Sun Cluster 3.1 Administration (ES-338)

Description:

The Sun Cluster 3.1 Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills needed to install and administer Sun Cluster 3.1 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.

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 (formerly known as Solstice DiskSuite software)

Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Describe the major Sun Cluster hardware and software components and functions
• Configure different methods of connecting to node consoles
• Configure a cluster administrative workstation
• Install and configure the Sun Cluster 3.1 software
• Configure Sun Cluster 3.1 software quorum devices
• Configure VERITAS Volume Manager in the Sun Cluster software environment
• Configure Solaris Volume Manager software in the Sun Cluster software environment
• Create Internet Protocol Multipathing (IPMP) failover groups in the Sun Cluster 3.1 software environment
• Understand resources and resource groups, configure a failover data service resource group (Network File System [NFS]), and configure a scalable data service resource group (Apache)
• Configure failover Solaris 10 zones, failover ORACLE, and ORACLE Real Application Clusters (RAC) in the Sun Cluster software environment