IBM Tivoli
Configuration Manager: Software Package Preparation
Course reference: TM231AGB
Course Summary:
| Format: | Classroom |
| Duration: | 2.0 Day(s) |
| Price: | 800.00 GBP plus VAT, 940.00 GBP incl VAT |
Prepare details for building a complex software packages, then test, distribute and confirm that it was properly installed. During the course, you will build software packages, work with the disconnected commands and work with the new features of the Software Package Editor.
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Audience
System administrators and software deployment specialists who create complex Software Packages on a regular basis.
Prerequisites
You should already know the basics of software package creation, plus:
- Working knowledge of the Windows and Unix operating systems, working knowledge of Windows and Unix administration functions, and Windows and Unix program installation
- Basic familiarity with database queries
- Ability to use the following Tivoli infrastructure components:
- Tivoli Desktop
- Tivoli Administrators
- Tivoli Profiles
- Ability to create Software Distribution profiles and packages
Objectives
- Create software packages that add and remove object related actions (text file objects, file system objects, device objects, Windows registry, shell, and profile objects, Windows services)
- Create software packages that include system actions (check disk space, restart, define software signature)
- Create software packages that include program actions (execute generic programs)
- Use disconnected commands
- Use variables, conditions, dependencies
- Create nested software packages
- Use Activity Planner to build activity plans for deploying a series of software packages
- Create software packages that use native installation (Microsoft Setup, InstallShield, AIX installp, Solaris pkgadd & patchadd, Linux RPM)
- Create software packages that install operating system and application patches
- Set software package-level properties
- Customize AutoPack to create software packages
- Use the advanced features of the Software Package Editor
- Manage locked files during installation
Contents:
- Introduction
- Create Software Packages
- Verifying and Installing a Software Package
- Software Package Objects and Actions by Operating System
- Automate the Creation of a Software Package Using AutoPack
- Software Package Editor: Advanced Features
- Upgrade and Operating system and Application Patches
- Using the Activity Planner
Practical work
Classroom environment with hands-on laboratory opportunities to practice concepts by performing student exercises that reflect real-world scenarios.