benefits
Common applications
Installation requirements
Hardware
Software
Operating System
Supplied components
Licensing Netcool/Reporter
Installing Netcool/Reporter and the Supplied Components
Installing the Netcool/Reporter Gateway
Installing the Netcool/Reporter Server
Installing the web server, JRun and JRE
Configuring the database and Reporter Gateway
Configuring the database
Configuring the Reporter Gateway
Ensuring connectivity and data is passed across
Agenda - Day 2
Getting Started
Starting and stopping the components
Logging In
Creating a simple report
User administration
Managing Data Sources
Managing Users and Groups
Managing Roles
Managing Server Security
Server administration
Starting and stopping Servers with the GUI
Managing sessions
Page administration
Creating a new user page
Creating a new Page template
Defining Page content
Defining the Page theme
Who will benefit from this course
Technical personnel who will install Netcool/Reporter version 2.0 and require an understanding of the techniques and processes required.
Required skills/knowledge
Students must have an understanding of Solaris8 at the system administrator level.
The ability to manage UNIX file systems and edit text files is mandatory.
A thorough understanding of the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus product is required.
Completion of the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Administration and Configuration course is mandatory.
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