Nimsoft Training

• July 8 - 10, 2008; Chertsey, UK
• July 21 - 25, 2008; Denver, CO
• August 11 - 15, 2008;  Austin, TX
• October 6 - 10, 2008; New Orleans, LA
  (Offered during N-fluence 2008)
• October 20 - 23, 2008; Amsterdam
  (Offered during N-fluence 2008)
• November 17 – 21, 2008; Orlando, FL

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• Installation, configuration and maintenance of your NimBUS solution, including deployment in large enterprise environments
  
• Ongoing product administration
  
• Manage alarms and event notifications
  
• Database tuning
  
• Advanced automation & escalation strategies

• $2,500 (USA), £1300 / €1950 (Chertsey) or NOK 10000 (Oslo) per person - lunch and course materials are included
  
• Local hotel recommendations can be provided on request
  
• Attendees are expected to bring their own Wintel laptop - if you cannot bring a laptop to the class, please inform us in advance of your selected training date so alternative arrangements can be made

This is an introductory course about NimBUS intended for Systems Administrators and IT professionals who have a general understanding of enterprise performance management.

We will be strictly limiting the number of attendees to ensure a quality experience for all, and registration will be done on a first come basis.

• NimBUS Overview
• Installation of NimBUS 3.50 and MSDE
• NimBUS Manager

NimBUS Core Components:

• Hub
• Variable Server
• Dashboard Server
• Group Server
• Robot
• Nas

Case Studies:

• Configure Service Level Manager
• Configure Enterprise Console
• Overview on Service Level Agreements
• Case study 1

Case Studies:

• Create Service Level agreements for case
• Create dashboards for case
• Create reports for case
• Case Study 2: Same steps as above

Final Exam.

• Introduction to NimBUS
  
• NimBUS Architecture Overview
  
• Introduction to the NimBUS Manager
  
• Basic NimBUS Infrastructure Installation & Configuration
  
• Installing NimBUS in a Fire-walled Environment
  
• Configuring Hub Tunnels
  
• Using ACLs to Control Access to NimBUS Components

• Overview of NimBUS Probes
  
• Updating and Distributing Probes
  
• Creating and Distributing Custom Probe Configurations
  
• NimBUS Alarm Server (nas)
  
• Overview of the Auto-Operator Tab
  
• Configuring Email Notifications
  
• Executing Scripts And Implementing Automation Via Auto-Operator
  
• Escalation Strategies and Creating New Alarms Via Auto-Operator

• NimBUS Enterprise Console
  
• Creating Simple Dashboards
  
• Uploading and Downloading Dashboards
  
• Using the new Dashboard Server and dashboard links in your dashboards
  
• Publishing Dashboards to the NimBUS Web Portal
  
• Creating Mobile Maps
  
• NimBUS Service Level Manager
  
• Creating Web-based Quality of Service (Performance) Reports
  
• Performing Ad Hoc QoS Data Queries via NimBUS SLM Client
  
• Configuring FTP Options for QoS Reports
  
• Introduction to SLA Reports
  
• Controlling who can see which reports and dashboards on the NimBUS
  
• Optimizing SQL Server Performance for NimBUS

• End2End Overview: Simulating End-User Transactions and Collecting Application Performance Metrics
  
• SLM2EXCEL (NimBUS Data Export Utility)
  
• Nimbus Tricks and Tips
  
• Differences Between Current Release and Previous Release
  
• The NimBUS Systems Administrator Training Class Final Exam, where you configure a complete NimBUS environment from scratch

• Introduction to NimBUS Server
• NimBUS Architecture
• Installation & Configuration
• NimBUS Manager

• Distribution of probes
• NimBUS Probes
• NimBUS Alarm Server (nas)
• NimBUS Alarm Console

• Introduction to SLA
• Quality of Service
• Response time probes
• QoS & SLA reporting
• NimBUS Service Level Manager