Course Overview
The Veritas InfoScale 8.0 Fundamentals for UNIX/Linux Administration course is developed for IT specialists who need an overview of the Veritas InfoScale Storage & Veritas InfoScale Availability products. This 5-day class is a condensed version of the 5-day Veritas InfoScale Storage 8.0 for UNIX/Linux- Administration course and the five-day Veritas InfoScale Availability 8.0 for UNIX/Linux- Administration course. This course is a subordinate of the two classes, and it covers the fundamentals of Veritas InfoScale Storage 8.0 & Veritas InfoScale Availability 8.0.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of & hands-on experience with UNIX/Linux systems administration is needed.
Audience Profile
This course is developed for technical support personnel, UNIX/Linux system administrators, system engineers, network/SAN administrators, & systems integration/development staff, who will X configure, manage, install, and integrate InfoScale Storage and InfoScale Availability.
Learning Objectives
After accomplishing this course, you will be able to-
- Deliver an overview of the InfoScale product suite & InfoScale help for cloud environments.
- Install & configure the InfoScale Storage environment.
- Develop, configure, & manage disks, disk groups, and volumes.
- Administer file systems & manage components in the VxVM architecture.
- Administer Mirrored Volumes
- Resize a Volume & a File System
- Create a cluster, & configure service groups & resources.
- Outline the distinct VCS cluster communication mechanisms.
- Explain InfoScale help for multi-version clusters.
- Conduct everyday administrative cluster operations.
- Outline VCS user and agent account password encryption standards.
- Summarize online and offline configuration procedures.
- Configure notifications and triggers to customize VCS
- behavior in response to events.
- Describe how VCS responds to resource faults.
- Explain how the Intelligent Monitoring Framework enhances fault detection.
- Depict VCS response to standard system & cluster interconnect failures.
Content Outline
Lessons
- Introducing the Veritas InfoScale Product Suite
- Tools for Installing InfoScale Products
- InfoScale Cloud Offerings
- Installing Veritas InfoScale Storage
- Installing Veritas InfoScale Availability
- Upgrading Veritas InfoScale Enterprise
Labs- Introduction
- Exercise A- Viewing the Virtual Machine Configuration
- Exercise B- Displaying Networking Information
Labs-
- Exercise A- Verifying that the System Meets Installation Requirements
- Exercise B- Installing InfoScale Storage and Configuring Storage Foundation
- Exercise C- Performing Post-Installation and Version Checks
Lessons
- Operating System Storage Devices & Virtual Data Storage
- Volume Manager (VxVM) Storage Objects
- VxVM Volume Layouts and RAID Levels
- Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM)- Overview
Labs-
- Exercise A- Using Text-based VxVM Menu Interface
- Exercise B- Accessing CLI Commands
- Exercise C- Adding Managed Hosts to the VIOM Management Server
- Exercise D- Working with the VIOM GUI Dashboard and Inventory Information
- Exercise E- Exploring the VIOM GUI Licensing Option
- Exercise F- Working with the VIOM GUI Settings Option
Lessons
- Equipping Disks and Disk Groups for Volume Creation
- Developing a Volume and Adding a File System
- Depicting Disk and Disk Group Information
- Depicting Volume Configuration Information
- Clearing Volumes, Disks, And Disk Groups
Labs-
- Exercise A- Creating Disk Groups, Volumes, and File Systems (CLI)
- Exercise B- Removing Volumes and Disks (CLI)
- Exercise C- Destroying Disk Data Using Disk Shredding (CLI)
- Exercise D- (Optional) Creating Disk Groups, Volumes, and File Systems (VIOM)
- Exercise E- (Optional) Removing Volumes, Disks, and Disk groups (VIOM)
Lessons
- Volume Layouts
- Creating Volumes with Various Layouts
- Allocating Storage for Volumes
Labs-
- Exercise A- Creating Volumes with Different Layouts (CLI)
- Exercise B- Creating Erasure Coded Volume for Object Store (CLI)
- Exercise C- (Optional) Creating Volumes with User Defaults (CLI)
Lessons
- Administering Mirrored Volumes
- Resizing a Volume and a File System
- Moving Data Between Systems
- Renaming VxVM Objects
Labs-
- Exercise A- Administering Mirrored Volumes
- Exercise B- Resizing a Volume and File System
- Exercise C- Renaming a Disk Group
- Exercise D- Moving Data Between Systems
- Exercise E- (Optional) Resizing Only the File System
Lessons
