IBM Cloud Application Performance Management 8.1.4 Fundamentals

The IBM Cloud Application Performance Management 8.1.4 Fundamentals course (TM674G) is a 3-day course that is designed to teach students about the IBM Cloud Application Performance Management architecture and how to install and configure the product. Studetns will also learn how to navigate the Cloud APM console to manage events and user access privileges. Additionally, the course covers integration with other products, such as Netcool/OMNIbus, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, and the Dashboard Application Services Hub.

• Describe the overall solution
• Installing and configuring the Cloud APM server
• Installing, configuring, and managing operating system agents
• Administering Cloud APM, including:
  • Applications
  • Users
  • Groups
  • Custom views
  • LDAP integration
• Monitoring events
• Deploying and monitoring the end user experience
• Deploying and monitoring applications with synthetic transactions
• Deploying and monitoring application resources
• Tracking transactions through application components
• Configuring and performing deep-dive request analysis
• Integrating Cloud APM with other solutions
• Configuring and generating reports

This course is designed for operators, administrators, and implementers.

Before taking this course, you should be able to navigate Linux and Windows applications, and have a working knowledge of an Internet browser.

Course introduction
Introduction to IBM Cloud Application Performance Management
Cloud APM server installation
Installing, configuring, and managing Cloud APM agents
Administration
Monitoring events
Monitoring the end user experience of applications
Monitoring applications with synthetic transactions
Monitoring resources
Tracking transactions through application components
Introduction to deep-dive diagnosis
Integrating Cloud APM with other products
Reporting and 7-day comparison

The lab environment for this course uses the RHEL 7.3 and Windows 2012 Server platforms.

Before taking this course, you should be able to navigate Linux and Windows applications, and have a working knowledge of an Internet browser.

The ENSDW-Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment v1.0 course is a 2-day course that is designed to provide students an overview of the Cisco SD-WAN solution and SD-WAN components. You will learn how to create, manage, and operate a secure extensible network using Cisco SD-WAN products. The course discusses how to configure, operate, and monitor overlay routing in a secure extensible network. Participants will also learn about policies and quality of service (QoS) in the SD-WAN overlay network.

• Identifying the various components and architecture of the Cisco SD-WAN solution.
• Deploying vEdge routers in a secure extensible network.
• Creating templates to aide in the deployment and operation of the secure extensible network.
• Configuring and verifying overlay routing in the secure extensible network.
• Creating simple policies to control traffic flow in the secure extensible network.

• Enterprise Network System Installers
• System Integrators
• System Administrators
• Network Administrators
• Solutions Designers

It is recommended, but not required, to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:

• Strong understanding of enterprise wide area network design
• Strong understanding of routing protocol operation, including both interior and exterior routing protocol operation
• Familiarity with Transport Layer Security (TLS) and IP Security (IPSec)