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ES-338 - Sun(TM) Cluster 3.1 Administration
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| The Sun(TM) Cluster 3.1 Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills needed to install and administer Sun Cluster 3.1 4/04 (Update 2) hardware and software systems. Students are introduced to Sun Cluster hardware and software product features, hardware configuration, and software installation along with configuration, data service configuration, and system operation.
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| Who Can Benefit |
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| System administrators, database administrators, and support personnel.
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| Prerequisites |
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To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in Solaris(TM) 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 (formerly known as Solstice DiskSuite(TM) software)
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| Skills Gained |
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Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the major Sun Cluster hardware and software components and functions
- Perform pre-installation configuration verification
- Configure the Sun Cluster hardware transport
- Install the Sun Cluster software
- Identify and configure Sun Cluster software quorum devices
- Initialize either the VERITAS Volume Manager or Solaris Volume Manager software product
- Create IP Multipathing (IPMP) groups for use in the Sun Cluster software environment
- Configure resource groups for scalable and failover data service
- Configure the Sun Cluster Highly Available (HA) for NFS failover data service and the Sun Cluster Apache scalable data service
- Configure the HA-ORACLE, HA-LDAP and ORACLE/RAC services in the Sun Cluster software environment
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| Related Courses |
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- Before: SA-239: Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris(TM) 9 Operating Environment
- Before: SA-299: Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment
- Before: SA-399: Network Administration for the Solaris(TM) 9 Operating Environment
- Before: ES-310: Sun StorEdge(TM) Volume Manager Administration
- Before: ES-220: Disk Management with DiskSuite
- After: IES-438: Sun Cluster 3.1 Advanced Administration for Support Services
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| Course Content |
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Module 1 - Introducing Sun(TM) Cluster Hardware and Software
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- Define the concept of clustering
- Describe the Sun(TM) Cluster 3.1 hardware and software environment
- Introduce the Sun Cluster 3.1 hardware environment
- View the Sun Cluster 3.1 software support
- Describe the types of applications in the Sun Cluster 3.1 software environment
- Identify the Sun Cluster 3.1 software data service support
- Explore the Sun Cluster 3.1 software high availability framework
- Define global storage services differences
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Module 2 - Exploring Node Console Connectivity and the Cluster Console Software
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- Describe the difference in node access between domain-based cluster nodes and traditional standalone cluster nodes
- Describe the different access methods for accessing a console in a traditional node
- Connect to the console for a domain-based cluster node
- Set up the administrative console environment
- Configure the Sun Cluster console software on the administration workstation
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Module 3 - Preparing for Installation and Understanding Quorum Devices
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- List the Sun Cluster software boot disk requirements
- Identify typical cluster storage topologies
- Identify the quorum devices needed for selected cluster topologies
- Describe persistent quorum reservations and cluster amnesia
- Configure a supported cluster interconnect system
- Physically configure a public network group
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Module 4 - Installing the Sun Cluster Host Software
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- Install the Sun Cluster host system software
- Interpret configuration questions during the Sun Cluster software installation
- Describe the Sun Cluster Software node patches
- Perform the interactive installation process for the Sun Cluster 3.1 software
- Perform post-installation configuration
- Verify the general cluster status and cluster configuration information
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Module 5 - Performing Basic Cluster Administration
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- Identify the cluster daemons
- Verify cluster status from the command line
- Perform basic cluster startup and shutdown operations, including booting nodes in non-cluster mode and placing nodes in a maintenance state
- Describe the Sun Cluster administration utilities
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Module 6 - Using VERITAS Volume Manager for Volume Management
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- Describe the most important concepts of VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) and issues involved in using VxVM in the Sun Cluster 3.1 software environment
- Differentiate between rootdg and shared storage disk groups
- Explain VxVM disk groups
- Describe the basic objects in a disk group
- Describe the types of volumes that will be created for Sun Cluster 3.1 software environments
- Describe the general procedures for installing and administering VxVM in the cluster
- Describe the DMP restrictions
- Install and initialize VxVM using the scvxinstall command
- Use basic commands to put disks in disk groups and build volumes
- Describe the two flags used to mark disks under the normal hot relocation
- Register VxVM disk groups with the cluster
- Resynchronize VxVM disk groups with the cluster
- Create global and local file systems
- Describe the procedure used for mirroring the boot drive
- Describe disk repair and replacement issues
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Module 7 - Managing Volumes Using Solaris(TM) Volume Manager Software (Solstice DiskSuite(TM) Software)
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- Explain Solaris Volume Manager software disk space management
- Describe the most important concepts of Solaris Volume Manager software
- Describe Solaris Volume Manager software soft partitions
- Differentiate between shared disksets and local disksets
- Describe volume database (metadb) management issues and the role of Solaris Volume Manager software mediators
- Install the Solaris Volume Manager software
- Create the local metadbs
- Add disks to shared disksets
- Use shared diskset disk space
- Build Solaris Volume Manager software mirrors with soft partitions in disksets
- Use Solaris Volume Manager software status commands
- Use hot spare pools in the disk set
- Perform Sun Cluster software level device group management
- Perform cluster-specific changes to Solaris Volume Manager software device groups
- Create global file systems
- Mirror the boot disk with Solaris Volume Manager software
- Perform disk replacement and repair
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Module 8 - Managing the Public Network With IPMP
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- Define the purpose of IPMP
- Define the requirements for an IPMP group
- List examples of network adapters in IPMP groups on a single Solaris OS server
- Describe the operation of the in.mpathd daemon
- List the new options to the ifconfig command that support IPMP, and configure IPMP with /etc/hostname.xxx files
- Perform a "forced failover" of an adapter in an IPMP group
- Configure IPMP manually with IPMP commands
- Describe the integration of IPMP into the Sun Cluster software environment
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Module 9 - Introducing Data Services, Resource Groups, and HA-NFS
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- Describe how data service agents enable a data service in a cluster to operate properly
- List the components of a data service agent
- Describe data service packaging, installation, and registration
- Describe the primary purpose of resource groups
- Differentiate between failover and scalable data services
- Configure and run NFS in the cluster
- Describe how to use special resource types
- List the components of a resource group
- Differentiate standard, extension, and resource group properties
- Describe the resource group configuration process
- List the primary functions of the scrgadm command
- Use the scswitch command to control resources and resource groups
- Use the scstat command to view resource and group status
- Use the scsetup utility for resources and resource group operations
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Module 10 - Configuring Scalable Services
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- Describe the characteristics of scalable services
- 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
- Use important resource group and resource properties for scalable services
- Describe how the SharedAddress resource works with scalable services
- Use the scrgadm command to create these resource groups
- Use the scswitch command to control scalable resources and resource groups
- Use the scstat command to view scalable resource and group status
- Configure and run Apache as a scalable service in the cluster
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Module 11 - Performing Supplemental Exercises for Sun Cluster 3.1 Software
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- Configure HA-LDAP in a Sun Cluster 3.1 software environment
- Configure HA-ORACLE in a Sun Cluster 3.1 software environment
- Configure ORACLE Real Application Cluster (RAC) in Sun Cluster 3.1 software environment
- Reinstall Sun Cluster 3.1 software
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