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Training Course Summary:

The Sun Cluster 3.0 Administration course provides students with the essential information and skills needed to install, administer, and manage Sun Cluster systems. Students are introduced to Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 (Update 3) product features, hardware configuration, software installation and configuration, data service configuration, and system operation.

Pre-Requisites:

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
Administer Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) workstations
Perform basic network administration
Administer virtual volume structures using either VeritasVolume Manager or Solstice DiskSuite class systems and associated peripherals

Who Should Attend:

Students who can benefit from this course are Sun Cluster system administrators, database administrators and support personnel.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Module 1 - Introducing Sun Cluster Hardware and Software


List the hardware components that constitute a basic Sun Cluster environment
List the supported Sun Cluster 3.0 Update 3 software components
Describe the Sun Cluster high-availability features
List the supported Sun Cluster 3.0 Update 3 data services
Describe Sun Cluster high-availability strategies
Describe domain-based clusters
List the components of a Sun Cluster high-availability failover service
Explain the purpose of the cluster configuration repository
List the components of a Sun Cluster scalable service
Describe Sun Cluster resource groups
List Sun Cluster parallel database applications

Module 2 - Configuring the Terminal Concentrator


Describe the main features of the Sun Cluster administrative interface
List the main functions of the terminal concentrator
Configure the terminal concentrator
Set the terminal concentrator default route
Describe the purpose of using multiple terminal concentrators
Describe terminal concentrator troubleshooting

Module 3 - Installing the Administrative Console


List the Sun Cluster administrative console functions
Install the Sun Cluster console software on the administrative console
Describe the Sun Cluster console tools
Describe the cluster console tools configuration

Module 4 - Preparing for Installation


Describe cluster topologies
Describe Sun Fire(TM) system configurations
List Sun Cluster storage configurations
Describe the Sun Cluster interconnect configuration
Identify and eliminate single points of failure
Describe the Sun Cluster quorum device configuration
Describe the public network configuration
Identify storage array firmware

Module 5 - Installing the Cluster Host Software


List the Sun Cluster software
Describe configuring the Sun Cluster node environment
Perform Sun Cluster node patch installation
Describe the methods for installing the Sun Cluster 3.0 software
Perform post-installation configuration
Describe correcting minor configuration errors

Module 6 - Performing Basic Cluster Administration


List cluster status commands
List cluster control commands
Describe monitoring with the Sun(TM) Management Center

Module 7 - Using VERITAS Volume Manager for Logical Volume Management


Explain the disk space management technique used by VERITAS Volume Manager
Describe the VERITAS Volume Manager disk initialization process
Describe the VERITAS Volume Manager disk groups
List the VERITAS Volume Manager status commands
List ways to optimize recovery times
Describe the VERITAS Volume Manager installation process
Create the rootdg disk group
Describe the boot disk encapsulation process for Sun Cluster software
Register VERITAS Volume Manager disk groups

Module 8 - Using Solstice DiskSuite Software for Logical Volume Management


Describe disk space management with traditional Solstice DiskSuite software
Describe disk space management with Solstice DiskSuite software soft partitions
Initialize Solstice DiskSuite software
Describe Solstice DiskSuite software disk grouping
Use dual-string mediators
Enable Solaris OS UNIX(R) File System (UFS) logging
List Solstice DiskSuite software status commands
Perform Solstice DiskSuite software installation
Perform Solstice DiskSuite software post-installation configuration

Module 9 - * Describe disk space management with traditional Solstice DiskSuite software


List the main features of the Sun Cluster Public Network Management (PNM) software
Configure NAFO groups
List PNM status commands
Describe the PNM monitoring process

Module 10 - Introducing Resource Groups


Describe the function of the Resource Group Manager
List the available resource types
List failover data service resources
List scalable data service resources
Explain Sun Cluster resource groups configuration
Administer resource groups with the scrgadm command
Create resource groups using the scsetup utility

Module 11 - Configuring Da