Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.1 Install, Configure, and Troubleshoot

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Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.1 Install, Configure, and Troubleshoot :: [ES-476]

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code.

ES-476

length.

3 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Sun Microsystems

price.

$2,100 :: $1,785 GSA GOV.

The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.1 Install, Configure, and Troubleshoot course is designed to familiarize the audience with installation, configuration, and troubleshooting procedures for the two key Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software solution functions: the Remote Mirror and Point-In-Time Copy software.

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 Sun customers and internal support engineers in the following roles:

	Sun Professional Services engineers
	Customers, partners and resellers responsible for installation, configuration, operation and best practices of the Availability Suite software
	On-site hardware installation and configuration engineers
	On-site customer support engineers
	Phone support engineers

prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to perform basic systems administration tasks, including:

	Edit files using an editor available in the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)
	Execute commands using a command-line interface
	Use man pages
	Identify, locate, download and install patches
	Administer volumes using the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) software
	Explain the following terms:
	Random array of independent disks, or RAID (both hardware and software)
	Fibre Channel
	Storage area network (SAN)
	Identify the following Sun products:
	Sun StorEdge(TM) T3 array
	Sun StorEdge(TM) A5x00 array
	Sun StorEdge(TM) Acx00FC array

skills gained

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

	Install the Availability Suite software
	Recover from selected data service application failures
	Identify common installation and configuration problems
	Configure the Point-In-Time software volume sets
	Perform Point-In-Time Copy software copy and update operations
	Configure the Remote Mirror software volume sets
	Perform Remote Mirror software copy and update operations
	Interpret data service status and configuration information
	Interpret volume set status and configuration information
	Implement a business continuation configuration
	Recover from a simulated site disaster
	Tune the Point-In-Time Copy and Remote Mirror software parameters for optimum performance

course content details

	Module 1 - Introducing the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.1 Software

	Describe the purpose of the Sun StorEdge family of software
	State the purpose and functions of the Availability Suite 3.1 software
	Describe the licensing of the Availability Suite software

	Module 2 - Describing the Point-In-Time Copy Software

	Identify the Point-In-Time Copy (formerly Instant Image) software features and functions
	Describe volume and volume set concepts
	Identify the types of volume set operations

	Module 3 - Describing the Remote Mirror Software

	Describe the Remote Mirror (formerly Sun StorEdge Network Data Replicator, or SNDR) software features and functions
	Define the basic capabilities of the software
	Identify the types of volume set operations possible
	State the software's data replication functions and features
	Identify the types of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network adapters supported
	Identify the capabilities of combining the Remote Mirror and Point-In-Time Copy software

	Module 4 - Installing and Configuring the Availability Suite Software

	Describe the installation process
	Prepare the noncluster environment for installation
	Install the Availability Suite software in a noncluster environment
	Configure the Point-In-Time Copy software
	Configure the Remote Mirror software

	Module 5 - Using the Point-In-Time Copy Software

	Describe the Point-In-Time Copy software command-line interface (CLI)
	Enable and disable volume operations
	Use overflow volumes
	Move volume sets
	Perform and abort update, copy, and wait operations
	List volumes
	Reset volume sets
	Export, import and join volumes
	Display volume status
	Display software information

	Module 6 - Using the Remote Mirror Software

	Describe the Remote Mirror software CLI
	Enable and disable volume sets
	Synchronize and update volume sets
	Reconfigure or modify volume sets
	Display volume set information
	Enable or disable autosynchronization
	Set the asynchronous queue
	View statistics

	Module 7 - Configuring for Business Continuation

	Describe business continuation concepts
	Combine Point-In-Time Copy and Remote Mirror software functions
	Back up configuration information
	Use the autosynchronization feature
	Set up the initial synchronization
	Perform primary and secondary site replication cycles
	Recover from a general system failure
	Recover from a primary system catastrophic failure

	Module 8 - Tuning the Availability Suite Software

	Evaluate general system performance issues
	Optimize Availability Suite software read-only volume performance
	Optimize the storage device block cache (SDBC) configuration
	Optimize Point-In-Time Copy software copy and update operations
	Optimize the Remote Mirror software asynchronous queue configuration
	Adjust the Remote Mirror software remote procedure call (RPC) time-out value

	Module 9 - Troubleshooting the Availability Suite Software

	Perform an Availability Suite software health check
	Recover from a private network failure
	Recover from a disk drive failure
	Recover from a configuration loss
	Identify and repair common user-induced problems

	Module 10 - Configuring for Sun Cluster Software Compatibility

	Describe the Availability Suite software cluster capabilities
	Verify the system requirements for the Availability Suite software in a Sun Cluster software environment
	Install and configure the Availability Suite software in a Sun Cluster software environment
	Identify the supported configurations for the Availability Suite software in a cluster environment
	Configure the Sun Cluster software for use with the Availability Suite software
	Use the Availability Suite software commands in a Sun Cluster 3.0 software environment
	Operate the Availability Suite software in a cluster environment