Control-M 21.x: Fundamentals Administering (ASP)
This course provides instruction and hands-on practice in administration and customization options of the distributed systems Control-M solution. Control-M is a monitoring and management tool for the enterprise batch-scheduling environment. It allows users to manage job processing across all distributed systems platforms supported by instances of Control-M/Server and ControlM/Agent.
This course offers additional multilingual subtitles/closed captioning (cc), generated using an Artificial Intelligence translation tool, in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Major release:
Control-M 21.x
Recommended Prerequisites:
Good for:
Administrators, Consultant
Course Delivery:
Assisted Self Paced (ASP) | 32 hours
Course Modules
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Architecture and Components
- Describe the Control-M architecture
- State the purpose of each component in the Control-M architecture
- Explain the different Control-M/EM components
- List the different Control-M interfaces
- Access the Control-M interfaces
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Starting, Stopping, and Checking Status
- Start and stop the EM, Server, and Agent components
- Check the status of the:
- Control-M/EM
- Control-M/Servers
- Control-M/Agents
- Databases
- Monitor services
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Job Life Cycle and Configuring the Control-M/Server
- Work with the Control-M GUI
- Create a Workspace
- Describe the job processing life cycle
- Create a Viewpoint
- Create and order jobs for execution
- Work with Conditions
- Describe the New Day Process
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Configuring the Control-M/Enterprise Manager
- Configure exception and usage alerts
- Implement and configure SNMP communication
- Configure EM System Parameters
- Configure Exception and Usage Alerts
- Implement and configure SNMP communication
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Using the Automation API Config Service
- Explain Control-M/EM Security
- Explain Control-M Users and Roles
- Create Control-M Users and Roles
- Configure External Authentication using IdP and LDAP
- Configure Password Rules
- Configure Emergency Users
- Change the Control-M/EM DBO Password
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High Availability
- Implement Control-M/EM and Control-M/Server High Availability
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Control-M/Agent Security
- Administer Control-M/Agent security in Windows:
- Configure Windows Local Security Policies
- Change the Control-M/Agent Windows Service account
- Understand and use the Logon As parameter
- Administer Control-M/Agent security on Linux/UNIX:
- Understand and use non-root mode
- Understand and use root mode
- Understand and use sudo mode
- Explain Agent connection modes
- Define and configure Host Groups
- Define Host Restrictions
- Administer Control-M/Agent security in Windows:
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Remote Hosts and Application Plug-Ins
- Describe the benefits of enabling agentless job execution
- Implement agentless job execution
- Describe the purpose of Control-M Application Plug-ins
- Explain the relationship between the Control-M/Agent and Control-M
- Application Plug-ins
- Install and configure Control-M Application Plug-ins
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Database Backup and Management
- Perform job version management
- Perform database maintenance actions
- Backup and restore the Control-M/EM and Control-M/Server databases
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Troubleshooting Control-M
- Troubleshoot the Control-M components
- Access and use the BMC Knowledge Base to research issues and fixes
- Access Control-M user communities
- Use BMC Support to identify and correct issues
- Download and use product documentation
- Log support issues
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Addendum - Control-M Web
- List the functionalities in the Configuration domain
- Add an Agent
- Configure Agent Parameters
- Create a Host Group
- Configure Agent System Parameters
- Add a Run as User
- Create a Centralized Connection Profile
- Convert to a Centralized Connection Profile