VERITAS Cluster Server 5.x Workshop (Solaris / Linux)

Course: VERCS

Duration: 5 Days

Level: II

Course Summary

VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) enables an organization to monitor systems and application services, and to restart services on a different system when hardware or software fails. The key to understanding VCS is to learn the various components and how they interact with one another. These include: clusters, resources and resource types, service groups, agents, and communications (GAB and LLT).

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Topics Covered In This Course

CLUSTER SERVER CONCEPTS

High availability (HA) concepts
Clustering concepts
Clustering prerequisites

VCS BUILDING BLOCKS

VCS terminology
Cluster communication
VCS architecture

PREPARING FOR VCS IMPLEMENTATION

Requirements and recommendations for hardware and software
Preparing for installation

INSTALLING VCS

Using the VERITAS product installer
VCS configuration files
Viewing the default VCS configuration
Other installation considerations

VCS OPERATIONS

Managing applications in a cluster environment
Service group operations
Using the VCS Simulator

VCS CONFIGURATION METHODS

Starting and stopping VCS
Configuration methods
Controlling access to VCS

PREPARING SERVICES FOR HA

Preparing applications for VCS
One-time configuration tasks
Testing the application service
Stopping an application service
Migrating an application service

ONLINE CONFIGURATION

Adding resources
Solving common configuration errors
Testing the service group

OFFLINE CONFIGURATION

Offline configuration practices and tools
Solving offline configuration problems
Testing the service group

CONFIGURING NOTIFICATION

Notification overview
Configuring notification
Using triggers for notification

HANDLING RESOURCE FAULTS

How VCS responds to resource faults
Determining failover duration
Controlling fault behavior
Recovering from resource faults
Fault notification
Event handling

CLUSTER COMMUNICATIONS

VCS communications review
Cluster membership
Cluster interconnect configuration
Joining the cluster membership
Changing the interconnect configuration

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION FAULTS

Ensuring data integrity
Cluster interconnect failures

I/O FENCING

Data protection requirements
I/O fencing concepts and components
I/O fencing operations
I/O fencing implementation
Configuring I/O fencing

TROUBLESHOOTING

Monitoring VCS
Troubleshooting guide
Archiving VCS-related files

CLUSTERING APPLICATIONS

Application service overview
VCS agents for managing applications

CLUSTERING NFS

Preparing NFS for HA
Testing the NFS service
Configuring an NFS service group
NFS lock failover.

WORKSHOP: RECONFIGURING CLUSTER MEMBERSHIP

Removing a system from a running VCS cluster
Adding a new system to a running VCS cluster
Merging two running VCS clusters

SERVICE GROUP DEPENDENCIES

Common application relationships
Service group dependency definition
Configuring service group dependencies
Alternative methods of controlling interactions

STARTUP AND FAILOVER POLICIES

Startup rules and policies
Failover rules and policies
Configuring startup and failover policies

MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERFACES

MultiNIC configurations
MultiNICB
IPMultiNICB
Example MultiNIC setup

DATACENTER AVAILABILITY

Cluster management console
Storage foundation management server
Disaster recovery

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What You Can Expect

At the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

Understand, install and configure VERITAS Cluster Server
Configure service groups and resources
Manage and maintain a cluster configuration
Identify and resolve problems

Who Should Take This Course

This workshop is intended for system administrators and technical support staff who will be working with VCS.

Recommended Prerequisites

The workshop requires a prior knowledge of UNIX system administration (specifically Solaris or Linux). Experience of developing shell or Perl scripts is helpful. Furthermore, a working knowledge of VERITAS Volume Manager will be useful, although not essential.

Training Style

This workshop introduces the concepts of VERITAS Cluster Server 5.x on Solaris / Linux. Its theory provides the delegate with the principles of cluster installation and management. The practical aspects of the course instruct the delegate on how to manage cluster installation and configuration, use of the appropriate administration tools, maintenance, recovery and troubleshooting. Delegates will build a 2-node cluster and provide NFS services from the cluster.

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Related Courses

Code	Course Title	Duration	Level
VERVM1	Veritas Volume Manager 5.x	3 Days	I	Details
VERHA	VERITAS Storage Foundation HA 5.x Fundamentals Workshop (Solaris / Linux)	5 Days	II	Details
VERSF	VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.x Workshop (Solaris / Linux)	5 Days	II	Details
VERCFS	Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.x for UNIX	3 Days	II	Details
VERVM2	Advanced Veritas Volume Manager	2 Days	II	Details

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Schedule For This Course
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