IBM Datacap 9.0 Administration

COURSE OUTLINE:

Description

This course shows you how to do the type of maintenance activities normally carried out by a system administrator. You work with a Server-Client image pair with server services hosted on a server machine and workstation services and clients on a Windows 7 workstation.

Audience

This intermediate course is for:

Administrators who are responsible for configuring and administering Datacap 9.0 system.
Anyone who needs to know the Datacap 9.0 system administration.

Prerequisites

You should have:

Familiarity with data ï¿½capturing concepts

And you should have taken:

IBM Datacap 9.0: ï¿½Introduction F220G

Learning Objectives

Administration

Virtual Stations and Queuing of Tasks

Configure store and queue by options
Process a batch t demonstrate store and queue by operations

Add shortcuts for task links

Check the Database Connection Parameters
Create shortcuts for Datacap Desktop tasks
Create shortcuts for Web Client tasks
Create Shortcuts for Navigator client tasks

Disaster Recovery

Answer questions about disaster recovery

Configure DB2 databases

Define Databases Structures
Migrate Data from Access t DB2
Configure the Application for DB2
Verify the DB2 databases

Datacap and IBM System Dashboard

Use Listener Options t View Data
Monitor Components with Dashboard Views
Run Dashboard Reports

Maintenance

System Maintenance

Synchronize Job Monitor and Batch Folders

Maintenance Manager

Create a Maintenance Manager Application

Configure an Aut Start Schedule

Event Logs

Use Quick Log Settings t Analyze Event Log Content
Disable the Taskmaster Server and Rulerunner Server log
Activate Datacap Taskmaster server logging
Verify That the tms Log is Produced
Activate Rulerunner Server Logging
Verify That Rulerunner Logs Are Produced

Administration tasks

Create security users and groups
Edit the Jobs and Tasks
Create custom panels for tasks

Appendix

Start and Stop System and Components

System check procedures

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Virtual Stations and Queuing of Tasks

Understand Queuing of Batches
Queue by Field Options
Store Field Option
Datacap Web Interface for task options
Add Shortcuts to a Start menu
Create task Shortcuts for Datacap Desktop tasks
Create task Shortcuts for Datacap Web client tasks
Create task Shortcuts for Datacap Navigator client tasks

Disaster Recovery

Backup and Restore Strategy
Backup and Restore for Stateless Servers
Backup and Restore the Taskmaster Server
Backup the Database Server
Backup the File Share
Configure DB2 Server
Supported Databases
Database Conversion Prerequisites
Define the Database Structure
Migrate the Database
Configuring the Application to use the Database
Taskmaster and IBM System Dashboard
What is the dashboard and what can you do with it?
Components and Architecture of the Dashboard
Start Dashboard and a Create Clusters to View Data
Execute Listener Options and View Data
System maintenance
Routine maintenance
Preventive maintenance
Corrective maintenance
Maintenance manager
What can Maintenance Manager do and what are its uses?
Three Maintenance Manager run methods
Create a Maintenance Manager application
Maintenance Manager action categories
Procedure to auto delete batches
Event Logs
Identify Logs
Control log content
Maintenance Manager actions for logging
Datacap Logs for logging internal calls
Datacap Logs for logging Rulerunner service events.
Where logs are located

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