Course Catalog

The IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps platform delivers visibility into performance data and dependencies across environments. It aims to enhance the efficiency of IT operations, reduce costs, and ensure that systems are robust and secure. This course provides instructions on how to do an air-gapped installation of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps v4.10.

IBM Instana helps in managing application performance in real-time and maximizing uptime with automated full-stack observability. This course provides information about the architecture and functionality of IBM Instana to help you understand the value proposition. You learn essential user interface techniques, creating application perspectives, and how to use dashboards to monitor the services. In addition, this course teaches about distributed tracing and the AutoTrace feature that helps in quickly tracing issues down to the root cause. You also learn the differences between alerts, issues, and incidents and how to create alerts to notify team members when certain criteria are met. You also learn how the Smart Alerts simplify the alerting configuration. IBM Instana automatically discovers, maps, and monitors all services and infrastructure components, providing complete visibility across every layer of your application stack. The course also teaches about Unbounded Analytics, Synthetic Monitoring, Log Management, and custom dashboards. Built on a foundation of real-time granularity and high-fidelity data, IBM Instana delivers actionable insights that your IT teams can leverage to enhance application performance and drive operational efficiency and reliability.

In this course, you learn more about the basic architecture of IBM Instana and how to install various kinds of host agents in different modes. In addition, you learn how to optionally pin an agent to a specific version in case that is ever needed. You learn how to install agents on various platforms, such as a Docker, directly to the host, YAML, Operator, and Helm chart. This course also describes how to configure and instrument a website for End User Monitoring (EUM) along with a discussion about how to review website monitoring page metrics. You learn how to use the Web REST API to perform IBM Instana functions programmatically. And, since Instana is only capable of producing dashboards for a single Instana instance at a time, this course shows you how to integrate Grafana with one or more Instana instances to produce federated dashboards.

The foundations of IBM FlashSystem 9500 are covered in this course. It introduces students to IBM FlashSystems, how to configure it, and navigate its user interface. The course delves deeper into IBM FlashCore technology, the ultra-low latency of Storage Class Memory (SCM), the rich features of IBM Spectrum Virtualize, and AI predictive storage management to provide intensive, data driven multi-cloud storage for the most critical demands. There are pre-recorded lab demos to show IBM Spectrum Virtualize in action.

The IBM Storage Scale System (previously called Elastic Storage Server or ESS) is a big data storage system that combines Power servers, storage enclosures, and disks along with IBM Storage Scale and RAID technology, providing analytical and technical computing storage and data services. This online course provides an overview of the IBM Storage Scale Server. It reviews benefits, features for protection from data loss, storage terms, hardware components, software components, and network considerations. The course details the monitoring tasks to manage the IBM Storage Scale System environment including working with the command line interface, working with graphical user interface, and to manage both file systems and Filesets. It also reviews ESA support, disk replacement procedures, update procedures, and the data collection and contact procedures for IBM service and support. Associated badge: https://www.credly.com/org/ibm/badge/ibm-storage-scale-system-essentials

You will learn the fundamentals of IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) in on-premises environments. You will gain a deep understanding of installing IBM Cloud Object Storage, performing configurations, navigating its user interface, performing capacity changes, using self-healing features, and examining logs for troubleshooting. This course has recorded lectures, lab demos and associated quiz exercises. You will also recognize where to find documentation and get help.

In this course, you learn how to define automation policy for IBM Z System Automation (SA for z/OS).You learn how to create policy definitions for systems, applications, application groups, and monitor resources. This is delivered in an environment with multiple opportunities for hands-on lab exercises. You define automation policy for several environments: single system and multiple system within a basic sysplex. The system automation manager and automation agent run in a z/OS 2.4 environment. The automation platform, IBM Z Netview is at version 6 release 4 and IBM Z System Automation is at version 4 release 3.

This course introduces and explains the IBM Z System Automation (SA for z/OS) commands that are used for system operations. In this course, the System Automation Manager and Automation Agent run in a z/OS 2.4 environment. The automation platform, IBM Z Netview is at version 6 release 4 and IBM Z System Automation is at version 4 release 3. The course uses several automation scenarios in single and multisystem configurations to demonstrate the concepts that are taught in the lessons. This training class is delivered in an environment with multiple opportunities for hands-on lab exercises.

This course introduces and explains the IBM Z System Automation (SA for z/OS) components, architecture, and concepts. Focus is on the System Operations component with Processor Operations as an optional topic.This course does not include labs.

