Training offering

Application Performance Management 8.1.1 - APM and Application Diagnostics Fundamentals

Overview

This course covers the key features of IBM Application Diagnostics, including installation, configuration, resource monitoring, and transaction diagnosis. Exercises will be carried out for a WebSphere Application Server and Node.js agents. All other domains will be covered using slides.

Public

Application-monitoring specialists, and technical sales personnel who talk to customers about same.

Prerequisits

Before taking this course, you should have the following skills:
 

• Familiarity with application server monitoring
• Familiarity with the Performance Management Console
• Familiarity with the Tivoli Enterprise Portal
• Completion of IBM Monitoring 8.1.1 Implementation and Administration (TM065)

Objective

After you complete this course, you can perform the following tasks:

• Describe IBM Application Diagnostics features and architecture
• Describe how to install and configure IBM Application Diagnostics
• Use and navigate the Performance Management Console to monitor and manage an enterprise application with IBM Application Diagnostics

Topics

Introduction and Architecture

• Solution Overview and architecture
• Review of features by supported application environment

Installation

• Prerequisites
• Installation files
• Installation by supported domain
  • WebSphere (hands-on)
  • Ruby (presentation)
  • .NET (presentation)
  • Node.js (hands-on)

Configuration by supported domain

• WebSphere (hands-on)
• Ruby (presentation)
• .NET (presentation)
• Node.js (hands-on)

Monitoring application server resources

• Domain-specific resource coverage within the Performance Management Console
  • WebSphere (hands-on)
  • Ruby (presentation)
  • .NET (presentation)
  • Node.js (hands-on)  

Diagnosing transactions

• Domain-specific resource coverage within the Performance Management Console
  • WebSphere (hands-on)
  • Ruby (presentation)
  • .NET (presentation)
  • Node.js (hands-on)