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.

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

• Install and configure VxVM and VxFS.
• Configure and manage disks, disk groups, and volumes.
• Administer file systems. 
• Perform cross-platform data sharing.
• Perform basic VxVM recovery operations.
• Manage the dynamic multipathing feature. 
• Identify types of disk failure and resolve disk failures. 
• Interpret plex, volume, and kernel states, and fix plex and volume failures.
• Place the root disk under VxVM control.
• Monitor VxVM.
• Create and manage point-in-time copies using VERITAS FlashSnap.

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
• Managing the VEA Software

Creating a Volume and File System

• Preparing Disks and Disk Groups for Volume Creation
• Creating a Volume
• Adding a File System to a Volume
• Displaying Volume Configuration Information
• Displaying Disk and Disk Group Information
• Removing Volumes, Disks, and Disk Groups

Selecting Volume Layouts

• Comparing Volume Layouts
• Creating Volumes with Various Layouts
• Creating a Layered Volume
• Allocating Storage for Volumes

Making Basic Configuration Changes

• Administering Mirrored Volumes
• Resizing a Volume
• Moving Data Between Systems
• Renaming Disks and Disk Groups
• Managing Old Disk Group Versions

Administering File Systems

• Comparing Allocation Policies
• Using VERITAS File System Commands
• Controlling File System Fragmentation
• Logging into VxFS

Resolving Hardware Problems

• How Does VxVM Interpret Failures in Hardware
• Recovering Disabled Disk Groups
• Resolving Disk Failures
• Managing Hot Relocation at the Host Level

PART 2: 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?

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