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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="33632" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/opentext-apm120-951" lastchanged="2025-07-29T12:18:23+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>Application Performance Management Essentials</title><productcode>APM120-951</productcode><vendorcode>MF</vendorcode><vendorname>OpenText</vendorname><fullproductcode>MF-APM120-951</fullproductcode><version>9.51</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the key characteristics of Application Performance Management (APM), its architecture, and deployment scenarios&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monitor application performance and availability from the end-user perspective&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monitor the real-time status of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), viewperformance metrics, and work with reports containing historical performancedata&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure and work with an IT model to build a topology of your system, populate the model with configuration items (CIs) and relationships, and use the model to measure and manage critical business processes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate SiteScope with the APM environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and analyze reports that present and organize specific data thatyour organization might need&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage service level agreements (SLAs) representing contracts with service providers, customers, and internal business units&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform administrative tasks to enable user access, configure licenses, and enhance system performance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;To be successful in this course, you should have the following prerequisites or knowledge:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Systems, network, and database administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) concepts and terminology&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Industry-standard operating systems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Network, system, and application monitoring principles and practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;IT Tools engineers, Operations staff, System administrators, Network administrators, Operations managers, Availability engineers, Database administrators&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Course Overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Application Performance Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;APM Architecture and Deployment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Application Health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Service Health Application&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;MyBSM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to BPM and VuGen&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;End User Management Administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;RUM Overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;End User Management Reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Infrastructure and Application Monitoring with SiteScope&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;System Availability Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Run-Time Service Model (RTSM) Introduction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Service Health Administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Service Level Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;User Reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Platform Administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Appendix: Diagnostics Overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><outline>&lt;h5&gt;Module 1: Course Overview&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the contents and objectives of the course&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the class schedule and class logistics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the related courses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss the lab environment details&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 2: Introduction to Application Performance Management&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the evolution of applications and services in IT&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify today&amp;amp;rsquo;s business and ITchallenges&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the key characteristics of the Application Performance Management (APM) solution&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 3: APM Architecture and Deployment&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify Application Performance Management (APM)components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List typical APM integrations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;dentify typical deployment strategies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the deployment life cycle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 4: Application Health&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe functionality provided by ApplicationHealth&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Investigate Application Performance issues using Application Health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Investigate application availability issues using Application Health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View RUM data in Application Health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 5: Service Health Application&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the Service Healthsolution&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Operate Service Health views&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Run Service Health reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add CIs to the watch list&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 6: MyBSM&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the MyBSM concept&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the MyBSM workspace&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set up the MyBSM workspace&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure page layout&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with MyBSM components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define access to an external component&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View MyBSM predefined pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 7: Introduction to BPM and VuGen&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Define the purpose of BPM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define key BPM concepts and terminology&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with Virtual User Generator (VuGen) to create a HTTPscript&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with VuGen to create a TruClient script&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with VuGen to create a REST API script&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 8: End User Management Administration&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Populate the Scripts repository&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define a BPM monitored application in APM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define a BPM monitored application in Application Health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Application downtimes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 9: RUM Overview&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Define Real User Monitoring (RUM)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe Docker&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Configure APM/RUM integration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 10: End User Management Reports&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use Application Health to monitor the status of your applications&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Generate BPM reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Generate RUM reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 11: Infrastructure and Application Monitoring with SiteScope&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe SiteScope agentlessmonitoring&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define monitors and groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage SiteScope groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define SiteScope monitors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 12: System Availability Management&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Define System Availability Management (SAM)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Navigate the SAM UI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage SiteScopes in SAM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrate SiteScope event and metric data with APM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform APM HI and SiteScope monitors mapping&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with SAM reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 13: Run-Time Service Model (RTSM) Introduction&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Define RTSM and its keycapabilities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the role and purpose of Universal Configuration Management Database (UCMDB)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the role and purpose of the ConfigurationManagement System (CMS) within the context of ITIL v3&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the RTSM data model&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View the discovery process in RTSM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Navigate the RTSM UI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define an RTSM Class&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define RTSM relationships&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 14: Service Health Administration&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify Service Health as a consolidated monitoring solution&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define a Service Health View&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define Service Health indicators&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define a custom image&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 15: Service Level Management&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the benefits of using Service Level Management (SLM)in an organization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Navigate SLM Administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create an SLA in Agreements Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the features of SLAs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with the SLM application&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View SLM reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View SLAs in Application Health&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 16: User Reports&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify various report types&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the key features of the Report Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure and build custom reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with the Custom Query Builder&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work with trend reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Schedule reports&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Module 17: Platform Administration&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Define platform administration tasks in APM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Access and navigate APM administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Log in to APM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View set up and maintenance tasks of APM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View and manage APM licensing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View server deployment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform database administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform data enrichment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View and manage content packs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View APM downtime management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Set up user and group permissions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure alerts for APM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;Appendix: Diagnostics Overview&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Identify the Diagnostics value proposition&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify Diagnostics solutions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define the Diagnostics architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Install and configure Diagnostics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Navigate the Diagnostics UI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;View Diagnostics data in APM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:


