This course is for UNIX system or network administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, and system integration/development staff who will be installing, operating, or integrating VERITAS Storage Foundation and VERITAS Cluster Server.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Manage cluster services with VERITAS Cluster Server and perform troubleshooting techniques
• Describe cluster communications, identify faults, and configure failover behavior
• Configure and manage disks, disk groups, and volumes by using VERITAS Volume Manager
• Protect your boot disk and VERITAS Volume Manager configuration
• Perform online file system administration by using VERITAS File System tools and commands.

PART 1: VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.0: Fundamentals

Virtual Objects

• Physical Data Storage
• Virtual Data Storage
• Volume Manager Storage Objects
• Volume Manager RAID Levels

Installation and Interfaces

• Installation Prerequisites
• Adding License Keys
• VERITAS Software Packages
• Installing VxVM
• VxVM User Interfaces
• Installing and Starting VEA
• Managing the VEA Server

Managing Disks and Disk Groups

• Naming Disk Devices
• Disk Configuration Stages
• Creating a Disk Group
• Viewing Disk and Disk Group Information
• Managing Disks
• Managing Disk Groups

Creating Volumes

• Selecting a Volume Layout
• Creating a Volume
• Displaying Volume Layout Information
• Creating a Layered Volume
• Removing a Volume

Configuring Volumes

• Administering Mirrors
• Adding a Log to a Volume
• Changing the Volume Read Policy
• Allocating Storage for Volumes
• Resizing a Volume

Administering File Systems

• Adding a File System to a Volume
• Using VERITAS File System Commands
• Comparing the Allocation Policies of VxFS and

Traditional File Systems

• Upgrading the VxFS File System Layout
• Controlling File System Fragmentation
• Logging in VxFS

Point-in-Time Copies: Standard

• What Is a Point-in-Time Copy?
• Creating and Managing Traditional Volume

Snapshots

• Creating and Managing File System Snapshots

Recovery Essentials

• Maintaining Data Consistency
• Hot Relocation
• Managing Spare Disks
• Replacing a Disk
• Unrelocating a Disk
• Recovering a Volume
• Protecting the VxVM Configuration
• Accessing the Technical Support Web Site

PART 2: VERITAS Cluster Server 5.0: Fundamentals

High Availability Concepts

• High Availability Concepts
• Clustering Concepts
• Clustering Prerequisites

VCS Building Blocks

• VCS Terminology
• Cluster Communication
• VCS Architecture

Preparing a Site for VCS Implementation

• Hardware Requirements and Recommendations
• Software Requirements and Recommendations
• Preparing Installation Information

Installing VCS

• Using the VERITAS Product Installer
• VCS Configuration Files
• Viewing the Default VCS Configuration
• Other Installation Considerations

VCS Operations

• Managing Applications in a Cluster Environment
• Service Group Operations
• Using the VCS Simulator

VCS Configuration Methods

• Starting and Stopping VCS
• Overview of Configuration Methods
• Online Configuration
• Offline Configuration
• Controlling Access to VCS

Preparing Services for High Availability

• Preparing Applications for VCS
• One-Time Configuration Tasks
• Testing the Application Service
• Stopping and Migrating an Application Service

Online Configuration

• Online Service Group Configuration
• Adding Resources
• Solving Common Configuration Errors
• Testing the Service Group

Offline Configuration

• Offline Configuration Procedures
• Offline Configuration Practices and Tools
• Solving Offline Configuration Problems
• Testing the Service Group

Sharing Network Interfaces

• Parallel Service Groups
• Sharing Network Interfaces
• Localizing Resource Attributes

Configuring Notification

• Notification Overview
• Configuring Notification
• Using Triggers for Notification

Configuring VCS Response to Resource Faults

• VCS Response to Resource Faults
• Determining Failover Duration
• Controlling Fault Behavior
• Recovering from Resource Faults
• Fault Notification and Event Handling

Cluster Communications

• VCS Communications Review
• Cluster Membership
• Cluster Interconnect Configuration
• Joining the Cluster Membership
• Changing the Interconnect Configuration

System and Communication Faults

• Ensuring Data Integrity
• Cluster Interconnect Failures

I/O Fencing

• Data Protection Requirements
• I/O Fencing Concepts and Components
• I/O Fencing Operations
• I/O Fencing Implementation
• Configuring I/O Fencing
• Stopping and Recovering Fenced Systems

Troubleshooting

• Monitoring VCS
• Troubleshooting Guide

Cluster Communication Problems

• VCS Engine Problems
• Service Group and Resource Problems
• Archiving VCS-Related Files

This course includes practical exercises that allow you to test your new skills and begin to transfer them into your working environment.