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SYMANTEC
   
     
     
Course Name:   Symantec Management Platform 7.0 Administration with Notification Server Training
     
Deployment Options:   Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
     
Course Duration:   5 days depending on audience background and options
 
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Introduction:
 
Please note: This course was formerly known as Symantec Notification Server 7.0 Administration. If you’ve already taken that course, be aware that the content in this course has not significantly changed. The Symantec Management Platform 7.0 Administration with Notification Server course is designed for I.T. specialists tasked with installing, managing, and troubleshooting Symantec Management Platform. This five-day, instructor-led, hands-on class covers Symantec Management Platform infrastructure and architecture, how to install Symantec Management Platform and configure Notification Server and the Altiris Agents, and how to create and configure key items in the Symantec Management Console, such as targets and filters. You also learn how to run reports and replication, create a hierarchy, find and access data in the database, and apply troubleshooting techniques. This five-day course includes two parts:
 
Customize it:
 
This 5-day Symantec 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 Symantec training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization's name 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 ever fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class.
 
Audience:
 
This course is for system administrators responsible for installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Symantec Management Platform.
 
Prerequisite
 
You must have basic working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and networking concepts, including LANs, network adapter cards, drivers, and operating systems. You must also be familiar with computer hardware components such as hubs, switches, and routers. Experience using VMware is helpful but not required.
 
Course Objectives:
 

At the completion of the course, you will be able to:

  • Install Symantec Management Platform and configure Notification Server and Altiris Agents.
  • Customize the Symantec Management Console.
  • Use Resource Manager to discover computers and ther resources.
  • Create and manage organizational views, group omponents, filters, and targets.
  • Administer user-based policies.
  • Schedule maintenance tasks and policies. Set privileges and permissions and secure the infrastructure with scoping.
  • Generate custom and standard reports.
  • Manage your environment using sites, site servers, and subnets. Design a Notification Server hierarchy, configure hierarchy replication, and publish content in a hierarchy.
  • Run replication.
  • Use tools and utilities to check the stability of the Symantec Management Platform.
 
Course Outline
 
Understanding the Symantec Management Platform

•Introducing the Symantec Management Platform
•Symantec Management Platform components
•Symantec Management Platform concepts
•How the Symantec Management Platform works

Planning and Designing the Symantec Management Platform

•What is architecture in IT?
•Designing an architecture
•Applying an architecture

Installing Symantec Management Platform

•Becoming familiar with installation requirements for Symantec Management Platform
•Learning about Symantec Installation Manager
•Installing Symantec Installation Platform
•Configuring the Notification Server after installation

Symantec Management Console

•Accessing the Symantec Management Console
•Becoming familiar with the Symantec Management Console
•Customizing the Symantec Management Console

Installing and Setting Up the Altiris Agent

•Installing the Altiris Agent
•Setting Agent policies
•Learning about Agent reporting
•Agent processing and viewing Agent NSEs

Configuring Agent Settings and Tabs

•Overview of the Altiris Agent and plug-ins
•Altiris Agent settings
•Unicast versus multicast
•Agent communication with the Notification Server

Resource Management

•Understanding resources
•Using the Resource Manager
•Discovering network resources

Site Management

•Site Management overview
•The Site Management page
•Managing sites and subnets
•Setting up and configuring site servers
•Working with Task Service
•Working with Package Service

Creating and Managing Organizational Views and Groups

•Learning about organizational views
•Defining organizational groups
•Creating custom organizational views and groups
•Managing organizational views and groups

Creating and Managing Filters
•Introducing filters
•Managing and working with predefined filters
•Building new filters using Query Builder
•Creating filters using raw SQL
•Modifying filters

Creating and Managing Targets

•Introducing targets
•Building a target
•Managing and working with targets

Managing Policies

•Understanding policies
•Configuring automation policies
•Managing shared schedules

Managing Tasks

•Task Management overview
•Creating and scheduling tasks
•Creating jobs

Defining security roles

•Examining privileges
•Setting permissions
•Learning about resource scoping
•Applying resource scoping with filters and targets
•Generating resource scoping reports
•Securing the infrastructure with scoping

Reporting and the Report Wizard

•Introducing reports
•Creating a custom report
•Working with report results
•Migrating reports

Replication Between Notification Servers

•What is replication?
•Setting up and configuring replication
•Scheduling replication

Hierarchy Design and Configuration

•Introduction to hierarchy
•Setting up and designing a Notification Server hierarchy
•Configuring hierarchy replication
•Publishing in a hierarchy

Migrating from Notification Server 6

•Deciding which type of migration to perform
•Preparing the environment
•Learning about the migration process
•Using migration tips

SQL Basics and Resource Partitioning

•SQL basics
•Resource partitioning

Symantec Management Platform Troubleshooting

•Symantec Management Platform troubleshooting tips
•Troubleshooting the Altiris Agent
•Uninstalling the Altiris Agent
 

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