- Veritas File System- Benefits
- Using Veritas File System Commands
- Veritas File System- Logging
- Controlling File System Fragmentation
- Using Thin Provisioning Disk Arrays
Labs-
- Exercise A- Preparing to Defragment the Veritas File System
- Exercise B- Defragmenting a Veritas File System
- Exercise C- Working with SmartMove
- Exercise D- Observing Thin Reclamation
- PART 2- Veritas InfoScale Availability 8.0 for UNIX/Linux- Administration
- Cluster Server Basics
Lessons
- High Availability Concepts
- Clustering Concepts
- High Availability Applications
- Clustering Prerequisites
Labs- Introduction
- Exercise A- Viewing Virtual Machine Configuration Details
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Exercise B- Verifying Network Connectivity
Labs-
- Exercise A- Performing a CPI Pre-installation Verification
- Exercise B- Performing a SORT Pre-installation Verification
- Labs-
- Exercise A- Installing InfoScale Enterprise Using the
Common Product Installer (CPI)
- Exercise B- Running a Post-Installation Check
- Exercise C- Adding Managed Hosts to the VIOM Management Server
Lessons
- VCS Terminology
- Cluster Communication
- VCS Architecture
- Multi-version Cluster
- Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM)- Overview
Labs-
- Exercise A- Working with the VIOM GUI Dashboard and Inventory Information
- Exercise B- Exploring the VIOM GUI License Options
- Exercise C- Working with the VIOM GUI Settings Option
Lessons
- Common VCS Tools and Operations
- Service Group Operations
- Resource Operations
- VCS Custom Scripts- Operations
Labs-
- Exercise A- Displaying Cluster Information
- Exercise B- Displaying Status and Attributes
- Exercise C- Performing Service Group Operations
- Exercise D- Manipulating Resources
Lessons
- Starting and Stopping VCS
- Configuration Methods- Overview
- Online Configuration
- Controlling Access to VCS
- VCS Password Encryption
Labs-
- Exercise A- VCS Configuring the State and Stopping VCS
- Exercise B- Configuring Automatic Backup of VCS Configuration
- Exercise C- Setting Non-default VCS Stop Options
Lessons
- Preparing Applications for VCS
- Performing One-time Configuration Tasks
- Testing the Application Service
- Stopping and Migrating a Service
- Collecting Configuration Information
Labs-
- Exercise A- Configuring and Examining Storage for a Service
- Exercise B- Examining the Application
- Exercise C- Manually Starting and Stopping the Application
Lessons
- Online Service Group Configuration
- Adding Resources
- Solving Common Configuration Errors
- Testing the Service Group
Labs-
- Exercise A- Creating a Service Group for the Loopy Application
- Exercise B- Configuring Resources for the Loopy Application•
- Exercise C- Performing a Virtual Fire Drill (VFD) on the Service Group
- Exercise D- Testing the Service Group
- Exercise E- Setting Resources to Critical
- Exercise F- (Optional) Examining Veritas File System Locking by VCS
Lessons
- Offline Configuration Examples
- Offline Configuration Procedures
- Solving Offline Configuration Problems
- Testing the Service Group
Labs-
- Exercise A- Editing a Copy of the main.cf File Using a System Editor
- Exercise B- Stopping VCS
- Exercise C- Restart VCS Using the Edited main.cf File
Lessons
- Notification- Overview
- Configuring Notification
- Triggers- Overview
Labs-
- Exercise A- Configuring and Testing Notifier Using VIOM
- Exercise B- Configuring Trigger Scripts
- Cluster Server Additions
Lessons
- VCS Response to Resource Faults
- Determining Failover Duration
- Controlling Fault Behavior
- Recovering from Resource Faults
- Fault Notification and Event Handling
Labs-
- Exercise A- Observing Non-Critical Resource Faults
- Exercise B- Observing Critical Resource Faults
- Exercise C- (Optional) Observing Faults in Frozen Service Groups
- Exercise D- (Optional) Observing ManageFaults Behavior
- Exercise E- (Optional) Observing RestartLimit Behavior
Lessons
- Intelligent Monitoring Framework- Overview
- Intelligent Monitoring Framework- Configuration
- Faults and Failover with Intelligent Monitoring
Labs-
- Exercise A- Examining IMF Monitoring on a Resource
- Exercise B- (Optional) Examining IMF Default Configuration
Lessons
- VCS Communications- Overview
- Cluster Interconnect Configuration
- Cluster Startup
- System and Cluster Interconnect Failure
- Changing the Interconnect Configuration
Labs-
- Exercise A- Reconfiguring LLT
- Exercise B- Observing Jeopardy Membership
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