COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0 for
Windows course is designed for the Windows professional tasked with managing storage. This class covers fundamental operational management procedures for Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows. This training shows you how to install and configure Storage
Foundation and how to manage disks, disk groups, and volumes. This course also covers offline and off-host processing and introduces basic troubleshooting, performance tuning, and recovery techniques.
Delivery Method
Instructor-led training (ILT)
Duration
Two days
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Describe how physical data storage relates to the virtual storage components of Veritas Storage
Foundation.
Install and configure Veritas Storage Foundation.
Create and manage virtual disks, disk groups, volumes, and volume snapshots.
Resize volumes, change volume layouts, and manage volume tasks.
Perform disk group move, split, and join operations.
Perform basic recovery operations and performance tuning techniques.
Who Should Attend
This course is for Windows system administrators, system engineers, network administrators, system integration or development staff, and technical support personnel who will be working with Veritas Storage
Foundation.
Prerequisites
You must have experience as a system and network administrator working in a Windows environment.
Hands-On
This course includes practical exercises that enable you to test your new skills and begin to transfer them into your working environment.
PART 1: Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0: Install and
Configure
Virtual Objects
Physical and virtual data storage
SFW storage objects
SFW RAID levels and volume layouts
Installing and Accessing SFW Interfaces
Storage Foundation 6.0 for Windows: Overview
Installing SFW 6.0
Upgrading to SFW 6.0
SFW user interfaces
Working with Disk Groups and Volumes
Preparing disks and disk groups for volume creation
Creating a volume
Displaying disk, disk group, and volume information
Removing volumes, disks, and disk groups
Working with Volumes with Different Layouts
Comparing volume layouts
Creating volumes with various layouts
Creating a partition and logical drive
Making Configuration Changes
Administering mirrored volumes
Resizing a volume
Changing a drive letter or path
Moving data between systems
Upgrading a dynamic disk group
PART 2: Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0: Manage and
Administer
Implementing Offline and Off-Host Processing
Offline and off-host processing tasks
Creating a volume snapshot
Performing dynamic disk group split and join
Enabling fast resynchronization
Implementing off-host processing
Using Recovery Features
Monitoring objects and events
Maintaining data consistency
Configuration backup and restore
Managing hot relocation at the host level
Troubleshooting disk replacement and recovered volumes in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Specifications and product offerings are subject to change without notice.
Managing Performance
Monitoring I/O
Setting capacity monitoring parameters
Changing the volume layout
Using SmartMove
Administering DMP
Overview of dynamic multipathing
Managing arrays, individual disks, and paths
Displaying performance information
Specifying load balancing settings
Specifying control timer settings for an array
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.