| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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