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Lesson 01HP UCMDB 8.0 Essentials

Course Outline

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PurposeThis course teaches the following skills and knowledge:• Practical applications of HP Universal CMDB and DDM in

the enterprise.– Ability to design, build, and use topology views and reports

abstracting actual business scenarios.– Ability to model business applications and infrastructure,

detect and assess the impact of failure, and analyze its root cause.

– The generation of actionable business service and infrastructure asset information through basic discovery and mapping techniques

• Efficient use of the UCMDB through discussions and scenario-based lab exercises.

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Intended AudienceThis course is targeted towards the following groups:• BTO Architects leveraging the power of the

integrated CMDB across the BTO/BSM portfolio.• Those in charge of Configuration Management and

the documentation and storage of business services and their related assets and relationships.

• Project managers, application modelers, discovery engineers, and UCMDB implementation consultants.

• Integration specialists implementing data federation across the different business silos and software product families.

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Course ObjectivesAfter completing this course, you will be able to:• Understand the value of the HP Universal CMDB and

DDM applications and the concepts of CIs and CITs in the context of Business Service Management

• Become familiar with the architecture, integrations, and system level components of the HP UCMDB.

• Understand various deployment scenarios and deploy and configure UCMDB with regards to the specific business requirements.

• Understand the main functional aspects of the UCMDB and their associated business cases and applications

• Plan for discovery and dependency mapping of applications and business services.

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Course ObjectivesAfter completing this course… (continued):• Launch and navigate the UCMDB and DDM application

components and main interfaces.• Understand TQL, its applications, and define and create

various types of TQLs.• Understanding the new feature Modeling Studio by creating

Models and perspective based views• Design and build topology views and maps in order to

uncover and resolve business problems.• Understand the concept of correlation and model cause and

impact through the creation of correlation rules.• Understand the idea behind enriching the UCMDB data

model and enhance the UCMDB through the use of enrichment rules.

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Course Objectives

After completing this course…(continued):• Use reports and comparison options to track the

following– Infrastructure and business application changes.– Application usage and activity– Application data model changes– Asset, dependency, and related infrastructure change

trends• Leverage the the UCMDB for purposes of problem

isolation and root cause analysis.• Perform auto discovery of hardware and software in

basic and advanced discovery mode.

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Course Topic Breakdown By DayDay One• Lesson 01 – Course Outline• Lesson 02 – Introduction to CMS and HP UCMDB• Lesson 03 – UCMDB Architecture and Deployment• Lesson 04 – UCMDB Product Overview• Lesson 05 – IT Universe Manager

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Course Topic Breakdown By Day

Day Two• Lesson 06 – CI Type Manager• Lesson 07 – Introduction to TQL• Lesson 08 – View Manager• Lesson 09 – Modeling Studio

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Course Topic Breakdown By DayDay Three

• Lesson 09 – Modeling Studio (Continuation)• Lesson 10 – Report Manager• Lesson 11 – Reporting Applications• Lesson 12 – Introduction to Correlation and

Impact Analysis• Lesson 13 – Correlation Manager

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Course Topic Breakdown By DayAbout This Course

Day Four• Lesson 13 – Correlation Manager (continuation)• Lesson 14 – CI Lifecycle• Lesson 15 – Enrichment Manager• Lesson 16 – Introduction to Discovery

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Course Topic Breakdown By DayDay Five

• Lesson 17 – DDM• Lesson 18 – UCMDB Integrations

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Class IntroductionsTell us about yourself…• Name• Occupation and job responsibilities• Experience with the UCMDB • How will HP Universal CMDB be used in your

organization • Personal objectives for this course

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Course Format

This course is comprised of the following:• Lectures• Lab Exercises/Hands-on Activities• Interactive/group discussions• Questions and Answer sessions• Exercise walk-through/validation

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Miscellaneous Items

Let us not forget the logistics:• Building/Classroom access• Class Start and End times• Breaks/Lunch times• Break rooms• Rest rooms• Important Numbers

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