Before taking this course, you should have the following skills:
- Basic understanding of Windows data sources, including WMI, Perfmon, Windows logs, Windows services, and Windows processes
- Basic understanding of multiplatform data sources, such as SNMP, JMX, processes, scripts, commands, and log files
- Administrator-level skills in either of the following monitoring environments:
- IBM Monitoring 8.x on premises or IBM Monitoring 1.2.x software-as-a-service
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.x, including creating queries, situations, Navigators, and workspaces
- Experience installing, configuring, starting, and stopping agents and application support in either of the following monitoring environments:
- IBM Monitoring 8.x on premises or IBM Monitoring 1.2.x software-as-a-service
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3
- Administrator-level skills in Windows and Linux