Veritas Cluster Server 6.0 for Windows: Administration
- Course Code HA0435
- Duration 5 days
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Course Overview
TopCourse Schedule
TopTarget Audience
TopCourse Objectives
Top- Manage highly available application services using VCS.
- Install VCS and create a cluster.
- Configure service groups and resources.
- Implement and verify failover and failback capability for application, storage, and network services.
- Configure and optimize cluster behavior.
- Protect data in a shared storage environment.
- Configure VCS to manage SQL Server, Exchange Server, and other applications.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and correct cluster problems.
- Configure service group dependencies and policies
Course Content
TopPart I - Install and Configure
High Availability and Clustering Concepts
- High availability concepts
- Clustering concepts
- High availability application services
- Clustering prerequisites
VCS Building Blocks
- VCS terminology
- Cluster communication
- VCS architecture
Preparing a Site for VCS
- Hardware requirements and recommendations
- Software requirements and recommendations
- Licensing scheme
- Preparing installation information
Installing VCS
- Upgrading VCS
- Configuring VCS
- Viewing the default VCS configuration
- Installing the Cluster Manager Java GUI
VCS Operations
- Common VCS tools and operations
- Service group operations
- Resource operations
- Using a VCS simulator
VCS Configuration Methods
- Starting and stopping VCS
- Overview of configuration methods
- Online configuration
- Offline configuration
- Controlling access to VCS
Preparing Services for VCS
- Performing one-time configuration tasks
- Testing the application service
- Stopping and migrating an application service
Online Configuration
- Online Service Group configuration
- Adding resources
- Solving common configuration errors
- Testing the Service Group
Offline Configuration
- Offline configuration procedures
- Solving offline configuration problems
- Testing the service group
Configuring Notification
- Introducing the notification resource
- Configuring notification
- Using triggers for notification
Handling Resource Faults
- Introducing intelligent resource monitoring
- VCS response to resource faults
- Determining failover duration
- Controlling fault behavior
- Recovering from resource faults
- Fault notification and event handling
Cluster Communications
- VCS communications review
- Cluster membership
- Cluster interconnect configuration
- Joining the cluster membership
System and Communication Faults
- System failuresCluster interconnect failures
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Monitoring VCS
- Troubleshooting guide
- Archiving VCS-related files
Part II - Manage and Administer
Example Application Configurations
Clustering Applications
- Application service overview
- VCS Agents for managing applications
- The GenericService Agent
- The ServiceMonitor Agent
Clustering File Shares
- Preparing file shares for high availability
- VCS resources for managing file shares
- Configuring file shares`
Clustering SQL Server
- SQL Server in the VCS environment
- VCS Agents for SQL Server 2005
- VCS Agents for SQL Server 2008
- Managing registry keys
- Installing SQL Server in the cluster
- Configuring a SQL Server service group
- Monitoring databases
Clustering Exchange Server
- Exchange Server in the VCS environment
- Introducing the VCS Application Agent for Exchange Server 2007
- Introducing the VCS Database Agent for Exchange Server 2010
- Supported Exchange Server configurations for high availability
- Configuring the domain controller
- Installing Exchange Server
- Configuring an Exchange service group
Clustering SharePoint Server (Optional)
- SharePoint Server in the VCS environment
- Installing SharePoint Server 2010 in a SFW HA 6.0
cluster environment
- Configuring SharePoint Server service groups
- Verifying the SharePoint cluster configuration
Cluster Management
Service Group Dependencies
- Common application relationships
- Service group dependencies
- Service group dependency examples
- Configuring service group dependencies
- Alternate methods of controlling interactions
Startup and Failover Policies
- Startup rules and policies
- Failover rules and policies
- Limits and prerequisites
- Modeling startup and failover policies
Managing Data Centers
- Need for managing data centers
- Veritas Operations Manager: Overview
- Preparing a setup for Veritas Operations Manager
- Installing Veritas Operations Manager
- Using Veritas Operations Manager
Course Prerequisites
Top- You must have experience as a system and network administrator working in a Windows environment.
- Experience in developing Perl scripts is helpful.
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