Veritas InfoScale Storage 8.0 for UNIX/Linux- Administration

Course Overview

The Veritas InfoScale Storage 8.0 for UNIX/Linux- Administration course is developed for IT professionals tasked with installing, configuring, & maintaining Veritas InfoScale Storage environments, including Cluster File System (CFS), Volume Manager (VxVM), File System (VxFS), & InfoScale for Cloud environments. This course includes how to use InfoScale Storage to handle disks, disk groups, & volumes using a variety of InfoScale Storage user interfaces with the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM) Web console. It also concerns the basics of online file system administration and recovery from disk failures. In addition, the course includes data replication utilizing Veritas File Replicator and Veritas Volume Replicator. The study also describes configuring Veritas Cluster Volume Manager & Veritas Cluster File System and assistance for cloud environments.

 

Prerequisites

Understanding of and hands-on experience with UNIX/Linux systems administration is needed.

Audience Profile

This course is designed for technical support personnel, UNIX/Linux system administrators, system engineers, network/SAN administrators, & systems integration/development staff, who will configure, install, manage, & integrate InfoScale Storage.

Learning Objectives

  • After accomplishing this course, you will be able to-
  •  Install & configure the infoscale Storage environment.
  •  Develop, configure, & manage disks, disk groups, and volumes.
  •  Administer file systems & manage components in the vxvm architecture.
  •  Handle multiple paths to disk devices.
  •  Recognize types of disk failures and how to resolve them.
  •  Describe concepts and components specific to Veritas Volume Replicator & Veritas File Replicator.
  •  Configure a CFS cluster according to a particular sample design.
  •  Configure shared disk groups, communicated volumes, and shared file systems.

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- Installation of InfoScale Storage

  •  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 

  •  Preparing Disks & Disk Groups for Volume Creation
  •  Developing a Volume and Adding a File System
  •  Displaying Disk and Disk Group Information
  •  Displaying Volume Configuration Information
  •  Removing 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

Lessons 

  •  InfoScale Storage 8.0- SmartIO
  •  Support for Caching on Solid State Drives
  •  Using the SmartAssist Tool

 

Labs-

  •  Exercise A- Configuring VxVM Caching
  •  Exercise B- Configuring VxFS Read Caching
  •  Exercise C- Configuring VxFS WriteBack Caching
  •  Exercise D- (Optional) Destroying the Cache Area

Lessons 

  •  Managing Components in the VxVM Architecture
  •  Discovering Disk Devices
  •  Managing Multiple Paths to Disk Devices

 

Labs- 

  •  Exercise A- Administering the Device Discovery Layer
  •  Exercise B- Displaying DMP Information
  •  Exercise C- Displaying DMP Statistics
  •  Exercise D- Enabling and Disabling DMP Paths
  •  Exercise E- Managing Array Policies

Lessons 

  •  VxVM and Hardware Failures
  •  Recovering Disabled Disk Groups
  •  Resolving Disk Failures


 

Labs-

  •  Exercise A- Recovering a Temporarily Disabled Disk Group
  •  Exercise B- Inducing a Disk Failure in the Lab Environment
  •  Exercise C- Recovering from Temporary Disk Failure
  •  Exercise D- Recovering from Permanent Disk Failure
  •  Exercise E- (Optional) Recovering from Temporary Disk Failure - Layered Volume
  •  Exercise F- (Optional) Recovering from Permanent Disk Failure - Layered Volume
  •  Exercise G- (Optional) Replacing Physical Drives - Without Hot Relocation
  •  Exercise H- (Optional) Replacing Physical Drives - With Hot Relocation
  •  Exercise I- (Optional) Recovering from Temporary Disk Failure with attached Daemon
  •  Exercise J- (Optional) Exploring Spare Disk Behavior
  • Exercise K- (Optional) Using the Support WebSite

Lessons 

  •  Storage Foundation Cluster File System- Overview
  •  SFCFS Architecture
  •  SFCFS Communication
  •  VCS Management of SFCFS Infrastructure

 

