KM502 DataStage Administration V9.1 - 4 Days Training

KM502G: IBM InfoSphere Information Server Administration V9.1

Overview

Recommended duration: 4 Days

Skill level: Intermediate

IBM InfoSphere Information Server hosts a suite of products designed for the development and delivery of data integration, data quality, and data governance jobs. This course describes and discusses Information Server administrative tasks surrounding the Suite as a whole, such as security, session management, and backup and recovery, and administrative tasks related to key Information Server products such as DataStage and Information Analyzer.

Training Paths that reference this course are:

Audience

This intermediate course is for Information Server administrators who will be supporting developers for IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM InfoSphere Information Server for z/OS products, including DataStage, QualityStage, Information Analyzer, FastTrack, Information Services Director, and Metadata Workbench.

Prerequisites

You should have some experience with:

Database and system configuration.

Some experience with Linux is helpful, but not required.

Key topics

Unit 1. Technical Overview
Unit 2. Overview of Clients used for Administration
Unit 3. Authentication and Suite Security
Unit 4. Stopping and Starting Information Server
Unit 5. Session Management
Unit 6. Engine Tier Architecture
Unit 7. Engine Tier Configuration
Unit 8. Engine Tier Connectivity
Unit 9. SEngine Tier Monitoring
Unit 10. Metadata Asset Management
Unit 11. Information Services Console Configuration
Unit 12. Installation, Deployment, and Recovery
Unit 13. Serviceability

Objectives

Identify Information Server functional components, product modules, and architecture components
Use and administer the Information Server products using their clients
Configure Information Suite security for users and groups
Start and stop Information Server (IS) components
Manage IS sessions, logging and reporting
Configure and manage IS Engine components including environment variables, configuration files, data sets, and operational metadata
Establish database connectivity with IS
Monitor DataStage jobs from the command line
Monitor DataStage jobs and the environment in which they are running using the DataStage Operations Console
Monitor the performance and resource usage of DataStage jobs using the Performance Analyzer and Resource Estimator tools
Archive and package metadata assets using istool
Deploy and manage metadata assets using Information Server Manager
Import, search, and manage metadata assets using Metadata Asset Manager
Back up and restore IS using the ISRecovery tool
Configure Information Analyzer and Information Services Director
Install and deploy Information Server
Apply patches and fix packs to Information Server
Examine the IS system and its health using audit tracing and ISA Lite