Control-M 9.x: Fundamentals Administering Course Overview

To ensure that participants can successfully engage with the Control-M 9.x: Fundamentals Administering course and fully benefit from its content, the following prerequisites are recommended:

• Basic understanding of job scheduling concepts and familiarity with batch processing.
• Fundamental knowledge of operating systems, such as Windows or UNIX/Linux, as Control-M can be installed on these platforms.
• General awareness of IT infrastructure components such as servers, databases, and network communication.
• Some experience with command-line interfaces, as they are commonly used for installation and configuration tasks.
• Ability to navigate and perform basic operations within a graphical user interface (GUI).
• Basic knowledge of networking concepts to understand communication between Control-M components.
• An understanding of the principles of IT system administration and management.

These prerequisites are designed to establish a foundation upon which the course material will build. Students with this background are more likely to grasp the course concepts effectively.

Target Audience for Control-M 9.x: Fundamentals Administering

Control-M 9.x: Fundamentals Administering course is designed for IT professionals managing and monitoring automated workflows.

• System Administrators
• IT Operations Personnel
• Schedulers
• Workload Automation Engineers
• DevOps Engineers
• Database Administrators (DBAs)
• IT Support Technicians
• Application Developers (with a focus on job scheduling and automation)
• IT Managers overseeing operational or automation teams
• Security and Compliance Officers (interested in auditing and security features)
• Infrastructure Architects (concerned with high availability and scalability solutions)
• Business Analysts (interested in workload automation and its business impact)

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this Control-M 9.x: Fundamentals Administering?

Introduction to Learning Outcomes:

Gain comprehensive insights into Control-M 9.x administration, covering architecture, job processing, system configuration, security, add-ons, workload management, high availability, and troubleshooting techniques.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

• Understand Control-M architecture and components, including the installation process for Control-M/EM and Control-M/Servers.
• Learn to install and configure additional Control-M/Servers and Control-M/Agents for scalable operations.
• Master the job life cycle, from creation to monitoring, and understand the New Day process for job flow control.
• Configure Control-M/Server system parameters, manage time zones, daylight saving settings, notification destinations, and log retention.
• Set up Control-M/Enterprise Manager (EM) system parameters, alerts, and manage exception handling.
• Acquire skills to start, stop, and monitor Control-M components effectively to ensure continuous workflow management.
• Implement Control-M/EM security, including auditing, user authentication via LDAP and Active Directory, and password management.
• Establish Control-M/Agent security to safeguard job execution and data transfer processes.
• Explore Control-M add-on modules to enhance forecasting, batch impact management, self-service capabilities, workload change management, and archiving.
• Learn about remote host management, application plug-ins, and agentless job executions to streamline workload management.
• Gain knowledge in managing database backups, maintenance, and understand the use of database utilities for version management.
• Develop skills for setting up and managing Control-M High Availability configurations including PostgreSQL support.
• Prepare for Control-M upgrades and acquire troubleshooting skills to resolve common issues and optimize the Control-M environment.