This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to deploy and administer IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact. Topics include: elements of Netcool/Impact with a focus on developing policies within the Netcool/Impact product and features that enhance the visualization, usability, and integration functions; integration of the IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub, which is part of Jazz™ for Service Management; and Netcool/Impact features such as the UI data provider.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1 Administration and Implementation - Code: TN045G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to perform a complete installation of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1. This includes all the steps necessary to perform an installation, including hardware sizing, confirming software prerequisites, installation, creation of ObjectServers, installation of probes, installation of gateways, configuring high availability, and deploying historical event reporting.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus 8.1 Installation and Configuration - Code: TN025G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding the automation facilities of IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS. This includes: the architecture of NetView as a message processor; the message flows in an IBM Tivoli for z/OS environment; and how NetView can manage screen commands that are issued by operators from z/OS Multisystem Console Support (MCS) consoles.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Tivoli NetView for zOS 6.1 Automation - Code: TZ213G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding the key concepts, components, and user interfaces associated with NetView for z/OS 6.1 including: NetView key components, tasks, and functions; navigating user interfaces: 3270 and TEP; NetView commands; user interfaces: NMC and web application; customization using CNMSTYLE, style sheets, and reporting; basic IP management functions and System z networking; identifying data that is integrated from OMEGAMON XE products

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Tivoli NetView for zOS 6.1 Fundamentals - Code: TZ203G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to manage batch workloads in z/OS with IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS. This includes using ISPF panels to create scheduling definitions and perform operational tasks; an overview of the end-to-end environment; creating and controlling planning objects, such as workstations, applications, calendars and resources; and how to schedule these objects into a daily planning cycle, monitoring and managing them.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS 9.2 Scheduling and Operations - Code: TM405G

This badge holder can manage batch workloads in z/OS with IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler. They can schedule definitions and perform operational tasks that require an understanding of the end-to-end environment. The recipient has created and implemented planning objects such as workstations, applications, calendars, and resources. Badge earners are able to schedule these objects into a daily planning cycle, monitor and manage them.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience monitoring the performance and availability of operating systems and applications. The recipient learns about the Tivoli Monitoring architecture and how to navigate the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. They are also able to manage situation events, visualize real-time and historical data, manage user authorities, and publish monitoring workspaces.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with administering IBM Tivoli Monitoring and the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. The Tivoli Enterprise Portal is used by IBM Tivoli Monitoring, IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager, and OMEGAMON XE and DE to manage your enterprise environment. The recipient learns about creating queries, links, situations, autonomous agents, policies, agentless monitoring, and event integration with Netcool/OMNIbus and Tivoli Enterprise Console.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with the administrative functions necessary to plan, install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot an IBM Workload Scheduler network. The recipient learns how to plan a network, define workstations and domains, and install and configure Workload Scheduler components.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with the administrative functions necessary to plan, install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot an IBM Workload Scheduler network. The recipient learns how to plan a network, define workstations and domains, and install and configure Workload Scheduler components.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with IBM Application Performance Management & IBM Application Diagnostics, including resource monitoring, deep-dive diagnosis & transaction diagnosis. The recipient is able to describe the IBM Application Performance Management Advanced architecture & use monitoring features of four supported IBM Application Diagnostics agents. The recipient can monitor resources, application code, real and synthetic transactions, and users with the WebSphere agent.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with: Describing the APM Advanced architecture; Using monitoring features of the four supported IBM Application Diagnostics agents; Monitoring resources, application code, transactions, and users with the WebSphere agent.

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with Installing and using the IBM Monitoring software in various agents. The recipient is able to create applications, manage users, detect problems and integrate with other applications such as NetCool/OMNIbus and Dashboard Application Services Hub.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with performing a complete installation of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1. The recipient has learned all the steps necessary to perform an installation, including hardware sizing, confirming software prerequisites, installation, creation of ObjectServers, installation of probes, installation of gateways, configuring high availability, and deploying historical event reporting.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with using this environment to explore advanced administration topics and deploy advanced features.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with deploying & administering IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact. The earner is familiar with all fundamental elements of Netcool/Impact with a focus on developing policies within the Netcool/Impact product and exploring the features that enhance the visualization, usability, and integration functions.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience on how to write REXX EXECs using NetView for z/OS. The badge earner has the knowledge that Restructured Extended Executor (REXX) EXECs can be written to simplify tasks that an operator might need to perform and to provide automation, both proactive and reactive.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with managing systems graphically, dynamically, and flexibly. The badge earner knows how to implement IBM Tivoli Monitoring.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with: Configuring, maintaining & planning IBM Tivoli Monitoring implementation; Installing Tivoli Monitoring server components; Installing & configuring Jazz & event synchronization with Netcool/OMNIbus & IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console.

This badge holder has demonstrated experience on how to code NetView PIPEs within REXX EXECs to simplify operations and perform automation by using NetView for z/OS. The earner has knowledge about the PIPE stages supplied by NetView, issuing commands (NetView, MVS, and VTAM) in a PIPE and processing their output, and some complex PIPE stages.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with: Describing the basics of NetView for z/OS PIPEs; Writing code for NetView PIPEs w/ REXX EXEC; Issuing commands; Trapping&parsing messages; Setting&retrieving global variables; Reading from & writing to files; Coding multiple stage PIPEs; Performing automation

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to install and configure Netcool Operations Insight v1.6 base and Networks for Operations Insight. Skills covered include: installing the components of Netcool Operations Insight base; configuring event search and event analytics features; installing the components of Networks for Operations Insight; and configuring the topology search feature.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Netcool Operations Insight 1.6 - Implementation and Configuration - Code: TN522G