Course Description
The Symantec Cluster Server 6.x for UNIX: Administration Fundamentals course is designed for the IT professional tasked with installing, configuring, and maintaining Symantec Cluster Server (VCS) clusters.
This five day, Virtual Academy, hands-on class covers how to use Symantec Cluster Server to manage applications in a high availability environment. After gaining the fundamental skills that are needed to manage a highly available application in a cluster, you can deploy VCS in a lab environment to implement a sample cluster design.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Install VCS and create a cluster.
Configure service groups and resources.
Implement and verify failover and failback capability for application, storage, and network services.
Configure and optimize cluster behavior.
Protect data in a shared storage environment.
Configure VCS to manage an Oracle database and other applications.
Describe LLT over RDMA supported connections.
Observe the benefits of AdaptiveHA.
Describe multi-site management.
Who Should Attend
This course is for UNIX system administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, network/SAN administrators, and systems integration/development staff, and who will be installing, operating, or integrating Symantec Cluster Server.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of UNIX system administration.
Course Outline :: HA0420 ::
PART 1: Symantec Cluster Server 6.x for UNIX: Administration Fundamentals
High Availability Concepts
High availability concepts
Clustering concepts
HA application services
Clustering prerequisites
High availability references
VCS Building Blocks
VCS terminology
Cluster communication
VCS architecture
Preparing a Site for VCS
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware and software recommendations
Preparing installation information
Installing VCS
Using the Common Product Installer
VCS configuration files
Cluster management tools
VCS Operations
Common VCS tools and operations
Service group operations
Resource operations
VCS Configuration Methods
Starting and stopping VCS
Overview of configuration methods
Online configuration
Controlling access to VCS
Preparing Services for VCS
Preparing applications for VCS
Performing one-time configuration tasks
Course Outline :: HA0420 ::
Testing the application service
Stopping and migrating an application service
Collecting configuration information
Online Configuration
Online service group configuration
Adding resources
Solving common configuration errors
Testing the service group
Offline Configuration
Offline configuration examples
Offline configuration procedures
Solving offline configuration problems
Testing the service group
Configuring Notification
Notification overview
Configuring notification
Overview of triggers
Handling Resource Faults
VCS response to resource faults
Determining failover duration
Controlling fault behavior
Recovering from resource faults
Fault notification and event handling
Intelligent Monitoring Framework
IMF overview
IMF configuration
Cluster Communications
VCS communications review
Cluster interconnect configuration
Joining the cluster membership
System and cluster interconnect failures
Changing the interconnect configuration
Course Outline :: HA0420 ::
Protecting Data Using SCSI 3-Based Fencing
Data protection requirements
I/O fencing concepts
I/O fencing operations
I/O fencing implementation
Configuring I/O fencing
Clustering Applications
Application service overview
VCS agents for managing applications
The Application agent
IMF support and prevention of concurrency violation
Clustering Databases
VCS database agents
Database preparation
The database agent for Oracle
Database failover behavior
Additional Oracle agent functions
PART 2: Storage Foundation High Availability for UNIX: What's New
Introduction to the New Features and Enhancements
CPI enhancements
New Features and Enhancements in the High Availability Solutions
LLT RDMA enhancements
AdaptiveHA
VBS enhancements
CPS using HTTPS
Multi-site management
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.