Students who can benefit from this course are System Administrators, Database Administrators, and Support personnel.

• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) server administration and maintenance
• Perform basic network administration
• Administer virtual volume structures using either Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) or Solaris Volume Manager software

• Describe the major Solaris Cluster hardware and software components and functions
• Configure access to node consoles and the cluster console software
• Install and configure the Solaris Cluster 3.2 software
• Configure Solaris Cluster 3.2 quorum devices and device fencing
• Configure Veritas Volume Manager in the Solaris Cluster environment
• Configure Solaris Volume Manager software in the Solaris Cluster environment
• Configure and use ZFS in the Solaris Cluster environment
• Create Internet Protocol Multipathing (IPMP) failover groups in the Solaris Cluster 3.2 software environment
• Understand resources and resource groups, configure a failover data service resource group (NFS), and configure a scalable data service resource group (Apache)
• Configure applications in Solaris 10 zones (Solaris Containers), failover Oracle, and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) in Solaris Cluster environment

Module 1 - Introducing Solaris Cluster Hardware and Software

• Define the concept of clustering
• Describe the Sun Cluster 3.2 hardware and software environment
• Describe the types of applications in the Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment
• Identify the Sun Cluster 3.2 software data service support
• Explore the Sun Cluster 3.2 software high-availability (HA) framework
• Define global storage services differences
• Describe global file system and shared cluster file system with shared QFS
• Describe the different Sun Cluster 3.2 zone features

Module 2 - Exploring Node Console Connectivity and the Cluster Console Software

• Describe the different methods for accessing a console
• Configure the Solaris Cluster console software on the administration workstation
• Use the Cluster console tools

Module 3 - Preparing for Installation and Understanding Quorum Devices

• List the Sun Cluster software boot disk requirements and hardware restrictions
• Identify typical cluster storage topologies
• Describe Sun Cluster Geographic Edition product
• Describe quorum votes and quorum devices
• Describe persistent quorum reservations and cluster amnesia
• Describe data fencing
• Configure a supported cluster interconnect system
• Configure shared physical adapters

Module 4 - Installing and Configuring the Solaris Cluster Software Framework

• Understand the Sun Cluster installation steps and configuration steps
• Install the Sun Cluster packages using the Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) installer
• Describe the Sun Cluster Framework configuration
• Configure a cluster installation using all-at-once and typical modes
• Configure a cluster installation using one-at-a-time and custom modes
• Describe the Solaris OS files and settings that are automatically configured by scinstall
• Perform automatic quorum configuration
• Perform post-installation configuration

Module 5 - Performing Basic Cluster Administration

• Identify the cluster daemons
• Use cluster commands
• View and administer cluster global properties
• View and administer quorum
• View and administer disk paths, settings, and interconnect components
• Use the clsetup command and the Sun Cluster Manager
• Perform basic cluster startup and shutdown operations, including booting nodes in non-cluster mode and placing nodes into maintenance state
• Modify the private network settings from non-cluster mode

Module 6 - Using Veritas Volume Manager for Volume Management

• Describe the most important concepts of VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) and issues involved in using VxVM in the Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment
• Differentiate between bootdg/rootdg and shared storage disk groups
• Describe the types of volumes that will be created for Sun Cluster 3.2 software environments
• Describe the general procedures and restrictions for installing and administering VxVM in the cluster
• Use basic commands to put disks in disk groups and build volumes
• Register, manage, and resynchronize VxVM disk groups as cluster device groups
• Create global and failover file systems on VxVM volumes
• Describe the procedure used for mirroring the boot drive

Module 7 - Managing Volumes With Solaris Volume Manager

• Describe Solaris Volume Manager traditional partitioning and soft partitions
• Differentiate between shared disksets and local disksets
• Describe volume database (metadb) management issues and the role of Solaris Volume Manager mediators
• Create the local metadb replicas
• Build Solaris Volume Manager mirrors with soft partitions in disksets
• Perform Sun Cluster software-level device group management
• Create global file systems
• Mirror the boot disk with Solaris Volume Manage

Module 8 - Using ZFS with Solaris Cluster software

• Understand when ZFS can be used for Solaris Cluster data
• Build ZFS storage pools and file systems
• Use ZFS root in the Solaris Cluster environment

Module 9 - Managing the Public Network With IPMP

• Define the purpose of IPMP
• Define the concepts of an IPMP group
• List examples of network adapters in IPMP groups on a single Solaris OS server
• Describe the operation of the in.mpathd daemon
• List the options to the ifconfig command that support IPMP and configure IPMP using /etc/hostname.xxx files
• Configure IPMP manually with ifconfig commands
• Perform a forced failover of an adapter in an IPMP group
• Describe the integration of IPMP into the Sun Cluster software environment

Module 10 - Introducing Data Services, Resource Groups, and HA-NFS

• Describe how data service agents enable a data service in a cluster to operate properly
• Describe data service packaging, installation, and registration
• Describe the primary purpose of resource groups
• Differentiate between failover and scalable data services
• Describe how to use special resource types
• Differentiate between standard, extension, and resource group properties
• Configure resource groups and resources
• Perform manual control and switching of resources and resource groups

Module 11 - Configuring Scalable Services and Advanced Resource Group Relationships

• Describe the characteristics of scalable services
• Describe the function of the load-balancer
• Create the failover resource group for the SharedAddress resource
• Create the scalable resource group for the scalable service
• Describe how the SharedAddress resource works with scalable services
• Add auxiliary nodes
• Control scalable resources and resource groups
• Configure and run Apache as a scalable service in the cluster

Module 12 - Performing Supplemental Exercises for Solaris Cluster 3.2 Software

• Configure a scalable application in non-global zones
• Configure HA-Oracle in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment as a failover application
• Configure Oracle RAC 11g in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment