This course provides Administrators and Consultants with the theory and hands-on experience to install additional components and perform advanced tasks that are beyond everyday administration, which will help to secure and fine tune the Control-M environment. This instructor-led training covers advanced tasks administrators are required to perform in Control-M such as ControlM Migration, Distributed Control-M/Enterprise Manager, Workload Archiving, Role-Based Administration, Remote Host with SSH, Administering Control-M using Automation API, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Configuration, and Housekeeping Activities.

• Migrate Control-M/Enterprise Manager
• Migrate Control-M/Server
• Install Distributed Control-M/Enterprise Manager
• Describe Control-M Workload Archiving
• Install Control-M Workload Archiving
• Configure Control-M Workload Archiving Policies
• Configure Control-M Workload Archiving Disk Space and Cleanup Settings
• Explain the purpose of the Control-M Automation API
• Install the Control-M Automation API and Automation API Command Line Interface
• Use the Environment, Session, Authentication, Config, Provision, Usage Automation API Services and Control M JSON files
• Generate Self Signed Certificates
• Configure SSL in Zones 1, 2 and 3
• Configure SSL with LDAP
• Perform health checking tasks for Control-M
• Monitor Control-M processes

Module 1: Control-M Migration

• Describe the BMC AMIGO Program
• Describe the Control-M/Enterprise Manager and Control-M/Server migration considerations and process
• Export/import the Control-M/Enterprise Manager data between environments
• Migrate Control-M/Server data manually or automatically
• Migrate Control-M Workload Archiving
• Implement post-Control-M/Server migration procedures
• Rename the Control-M/Server
• Connect the Gateway to the new Control-M/Server

Module 2: Additional Distributed Control-M Enterprise Manager Installation

• Describe Distributed Control-M/EM
• Explain the use cases for Distributed Control-M/EMs
• List the compatible hardware and operating systems for a Distributed Control-M/EM
• Implement the Control-M/EM pre-installation steps
• Install a Distributed Control-M/EM
• Connect a load balancer to the Control-M/EM servers
• Configure a HostPort for each EM server component when there is a firewall in the environment

Module 3: Control-M Workload Archiving

• Describe Control-M Workload Archiving and its purpose
• Explain the Control-M Workload Archiving installation process
• List the Control-M Workload Archiving installation prerequisites
• Install Control-M Workload Archiving
• Configure Control-M Workload Archiving Policies
• Configure Control-M Disk Space and Cleanup Settings
• Configure Workload Archiving System Parameters
• Perform an Archive Search

Module 4: Role-based Administration

• Overview of Role-Based Administration
• Assigning Role-Based Administration

Module 5: Administering Control-M Using Automation API

• Describe Control-M Automation API
• Explain how Control-M Automation API can be used to administer the Control-M environment
• List the prerequisites steps for getting started with the Control-M Automation API
• Install the required Automation API components
• Access the Automation API Documentation
• Identify and describe the Control-M Automation API Services
• Use the following Control-M Automation API Services Environment, Session, Authentication
• Understand how Control-M JSON is written and why it is used

Module 6: Using the Automation API Config Service

• Use the Config Service to configure the Control-M environment

Module 7: Using Automation API Provision and Usage Services

• Use the Provision Service to:

- Install, uninstall, upgrade, downgrade and configure Control-M/Agents and Application Plug-ins

- Install, configure and uninstall Control

• Use the Usage Service to generate a task usage report

Module 8: SSL Configuration

• Generate certificates (both your own and self
• Describe the Zones 1, 2 and 3 SSL configuration processes
• Configure and enable SSL on the Control-M Web Server (Zone 1)
• Configure and enable SSL in Zones 2 and 3
• Disable SSL on Control-M components
• Configure SSL with LDAP

Module 9: Control-M Health Checking

• Explain the Control-M Health Check process
• Implement Control-M process monitoring
• Identify key Control-M log files to parse for errors
• Examine the Control-M/Agent daily log
• Review and implement Control-M housekeeping jobs
• Implement a Control-M log file system cleanup process
• Review and implement Control-M performance tuning parameters
• Implement Control-M performance monitoring

Recommended Trainings

• Control-M 21.x: Fundamentals Using (WBT)
• Control-M 21.x: Fundamentals Operating (ILT/ASP)
• Control-M 21.x: Fundamentals Administering (ILT/ASP)