VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1

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 VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills to manage Sun disk storage arrays using VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) software. Students are introduced to the new 4.1 features and enhancements, installation, configuration of VxVM, and advanced administrative tasks.



The course also covers the VERITAS File System (VxFS) software product, including: installation and configuration, online administrative tasks, modifying kernel tunable parameters, and setting VxFS quotas.



Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are system administrators or storage administrators responsible for the management of disks on Sun storage arrays, using the VERITAS storage software products.



Prerequisites


To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
Configure the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)
Control Solaris OS run levels
Understand the Solaris OS file system structure
Perform basic file ownership and protection using the chgrp, chmod, and chown commands
Perform common file system administration using the format, mkdir, newfs, and mount commands
Administer Solaris OS packages using the pkgadd, pkgrm, and patchadd commands
Use basic OpenBoot programmable read-only memory (PROM) commands
Cable Sun systems and peripherals

Delegates will learn how to


Analyze and document storage configurations
Optimize the system and volume configurations for availability and performance
Install and initialize the VxVM software
Perform VxVM disk drive operations, such as creating a new disk group, adding and removing a disk from a disk group, and displaying properties of VxVM objects
Create volumes and file systems
Perform advanced operations, such as performing an online volume relayout, moving a populated disk to a new disk group, and creating layered volumes with a file system
Analyze basic volume performance
Perform basic VxFS administration
Perform advanced VxFS administration


Course outline


Module 1 �Sun Storage Concepts

Describe the major disk storage administration tasks

Describe Sun storage interface types

Describe available Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technologies including:

Host-based RAID technology

Controller-based RAID technology

Describe disk storage concepts that are common to many storage installations, including:

Hot swapping

Storage area networking

Multihost access

Multipath access

Identify storage configurations by:

Conducting a physical inventory

Displaying storage configurations

Identifying controller addresses

Decoding logical device paths

Verify storage array firmware revisions



Module 2 �Managing Data



List the advantages of using virtual disk management

Describe standard RAID terminology

List the common features of each supported RAID level including:

Concatenation �RAID 0

Striping �RAID 0

Mirroring �RAID 1

Mirrored Stripe (Striping plus mirroring) �RAID 0+1

Mirrored Concatenation �RAID 0+1

Striped Mirror (Mirroring plus striping) �RAID 1+0

Concatenated Mirror �RAID 1+0

Striping with distributed parity �RAID 5

Describe the optimum hardware configuration for each supported RAID level



Module 3 �VERITAS Volume Manager Installation



Identify the new features of VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1

List the key elements of preinstallation planning

Research VxVM software patch requirements

Install the VxVM software

Describe the three installation methods:

The installvm method

The installer method

The pkgadd method

Initialize the VxVM software

Verify the post-installation environment

Install the VEA client software

Use the basic VEA features

Use the VxVM error numbering system

Describe upgrading the VxVM using Solaris Live Upgrade



Module 4 �VERITAS Volume Manager Basic Operations



Describe the function of VxVM disk groups

List disk group administrative operations including:

Initialize disk drives for VxVM use

Create disk groups

Add and remove disk drives for a disk group

Import and deport disk groups

Destroy a disk group

Rename VxVM disk drives

Administer disk groups using the vxdiskadm utility

Administer disk groups using command-line programs

Administer disk groups using the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) GUI



Module 5 �VERITAS Volume Manager Volume Operations



Interpret volume structure listings

Describe volume planning activities

Create volumes using the vxassist command

Create volumes using the VEA GUI

Modify volume access attributes

Add file systems to existing volumes

Add and remove volume logs

Use the VEA GUI to analyze volume structures



Module 6 �VERITAS Volume Manager Advanced Operations



Encapsulate and mirror the system boot disk

Administer hot spares and hot relocation

Evacuate all subdisks from a disk drive

Move a disk drive without preserving data

Move a populated disk drive to a new disk group

Back up and restore a disk group configuration

Describe how to import a disk group after a system crash

Perform a volume snapshot backup

Perform an online volume relayout

Create VxVM layered volumes

Perform basic Intelligent Storage Provisioning administration

Replace a failed disk drive



Module 7 �VERITAS File System Basic Operations



Describe basic VxFS features

Install the VxFS software

Create VxFS file systems

Use extended VxFS mount options

Perform online VxFS administration tasks

Modify kernel tunable parameters

Describe Storage Checkpoints

Describe VxFS file system quotas



Module 8 �VERITAS Volume Manager Performance Management



Describe performance improvement techniques

Use the vxstat and vxtrace performance analysis tools

Describe RAID-5 write performance characteristics
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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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