Learn to efficiently manage Ansible on an IBM Power environment. You’ll be introduced to the world of automation through hands-on curriculum developed by IBM experts and thought leaders. The material covers a deep-dive of Ansible on IBM Power, IBM PowerVC, IBM Power collections, automating deployment of modern web applications and more. You will work on our IBM Power servers located in Poughkeepsie, New York. Upon completion of this course, you will earn an IBM digital badge that recognizes your skills in this area. This course covers Ansible on IBM AIX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. IBM i users may be interested in AS45G: DevOps on IBM i: Learn Ansible.

Developing Software with IBM Engineering Workflow Management is a course designed as an introduction to the solution for software developers. You will learn to utilize IBM Engineering Workflow Management to effectively manage work items, collaborate and share work with teams using Jazz source control, request and analyze software builds, and monitor the status of Eclipse-based development projects using reports and web-based dashboards. This course consists of Web-based Training modules (WBTs) and Software Simulations (SIMs). You will be guided through the material in a logical order but are free to move around the course content as you wish. Your progress will be tracked and available to help you pick up where you left off if you need to pause the course.

This course teaches analysts and engineers learn how to define, elaborate, organize, and manage textual and graphical requirements and requirements-related information in IBM DOORS Next Generation. DOORS Next is a key component of  Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM). The product provides requirements definition and management capabilities in a fully-integrated environment that can also include IBM Engineering Workflow Management for change and configuration management, and IBM Engineering Test Management for quality management. The course also contains exercises mirroring the instructor-led version and are performed in a simulated environment that does not require connection or access to a live system which provides extreme flexibility in taking the course.

This course bundles content from DOORS Next, Engineering Workflow Management, and Engineering Test Management courses. It is designed to provide developers with the necessary skills to navigate and understand common components of the Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) platform appropriate for this role.  The course also contains exercises mirroring the instructor-led version and are performed in a simulated environment that does not require connection or access to a live system which provides extreme flexibility in taking the course.

This course bundle provides access to self-paced training pulled from the DOORS Next, Engineering Workflow Management, and Engineering Test Management courses. This bundle is designed to provide quality professionals with the necessary skills to navigate and understand common components of the ELM platform appropriate for this role. The course also contains exercises mirroring the instructor-led version and are performed in a simulated environment that does not require connection or access to a live system which provides extreme flexibility in taking the course.

This course introduces test managers to the basics of using Engineering Test Management (ETM) to manage a test effort within a software development project.  IBM Test Management is a key component of the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM), providing quality management capabilities in a fully-integrated environment.  The course teaches how to plan the test effort, develop test artifacts, align with requirements and development, manage the test team's work, monitor progress, submit and track defects, and report test results and status.  The course contains exercises mirroring the instructor-led version and are performed in a simulated environment that does not require connection or access to a live system which provides extreme flexibility in taking the course.

This course teaches analysts and engineers how to define, elaborate, organize, and manage textual and graphical requirements and requirements-related information in IBM DOORS Next Generation v7. DOORS Next Generation is a key component of the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM). The product provides requirements definition and management capabilities in a fully-integrated environment that can also include IBM Rational Team Concert for change and configuration management, and IBM® Rational Quality Manager for quality management.

This hands-on lab is intended to prepare students for the C1000-183- IBM Maximo Manage v9.0 Functional Deployment - Professional exam required for the IBM Maximo Manage v9.0 Functional Deployment - Professional  certification. It is recommended that you thoroughly study the 9 sections of Exam Objectives and gain real-life experience of implementing IBM Maximo Manage before attempting this exam.

In this course, you will learn how work is managed in IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) Manage including the overall Work Order process and lifecycle, creation of Job Plans as well as Work Orders. You will also see how Failure data can be entered, work is assigned, and labor and material reported against work. After learning about these concepts, practice what you have learned by doing the hands-on lab exercises. This course is suitable for end users.   

This course is designed for the Administrators, Supervisors, and Managers who are responsible to work with end user personas such as Technicians, Inspectors, Asset Managers, and Storeroom clerks, and facilitate, supervise, and review their tasks to ensure successful asset management and maintenance in their organization using Maximo Application Suite Manage and Maximo Mobile. This course focuses on the supervision aspect of Maximo Administrators who help other personas to be successful in their day-to-day activities using Maximo Mobile. Along with carefully curated demonstrations and a hands-on lab, in this course, you also get the end user training modules for each of the personas that include persona introduction and relevant demonstrations and their simulated labs.   

This 1-day instructor led course provides students with an understanding of  how work is managed in IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) Manage including the overall Work Order process and lifecycle, creation of Job Plans as well as Work Orders. You will also see how Failure data can be entered, work is assigned, and labor and material reported against work. After learning about these concepts, practice what you have learned by doing the hands-on lab exercises. This course is suitable for end users.