Detailed Course Outline
Virtual Objects
- Operating system storage devices and virtual data storage
- Volume Manager storage objects
- VxVM volume layouts and RAID levels
Installing Storage Foundation and Accessing SF Interfaces
- Preparing to install Storage Foundation
- Installing Storage Foundation
- Storage Foundation resources
- Storage Foundation user interfaces
Creating a Volume and File System
- Preparing disks and disk groups for volume creation
- Creating a volume and adding a file system
- 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
- Allocating storage for volumes
Making Configuration Changes
- Administering mirrored volumes
- Resizing a volume and a file system
- Moving data between systems
- Renaming VxVM objects
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
Managing Devices within the VxVM Architecture
- Managing components in the VxVM architecture
- Discovering disk devices
- Managing multiple paths to disk devices
Resolving Hardware Problems
- How does VxVM interpret failures in hardware?
- Recovering disabled disk groups
- Resolving disk failures
- Managing hot relocation at the host level
Introduction to New Features and Enhancements
- CPI enhancements
New Features and Enhancements in SF
- Support for caching on SSDs
- VxVM enhancements
- DMP enhancements