VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Administration (ES-311)

Who Can Benefit

Back to top

Prerequisites

• 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

Back to top

Skills Gained

• 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

Back to top

Related Courses

Before:

• System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 2 (SA-202-S10)
• Solaris 10 Features for Experienced Solaris System Administrators (SA-225-S10)
• Disk Subsystems Fundamentals (ES-215)

After:

• Sun Cluster 3.1 Administration (ES-338)

Back to top

Course Content

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

Back to top

Browse Other Course Topic Areas