Format

This course is presented using Sun's web-based Live Virtual Class (LVC). The LVC is a dynamic and fully interactive online learning environment that features live teaching collaboration, and instructor-assisted activities.

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Lab Information

The hands-on online labs offered in this course involve accessing equipment through a network terminal session. Students will not have physical access to this equipment. Students will access the equipment through Sun's Remote Lab Data Center (RLDC).
 

Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are system administrators, database administrators, and support personnel.  

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) server administration and maintenance
• Perform basic network administration
• Administer virtual volume structures using either VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) or Solaris Volume Manager software (formerly known as Solstice DiskSuite software)
• Perform basic UNIX commands

 

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Describe the major Sun Cluster hardware and software components and functions
2. Configure access to node consoles and the cluster console software
3. Install and configure the Sun Cluster 3.2 software
4. Configure Sun Cluster 3.2 quorum devices and device fencing
5. Configure VERITAS Volume Manager in the Sun Cluster software environment
6. Configure Solaris Volume Manager software in the Sun Cluster software environment
7. Configure and use ZFS in the Sun Cluster software environment
8. Create Internet Protocol Multipathing (IPMP) failover groups in the Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment
9. Understand resources and resource groups, configure a failover data service resource group (Network File system [NFS], and configure a scalable data service resource group (Apache)
10. Configure applications in Solaris 10 zones, failover ORACLE, and ORACLE Real Application Clusters (RAC) in the Sun Cluster software environment

 

Related Courses

Before:

• System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 1 (SA-200-S10)
• System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 2 (SA-202-S10)
• Network Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-300-S10)
• VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Administration (ES-311)
• Solaris Volume Manager Administration (ES-222)

After:

• Sun Cluster 3.2 Advanced Administration (ES-445)

 

Course Content

Module 1 - Introducing Sun Cluster Hardware and Software

• Define the concept of clustering
• Describe the Sun Cluster 3.2 hardware and software environment
• Explain the Sun Cluster 3.2 hardware environment
• View the Sun Cluster 3.2 software support
• Describe the types of applications in the Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment
• Identify the Sun Cluster 3.2 software data service support
• Explore the Sun Cluster 3.2 software high-availability (HA) framework
• Define global storage services differences
• Describe the different Sun Cluster 3.2 zone features

Module 2 - Exploring Node Console Connectivity and the Cluster Console Software

• Describe the different methods for accessing a console
• Configure the Sun Cluster console software on the administration workstation
• Use the Cluster console tools

Module 3 - Preparing for Installation and Understanding Quorum Devices

• List the Sun Cluster software boot disk requirements and hardware restrictions
• Identify typical cluster storage topologies
• Describe quorum votes and quorum devices
• Describe persistent quorum reservations and cluster amnesia
• Describe data fencing
• Configure a supported cluster interconnect system
• Identify public network adapters
• Configure shared physical adapters

Module 4 - Installing and Configuring the Sun Cluster Software Framework

• Understand the Sun Cluster installation steps and configuration steps
• Install the Sun Cluster packages using the Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) installer
• Describe the Sun Cluster Framework configuration
• Configure a cluster installation using all-at-once and typical modes
• Configure a cluster installation using one-at-a-time and custom modes
• Configure additional nodes for the one-at-a-time method
• Describe the Solaris OS files and settings that are automatically configured by scinstall
• Perform automatic quorum configuration
• Describe the manual quorum selection
• Perform post-installation configuration

Module 5 - Performing Basic Cluster Administration

• Identify the cluster daemons
• Use cluster commands
• View and administer cluster global properties
• View and administer quorum
• View and administer disk paths and settings
• View and administer interconnect components
• Use the clsetup command and the Sun Cluster Manager
• Perform basic cluster startup and shutdown operations, including booting nodes in non-cluster mode and placing nodes into maintenance state
• Modify the private network settings from non-cluster mode

Module 6 - Using VERITAS Volume Manager for Volume Management

• Describe the most important concepts of VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) and issues involved in using VxVM in the Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment
• Differentiate between bootdg/rootdg and shared storage disk groups
• Initialize a VERITAS Volume Manager disk
• Describe the basic objects in a disk group
• Describe the types of volumes that will be created for Sun Cluster 3.2 software environments
• Describe the general procedures and restrictions for installing and administering VxVM in the cluster
• Use basic commands to put disks in disk groups and build volumes
• Describe the two flags used to mark disks under the typical hot relocation
• Register, manage, and resynchronize VxVM disk groups as cluster device groups
• Create global and failover file systems on VxVM volumes
• Describe the procedure used for mirroring the boot drive

Module 7 - Managing Volumes With Solaris Volume Manager (Solstice DiskSuite Software)

• Describe Solaris Volume Manager traditional partitioning and soft partitions
• Differentiate between shared disksets and local disksets
• Describe Solaris Volume Manager multi-owner diskset
• Describe volume database (metadb) management issues and the role of Solaris Volume Manager mediators
• Configure the Solaris Volume Manager software
• Create the local metadb replicas
• Add disks to shared disksets
• Build Solaris Volume Manager mirrors with soft partitions in disksets
• Use Solaris Volume Manager status commands
• Perform Sun Cluster software-level device group management
• Create global file systems
• Mirror the boot disk with Solaris Volume Manage

Module 8 - Using ZFS with Sun Cluster software

• Understand when ZFS can be used for Sun Cluster data
• Build ZFS storage pools and file systems
• Use ZFS root in the Sun Cluster environment

Module 9 - Managing the Public Network With IPMP

• Define the purpose of IPMP
• Define the concepts of an IPMP group
• List examples of network adapters in IPMP groups on a single Solaris OS server
• Describe the operation of the in.mpathd daemon
• List the options to the ifconfig command that support IPMP and configure IPMP using /etc/hostname.xxx files
• Configure IPMP manually with ifconfig commands
• Perform a forced failover of an adapter in an IPMP group
• Describe the integration of IPMP into the Sun Cluster software environment

Module 10 - Introducing Data Services, Resource Groups, and HA-NFS

• Describe how data service agents enable a data service in a cluster to operate properly
• List the components of a data service agent
• Describe data service packaging, installation, and registration
• Describe the primary purpose of resource groups
• Differentiate between failover and scalable data services
• Describe how to use special resource types
• List the components of a resource group
• Differentiate between standard, extension, and resource group properties
• Register resource types
• Configure resource groups and resources
• Perform manual control and switching of resources and resource groups

Module 11 - Configuring Scalable Services and Advanced Resource Group Relationships

• Describe the characteristics of scalable services
• Describe the function of the load-balancer
• Create the failover resource group for the SharedAddress resource
• Create the scalable resource group for the scalable service
• Describe how the SharedAddress resource works with scalable services
• Add auxiliary nodes
• Create these resource groups
• Control scalable resources and resource groups
• View scalable resource and group status
• Configure and run Apache as a scalable service in the cluster

Module 12 - Performing Supplemental Exercises for Sun Cluster 3.2 Software

• Configure a scalable application in non-global zones
• Configure HA-Oracle in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment as a failover application
• Configure Oracle RAC 11g in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment

 
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