About BMC CONTROL-M for Distributed Systems 6.4: Certification Boot Camp

This is a high-intensity immersion course designed to prepare the student to take the BMC CONTROL-M for Distributed Systems Certified Engineer Test. This test will be administered at the end of the class. The class days will be long (between 9 and 11 hours a day) and will include additional reading assignments each evening. Time will be allotted on Friday to take the two-hour certification examination.

This class covers topics from the BMC CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager 6.4: Scheduling - Part 3 and the BMC CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager 6.4: Administering classes to prepare students for the certification test. Students will work through a case study that includes many of the challenges encountered during an implementation. Students are given the opportunity to work through these challenges with hands-on labs. Best-practice processes for using the monitoring, scheduling, and administration tools will be introduced and students will practice using these tools throughout the case study.

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Course Objectives

• Create and manage job definitions
• Monitor and resolve production job problems
• Plan, install, and configure each of the components of CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager, CONTROL-M/Server, and CONTROL-M/Agents
• Implement and use Control Modules for application scheduling
• Maintain and troubleshoot the production environment
• Migrate from older versions of CONTROL-M to version 6.4
• Use multiplatform CONTROL-M through application of CONTROL-M/EM and CONTROL-M/Desktop
• Use the powerful facilities provided by the CONTROL-M/EM Graphical User Interface to locate, track, and resolve any problems that may occur with a job
• Use CONTROL-M/EM and CONTROL-M/Desktop to control job execution based on prerequisite job completion, availability of resources, or time
• Create scheduling groups, a feature of CTM 6.x that allows you to define prerequisite conditions for groups of jobs
• Use the post-processing facilities to perform actions based on the completion status of a task
• Create Shouts (Alerts) that provide information to users about the status of jobs
• Establish new data centers on a CONTROL-M/EM Server
• Use the CONTROL-M Configuration Manager to define and manage CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager components
• Modify CONTROL-M/Server and CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager system parameters
• Manage CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager communication domain configuration
• Implement Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communication protocols for encrypted communication between components
• Implement agentless remote execution of jobs
• Establish production standards and procedures
• Create and manage User Daily jobs
• Gain advanced knowledge of such features as job skeletons, variables, group scheduling, collections, job post-processing, and such
• Create and manage Node Groups, Shout Destination Tables, and Time Zone settings
• Create and manage calendar definitions for an enterprise, and use advanced calendar features
• Manage resource definitions for job flow optimization
• Implement application-related functionality and the associated Control Modules

Course Details

• Code: CTRL-MDSB-0640
• Products:
  • BMC CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager 6.4
  • BMC CONTROL-M/Server and Agent 6.4
• Delivery: Instructor Led Training (ILT)
• Duration: Five days
• Target Audience: Intermediate Users
• Prerequisites: BMC CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager 6.x: Scheduling - Part 1
• Certification Path: This course is part of the BMC CONTROL-M Skilled Professional Certification Path

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