ONLINE TRAINING

 

Module 1 - Sun Storage Concepts

• Describe the major disk storage administration tasks
• Describe Sun storage interface types
• Describe available Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technologies including:
• Host-based RAID technology
• Controller-based RAID technology
• Describe disk storage concepts that are common to many storage installations, including: Hot swapping
• Storage area networking
• Multihost access
• Multipath access
• Identify storage configurations by: Conducting a physical inventory
Displaying storage configurations
• Identifying controller addresses
• Verify storage array firmware revisions

Module 2 - Managing Data

List the advantages of using virtual disk management Describe standard RAID terminology List the common features of each supported RAID level including: Concatenation - RAID 0 Striping - RAID 0 Mirroring - RAID 1 Mirrored Stripe (Striping plus mirroring) - RAID 0+1 Mirrored Concatenation - RAID 0+1 Striped Mirror (Mirroring plus striping) - RAID 1+0 Concatenated Mirror - RAID 1+0 Striping with distributed parity - RAID 5 Describe the optimum hardware configuration for each supported RAID level

Module 3 - VERITAS Volume Manager Installation

Identify the new features of VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 List the key elements of preinstallation planning Research VxVM software patch requirements Install the VxVM software Describe the three installation methods: The installvm method The installer method The pkgadd method Initialize the VxVM software

Module 4 - VERITAS Volume Manager Basic Operations

Describe the function of VxVM disk groups List disk group administrative operations including: Initialize disk drives for VxVM use Create disk groups Add and remove disk drives for a disk group Import and deport disk groups Destroy a disk group Rename VxVM disk drives Administer disk groups using the vxdiskadm utility Administer disk groups using command-line programs Administer disk groups using the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) GUI

Module 5 - VERITAS Volume Manager Volume Operations

Interpret volume structure listings Describe volume planning activities Create volumes using the vxassist command Create volumes using the VEA GUI Modify volume access attributes Add file systems to existing volumes Add and remove volume logs Use the VEA GUI to analyze volume structures

Module 6 - VERITAS Volume Manager Advanced Operations

Encapsulate and mirror the system boot disk Administer hot spares and hot relocation Evacuate all subdisks from a disk drive Move a disk drive without preserving data Move a populated disk drive to a new disk group Back up and restore a disk group configuration Describe how to import a disk group after a system crash Perform a volume snapshot backup Perform an online volume relayout Create VxVM layered volumes Perform basic Intelligent Storage Provisioning administration Replace a failed disk drive

Module 7 - VERITAS File System Basic Operations

Describe basic VxFS features Install the VxFS software Create VxFS file systems Use extended VxFS mount options Perform online VxFS administration tasks Modify kernel tunable parameters Describe Storage Checkpoints Describe VxFS file system quotas

Module 8 - VERITAS Volume Manager Advanced Operations

Encapsulate and mirror the system boot disk Administer hot spares and hot relocation Evacuate allSubdisk from a disk drive Move a populated disk drive to a new disk group Backup and restore a disk group configuration Describe how to import a disk group after a system crash perform a volume Snapshot backup Perform an online volume relayout Create Vxvm Layered volumes Replace a failed disk drive

Module9 - VERITAS Volume Manager Performance Management

Describe performance improvement techniques Use the vxstat and vxtrace performance analysis tools Describe RAID-5 write performance characteristics Veritas Cluster 4.1 & 5.1 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 Implementation Hardware requirements and recommendations Software requirements and recommendations Preparing installation information Preparing to upgrade