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Course Name: HP OpenView operations for UNIX II (Advanced dministration)
Training
   
Deployment Options: Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
   
Course Duration: 5 Days
   
Introduction:
 
This 5-day course is the second of two courses (H4356S + H4357S) on HP OpenView operations (OVO) 8.x for UNIX. Learn how to effectively monitor, control, and report on the health and performance of your heterogenous IT environment by using OVO for UNIX.
 
Customize it:
 
This 5-day HP Openview course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of HPOV training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization’s ame on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren’t too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our “standard”, one size fits all, class.
 
Audience:
 
  • NNM Channel Partners: Consultants, system architects, integrators and planners
  • NNM Customers: System and network administrators
  • HP Software Engineers involved in pre-sales and post-sales
 
Prerequisite
 
  • HP OpenView operations for UNIX I (Administration), (H4356S), or equivalent experience
  • Introduction to HP OpenView Products and Integration (H9739AAE)
  • Experience with UNIX and TCP/IP networking is essential
 
Course Objectives:
 

You will gain the skills needed to:

  • Provide follow the sun, competence-based, or backup management flexibility
  • Configure OVO communication for use in secure environments, such as through firewalls.
  • Reduce the number of messages seen by operators through duplicate suppression, or correlation with message keys, ECS, or Composer
  • Understand and create service hierarchies using XML or the Service Navigator Value Pack (SNVP)
  • Customize the Java GUI
  • Extend management functionality through the use of Smart Plug-Ins
  • Use PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) for OVO authentication
  • Integrate SNMP trap processing and NNM applications into the OVO environment
 
Course Outline
 
Introduction
OVO repository and reports
Service navigator
Hierarchical escalation
Architecture
OVO component architecture
HTTPS vs. DCE communication and involved processes
DCE OpenAgent architecture
OVO queue files
HTTPS communication
Configuring OVO HTTPS communication
Fundamental security mechanisms and their use in OVO
OVO commands in the area of HTTPS communication and certificates
Advanced troubleshooting
OVO tracing technology and how to use it
Common problem scenarios in the area of HTTPS communication
Using OVO test tools to quickly isolate problems
OVO Repository & Reports
Physical and logical structure
OpenView DB
Database connectivity
User, node, template & condition table
Integrating NNM applications
Integration of Network Node Manager applications in OVO
Converting NNM trap definitions to OVO policies
Accessing remote NNM collection stations
Using the opcmapnode command to redirect OVO applications to other nodes
Understanding the use case in the context of remote NNM stations
Event Correlation Service (ECS) in OVO
Local and central correlation
Architecture on the managed node
Configuration topics
Important files for event correlation
Alternative Techniques for Agent Installation
Various possibilities for installing the OVO Agent on
Managed Nodes
Using the off-line agent installation method
Using SSH for installing the OVO Agent
Setting up and using a Windows installation server
avigator
avigator concepts
Status propagation and status calculation
Service configuration
Rule definition
Service logging and report generation
Flexible Management Overview
General concepts of Flexible Management
Message forwarding from an agent to a management server
Manager-to-Manager message forwarding
How to deploy configuration to the agents and server(s)
Additional requirements for HTTPS agents
Escalation: an Introduction to Manager-Manager Flexibility
Concepts of message escalation
Configuring message escalation to another manager
Selective Message Passing
How messages can be selectively forwarded based on time or attributes
Agent-Based Flexibility
Message forwarding from an agent to a management server
Configuring Responsible Managers Templates
Difference between Action-Allowed and Backup servers
Alerting Other Managers: Message Forwarding
Configuring Hierarchical Management
Manager-to-Manager message forwarding Scheduled Outages and Service Hours
Technical implementation
Condition status variables
Configuration and usage aspects
Extending Functionality with Smart Plug-Ins
Smart Plug-Ins and their relationship to other OV products
Smart Plug-In integration with OVO
Configuring the Operating System Smart Plug-In for UNIX and Windows
Security
OVO HTTPS communication across firewalls
HTTP proxies
Manual HTTPS certificate deployment
Configuring OVO to use PAM authentication
Remote action filter rules and how to configure them
Performance considerations
Using performance rules of thumb to tune OVO
Maintaining good housekeeping and correct configuration
High Availability Support
Using OVO to manage HA applications
Configuring cluster nodes and applications in OVO
Installing and running the OVO Management Server as HA application
Installation of the Management Server
Installation Flow
Installation
Directory structure
 

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