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SF-UPGRADE --- Upgrading Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0

Overview

The Upgrading VERITAS Storage Foundation and VERITAS Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0 course from Symantec is designed for the IT professional tasked with installing, upgrading, and using the Storage Foundation High Availability (SFHA) 5.0 features.

Objectives

The Upgrading VERITAS Storage Foundation and VERITAS Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0 course from Symantec is designed for the IT professional tasked with installing, upgrading, and using the Storage Foundation High Availability (SFHA) 5.0 features. This two-day, virtual academy seminar covers how to upgrade an SFHA environment from 4.x to 5.0 and how to make the best of the available new features. Students also learn how to install and use the new management consoles for Storage Foundation and VCS.

PreRequisites

You should have experience as a system and network administrator working in a UNIX environment and you should have working knowledge of VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.x for Solaris and VERITAS Cluster Server 4.x for Solaris products.

Who Can Benefit

This course is for system administrators, system engineers, network administrators, system integration or development staff, and technical support personnel who are currently working with VERITAS Storage Foundation HA 4.x environments.

Duration

2 Days

Course Content

Upgrading Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0 Content Details

 
 
Upgrading VERITAS Storage Foundation for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0: Installing and Upgrading the Software
  • Installing Storage Foundation 5.0
  • Upgrading to Storage Foundation 5.0
  • Changes in Logging During Installation and Upgrade
  • New Features Overview
Introduction to Storage Foundation Management Server (SFMS)
  • SFMS Overview
  • SFMS Architecture
  • Managed Host Architecture
  • SFMS Installation
  • Administering SFMS
DMP/DDL Enhancements
  • DMP/DDL Changes
  • Error Recovery Policies
  • DMP Tunables
Remote Mirroring with SF 5.0
  • Campus Cluster Scenarios
  • Site Awareness
  • Recovering From Failures with Remote Mirrors
  • Firedrill with Remote Mirroring
Importing LUN Snapshots
  • Changes in How VxVM Handles LUN Snapshots
  • Unique Disk Identifier
  • Disk Tags
  • Controlling Configuration and Klog Copies
  • Managing Cloned Disks
Support for Tentative Data Migration
  • Data Migration Overview
  • Tentative Move of a Subdisk
  • Tentative Move of a Volume
  • Tentative Move of a VxVM Disk
 
Dynamic Storage Tiering
  • What is DST?
  • Why Use DST?
  • Creating and Managing Volume Sets
  • Volume Device Visibility in Volume Sets
  • Creating and Managing Multi Volume File Systems
  • Using Volume Tags
  • File Placement Policies
Intelligent Storage Provisioning (ISP)
  • What is ISP?
  • ISP Concepts
  • Why Use ISP?
  • Configuring and Managing ISP with SF 5.0
  • Migration and Reverse Migration
  • Performing Link Break-off Snapshots of ISP Volumes
Upgrading VERITAS Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0: Installing and Upgrading the Software
  • Installing VCS 5.0
  • Upgrading a Cluster to SFHA 5.0
  • Changes in Logging During Installation and Upgrade
  • New Features Overview
Cluster Management Console
  • CMC Overview
  • Installing CMC
  • Using CMC
  • Reporting Historical Data
  • Administering Notifications
  • Using CMC for Disaster Recovery
  • Administering CMC
Changes in VCS Bundled Agents
  • New Agents
  • The Apache Agent
  • The Remote Group Agent
  • Changes in Existing Bundled Agents
  • Virtual Firedrill
New VCS Engine Features and Enhancements
  • Pre 5.0 Technique for Saving the VCS Configuration
  • New Techniques for Saving the VCS Configuration
  • Customizing Engine Shutdown
NFS Locking Enhancements
  • NFS Overview
  • NFS Record Locking Changes



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