IBM Agent Builder 6.3.4 (TV384G) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Introduction to IBM Agent Builder

  • Introduction to Agent Builder 
  • Installing Agent Builder 
  • Introduction to the Agent Builder application

Agent creation basics

  • Creating an agent in Agent Builder
  • Monitoring Windows services 
  • Troubleshooting in Agent Builder 

Creating agents for IBM Performance Management

  • Creating agents for IBM Performance Management 
  • Filtering data sources
  • Installing an agent with installation scripts 
  • Troubleshooting IBM Performance Management agents 

Creating agents for IBM Tivoli Monitoring

  • Installing an agent in an IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment
  • Troubleshooting IBM Tivoli Monitoring agents 
  • Creating and importing ITM application support 

Monitoring Windows resources

  • Monitoring Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) 
  • Monitoring Windows Performance Monitor 
  • Monitoring Windows log events 
  • Common agent modifications 
  • Testing an attribute group 

Monitoring processes and command return codes

  • Monitoring processes 
  • Monitoring command return codes 

 

Monitoring custom data sources

  • Monitoring script output 
  • Monitoring through a socket connection
  • Defining attributes
  • Creating derived attributes 
  • Generating agent output from the command line
  • Monitoring log files 
  • Custom runtime configuration
  • Java API 

Monitoring remote and optional resources

  • Data source-provided runtime configuration 
  • Subnodes 
  • Monitoring remote systems 
  • Monitoring Simple Network Management Protocol 
  • Monitoring HTTP URLs and objects 
  • Monitoring Java Management Extension 
  • Monitoring databases with JDBC