COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Symantec High Availability Fundamentals with
Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0 and Veritas Cluster
Server 6.0 for Windows course is designed for the IT professional who will be working with Veritas Storage
Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server. This class covers how to use Symantec high-availability technology to meet the data availability goals of your operations by implementing Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas
Cluster Server. This course describes how to manage storage in a high-availability environment and perform cluster management.
Delivery Method
Instructor-led training (ILT) – 5 days
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Configure and manage disks, disk groups, and volumes by using Veritas Storage Foundation.
Perform basic Veritas Storage Foundation recovery and troubleshooting operations.
Manage cluster services with Veritas Cluster Server and perform troubleshooting techniques.
Describe cluster communications, identify faults, and configure failover behavior.
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 and Veritas Cluster Server.
Prerequisites
You must have experience as a system and network administrator working in a Windows 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 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.
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
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
Part 3: Veritas Cluster Server 6.0: Install and
Configure
High Availability and Clustering Concepts
High availability concepts
Clustering concepts
High availability application services
Clustering prerequisites
VCS Building Blocks
VCS terminology
Cluster communication
VCS architecture
Preparing a Site for VCS
Hardware requirements and recommendations
Software requirements and recommendations
Licensing scheme
Preparing installation information
Installing and Upgrading VCS
Installing VCS
Upgrading VCS
Configuring VCS
Viewing the default VCS configuration
Installing the Cluster Manager Java GUI
VCS Operations
Common VCS tools and operations
Service group operations
Resource operations
Using a VCS simulator
VCS Configuration Methods
Starting and stopping VCS
Overview of configuration methods
Online configuration
Offline configuration
Controlling access to VCS
Preparing Services for VCS
Performing one-time configuration tasks
Testing the application service
Stopping and migrating an application service
Online Configuration
Online service group configuration
Adding resources
Solving common configuration errors
Testing the service group
Offline Configuration
Offline configuration procedures
Solving offline configuration problems
Testing the service group
Configuring Notification
Introducing the notification resource
Configuring notification
Using triggers for notification
Handling Resource Faults
Introducing intelligent resource monitoring
VCS response to resource faults
Determining failover duration
Controlling fault behavior
Recovering from resource faults
Fault notification and event handling
Cluster Communications
VCS communications review
Cluster membership
Cluster interconnect configuration
Joining the cluster membership
System and Communication Faults
System failures
Cluster interconnect failures
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Monitoring VCS
Troubleshooting Guide
Archiving VCS-related files
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