IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.1 Agent Builder

In this course, you learn to create agents that monitor a vast array of data sources. You learn to add custom IBM Tivoli Monitoring application support, such as queries, situations, and workspaces. You learn to add IBM Performance Management summary dashboards and OSLC properties. You learn to deploy your custom agent in a multiplatform environment. This class includes extensive hands-on experience. The lab environment for this course uses the Windows and Linux operating systems. If you are enrolling in a Self Paced Virtual Classroom or Web Based Training course, before you enroll, please review the Self-Paced Virtual Classes and Web-Based Training Classes on our Terms and Conditions page, as well as the system requirements, to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course. Objective After you complete this course, you can perform the following tasks: Describe the IBM Agent Builder application and the kinds of agents you can create. Describe the basic process of creating a custom agent with Agent Builder. Troubleshoot an Agent Builder agent during the development process and after installation. Create agents for both the IBM Tivoli Monitoring and IPM Performance Management environments. Create and test agents that monitor the availability of resources, such as processes, Windows services, command return codes, and network devices. Create and test agents that monitor events from log systems, log files, and SNMP. Create and test agents that monitor data from server technologies. Create and test agents that monitor data from custom technologies, such as scripts, log files, Java applications, and socket connections. Create and test agents that include remote monitoring, custom attributes, derived attributes, Navigator groups, user-entered configuration information, and Tivoli Enterprise Portalcomponents, such as queries, situations, and workspaces. Create and test agents that use subnodes to optionally monitor local or remote data sources.