The Sun Cluster 3.2 Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills needed to install and administer Solaris Cluster (formerly known as Sun Cluster) 3.2 hardware and software systems. Students are introduced to Solaris Cluster hardware and software product features, hardware configuration, and software installation along with configuration, data service configuration, and system operation.
Students will complete hands-on online labs by accessing equipment through a network terminal session. Students will access the equipment through Suns Remote LabData Center (RLDC)
The number of students may be adjusted after the course has been added to the cart.
Delivery Format
LVC
Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are System Administrators, Database Administrators, and Support personnel.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to: - Demonstrate knowledge and experience in Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) server administration and maintenance
- Perform basic network administration
- Administer virtual volume structures using either VERITAS Volume Manager
- (VxVM) or Solaris Volume Manager software
Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: - Describe the major Solaris Cluster hardware and software components and functions
- Configure access to node consoles and the cluster console software
- Install and configure the Solaris Cluster 3.2 software
- Configure Solaris Cluster 3.2 quorum devices and device fencing
- Configure Veritas Volume Manager in the Solaris Cluster environment
- Configure Solaris Volume Manager software in the Solaris Cluster environment
- Configure and use ZFS in the Solaris Cluster environment
- Create Internet Protocol Multipathing (IPMP) failover groups in the Solaris Cluster 3.2 software environment
- Understand resources and resource groups, configure a failover data service resource group (NFS), and configure a scalable data service resource group (Apache)
- Configure applications in Solaris 10 zones (Solaris Containers), failover Oracle, and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) in Solaris Cluster environment
Course Content
Module 1 - Introducing Solaris Cluster Hardware and Software
- Define the concept of clustering
- Describe the Solaris Cluster 3.2 hardware and software environment
- Describe the types of applications in the Solaris Cluster 3.2 software environment
- Explore the Solaris Cluster 3.2 software high-availability (HA) framework
- Describe global file system and shared cluster file system with shared QFS
Module 2 - Exploring Node Console Connectivity and the Cluster Console Software
- Describe the different methods for accessing a console
- Configure the Solaris Cluster console software on the administration workstation
- Use the Cluster console tools
Module 3 - Preparing for Installation and Understanding Quorum Devices
- List the Solaris Cluster software boot disk requirements and hardware restrictions
- Identify typical cluster storage topologies
- Describe Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition disaster-recovery product
- Describe quorum votes and quorum devices
- Describe persistent quorum reservations and cluster amnesia
- Describe data fencing
Module 4 - Installing and Configuring the Solaris Cluster Software Framework
- Install the Solaris Cluster packages using the Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) installer
- Describe the Solaris Cluster Framework configuration
- Configure a cluster installation using all-at-once and typical modes
- Configure a cluster installation using one-at-a-time and custom modes
- Perform automatic quorum configuration
Module 5 - Performing Basic Cluster Administration
- Identify the cluster daemons
- Use cluster commands
- View and administer cluster global properties, quorum, disk paths, settings, and interconnect components
- Perform basic cluster startup and shutdown operations, including booting nodes in non-cluster mode and placing nodes into maintenance state
Module 6 - Using Veritas Volume Manager for Volume Management
- Describe the types of volumes that will be created for Solaris Cluster 3.2 software environments
- Describe the general procedures and restrictions for installing and administering VxVM in the cluster
- Use basic commands to put disks in disk groups and build volumes
- Register, manage, and resynchronize VxVM disk groups as cluster device groups
- Describe the procedure used for mirroring the boot drive
Module 7 - Managing Volumes With Solaris Volume Manager
- Describe Solaris Volume Manager traditional partitioning and soft partitions
- Build Solaris Volume Manager mirrors with soft partitions in disksets
- Create global file systems
- Mirror the boot disk with Solaris Volume Manager
Module 8 - Using ZFS with Solaris Cluster software
- Understand when ZFS can be used for Solaris Cluster data
- Build ZFS storage pools and file systems
- Use ZFS root in the Solaris Cluster environment
Module 9 - Managing the Public Network With IPMP
- List examples of network adapters in IPMP groups on a single Solaris OS server
- Configure IPMP manually with ifconfig commands
- Perform a forced failover of an adapter in an IPMP group
Module 10 - Introducing Data Services, Resource Groups, and HA-NFS
- Describe data service packaging, installation, and registration
- Describe the primary purpose of resource groups
- Differentiate between failover and scalable data services
- Differentiate between standard, extension, and resource group properties
Module 11 - Configuring Scalable Services and Advanced Resource Group Relationships
- Describe the function of the load-balancer
- Create the failover resource group for the SharedAddress resource
- Create the scalable resource group for the scalable service
- Control scalable resources and resource groups
Module 12 - Performing Supplemental Exercises for Solaris Cluster 3.2 Software
- Configure a scalable application in non-global zones
- Configure HA-Oracle in a Solaris Cluster 3.2 software environment as a failover application
- Configure Oracle RAC 11g in a Sola
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