Veritas Volume Manager Course

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 Installation

• 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