Overview

This intermediate-level course explains the IBM Turbonomic approach and capabilities to assure application performance and manage the entire application stack. In this hands-on course, students learn how to configure IBM Turbonomic instance, add targets as well as create automation, placement, and parking policies to align with business goals. Learn how to run plans for capacity management as well as access reports to show the business value of Turbonomic actions.

Audience

DevOps, Consultants, System Administrators, Operators, Users

Prerequisites

Objective

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Apply a license to their IBM Turbonomic instance
• Add targets to their IBM Turbonomic instance
• Add and configure users in IBM Turbonomic
• Create groups using various criteria for enhanced context
• Automate placement and scaling actions
• Stop or start cloud resources using parking policies
• Explain how scaling constraints affect scaling actions
• Run plans for capacity management and interpret results
• Access reports to show the business value of Turbonomic actions

Course Outline

Units:

• Unit 1: Target configuration
• Unit 2: User management
• Unit 3: Creating groups
• Unit 4: Automation and parking policies
• Unit 5: Placement policies
• Unit 6: Optimization and rightsizing
• Unit 7: Capacity planning
• Unit 8: Application mapping
• Unit 9: Maintenance options
• Unit 10: Reporting in IBM Turbonomic