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

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

• Interpret plex, volume, and kernel states, and fix plex and volume failures.
• Monitor VxVM performance and identify how volume configurations contribute to performance optimization.
• Create and manage instant volume snapshots and storage checkpoints.
• Describe Dynamic Storage Tiering (DST) and Intelligent Storage Provisioning (ISP).
• Configure VCS to manage applications, Oracle databases, and NFS file servers.
• Configure multimode clusters with service group dependences and workload management
• Implement advanced high availability for network resources.

PART 1: VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.0: Maintenance

Maintaining Data Consistency

• Resynchronization Operations
• Interpreting State Information for VxVM Objects
• Modifying VxVM Objects

Managing Devices Within the VxVM Architecture

• Managing Components in the VxVM Architecture
• Discovering Disk Devices
• Managing Multiple Paths to Disk Devices

Encapsulation and Rootability

• Placing the Boot Disk Under VxVM Control
• Creating an Alternate Boot Disk
• Removing the Boot Disk from VxVM Control

Troubleshooting the Boot Process

• Operating System Boot Processes
• Troubleshooting the Boot Process
• Recovering the Boot Disk Group

Volume Maintenance

• Changing the Volume Layout
• Managing Volume Tasks
• Analyzing Volume Configurations with Storage Expert

Performance Monitoring

• Storage Performance Analysis Process
• VxVM Performance Monitoring Tools and Techniques

Point-in-Time Copies

• What Is a Point-In-Time Copy?
• Types of SF PITC Solutions
• Creating and Managing Volume

Snapshots

• Using Volume Snapshots for Off-Host

Processing

• Creating and Managing Storage

Checkpoints

Other Enterprise Features Overview

• What Is Dynamic Storage Tiering?
• What Is Intelligent Storage Provisioning?
• What is the Storage Foundation Management Server?

PART 2: VERITAS Cluster Server 5.0: Example Application Configurations

Clustering Applications

• Application Service Overview
• VCS Agents for Managing Applications
• The Application Agent

Clustering Databases

• Database Service Example
• VCS Database Agents
• Database Preparation
• The Enterprise Agent for Oracle
• Database Failover Behavior
• Additional Oracle Agent Functions

Clustering NFS

• NFS Service Overview
• Preparing NFS for High Availability
• Testing the NFS Service
• Configuring an NFS Service Group
• NFS Lock Failover in VCS

PART 3: VERITAS Cluster Server 5.0: Implementing Local Clusters

Workshop: Reconfiguring Cluster Membership

• Workshop Overview
• Task 1: Removing a System from a Running VCS Cluster
• Task 2: Adding a New System to a Running VCS Cluster
• Task 3: Merging Two Running VCS Clusters

Service Group Interactions

• Common Application Relationships
• Service Group Dependency Definition
• Service Group Dependency Examples
• Configuring Service Group Dependencies
• Alternative Methods of Controlling Interactions

Workload Management

• Startup Rules and Policies
• Failover Rules and Policies
• Configuring Startup and Failover Policies
• Using the Simulator

Alternate Network Configurations

• Alternative Network Configurations
• Additional Network Resources
• Example MultiNIC Setup

Data Center Availability

• Cluster Management Console
• Disaster Recovery Testing
• Data Replication
• Integration

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