Duration
5 days
Overview
The Veritas InfoScale Availability 7.3 for UNIX/Linux: Advanced Administration I course is designed for the IT professional tasked with managing, configuring, and using clusters in an enterprise environment.
This class covers how to set up advanced networking and fencing configurations, as well as disaster recovery solutions.
Note: This course does not teach basic clustering concepts and is a follow-on course from the Veritas InfoScale Availability 7.3 for UNIX/Linux: Administration course.
Course Objectives
By the completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Configure advanced networking environments.
- Implement advanced fencing configurations.
- Configuring and manage disaster recovery environments and campus clusters.
Who Should Attend
This course is for system administrators, architects, and technical support personnel who are responsible for implementing, managing, and supporting clusters in complex enterprise environments.
Prerequisites
You must have administrator-level experience with UNIX or Linux, TCP/IP networking, and clustering using Veritas Cluster Server.
Hands-On
This course includes practical hands-on exercises that enable you to test your new skills and begin to transfer them into your working environment.
Course Outline
Advanced Networking
Reviewing an Existing VCS Environment
- Understanding the VCS architecture
- Building the cluster configuration
- Configuring VCS
Configuring LLT
- LLT over bonded interfaces
- LLT over UDP
- LLT over RDMA
- LLT with different network interfaces
- Manually configuring LLT
Using Multiple Public Network Interfaces
- Configuring multiple service groups with network resources
- Managing multiple public network interfaces
- MultiNICB and IPMultiNICB for UNIX
- MultiNICA and IPMultiNIC for Linux
Data Protection
Implementing Disk-Based I/O Fencing
- Data protection requirements
- I/O fencing concepts
- I/O fencing operations
- I/O fencing implementation
- Fencing configuration
Implementing Coordination Point Server
- Coordination point concepts
- Server-based fencing architecture
- CPS operations
- Installing and configuring a CP server
- Configuring I/O fencing with CPS
- Coordination point agent
Administering Fencing Configurations
- Installing and configuring clustered CP servers
- Administering CPS
- Administering disk-based I/O fencing
- Configuring preferred fencing
Disaster Recovery
Global Clustering Architecture and Concepts
- Global cluster architecture
- Global cluster components
- VCS features for global cluster management
- Intercluster communication failure
Configuring a Global Cluster
- Configuring the Global Cluster Option
- Linking clusters
- Configuring a global service group
- Managing dynamic IP address updates
Managing a Global Cluster
- Managing clusters in a global cluster environment
- Managing global cluster heartbeats
- Managing global service groups
Notification and Failover Behavior in a Global Cluster
- Notification in a global cluster
- Failover behavior of a global service group
- Cluster state transitions
- Simulating global clusters using the VCS Simulator
Administering Campus Clusters
- Campus clustering solutions with InfoScale
- Preparing to set up a campus cluster configuration
- Configuring Storage Foundation for campus clustering
- Configuring a VCS service group for campus clusters
- Testing site awareness
- Failure scenarios with campus clusters
- Optional: Legacy campus clustering
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.