Duration
5 Days
30 CPD hours
About this course
This course is designed for the professional tasked with implementing, designing, architecting, installing, and configuring Symantec Client Management Suite (CMS) to manage the software and hardware in their company.
Overview
At the completion of the course, you will be able to: Identify the types of information you need to collect to help determine what type of CMS configuration to implement. Install Client Management Suite. Discover and import computer and user resources that you want to manage. Deploy the Symantec Management Agent and plug-ins. Create Organizational Views and Groups and assign resources to them. Create and configure policies, tasks, and jobs and assign them to targets. Troubleshoot common problems with installation and managing of Client Management Suite. Creating reports and installing and configuring IT Analytics.
Description
This course teaches students theory and concepts, and provides technical know-how on implementing Client Management Suite.
Course Introduction- Course objectives
Course overview
Lab environment introduction
Understanding the Symantec Management Platform- Introducing the Symantec Management Platform
Symantec management Platform components used by Client Management Suite
Symantec Management Platform concepts
How Client Management Suite works
Architecture of Client Management Suite- Understanding Architecture
Hardware Recommendations
Installing and configuring Client Management Suite- Installing and using the Symantec Installation Manager
Installing the Notification Server, suite and solution software
The Symantec Management Console- Accessing the Symantec Management Console
Getting to know the Symantec Management Console
Configuring the Notification Server after installation
Getting to know the ITMS Management views
Discovering resources- Introducing resource discovery methods
Importing resources from Microsoft Active Directory
Discovering computers using domain resource discovery
Discovering network resources using Network Discovery
Creating and Managing Organizational Views and Groups- Learning about organizational views and groups
Creating custom organizational views and groups
Managing organizational views and groups
Installing and Configuring the Agents and Plug-ins- Managing computers with the Symantec Management Agent
Installing the Symantec Management Agent
Verifying the Symantec Management Agent installation
Configuring the Symantec Management Agent settings
Introducing solution plug-ins for the Symantec Management Agent
Upgrading Client Management Suite
Introducing agent, Notification Server and site server communications
Introducing Notification Server event queues
Resource Filters- Introducing resource filters
Managing and working with existing filters
Creating and modifying filters
Filters and Targets- Introducing targets
Working with targets in the computer management view
Policies- Getting to know policies
Understanding user-based policies
Understanding how the Symantec Management Agent receives policies
Configuring automation policies
Managing shared schedules
Creating and Managing Tasks and Jobs- Overview of task management
Creating and scheduling tasks and jobs
Task management communication and processing
Security- Learning about security
Managing user accounts, security roles, and privileges
Managing permissions
Reporting- Introducing reports
Using and creating classic reports
Configuring and using IT Analytics
Site Management- Introducing site management
Managing sites, subnets and site servers
Reviewing site server plug-ins to the Symantec Management Agent
Configuring site services
Cloud-enabled Management (CeM)- Introducing Cloud-enabled Management (CeM)
Understanding the cloud-enabled agent
Preparing the Notification Server and agents for CeM
Configuring site management for CeM
Installing and Configuring the SMP Internet Gateway and configuring a CeM Settings policy
Configuring the SMP Internet Gateway with the SMP IG Manager
Configuring the CeM Settings policy
Creating a cloud-enabled agent installation package
Installing a cloud-enabled agent from a package
Replication- Understanding replication
Setting up and configuring replication
Running replication
Hierarchy- Understanding hierarchy
Setting up a Notification Server hierarchy
Configuring hierarchy replication
Changing the hierarchy topology
Migration- Migrating Symantec Management Platform
Agent registration (trust)Post installation checklist
Readiness checklist for CMS Migration
Post migration checklist for a CMS Migration
Migrating from 6.x to 7.6
Migrating from 7.x to 7.6
Troubleshooting- Learning about Symantec Management Platform troubleshooting tools
Using NSConfigurator
Using Remote Altiris Agent Diagnostics
Introducing Notification Server event queues
Troubleshooting Cloud-enabled Management (CeM)
Backing up the server and database- Symantec Management Platform components needed for recovery
Backing up the IIS default web site virtual directories
Backing up the Configuration Management Database
Customizing the Console- Customizing the Symantec Management Console
Personalizing the Symantec Management Console
SQL BasicsObtaining Technical Support from Symantec- Using self-help resources
Obtaining customer support
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