n·fluence 2008 Agenda: At-a-Glance
Tuesday October 7: Technical Training

NimBUS System Adminstrator Training
Instructor:
Dan Hobbs
8:30am - 9:00am |
Introduction & Review:
We will review Monday's material via Q & A
A quiz will be given to make sure of the classes' understanding. |
9:00am - 10:30am |
+ Configuring Popular Probes (Part 1)
In this section we will configure probes that most exemplify how the majority of the NimBUS probes are configured. We will start with cdm and processes.
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10:30am - 11:00am |
Break |
11:00am - Noon |
+ Configuring Popular Probes (Part 2)
In this session you will learn how to configure probes to give you the information you need. This short session will cover net_connect and interface_traffic.
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Noon - 1:00pm |
Lunch: 1 hour |
1:00pm - 2:30pm |
+ Configuring Popular Probes (Part 3)
In this session you will learn how to configure probes to give you the information you need. We will continue from Part 2 with dirscan and url_response.
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2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Break |
3:00pm - 5:30pm |
+ NimBUS Alarm Sever - nas 3.x (Part 1)
This session will cover all of the new features of the nas 3.x series. Learn how to create and use triggers; create and use auto-operator profiles for automation; and basic nas scripting to solve some correlation issues.
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Indicative Training
Instructor: Justin Kaplan
8:30am - 9:00am |
Introduction & Review |
9:00am - 10:30am |
+ Indicative Advance User
In this session, participant will learn more of the functional areas of the Indicative product. Including Web Interfaces and some advanced usage features of Indicative.
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10:30am - 11:00am |
Break |
11:00am - Noon |
+ Indicative File Based Discovery
For cases when there are many items to be added to an environment, or when custom deployment needs to be automated, File-based Discovery is the answer. Focusing on the processes entailed and the formats required, this course will illustrate the usage of this powerful bulk-loading interface.
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Noon - 1:00pm |
Lunch: 1 hour |
1:00pm - 2:30pm |
+ Indicative - Real User Monitoring (RUM)
This course will focus on the background, setup, and planning for the Real User Monitoring effort within an organization. Proper application mapping, analysis, and infrastructure manipulation may be necessary to capture and quantify today's web-based applications. This course will address the required inputs and maintenance for RUM to be successful. As a part of this, we will look at a RUM interface and demonstrate setup, as well as look at the Quickstart and demonstrate usage.
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2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Break |
3:00pm - 5:30pm |
+ Indicative Event Console
Event lifecycle management is necessary within any Enterprise environment as events occur on a daily basis and can signal a falling sky or simply a loose bolt. However, events should never be taken lightly, no matter what they represent. The Indicative Event Console allows for the collection of internal and external-sourced events and brings them together in a single, concise view allowing for effective escalation and analysis
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Experienced User Training
8:30am - 9:00am |
Introduction & Review |
9:00am - 10:30am |
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10:30am - 11:00am |
Break |
11:00am - Noon |
+ Configuring NimBUS in a Secure Environment
Presenter: Remko Dobber, Nimsoft Technical Sales Engineer
A close look into how to solve Firewall issues and build hub tunnels for secure communications. This session will also explore how to configure links between NimBUS components.
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Noon - 1:00pm |
Lunch: 1 hour |
1:00pm - 2:30pm |
+ Developing Custom Probes
Presenter: Mark Rivington, Nimsoft Vice President of Technology
This session will review basic scripting skills and move through simple and then more complex examples of custom probes.
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2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Break |
3:00pm - 5:30pm |
+ NimBUS RUM - Real User Monitoring Implementation
Learn the background, setup, and planning for the Real User Monitoring effort within an organization. Proper application mapping, analysis, and infrastructure manipulation may be necessary to capture and quantify today's web-based applications. This course will address the required inputs and maintenance for RUM to be successful. As a part of this, we will look at a RUM interface and demonstrate setup, as well as look at theQuickstart and demonstrate usage.
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