Sun Cluster 3.2

QA Ltd.
Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Slough, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The Sun Cluster 3.2 Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills needed to install and administer Sun Cluster 3.2 hardware and software systems. Students are introduced to Sun Cluster hardware and software product features, hardware configuration, and software installation along with configuration, data service configuration, and system operation.



Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are system administrators, database administrators, and support personnel.



Prerequisites


To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
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 (formerly known as Solstice DiskSuite software)


Please Note: If you attend a course and do not meet the pre-requisites you may be asked to leave.



Delegates will learn how to


Describe the major Sun Cluster hardware and software components and functions
Configure different methods of connecting to node consoles
Configure a cluster administrative workstation
Install and configure the Sun Cluster 3.2 software
Configure Sun Cluster 3.2 quorum devices
Configure VERITAS Volume Manager in the Sun Cluster software environment
Configure Solaris Volume Manager software in the Sun Cluster software environment
Create Internet Protocol Multipathing (IPMP) failover groups in the Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment
Understand resources and resource groups, configure a failover data service resource group (Network File System [NFS]), and resource group (Apache)

Configure failover between Solaris 10 zones, failover ORACLE, and ORACLE Real Application Clusters (RAC) in the Sun Cluster software environment



Course outline


Module 1 �Introducing Sun Cluster Hardware and Software



Define the concept of clustering

Describe the hardware and software environment

Identify the data service support

Explore the high availability (HA) framework

Define global storage services differences



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



Access the Node consoles on domain-based servers

Configure the Sun Cluster console software

Use the Cluster console tools



Module 3 �Preparing for Installation and Understanding Quorum Devices



List the Sun Cluster software boot disk requirements and restrictions

Identify typical cluster storage topologies

Describe quorum votes and quorum devices

Configure a quorum server

Describe persistent quorum reservations and cluster amnesia

Describe data fencing

Configure a supported cluster interconnect system

Identify public network adapters

Configure shared physical adapters



Module 4 �Installing and Configuring the Sun Cluster Software Framework



Install the Sun Cluster packages using the Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) installer

Describe the Sun Cluster Framework configuration

Describe the files and settings that are automatically configured by scinstall

Perform automatic quorum configuration

Describe the manual quorum selection



Module 5 �Performing Basic Cluster Administration



Identify the cluster daemons

Perform basic cluster startup and shutdown operations

Describe the Sun Cluster administration utilities



Module 6 �Using VERITAS Volume Manager for Volume Management



Describe the most important concepts of VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)

Initialize a VERITAS Volume Manager disk

Install VxVM 5.0 software

Use basic commands to put disks in disk groups and build volumes

Register and resynchronize VxVM disk groups with the cluster



Module 7 �Managing Volumes With Solaris Volume Manager



Describe the most important concepts of Solaris Volume Manager

Describe Solaris Volume Manager soft partitions

Explain shared disksets, local disksets and multiowner disksets

Describe volume database (metadb) management issues

Install and configure the software

Create the local metadbs

Add disks to shared disksets

Perform device group management

Perform cluster-specific changes to device groups

Create global file systems

Mirror the boot disk



Module 8 �Managing the Public Network With IPMP



Define the concepts for an IPMP group

List examples of network adapters in IPMP groups

Describe the operation of the in.mpathd daemon

List the new options to the ifconfig command that support IPMP, and configure IPMP with /etc/hostname.xxx files

Perform a forced failover of an adapter in an IPMP group

Configure IPMP manually

Describe the integration of IPMP into the Sun Cluster software environment



Module 9 �Introducing Data Services, Resource Groups, and HA-NFS



List the components of a data service agent

Describe the primary purpose of resource groups

Differentiate between failover and scalable data services

Use the clrg and clres command to control resources and resource groups

Use the rg and clres cstat command to view resource and group status

Use the clsetup utility for resources and resource group operations



Module 10 �Configuring Scalable Services and Advanced Resource Group Relationships



Describe scalable services

Create the failover resource group

Create the scalable resource group

Describe the SharedAddress resource

Use the clrg and clres commands



Module 11 �Performing Supplemental Exercises for Sun Cluster 3.2 Software



Configure a failover applications that fails over between zones

Configure HA-ORACLE in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment as a failover application

Configure ORACLE Real Application Cluster (RAC) 10g in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment
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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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