COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Configure and manage disks, disk groups, and
volumes by using Veritas Storage Foundation.
• Perform basic Veritas Storage Foundation recovery
and troubleshooting operations.
• Manage cluster services with Veritas Cluster Server
and perform troubleshooting techniques.
• Describe cluster communications, identify faults, and
configure failover behavior.
Prerequisites
You must have experience as a system and network
administrator working in a Windows environment.
COURSE OUTLINE
PART 1: Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 – Install and
Configure
Virtual Objects
• Physical and Virtual Data Storage
• SFW Storage Objects
• SFW RAID Levels
Installing and Accessing SFW Interfaces
• Installation Prerequisites
• Adding License Keys
• SFW Software Packages
• Installing SFW
• SFW User Interfaces
Working with Disk Groups and Volumes
• Preparing Disks and Disk Groups for Volume Creation
• Creating a Volume
• Adding a File System to an Existing Volume
• Displaying Disk and Disk Group Information
• Displaying Volume Configuration Information
• Removing Volumes, Disks, and Disk Groups
Working with Volumes with Different Layouts
• Comparing Volume Layouts
• Creating Volumes with Various Layouts
• Creating a Partition and Logical Drive
PART 2: Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 – Manage
and Administer
Making Configuration Changes
• Administering Mirrored Volumes
• Resizing a Volume
• Changing a Drive Letter or Path
• Moving Data Between Systems
• Upgrading a Dynamic Disk Group
Implementing Offline and Off-Host Processing
• Offline and Off-Host Processing Tasks
• Creating a Volume Snapshot
• Performing Dynamic Disk Group Split and Join
• Enabling FastResync
• Implementing Off-Host Processing
Using Recovery Features
• Monitoring Objects and Events
• Maintaining Data Consistency
• Configuration Backup and Restore
• Managing Hot Relocation at the Host Level
• Troubleshooting Disk Replacement and Recovered
Volumes
Managing Performance
• Monitoring I/O
• Setting Capacity Monitoring Parameters
• Changing the Volume Layout
• Setting Caching for Volumes
• Using SmartMove
• Manipulating Subdisks and Disks
Administering DMP
• Overview of Dynamic Multipathing
• Managing Arrays, Individual Disks, and Paths
• Specifying Load Balancing Settings
• Specifying Control Timer Settings for an Array
Part 3: Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 – Install and
Configure
High Availability Concepts
• High Availability Concepts
• Clustering Concepts
• High Availability Application Services
• Clustering Prerequisites
VCS Building Blocks
• VCS Terminology
• Cluster Communication
• VCS Architecture
Preparing a Site for VCS
• Hardware Requirements and Recommendations
• Software Requirements and Recommendations
• Preparing Installation Information
Installing VCS
• Using the Symantec Product Installer
• VCS Configuration Files
• Viewing the Default VCS Configuration
• Installing the Cluster Manager Java GUI
VCS Operations
• Common VCS Tools and Operations
• Service Group Operations
• Resource 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 VCS
• Preparing Applications for VCS
• Performing 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
• Solving Offline Configuration Problems
• Testing the Service Group
Configuring Notification
• Notification Overview
• Configuring Notification
• Using Triggers for Notification
Handling 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 Failures
• System Failures
• Cluster Interconnect Failures
Troubleshooting
• Monitoring VCS
• Troubleshooting Guide
• Archiving VCS-Related Files
