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ES-3523 --- Storage Foundation 5.0 Administration

Overview

The Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills to manage disk storage using Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and Veritas File System software.

Objectives

The Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills to manage disk storage using Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and Veritas File System software. Students practice the administrative tasks to build the skills that transfer to their working environments, including planning, implementation, configuration, and administration.

PreRequisites

  • Configure the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)
  • Perform common file system administration using the format,
  • Control Solaris OS run levels
  • Administer Solaris OS packages using the pkgadd, pkgrm, and
  • Understand the Solaris OS file system structure
  • Use basic OpenBoot programmable read-only memory (PROM) comm
  • Perform basic file ownership and protection using the chgrp, chmod, and chown commands
  • Cable Sun systems and peripherals

Who Can Benefit

System Administrators or Storage Administrators responsible for the management of storage resources in Solaris OS environments, using the Veritas storage software

Duration

5 Days

Course Content

Storage Foundation 5.0 Administration (ES-3523) Content Details

 
 
Sun Storage Concepts
  • Define disk storage management
  • Identify storage configurations
  • Examine hardware interfaces
  • Describe disk storage concepts
Managing Data
  • Describe the concepts and advantages of virtual storage management
  • Describe standard RAID terminology
  • List the common features of each supported RAID levels
Veritas Storage Foundation Installation
  • List the key elements of pre-installation planning
  • Install the Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 software
  • Verify the post-installation environment
  • Explore the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) console features
  • Describe the VxVM error numbering system
Veritas Volume Manager Basic Operations
  • Control disk storage resources
  • Describe the function of VxVM disk groups
  • Administer disk groups using command-line programs
  • Administer disk groups Using the vxdiskadm utility
  • Protect storage devices from usage
 
Veritas Volume Manager Volume Operations
  • Examine volume components and structures
  • Create volumes using the vxassist command
  • Add file systems to existing volumes
  • Resize volumes and file systems
  • Modify volume access attributes
  • Administer volume logs
  • Removing a volume
Disk Management Using the VEA GUI
  • Creating disk groups, volumes, and file systems
  • Administering disks, disk groups, volumes, and file systems
Veritas Volume Manager Advanced Operations
  • Encapsulate and mirror the system boot disk
  • Administer hot-relocation
  • Evacuate all subdisks from a disk drive
  • Move a populated disk drives to a new disk group
  • Back up and restore a disk group configurations
  • Perform a volume snapshot backups
  • Create VxVM layered volumes
  • Replace a failed disk drive
Veritas File System Basic Operations
  • Use extended VxFS mount options
  • Perform online VxFS administration tasks
  • Convert a UFS file system to a VxFS file system
  • Add a VxFS file system to a non-global zone
Veritas Volume Manager Performance Management
  • Describe performance improvement techniques
  • Use the vxstat and vxtrace performance analysis tools
  • Describe RAID-5 write performance characteristics



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