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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.de/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="35958" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.de/ibb/en/xml-course/opentext-obmma" lastchanged="2025-07-29T12:18:45+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.de/ibb/en/xml-courses"><title>Operations Bridge Manager (OBM) Monitoring Automation</title><productcode>OBMMA</productcode><vendorcode>MF</vendorcode><vendorname>OpenText</vendorname><fullproductcode>MF-OBMMA</fullproductcode><version>24.2</version><objective>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe monitoring automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set up monitoring on Windows and Linux nodes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe monitoring automation workflow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain policy templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Log file policy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Service/Process Monitoring policy templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Open Message Interface policy templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure SNMP Interceptor policy templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure REST Web Service policy templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Structured Log File policy templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Metric from DB template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Topology from XML file template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure generic output from the Structure log file template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IT operations principles and practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Systems and network administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Industry-standard operating systems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Network, system, and application monitoring principles and practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;IT Tools engineers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Operations staff&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Operations managers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Availability engineers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;System administrators&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Network administrators&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 01: Course Overview&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the contents and objectives of the course&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the class schedule and class logistics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss the lab environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the additional course information&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 02: Setting up Monitoring&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the agent based and agentless monitoring&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install operations agent on a Windows node&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install operations agent on a Linux/Unix node&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maintain operations agent on a node&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 03: Monitoring Automation Overview&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the features and benefits of Monitoring Automation (MA)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monitor policy templates, aspects, and management templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Navigate MA administration pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 04: Monitoring Automation Workflow&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Assign MA management templates to CIs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define custom parameter values for assignments&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create automatic assignment rules to assign and maintain monitoring&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Verify monitoring assignments in MA&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Access monitoring configuration reports in MA&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Read-only Policy Editor/Aspects/MT&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 05: Policy Templates&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create and assign a basic policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add parameters to a policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use Instrumentation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 06: Log File Entry Policy Template (Event)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the Log file encapsulator process&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and assign a Log file policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add parameters to Log file policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 07: Service/Process Monitoring Policy Template (Event)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create and assign Service/Process monitoring policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test the Service/Process monitoring policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 08: Open Message Interface Policy Template (Event)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create and assign Open Message Interface policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test the Open Message Interface policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 09: SNMP Interceptor Policy Template (Event)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create and assign an SNMP Trap policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test the SNMP Trap policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 10: Measurement Threshold Policy Template (Event)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create and assign a Measurement Threshold template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test the Measurement Threshold Type template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 11: REST Web Service Policy Template (Event)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create a REST Web Service policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assign REST Web Service policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test the REST Web Service policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 12: Structured Log File Policy Template (Event and Metric)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create and assign a Structured Log File policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test the Structured Log File policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 13: Metric from DB (Operations Connector Only) (Metrics)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Configure and assign Metric from DB policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test the Metric from the DB policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 14: Topology from XML File Template (Topology)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create Topology from XML File policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assign Topology from XML File policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Test the Topology from XML File policy template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Verify that topology is delivered successfully to the RTSM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Troubleshoot topology delivery issues&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use OpsCx administration tools&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Locate primary OpsCx log files&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Chapter 15: Metric from Structured Log File Template (Metrics)&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create metric log file policies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assign the policy on OpsCx&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Verify Data in the OA Metric Store&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Verify Data in OBM Performance Dashboard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><objective_plain>- Describe monitoring automation
- Set up monitoring on Windows and Linux nodes
- Describe monitoring automation workflow
- Explain policy templates
- Configure Log file policy
- Configure Service/Process Monitoring policy templates
- Configure Open Message Interface policy templates
- Configure SNMP Interceptor policy templates
- Configure REST Web Service policy templates
- Configure Structured Log File policy templates
- Configure Metric from DB template
- Configure Topology from XML file template
- Configure generic output from the Structure log file template</objective_plain><essentials_plain>- IT operations principles and practices
- Systems and network administration
- Industry-standard operating systems
- Network, system, and application monitoring principles and practices</essentials_plain><audience_plain>- IT Tools engineers
- Operations staff
- Operations managers
- Availability engineers
- System administrators
- Network administrators</audience_plain><contents_plain>Chapter 01: Course Overview


- Identify the contents and objectives of the course
- Define the class schedule and class logistics
- Discuss the lab environment
- Identify the additional course information
Chapter 02: Setting up Monitoring


- Describe the agent based and agentless monitoring
- Install operations agent on a Windows node
- Install operations agent on a Linux/Unix node
- Maintain operations agent on a node
Chapter 03: Monitoring Automation Overview


- Identify the features and benefits of Monitoring Automation (MA)
- Monitor policy templates, aspects, and management templates
- Navigate MA administration pages
Chapter 04: Monitoring Automation Workflow


- Assign MA management templates to CIs
- Define custom parameter values for assignments
- Create automatic assignment rules to assign and maintain monitoring
- Verify monitoring assignments in MA
- Access monitoring configuration reports in MA
- Use Read-only Policy Editor/Aspects/MT
Chapter 05: Policy Templates


- Create and assign a basic policy template
- Add parameters to a policy template
- Use Instrumentation
Chapter 06: Log File Entry Policy Template (Event)


- Describe the Log file encapsulator process
- Create and assign a Log file policy template
- Add parameters to Log file policy template
Chapter 07: Service/Process Monitoring Policy Template (Event)


- Create and assign Service/Process monitoring policy template
- Test the Service/Process monitoring policy template
Chapter 08: Open Message Interface Policy Template (Event)


- Create and assign Open Message Interface policy template
- Test the Open Message Interface policy template
Chapter 09: SNMP Interceptor Policy Template (Event)


- Create and assign an SNMP Trap policy template
- Test the SNMP Trap policy template
Chapter 10: Measurement Threshold Policy Template (Event)


- Create and assign a Measurement Threshold template
- Test the Measurement Threshold Type template
Chapter 11: REST Web Service Policy Template (Event)


- Create a REST Web Service policy template
- Assign REST Web Service policy template
- Test the REST Web Service policy template
Chapter 12: Structured Log File Policy Template (Event and Metric)


- Create and assign a Structured Log File policy template
- Test the Structured Log File policy template
Chapter 13: Metric from DB (Operations Connector Only) (Metrics)


- Configure and assign Metric from DB policy template
- Test the Metric from the DB policy template
Chapter 14: Topology from XML File Template (Topology)


- Create Topology from XML File policy template
- Assign Topology from XML File policy template
- Test the Topology from XML File policy template
- Verify that topology is delivered successfully to the RTSM
- Troubleshoot topology delivery issues
- Use OpsCx administration tools
- Locate primary OpsCx log files
Chapter 15: Metric from Structured Log File Template (Metrics)


- Create metric log file policies
- Assign the policy on OpsCx
- Verify Data in the OA Metric Store
- Verify Data in OBM Performance Dashboard</contents_plain><duration unit="d" days="4">4 days</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">3200.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>