Publication date : 06/12/2024

Course : GLPI and OCS Inventory, mastering IT asset management

Practical course - 3d - 21h00 - Ref. LPM
Price : 1800 € E.T.

GLPI and OCS Inventory, mastering IT asset management




Become an expert in GLPI and OCS Inventory! By the end of this course, you'll be able to configure and operate these essential tools. You'll learn how to transform your IT asset management, master authentication modes and optimize technical support for a better organization.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. LPM
  3d - 21h00
1800 € E.T.




Become an expert in GLPI and OCS Inventory! By the end of this course, you'll be able to configure and operate these essential tools. You'll learn how to transform your IT asset management, master authentication modes and optimize technical support for a better organization.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Install and configure GLPI and OCS Inventory
Handling and navigating the GLPI interface
Configure and manage various authentication modes in GLPI
Manage user entities and profiles in GLPI
Synchronize and manage inventory between GLPI and OCS Inventory

Intended audience
System administrators, IT managers.

Prerequisites
Windows/Linux system administration.

Course schedule

1
Introduction: installation

  • Prerequisites.
  • Installation.
  • Configuration.
  • The update.
  • Change of server.
Hands-on work
Install GLPI and OCS Inventory.

2
Ergonomic elements

  • Installing the sample database.
  • Home page.
  • Menu navigation.
  • Main buttons.
  • Search zone buttons.
  • Display parameter buttons (Lists).
  • Display parameter buttons (inventory items).
  • Research.
Hands-on work
Get to grips with and explore GLPI's interface.

3
Authentication modes

  • Local account database.
  • External authentication modes.
  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
  • LDAP connection configuration.
  • Data retrieval from an LDAP directory.
  • Connecting to a mail server.
  • Central Authentication Service (CAS) authentication.
Hands-on work
Set up LDAP authentication for GLPI and test the connection.

4
The entities

  • Creation of tree structure.
  • Creation of first-level entities.
  • Creation of other entity levels.
  • Modification of the tree structure.
  • Modification of an entity's name.
  • Change the location of one or more entities.
  • Deleting an entity.
  • Details of entity data.
Hands-on work
Create an entity tree.

5
Profiles

  • Default profiles.
  • Simplified, standard interface.
  • General profile data.
  • An example of profile creation.
  • Assigning rights to users.
  • Manual assignment.
  • Automatic assignment.
  • Description of the Root rule.
  • The creation of new rules.
  • The behavior of rules in relation to each other.
Hands-on work
Create a personalized profile with specific rights.

6
Fleet management

  • Relationship between GLPI and OCS Inventory.
  • A promising project for GLPI: FusionInventory.
  • Configuration (OCSNG mode).
  • Import/synchronization.
  • Import new computers into an existing database.
  • Cleaning up GLPI/OCSNG links.
  • Import and link rules.
  • Automatic actions.
  • Rules for assigning computers to entities.
  • Managing inventory items.
  • Massive modifications.
  • Budgets, contacts, contracts and suppliers.
  • Parameterization of management data.
  • Management of printers, cartridges, software and network elements.
  • Dictionaries.
Hands-on work
Create a fictitious inventory from OCS Inventory to GLPI, synchronize data and create assignment rules to sort computers.

7
Le helpdesk

  • Feeding the ticket queue.
  • The advantages and disadvantages of the three feeding methods.
  • Notifications.
  • Services Level Agreement (SLA).
  • Ticket management.
  • Satisfaction surveys.
  • Statistics.
Hands-on work
Simulate a ticket creation scenario via GLPI, set up notifications for administrators and follow a ticket through to resolution.


Customer reviews
5 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
FRÉDÉRIC K.
07/03/25
5 / 5

Remedial training in one day, target achieved
RODOLPHE M.
07/03/25
5 / 5

The teacher is dynamic and has a good pedagogy.



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