Module 1 – Sun Storage Concepts

• Describe the major disk storage administration tasks
• Describe Sun storage interface types
• Describe available Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technologies including:
  • Host-based RAID technology
  • Controller-based RAID technology
• Describe disk storage concepts that are common to many storage installations, including:
  • Hot swapping
  • Storage area networking
  • Multi host access
  • Multipath access
• Identify storage configurations by:
  • Conducting a physical inventory
  • Displaying storage configurations
  • Identifying controller addresses
  • Decoding logical device paths
  • Verify storage array firmware revisions

 Module 2 – Managing Data

• List the advantages of using virtual disk management
• Describe standard RAID terminology
• List the common features of each supported RAID level including:
  • Concatenation – RAID 0
  • Striping – RAID 0
  • Mirroring – RAID 1
  • Mirrored Stripe (Striping plus mirroring) – RAID 0+1
  • Mirrored Concatenation – RAID 0+1
  • Striped Mirror (Mirroring plus striping) – RAID 1+0
  • Concatenated Mirror – RAID 1+0
  • Striping with distributed parity – RAID 5
• Describe the optimum hardware configuration for each supported RAID level

Module 3 – VERITAS Volume Manager Installation

• Identify the new features of VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1
• List the key elements of pre installation planning
• Research VxVM software patch requirements
• Install the VxVM software
• Describe the three installation methods:
  • The installvm method
  • The installer method
  • The pkgadd method
• Initialize the VxVM software

Module 4 – VERITAS Volume Manager Basic Operations

• Describe the function of VxVM disk groups
• List disk group administrative operations including:
  • Initialize disk drives for VxVM use
  • Create disk groups
  • Add and remove disk drives for a disk group
  • Import and deport disk groups
  • Destroy a disk group
  • Rename VxVM disk drives
• Administer disk groups using the vxdiskadm utility
• Administer disk groups using command-line programs
• Administer disk groups using the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA) GUI

Module 5 – VERITAS Volume Manager Volume Operations

• Interpret volume structure listings
• Describe volume planning activities
• Create volumes using the vxassist command
• Create volumes using the VEA GUI
• Modify volume access attributes
• Add file systems to existing volumes
• Add and remove volume logs
• Use the VEA GUI to analyze volume structures

Module 6 – VERITAS Volume Manager Advanced Operations

• Encapsulate and mirror the system boot disk
• Administer hot spares and hot relocation
• Evacuate all sub disks from a disk drive
• Move a disk drive without preserving data
• Move a populated disk drive to a new disk group
• Backup and restore a disk group configuration
• Describe how to import a disk group after a system crash
• Perform a volume snapshot backup
• Perform an online volume relay out
• Create VxVM layered volumes
• Perform basic Intelligent Storage Provisioning administration
• Replace a failed disk drive

Module 7 – VERITAS File System Basic Operations

• Describe basic VxFS features
• Install the VxFS software
• Create VxFS file systems
• Use extended VxFS mount options
• Perform online VxFS administration tasks
• Modify kernel tunable parameters
• Describe Storage Checkpoints
• Describe VxFS file system quotas

Module 8 – VERITAS Volume Manager Advanced Operations

• Encapsulate and mirror the system boot disk
• Administer hot spares and hot relocation
• Evacuate allSubdisk from a disk drive
• Move a populated disk drive to a new disk group
• Backup and restore a disk group configuration
• Describe how to import a disk group after a system crash
• Perform a volume Snapshot backup
• Perform an online volume relayout
• Create Vxvm Layered volumes
• Replace a failed disk drive

Module9 – VERITAS Volume Manager Performance Management

• Describe performance improvement techniques
• Use the vxstat and vxtrace performance analysis tools
• Describe RAID-5 write performance characteristics

VERITAS Cluster 4.1 & 5.1

1)    High Availability Concepts

• High availability concepts
• Clustering concepts
• HA application services
• Clustering prerequisites
• High availability references

2)    VCS Building Blocks

• VCS Terminology
• Cluster Communication
• VCS Architecture

3)    Preparing a Site for VCS Implementation

• Hardware requirements and recommendations
• Software requirements and recommendations
• Preparing installation information
• Preparing to upgrade

4)    Installing VCS

• Using the VERITAS Product Installer
• VCS Configuration Files
• Viewing the Default VCS Configuration
• Other Installation Considerations

5)    VCS Operations

• Common VCS tools and operations
• Service group operations
• Resource operations
• Using the VCS Simulator

6)    VCS Configuration Methods

• Starting and Stopping VCS
• Overview of Configuration Methods
• Online Configuration
• Offline Configuration
• Controlling Access to VCS

7)    Preparing Services for High Availability

• Preparing applications for VCS
• Performing one-time configuration tasks
• Testing the application service
• Stopping and migrating an application service
• Collecting configuration information

8)    Online Configuration

• Online Service Group Configuration
• Adding Resources
• Solving Common Configuration Errors
• Testing the Service Group

9)    Offline Configuration

• Offline configuration procedures
• Solving offline configuration problems
• Testing the service group

10) Cluster Communications

• VCS Communications Review
• Cluster Membership
• Cluster Interconnect Configuration
• Joining the Cluster Membership
• Changing the Interconnect Configuration

11) Clustering NFS

• Preparing NFS for high availability
• Testing the NFS service
• Configuring NFS resources
• NFS lock failover
• Alternative NFS configurations

12) System and Communication Faults

• Ensuring data integrity
• Cluster interconnect failures

13) I/O Fencing

• Data protection requirements
• I/O fencing concepts and components
• I/O fencing operations
• I/O fencing implementation
• Configuring I/O fencing
• Coordination point server

14) Troubleshooting

• Monitoring VCS
• Troubleshooting Guide
• Archiving VCS-Related Files