Sun StorEdge Volume Manager Administration

Sun Microsystems - Russia
Moscow, Russia

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

Course Description:

'' The VERITAS Volume Manager 4.0 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 installation, initialization, and configuration of VxVM and to general performance issues. Basic VERITAS File System (VxFS) installation and configuration is also presented.

Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
Configure the Solaris (TM) 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(TM) programmable read-only memory (PROM) commands
Cable Sun systems and peripherals





Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able 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





Related Courses
Before:

Disk Subsystems Fundamentals (ES-215)
Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (SA-239)

After:

Sun Cluster 3.1 Administration (ES-338)
Sun Cluster 3.0 Administration (ES-333)






Course Content
Module 1 - Sun Storage Concepts


Describe the major disk storage administration tasks
Describe Sun storage interface types
Describe available 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 including:
Conducting 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 - RAID 0+1
Mirrored Concatenation - RAID 0+1
Striped Mirror - 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 Installatio


List the key elements of pre-installation planning
Research VxVM software patch requirements
Install the VxVM software
Initialize the VxVM software
Verify the post-installation environment
Prepare for virtual disk drive management
Install the VEA client software
Use the basic VEA features
Use the VxVM error numbering system

Module 4 - VERITAS Volume Manager Basic Operation


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 VEA GUI

Module 5 - VERITAS Volume Manager Volume Operations


Interpret volume structure listings
Describe volume planning activities
Create volumes using the VEA GUI
Create volumes using the vxassist command
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
Configure a best practice 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
Backup 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

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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Phone:(095)935-84-11

School Address:

Sun Microsystems
B-200, Leninsky Pr.
Moscow, 117198
Russia
Tel: (095)935-84-11
E-mail: education@Russia.Sun.Com



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