Oracle Solaris Cluster Administration Training  

Describe Oracle Solaris Cluster hardware and software

• Define clustering
• Describe the Solaris Cluster hardware and software environment
• Describe the Solaris Cluster hardware environment and software support
• Identify the types of applications in the Solaris Cluster software environment
• Describe the Solaris Cluster software data service support
• Describe the Solaris Cluster Software HA framework
• Identify the global storage services
• Define Solaris 10 Containers

Describe node console connectivity and the Cluster console software

• Describe the different methods for accessing a console
• Configure the Solaris Cluster console software on the administration workstation
• Use the Solaris Cluster console tools

Prepare for installation of Solaris Cluster

• List the Solaris Cluster software boot disk requirements and hardware restrictions
• Identify typical cluster storage topologies
• Describe quorum votes and quorum devices
• Describe persistent quorum reservations and cluster amnesia
• Describe data fencing
• Configure a supported cluster interconnect system
• Identify public network adapters
• Configure shared physical adapters

Install and configure the Oracle Solaris Cluster software framework

• List the Oracle Solaris Cluster installation and configuration steps
• Install the Solaris Cluster packages using the Oracle Solaris Custer installer
• Describe the Oracle Solaris Cluster framework configuration
• Configure a cluster installation using all-at-once and typical modes
• Configure a cluster installation using one-at-a-time and custom modes
• Configure additional nodes for the one-at-a-time method
• Describe the Solaris OS files and settings that are automatically configured by scinstall
• Perform automatic quorum configuration

Performing Basic Cluster Administration

• Identify the cluster daemons
• Use cluster commands
• View and administer cluster global properties, quorum, disk paths, and settings
• View and administer interconnect components
• Use the clsetup command and the Oracle Solaris Cluster Manager
• Perform basic cluster startup and shutdown operations, including booting nodes in non-cluster mode and placing nodes into maintenance state
• Modify the private network settings from non-cluster mode

Use ZFS with Oracle Solaris Cluster software

• Describe when ZFS can be used for Oracle Solaris Cluster data
• Build ZFS storage pools and file systems
• Use ZFS root in the Oracle Solaris Cluster environment

Use Solaris Volume Manager with Oracle Solaris Cluster software

• Describe Solaris Volume Manager traditional partitioning and soft partitions
• Differentiate between shared disksets and local disksets
• Describe volume database (metadb) management issues and the role of Solaris Volume Manager mediators
• Create the local metadb replicas
• Add disks to shared disksets
• Build Solaris Volume Manager mirrors with soft partitions in disksets
• Create global file systems
• Mirror the boot disk with Solaris Volume Manager

Managing the Public Network With IPMP

• Define the purpose of IPMP
• Define the concepts of an IPMP group
• List examples of network adapters in IPMP groups on a single Solaris OS server
• Describe the operation of the in.mpathd daemon
• List the options to the ifconfig command that support IPMP and configure IPMP using /etc/hostname.xxx files
• Configure IPMP manually with ifconfig commands
• Perform a forced failover of an adapter in an IPMP group
• Describe the integration of IPMP into the Sun Cluster software environment

Describe data services, resource groups, and HA-NFS

• Describe how data service agents enable a data service in a cluster to operate properly
• List the components of a data service agent
• Describe data service packaging, installation, and registration
• Describe the primary purpose of resource groups
• Differentiate between failover and scalable data services
• Describe how to use special resource types
• List the components of a resource group
• Differentiate between standard, extension, and resource group properties

Configuring Scalable Services and Advanced Resource Group Relationships

• Describe the characteristics of scalable services
• Describe the function of the load-balancer
• Create the failover resource group for the SharedAddress resource
• Create the scalable resource group for the scalable service
• Describe how the SharedAddress resource works with scalable services
• Add auxiliary nodes
• Control scalable resources and resource groups
• Configure and run Apache as a scalable service in the cluster

Perform supplemental exercises for Oracle Solaris Cluster software

• Configure a scalable application in non-global Solaris Containers
• Configure HA-Oracle in a Solaris Cluster software environment as a failover application
• Configure Oracle RAC 11g in a Solaris Cluster software environment