Training offering
IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 7.1 Administration and Deployment
Description
(Replaces TW09GB)
Learn to write and deploy integration solutions using IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator Version 7.1. This onsite workshop includes hands-on activities that help you gain practical experience working with AssemblyLines and using the Administration and Monitoring Console.
Objectives
• Describe directories
• Describe features of IBM Directory Integrator
• Install IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator
• Describe and configure IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator components
• Describe and use Connectors
• Describe and configure Parsers
• Describe and use hooks and scripts
• Build AssemblyLines
• Plan and implement a new IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator solution
• Troubleshoot an IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator solution
• Implement and configure AssembLines
• Work with Advanced AssemblyLines
• Use server AssemblyLines
Participants
This intermediate level course is for implementers who will use IBM Directory Integrator to provide directory consolidation and management solutions.
Prerequisite(s)
You should have the following skills:
• Familiarity with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Experience writing, modifying, and debugging simple Java script programs
• Understand basic object-oriented database concepts
• Familiarity with XML concepts
Options
Unit 1: Directories and Directory Integration
• Function of directories.
• Functions of IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator.
• Building an integration solution in an existing environment
Unit 2: IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator Components
• IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator components
• AssemblyLines
Unit 3: Installation
• IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator installation
• Creating a new configuration file (Config)
Unit 4: AssembyLines and Connectors
• Connector functions
• IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 6.1 provided connectors
• Choosing the appropriate Connector mode
• Schema discovery
• Configuring Connectors
• Configuring Link Criteria for a Connector
• Configuration Editor's debugger
Unit 5: Parsers and Function Components
• Selecting and configuring a Parser for a FileSystem Connector
• Function Component usage
Unit 6: Running AssemblyLines
• Running AssemblyLines from the command-line interface
• Configuring the Action Manager to run AssemblyLines
• Configuring and using the Administration and Monitoring Console v3 (AMC3) to run AssemblyLines from a Web interface
• IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator server remote management
Unit 7: Problems and Solutions
• Common causes of AssemblyLine failure
• Resolving AssemblyLine failures
Unit 8: Scripts and Hooks
• Uses of scripts
• Writing scripts for use in an IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator solution
• Function of hooks
• Selecting the appropriate hook
Unit 9: Advanced AssemblyLines
• Building AssemblyLines with branches
• Building AssemblyLines with loops
• Building AssemblyLines with switches and cases
• Using Script components, Function components, and Attribute Map components in an AssemblyLine
• External AssemblyLines
Unit 10: Real-time Integration
• Batch mode vs real-time integration
• Server AssemblyLines
• Creating a server AssemblyLine
• Using Connectors in Server mode
Unit 11: Integrating with Tivoli Directory Integrator
Unit 12: Building Integration Solutions
• Developing a data propagation solution
• Best practices
Unit 13: More AssemblyLine Features
• Detecting changes in data stores
• Propagating changes
• Configuring SSL between
• Combining AssemblyLines
o EasyETL
o XSLT and XPath Usage
Unit 14: Maintaining Integration Solutions
• Solving communication problems.
• Debugging messages
• Configuration Editor debugger
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) debugging features
Unit 15: Distributed Solutions
• Calling AssemblyLines between multiple instances of IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator
• IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator failover configuration
• Running remote commands
