IBM 000-898 IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager V5.1

About Exam

• Section 1 - Planning
• Section 2 - Installation
• Section 3 - Configuration
• Section 4 - Performance Tuning and Problem Determination
• Section 5 - Administration
• Section 6 - Concepts

Exam Objectives

Section 1 - Planning

1. Given the need to review customer's network environment, determine the placement of IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager V5.1 (TPM) depots, so that the software deployment management infrastructure can be determined.


With emphasis on performing the following subtasks:

1. Study the customer's network diagram and interview the network operational personnel.
2. Document the network locations and devices which need �service' from the management servers.
3. Document the network bandwidth and connectivity from the management servers to the managed devices.
4. Determine the managed devices which have low bandwidth connectivity from the management servers.
5. Determine the strategic placement for TPM Depots in locations which have a low bandwidth connectivity.
6. The number of depots required depends on the following factors:


--Network topology � branch office � fan out near clients

--Time windows for distribution

--Number of endpoints

--Package size for distribution



2. Given the need to determine firewall requirements and communication ports, define the communication protocols and services to be used, so that firewall communication ports are determined.


With emphasis on performing the following subtasks:

1. Determine the communication protocols and services to be used between the management servers and the managed devices.

Communication ports to be opened on the firewall between management servers and managed devices determined.
2. Common Agent Services requires ports 9511, 9512 and 9513 to be opened for traffic from management servers to managed devices.
3. SMB requires port 139 to be opened for traffic from management servers to managed devices.
4. SNMP requires port 161, to be opened for traffic from management servers to managed devices.
5. SSH requires port 22 to be opened for traffic from management servers to managed devices.
6. DHCP requires port 67 to be opened for traffic from managed devices to management servers and port 68 from management servers to managed devices.
7. Web Client requires ports 9045 and 9046 to be opened for traffic from management servers to managed devices.
8. Boot Server operation requires ports 69, 4011, 4012, 4015 and 4025 to be opened for traffic from managed devices to management servers and ports 8500 and 10000 from management servers to managed devices. Some of these ports can be re-configured for a different address.




3. Given the need to deploy TPM V5.1, determine TPM architecture to deploy , so that the design decision for the TPM topology and architecture have been determined.


With emphasis on performing the following subtasks:

1. One node installations for TPM 5.1 on windows with ITDS, Solaris 9 with DB2, Linux, AIX, and TPM Fast Start.
2. Two node installations for TPM 5.1 on windows with Active Directory and Solaris 10 with Oracle.
3. What is the standard / required architecture for the site TPM is being deployed in.
4. What are the standard / required operating system platforms in the site.
5. How large of an infrastructure will it support. How large will the database need to be.
6. Existing infrastructure that could be utilized in the deployment. Existing databa