Veritas Volume Manager 4.1 & 5.1 - Administration Course

• Describe the major disk storage administration tasks

• Describe Sun storage interface types

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

1. Host-based RAID technology

2. Controller-based RAID technology

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

1. Hot swapping

2. Storage area networking

3. Multi host access

4. Multipath access

• Identify storage configurations by:

1. Conducting a physical inventory

2. Displaying storage configurations

3. Identifying controller addresses

4. Decoding logical device paths

5. 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:

1. Concatenation - RAID 0

2. Striping - RAID 0

3. Mirroring - RAID 1

4. Mirrored Stripe (Striping plus mirroring) – RAID 0+1

5. Mirrored Concatenation - RAID 0+1

6. Striped Mirror (Mirroring plus striping) - RAID 1+0

7. Concatenated Mirror - RAID 1+0

8. 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 pre installation planning

• Research VxVM software patch requirements

• Install the VxVM software

• Describe the three installation methods:

1. The installvm method

2. The installer method

3. The pkgadd method

• Initialize the VxVM software

Module
4 - VERITAS Volume Manager Basic Operations

• Describe the function of VxVM disk groups

• List disk group administrative operations including:

1. Initialize disk drives for VxVM use

2. Create disk groups

3. Add and remove disk drives for a disk group

4. Import and deport disk groups

5. Destroy a disk group

6. 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 sub disks 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 relay out

• 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 Advanced Operations

• Encapsulate and mirror the system boot disk

• Administer hot spares and hot relocation

• Evacuate allSubdisk from a disk drive

• 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

• Replace a failed disk drive

Module9
- VERITAS Volume Manager Performance Management

• Describe performance improvement techniques

• Use the vxstat and vxtrace performance analysis tools

• Describe RAID-5 write performance characteristics

VERITAS
Cluster 4.1 & 5.1

1. High Availability Concepts

• High availability concepts

• Clustering concepts

• HA application services

• Clustering prerequisites

• High availability references

2. VCS Building Blocks

• VCS Terminology

• Cluster Communication

• VCS Architecture

3. Preparing a Site for VCS Implementation

• Hardware requirements and recommendations

• Software requirements and recommendations

• Preparing installation information

• Preparing to upgrade

4. Installing VCS

• Using the VERITAS Product Installer

• VCS Configuration Files

• Viewing the Default VCS Configuration

• Other Installation Considerations

5. VCS Operations

• Common VCS tools and operations

• Service group operations

• Resource operations

• Using the VCS Simulator

6. VCS Configuration Methods

• Starting and Stopping VCS

• Overview of Configuration Methods

• Online Configuration

• Offline Configuration

• Controlling Access to VCS

7. Preparing Services for High Availability

• Preparing applications for VCS

• Performing one-time configuration tasks

• Testing the application service

• Stopping and migrating an application service

• Collecting configuration information

8. Online Configuration

• Online Service Group Configuration

• Adding Resources

• Solving Common Configuration Errors

• Testing the Service Group

9. Offline Configuration

• Offline configuration procedures

• Solving offline configuration problems

• Testing the service group

10. Cluster Communications

• VCS Communications Review

• Cluster Membership

• Cluster Interconnect Configuration

• Joining the Cluster Membership

• Changing the Interconnect Configuration

11. Clustering NFS

• Preparing NFS for high availability

• Testing the NFS service

• Configuring NFS resources

• NFS lock failover

• Alternative NFS configurations

12. System and Communication Faults

• Ensuring data integrity

• Cluster interconnect failures

13. I/O Fencing

• Data protection requirements

• I/O fencing concepts and components

• I/O fencing operations

• I/O fencing implementation

• Configuring I/O fencing

• Coordination point server

14. Troubleshooting

• Monitoring VCS

• Troubleshooting Guide

Archiving VCS-Related Files