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Each of the three tracks, Performance, Fault Management, and Configuration are available at the Associate and Professional certification level. Successful completion of the Associate level is required before testing at the Professional-level.

 Certification Topics

Each level of certification includes a detailed list of products, and topics at that level (Associate or Professional). The Professional level of certification requires completion of the Associate and any other certifications as outlined in the table above.

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1. Certified Opmantek Network Monitoring System Associate
   1. Prerequisites: None
   2. Products: NMIS, opCharts
      1. NMIS
         1. Prerequisites
         2. Introduction and Setup
         3. Methods for adding nodes
         4. SMNP, WMI, IPv4 and IPv6 devices
         5. Adding new OIDs advance modelling
         6. Tuning thresholds
         7. Troubleshooting node additions - running collection debugs
      2. opLicensing
         1. 20 Free Licenses option
         2. Where to find current license count 
         3. Add licences acquired - single module vs bundle licensing
         4. Options for applying new licenses
      3. opCharts - there was no opCharts associate level topics
         1. Introduction
         2. Dashboarding
            1. Charts
         3. Traffic light systemKPIs
2. Certified Opmantek Network Monitoring System Professional
   1. Prerequisites: CONMSA
   2. Products: NMIS, opCharts, opHA, opReports, and opFlow
      1. How to download and build VM.
         1. Link to reference page
         2. Considerations for each Virtual platform (virtualbox vs EXS vs etc)
         3. Assign a static or dynamic IP address
      2. How to download and install separate modules and in what order
         1. Prerequisites, (Internet is desirable, installation can be a painful process with our internet)
         2. Unattended installs
         3. Collecting logs for troubleshooting
      3. System sizing - https://community.opmantek.com/display/opCommon/Plan Server Requirements
         1. How to determine the size of each server.
         2. Considerations for each server depending on functionality (poller, OpenAudit discovery server, etc)
      4. Designing system architecture solution for customers
         1. Cluster or standalone?
         2. What do you need to consider?
         3. Questions to ask the customer to help ensure you have the correct architecture
      5. opCharts
         1. Dashboarding
            1. Floor plans
            2. Topo maps
            3. Geo maps
         2. Monitored services
         3. Business Services
      6. opHa
         1. Introduction
         2. Designing and configuring highly available solutions
         3. Differences between pollers, mirrors, primary, portal
      7. opReports
         1. Introduction 
         2. Understanding the difference between the different types of reports (standard, advanced, special)
         3. Creating new Reports
         4. On-Demand Reports
      8. opFlow 
         1. Prerequisites (NMIS version required)
         2. Architecture, standalone 
         3. tactical architecture - using opFlow for a period of time to solve an issue and then disabling it
            1. strategic architecture - opFlow on all the time collecting data
         4. Installation and setup
         5. Sizing- dependent on architecture?
3. Certified Opmantek Fault Management Associate
   1. Prerequisites: CONMSA
   2. Products: NMIS, opEvents
      1. opEvents
         1. Event dashboard
         2. Current events – priorities
         3. Event actions editor
         4. Email configuration
         5. Integration with 3rd Party Sw
4. Certified Opmantek Fault Management Professional
   1. Prerequisites: CONMSP, COFMA
   2. Products: NMIS, opEvents
      1. opEvents
         1. Adding custom scripts
         2. Adding buttons and knowledge base articles to events actions
         3. Generating manual events to test scripts
         4. Capturing syslog streams
5. Certified Opmantek Configuration Management Associate
   1. Prerequisites: CONMSA
   2. Products: NMIS, opConfig
      1. opConfig
      2. Introduction and considerations
      3. Add devices 
      4. Virtual Operator
      5. Managing config and credential sets
      6. Creating and using command sets
      7. Comparing revisions
6. Certified Opmantek Configuration Management Professional
   1. Prerequisites: CONMSP, COCMA
   2. Products: NMIS, opConfig, OAE, opAddress
      1. OpenAudit
         1. Installing process VM
         2. standalone installation process.
         3. Running discoveries and integration with NMIS
         4. Collecting logs for troubleshooting
         5. golden image? 
         6. Differences between OA versions - when to use one version over the other
      2. opAddress
         1. Introduction
         2. Configuration
         3. Information collection
      3. opConfig
         1. creating and troubleshooting phrasebooks
         2. Compliance

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