- Identify the key characteristics of Application Performance Management (APM), its architecture, and deployment scenarios
- Monitor application performance and availability from the end-user perspective
- Monitor the real-time status of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), viewperformance metrics, and work with reports containing historical performancedata
- Configure and work with an IT model to build a topology of your system, populate the model with configuration items (CIs) and relationships, and use the model to measure and manage critical business processes
- Integrate SiteScope with the APM environment
- Create and analyze reports that present and organize specific data thatyour organization might need
- Create and manage service level agreements (SLAs) representing contracts with service providers, customers, and internal business units
- Perform administrative tasks to enable user access, configure licenses, and enhance system performance</objective_plain><essentials_plain>To be successful in this course, you should have the following prerequisites or knowledge:


- Systems, network, and database administration
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) concepts and terminology
- Industry-standard operating systems
- Network, system, and application monitoring principles and practices</essentials_plain><audience_plain>IT Tools engineers, Operations staff, System administrators, Network administrators, Operations managers, Availability engineers, Database administrators</audience_plain><contents_plain>- Course Overview
- Introduction to Application Performance Management
- APM Architecture and Deployment
- Application Health
- Service Health Application
- MyBSM
- Introduction to BPM and VuGen
- End User Management Administration
- RUM Overview
- End User Management Reports
- Infrastructure and Application Monitoring with SiteScope
- System Availability Management
- Run-Time Service Model (RTSM) Introduction
- Service Health Administration
- Service Level Management
- User Reports
- Platform Administration
- Appendix: Diagnostics Overview</contents_plain><outline_plain>Module 1: Course Overview


- Identify the contents and objectives of the course
- Define the class schedule and class logistics
- Identify the related courses
- Discuss the lab environment details
Module 2: Introduction to Application Performance Management


- Identify the evolution of applications and services in IT
- Identify today&amp;rsquo;s business and ITchallenges
- Define the key characteristics of the Application Performance Management (APM) solution
Module 3: APM Architecture and Deployment


- Identify Application Performance Management (APM)components
- List typical APM integrations
- dentify typical deployment strategies
- Describe the deployment life cycle
Module 4: Application Health


- Describe functionality provided by ApplicationHealth
- Investigate Application Performance issues using Application Health
- Investigate application availability issues using Application Health
- View RUM data in Application Health
Module 5: Service Health Application


- Describe the Service Healthsolution
- Operate Service Health views
- Run Service Health reports
- Add CIs to the watch list
Module 6: MyBSM


- Identify the MyBSM concept
- Define the MyBSM workspace
- Set up the MyBSM workspace
- Configure page layout
- Work with MyBSM components
- Define access to an external component
- View MyBSM predefined pages
Module 7: Introduction to BPM and VuGen


- Define the purpose of BPM
- Define key BPM concepts and terminology
- Work with Virtual User Generator (VuGen) to create a HTTPscript
- Work with VuGen to create a TruClient script
- Work with VuGen to create a REST API script
Module 8: End User Management Administration


- Populate the Scripts repository
- Define a BPM monitored application in APM
- Define a BPM monitored application in Application Health
- Configure Application downtimes
Module 9: RUM Overview


- Define Real User Monitoring (RUM)
- Describe DockerConfigure APM/RUM integration
Module 10: End User Management Reports


- Use Application Health to monitor the status of your applications
- Generate BPM reports
- Generate RUM reports
Module 11: Infrastructure and Application Monitoring with SiteScope


- Describe SiteScope agentlessmonitoring
- Define monitors and groups
- Manage SiteScope groups
- Define SiteScope monitors
Module 12: System Availability Management


- Define System Availability Management (SAM)
- Navigate the SAM UI
- Manage SiteScopes in SAM
- Integrate SiteScope event and metric data with APM
- Perform APM HI and SiteScope monitors mapping
- Work with SAM reports
Module 13: Run-Time Service Model (RTSM) Introduction


- Define RTSM and its keycapabilities
- Identify the role and purpose of Universal Configuration Management Database (UCMDB)
- Identify the role and purpose of the ConfigurationManagement System (CMS) within the context of ITIL v3
- Define the RTSM data model
- View the discovery process in RTSM
- Navigate the RTSM UI
- Define an RTSM Class
- Define RTSM relationships
Module 14: Service Health Administration


- Identify Service Health as a consolidated monitoring solution
- Define a Service Health View
- Define Service Health indicators
- Define a custom image
Module 15: Service Level Management


- Identify the benefits of using Service Level Management (SLM)in an organization
- Navigate SLM Administration
- Create an SLA in Agreements Manager
- Define the features of SLAs
- Work with the SLM application
- View SLM reports
- View SLAs in Application Health
Module 16: User Reports


- Identify various report types
- Define the key features of the Report Manager
- Configure and build custom reports
- Work with the Custom Query Builder
- Work with trend reports
- Schedule reports
Module 17: Platform Administration


- Define platform administration tasks in APM
- Access and navigate APM administration
- Log in to APM
- View set up and maintenance tasks of APM
- View and manage APM licensing
- View server deployment
- Perform database administration
- Perform data enrichment
- View and manage content packs
- View APM downtime management
- Set up user and group permissions
- Configure alerts for APM
Appendix: Diagnostics Overview


- Identify the Diagnostics value proposition
- Identify Diagnostics solutions
- Define the Diagnostics architecture
- Install and configure Diagnostics
- Navigate the Diagnostics UI
- View Diagnostics data in APM</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="4">4 days</duration><pricelist><price country="DE" currency="EUR">3200.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>