ACSLS HA Overview
- Identify what is highly available
- Describe the ACSLS HA environment
- Identify the components of the ACSLS HA solution
- List the advantages of the ACSLS HA solution
Sun Cluster Concepts
- Explain the role of Sun Cluster in ACSLS HA
- Define the concepts of clustering
- Describe the elements of an active/passive configuration
- Understand the concept of application IP address (Virtual IP address)
- Discuss the Sun Cluster Software HA Framework
- Describe quorum votes and quorum devices
- Describe Sun Cluster Data Services
- Discuss Sun Cluster resources and resource groups
IPMP Concepts
- Define the concepts of IPMP and IPMP group
- List the new options to ifconfig command for IPMP
- Describe the integration of IPMP into Sun Cluster and ACSLS HA environment
Putting the pieces together
- Discuss the building blocks of the ACSLS HA solution
- Visualize the relationship between the solutions components
Managing Volumes with Solaris Volume Manager
- Introduce Solaris Volume Manager concepts
- Describe how the boot disk is mirrored
- Describe how the external storage is mirrored
Sun Cluster Configuration and Data Services
- Describe the role of Sun Cluster Data Services for ACSLS
- Identify the ACSLS HA customized data services
- Explain how tape libraries are monitored in the HA environment
Operations in the ACSLS HA environment
- Describe the management interface to Sun Cluster
- Introduce selected commands to evaluate the current status of ACSLS HA
- Describe the ways to start and stop ACSLS within the HA environment
- Identify the active node in the cluster
Maintenance in the ACSLS HA Environment
- Explain the maintenance philosophy for the OS and ACSLS in the HA environment
