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ES-345 --- Oracle Solaris Cluster Administration

Overview

The Oracle Solaris Cluster Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills needed to install and administer Oracle Solaris Cluster hardware and software systems.

Objectives

The Oracle Solaris Cluster Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills needed to install and administer Oracle Solaris Cluster hardware and software systems. Students are introduced to Oracle Solaris Cluster hardware and software product features, hardware configuration, and software installation along with cluster configuration, data service configuration, and system

PreRequisites

  • Demonstrate knowledge and experience in Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System administration
  • Perform basic network administration
  • Perform system boot procedures

Who Can Benefit

  • Data Center Manager
  • System Administrator

Duration

5 Days

Course Content

Oracle Solaris Cluster Administration Content Details

 
 
Describe Oracle Solaris Cluster hardware and software
  • Define clustering
  • Describe the Solaris Cluster hardware and software environment
  • Describe the Solaris Cluster hardware environment and software support
  • Identify the types of applications in the Solaris Cluster software environment
  • Describe the Solaris Cluster software data service support
  • Describe the Solaris Cluster Software HA framework
  • Identify the global storage services
  • Define Solaris 10 Containers
Describe 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 Solaris Cluster console tools
Prepare for installation of Solaris Cluster
  • List the Solaris Cluster software boot disk requirements and hardware restrictions
  • Identify typical cluster storage topologies
  • Describe quorum votes and quorum devices
  • Describe persistent quorum reservations and cluster amnesia
  • Describe data fencing
  • Configure a supported cluster interconnect system
  • Identify public network adapters
  • Configure shared physical adapters
Install and configure the Oracle Solaris Cluster software framework
  • List the Oracle Solaris Cluster installation and configuration steps
  • Install the Solaris Cluster packages using the Oracle Solaris Custer installer
  • Describe the Oracle 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
  • Configure additional nodes for the one-at-a-time method
  • Describe the Solaris OS files and settings that are automatically configured by scinstall
  • Perform automatic quorum configuration
Performing Basic Cluster Administration
  • Identify the cluster daemons
  • Use cluster commands
  • View and administer cluster global properties, quorum, disk paths, and settings
  • View and administer interconnect components
  • Use the clsetup command and the Oracle Solaris Cluster Manager
  • Perform basic cluster startup and shutdown operations, including booting nodes in non-cluster mode and placing nodes into maintenance state
  • Modify the private network settings from non-cluster mode
Use ZFS with Oracle Solaris Cluster software
  • Describe when ZFS can be used for Oracle Solaris Cluster data
  • Build ZFS storage pools and file systems
  • Use ZFS root in the Oracle Solaris Cluster environment
 
Use Solaris Volume Manager with Oracle Solaris Cluster software
  • Describe Solaris Volume Manager traditional partitioning and soft partitions
  • Differentiate between shared disksets and local disksets
  • Describe volume database (metadb) management issues and the role of Solaris Volume Manager mediators
  • Create the local metadb replicas
  • Add disks to shared disksets
  • Build Solaris Volume Manager mirrors with soft partitions in disksets
  • Create global file systems
  • Mirror the boot disk with Solaris Volume Manager
Managing the Public Network With IPMP
  • Define the purpose of IPMP
  • Define the concepts of 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 options to the ifconfig command that support IPMP and configure IPMP using /etc/hostname.xxx files
  • Configure IPMP manually with ifconfig commands
  • Perform a forced failover of an adapter in an IPMP group
  • Describe the integration of IPMP into the Sun Cluster software environment
Describe data services, resource groups, and HA-NFS
  • 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
  • Describe how to use special resource types
  • List the components of a resource group
  • Differentiate between standard, extension, and resource group properties
Configuring Scalable Services and Advanced Resource Group Relationships
  • 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
  • Describe how the SharedAddress resource works with scalable services
  • Add auxiliary nodes
  • Control scalable resources and resource groups
  • Configure and run Apache as a scalable service in the cluster
Perform supplemental exercises for Oracle Solaris Cluster software
  • Configure a scalable application in non-global Solaris Containers
  • Configure HA-Oracle in a Solaris Cluster software environment as a failover application
  • Configure Oracle RAC 11g in a Solaris Cluster software environment
Performing Supplemental Exercises for Sun Cluster 3.2 Software
  • Configure a scalable application in non-global zones
  • Configure HA-Oracle in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment as a failover application
  • Configure Oracle RAC 11g in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment



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