Course description: IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.2 Fundamentals

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental features of Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM) version 7.2. The topics covered are for anyone wanting to gain general knowledge of IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.2, including data center administrators who deploy and configure hardware and software assets in the data center and application owners who deploy and manage specific applications within the data center.

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This introductory course is for implementers, adminisrators, and IT specialists who need to understand the basic features and functions of IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.2.

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You should have the following skills:

• Knowledge of basic server and workstation provisioning
• Windows, UNIX, Linux system administration skills
• Windows and UNIX command-line skills are a plus

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• Describe the architecture, interfaces, and basic function of TPM 7.2
• Discover hardware, software, and configuration information
• Enforce compliance of computers to a specified desired state.
• Import, deploy, and remove software
• Capture and restore operating system images
• Enforce compliance of operating systems to a specified patch level
• Create user accounts and apply access controls
• Manage the provisioning environment

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• Introduction to TPM
• Discovery
• Compliance Management
• Software Distribution
• Operating System Management
• Patch Management
• User Management
• Provisioning Environment Management

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