PART 1: Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1: Install and Configure
Virtual Objects
- Physical data storage
- Virtual data storage
- Volume Manager storage objects
- Volume Manager RAID levels
Installing Storage Foundation and Accessing SF Interfaces
- Preparing to install Storage Foundation
- Installing Storage Foundation
- Storage Foundation resources
- Storage Foundation user interfaces
- Managing the VEA software
Creating a Volume and File System
- Preparing disks and disk groups for volume creation
- Creating a volume
- Adding a file system to a volume
- Displaying disk and disk group information
- Displaying volume configuration information
- Removing volumes, disks, and disk groups
Working with Volumes with Different Layouts
- Volume layouts
- Creating volumes with various layouts
- Creating a layered volume
- Allocating storage for volumes
Making Configuration Changes
- Administering mirrored volumes
- Resizing a volume and a file system
- Moving data between systems
- Renaming disks and disk groups
- Managing disk group versions and formats
Administering File Systems
- Benefits of using Veritas File System
- Using Veritas File System commands
- Logging in VxFS
- Controlling file system fragmentation
- Using thin provisioning disk arrays
Resolving Hardware Problems
- How does VxVM interpret failures in hardware?
- Recovering disabled disk groups
- Resolving disk failures
- Managing hot relocation at the host level
PART 2: Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1: Manage and Administer
Getting Started with Storage Foundation Manager (SFM)
- Storage Foundation Manager overview
- Installing the Storage Foundation Manager Central Management Server
- Changing an SF server to a managed host
- Administering users in the Central Management Server
Administering Volume Manager
- Introduction to performance monitoring with Storage Foundation
- Changing volume layouts
- Managing volume tasks
Managing Devices Within the VxVM Architecture
- Managing components in the VxVM architecture
- Discovering disk devices
- Managing multiple paths to disk devices
Using Full-Copy Volume Snapshots
- Understanding and selecting snapshot technologies
- Creating and managing full-copy volume snapshots
- Using volume snapshots for off-host processing
Using Copy-on-Write SF Snapshots
- Creating and managing space-optimized volume snapshots
- Creating and managing storage checkpoints
- Examples of using SF snapshot technologies for different application needs
Importing LUN Snapshots
- How Volume Manager detects hardware snapshots
- Managing clone disks
- Using disk tags
Using Site Awareness with Mirroring
- What are remote mirroring and site awareness?
- Configuring site awareness
- Recovering from failures with remote mirrors
- Verifying a site-aware environment
Implementing Dynamic Storage Tiering (DST)
- What is dynamic storage tiering?
- Dynamic storage tiering concepts
- Creating and managing volume sets
- Creating and managing multi-volume file systems
- Creating storage tiers
- Implementing file placement policies
Managing the Boot Disk with Storage Foundation
- Placing the boot disk under VxVM control
- Creating an alternate boot disk
- Administering the boot disk
- Removing the boot disk from VxVM control
