IBM SevOne NPM 7.2 Advanced TV00506G

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Module 1 – SevOne v7.2 and Advanced SevOne Data Organization

• List major changes and improvements included in SevOne version 7.2
• Review SevOne Device, Object, Indicator hierarchy and data organization
• Access the class lab environment and become familiar with the data organization schema used for this course

Module 2 – SevOne Advanced Cluster Management

• Incorporate new user accounts into SevOne
• Add a new PAS to an existing SevOne cluster
• Add and synchronize an HSA to a PAS for fault tolerance
• Test the HSA fail-over and fall back
• Assign a Virtual IP address
• Use the CSV file process to add multiple new devices to SevOne
• Describe the steps required to perform Device Certification in SevOne

Module 3 – SevOne Advanced Data Collection

• Use Cross Object Calculations (CoCs) to create custom metrics and calculations from multiple indicators across different device objects.
• Create Synthetic Indicators that combine data from multiple indicators into a single, calculated metric.

Module 4 – SevOne Advanced Flow Management Techniques

• Explain advanced flow management in SevOne
• Create a custom flow view in SevOne

Module 5 – SevOne Advanced Alert Management

• Apply advanced SNMP trap management techniques in SevOne
• Describe the steps required to define new traps in SevOne
• Integrate Webhooks into the SevOne trap and alert management interface

Module 6 – Sevone API v3 (Swagger)

• Understand the capabilities of the SevOne API structure
• Use the Swagger API documentation for quick testing
• Use an API to retrieve Performance Metrics
• Use the API interface to add a device and alter device properties in SevOne
• Ingest external metric data via the API interface
• Describe the use of Rapid Infrastructure Automation (RIA) and how it integrates with SevOne
• Use an RIA workflow to get a list of devices that are being managed by SevOne
• Execute an RIA workflow to modify the device properties of a device being managed by SevOne

Module 7 – Using the SevOne Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Describe the capabilities and risks of accessing the CLI Terminal interface
• Identify key commands used for managing the SevOne Cluster environment
• Access the CLI via SSH with user support
• Access the Network Management Server appliance container
• Identify commands that are useful for performing Cluster health checks
• Access the support information toolkit
• Use the support information toolkit and health check commands to verify the health of a SevOne cluster
• Use the CLI to export and import commands

Module 8 – Advanced Reporting

• Explore the User Interface enhancements and new report capabilities
• Identify the reports that are included in this version of DI
• Use the enhanced User Interface to monitor and manage cluster resources
• Create complex reports that incorporate default reports into custom reports

Module 9 – Advanced Mapping features of Data Insight

• Create a complex topology map and use the map to identify network issues
• Monitor and manage SevOne device alerts using the tools provided in Data Insights (Policy Filtering)
• Create GeoSpacial maps that incorporate advanced features such as topology and automatic device placement
• Modify existing maps and manage protocols and alerts via the map tools
• Describe the process of incorporating a Tile Sever into the Data Insight map features

Appendix A – Monitoring SDWan in SevOne

• Explore SevOne’s comprehensive, multi-vendor SD-WAN monitoring capabilities
• Use the SevOne SDWAN metrics to monitor and manage network performance

This course is an advanced look at the IBM SevOne NPM.