Labs- 

  •  Exercise A- Performing a Pre-Installation Check Using the Installer Utility
  •  Exercise B- Installing Veritas InfoScale Storage and Configuring Cluster File System
  •  Exercise C- Configuring Cluster File System in a PreInstalled InfoScale Storage Environment
  •  Exercise D- (Optional) Performing Post-Installation and Version Checks
  •  Exercise E- Verifying Cluster Communications
  •  Exercise F- Adding Managed Hosts to the VIOM Management Server

Lessons 

  •  Volume Manager and Cluster Volume Manager- Overview
  •  Cluster Volume Manager- Concepts
  •  Cluster Volume Manager- Configuration
  •  CVM Response to Storage Disconnectivity

 

Labs- 

  •  Exercise A- Creating Shared Disk Groups and Volumes (CLI)
  •  Exercise B- Creating a Shared Disk Group and Volume (VIOM)
  •  Exercise C- Converting a Disk Group from Shared to Private and Vice-versa
  •  Exercise D- Investigating the Impact of Disk Group Activation Modes
  •  Exercise E- (Optional) Observing the Impact of Rebooting the Master Node in a Storage Cluster

Lessons 

  •  Cluster File System Concepts
  •  Data Flow in CFS
  •  Group Lock Manager
  •  Administering CFS

 

Labs-

  •  Exercise A- Creating a Shared File System (CLI)
  •  Exercise B- Changing the Primary Node Role (CLI)
  •  Exercise C- Placing the Shared File System Under Storage Cluster Control (CLI)
  •  Exercise D- Deleting the Shared File System and Disk Groups

Lessons 

  •  Understanding Flexible Storage Sharing
  •  Flexible Storage Sharing- Storage Objects
  •  Flexible Storage Sharing Case Study
  •  Flexible Storage Sharing- Implementation
  •  Flexible Storage Sharing- Configuration

 

Labs- 

  •  Exercise A- Administering Flexible Storage Sharing
  •  Exercise B- Testing Flexible Storage Sharing
  • Replication

Lessons 

  •  Disaster Recovery Concepts
  •  Defining Replication
  •  Replication Options and Technologies
  •  Veritas Technologies for Disaster Recovery

Lessons 

  •  Comprehending Veritas File Replicator
  •  Setting up Replication for Veritas File System
  •  Error Recovery with Veritas File Replicator

 

Labs- 

  •  Exercise A- Setting Up and Performing Replication for a VxFS File System
  •  Exercise B- Restoring the Source File System Using the Replication Target

Lessons 

  •  Veritas Volume Replicator- Overview
  •  Comparing Volume Replication with Volume Management
  •  Volume Replicator Components
  •  Volume Replicator Data Flow

Lessons 

  •  Configuring the Replication Setup
  •  Assessing the Status of the Replication Environment
  •  Performing Migration, Takeover, and Fast Failback Operations

 

Labs- 

  •  Exercise A- Preparing Storage for Replication
  •  Exercise B- Establishing Replication
  •  Exercise C- Observing Data Replication
  • Exercise D- Migrating the Primary Role

Lessons 

  •  InfoScale Solutions for Cloud Environments
  •  Preparing for InfoScale Installations in Cloud Environments
  •  Configuration for Cloud Environments
  •  Support for Kubernetes on Linux
  •  Troubleshooting Issues in Cloud Environment

 

Labs- 

  •  Exercise A- Configuring REST API Server
  •  Exercise B- Verifying S3 Server Details
  •  Exercise C- Creating InfoScale Storage Support for S3 Connector
  •  Exercise D- (Optional) Creating FSS and SmartIO Type Storage and Backing Up Data to the S3 Server
  •  Exercise E- Adding VIOM Management Server in the Global Reports Perspective
  •  Exercise F- Generating VIOM Reports

Lessons 

  •  Erasure Coded- Overview
  •  Erasure Coded Architecture
  •  Erasure Coded Volume Enhancements- InfoScale 7.4
  •  Erasure Coded Performance Comparison

Lessons 

  •  Task A- Creating a 4-Node Storage Cluster (CVM Type)
  •  Task B- Creating a Local Mount Point (VxFS Type) and Backing Up Data to S3 Server
  •  Task C- Creating an FSS Storage Type Cluster Mount Point and Backing Up Data to S3 Server

Certification

VCS-261- Administration of Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.3 for UNIX/Linux

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