Sun Cluster 3.1 Advanced Administration

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code.

ES-438

length.

5 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Sun Microsystems

price.

$4,000 :: $3,400 GSA GOV.

The Sun Cluster 3.1 Advanced Administration course provides students with the skills necessary to upgrade, protect, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot software running in a Sun Cluster 3.1 software environment. Through the use of lecture and hands-on labs, students learn how to upgrade the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS), VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM), ORACLE, and Sun Cluster software. Students also learn how to harden security using the Solaris Security Toolkit software and how to protect data using the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software. Additionally, students learn how Sun Cluster data services are written, in order to fully understand how to tune and configure resources and resource groups. The course discusses several maintenance procedures and best practices for Sun Cluster 3.x software administration.

Finally, the course defines general and specific troubleshooting approaches and resources to resolve problems in a Sun Cluster 3.x software environment.

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

who can benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are those responsible for upgrading, protecting, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting a Sun Cluster 3.1 software environment.

prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

	Install, configure, and administer the Sun Cluster 3.1 software
	Use the VxVM software or Solaris Volume Manager (Solaris VM) software
	Perform routine system and network administration tasks

skills gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

	Upgrade the Solaris OS, VxVM, and ORACLE database software
	Upgrade Sun Cluster software
	Implement business continuity solutions
	Harden the cluster security
	Tune and configure Sun Cluster software data services
	Configure Sun Cluster Framework, Solaris OS, Solaris VM, and VxVM software
	Perform recovery and maintenance procedures on Sun Cluster software
	Describe Sun Cluster software best practices
	Use helpful tips to troubleshoot Sun Cluster software
	Perform Sun Cluster software troubleshooting exercises

related courses, exams and materials

	before related training and products

	ES-333 Sun Cluster 3.0 Administration
	ES-338 Sun Cluster 3.1 Administration

course content details

	Module 1 - Upgrading the Solaris OS, VxVM, and ORACLE Database Software

	Describe and perform an upgrade of the Solaris OS using the Solaris Live Upgrade software
	Describe how to upgrade the VxVM software
	Describe how to upgrade the ORACLE database software

	Module 2 - Upgrading the Sun Cluster Software

	Define and compare different methods of upgrading cluster software
	Describe new features in the Sun Cluster 3.1 software that impact an upgrade
	Describe the upgrade procedure for Sun Cluster 3.1 software
	Describe how to upgrade resource types and resources

	Module 3 - Implementing Business Continuity

	Define the principles of business continuity
	Describe backup and recovery using flash archive technology
	Use the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite (Availability Suite software) Remote Mirror software in a Sun Cluster 3.x software environment
	Use the Availability Suite Point-in-Time Copy software in a Sun Cluster 3.x software environment
	Install the Availability Suite software in a Sun Cluster 3.x software environment
	Describe campus clustering using the Sun Cluster 3.x software

	Module 4 - Hardening Cluster Security

	Define basic security concepts
	Identify security vulnerabilities in a Sun Cluster 3.x software environment
	Use the Solaris Security Toolkit software
	Download and install security software on the cluster nodes
	Implement the Toolkit software secure cluster driver
	Provide secure clustered services

	Module 5 - Tuning and Configuring Data Services

	Define and differentiate Sun Cluster 3.x software data services and resource types
	Write Sun Cluster 3.x software data services
	Describe how Sun Cluster software fault probes monitor data services
	Tune resource group properties
	Tune standard and extension resource properties
	Tune resource type properties

	Module 6 - Configuring the Sun Cluster Framework, VxVM, Solaris VM, and Solaris OS Software

	Identify Sun Cluster 3.x software tunables, including the Device Configuration System (DCS)and Cluster File System (CFS) tunables
	Tune the Sun Cluster software Framework components, including the differences between the HAStorage and HAStoragePlus resources
	Tune Internet Protocol multipathing (IPMP)
	Describe and tune the Solaris OS software to impact the cluster
	Describe and tune the VxVM software to impact the cluster

	Module 7 - Performing Recovery and Maintenance Procedures

	Add a new node to a running cluster
	Remove a node from the cluster
	Replace a failed node in the cluster
	Uninstall the Sun Cluster 3.1 software from a node
	Replace failed disks
	Back up and restore the Cluster Configuration Repository (CCR)

	Module 8 - Defining Best Practices

	Define and implement best practices for the HAStoragePlus resource
	Define and implement best practices for Internet Protocol multipathing (IPMP)
	Define and implement best practices for boot disk encapsulation and mirroring
	Define and implement best practices for quorum devices

	Module 9 - Examining Troubleshooting Tips

	Describe how to troubleshoot clustered services
	Identify log files for each layer

	Module 10 - Troubleshooting the Software

Observe self-induced problems and resolve instructor-induced problems and faults in your cluster