Detailed Course Outline
Introduction:
- Course overview
- The classroom lab environment
Install and Configure
Storage Foundation and High Availability Concepts
- Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability solutions
- VCS terminology
- Cluster communication
- VCS architecture
- SFCFSHA and SFRAC overview
SFRAC Architecture
- SFRAC basics
- Communication infrastructure and processes
- I/O fencing
- Shared storage management
- VCS architecture
- Extensions for Oracle Clusterware or RAC
Installing SFRAC
- Preparing to install SFRAC
- Installing and configuring SFRAC
- Viewing the SFRAC configuration
- Administrative interfaces
Configuring CVM and CFS
- Cluster Volume Manager
- CVM configuration
- CVM startup and recovery
- Cluster File System
- CFS configuration
- CFS recovery
- Coordinating CVM and CFS configuration
Oracle Database Concepts
- Database concepts
- Oracle operations
- Oracle in a Storage Foundation HA environment
Oracle RAC Concepts
- Oracle RAC concepts and terminology
- Oracle operations
- Oracle RAC infrastructure requirements
Cluster Management Using VCS
- VCS in an Oracle RAC environment
- Resources for managing clusterware components
- Oracle RAC service groups
- VCS configuration review
Installing Oracle Clusterware and RAC
- Oracle clusterware overview
- Determining Oracle file locations
- Installation overview
- Preparing the environment
- Installing Oracle Clusterware and RAC
- Post-installation tasks
Managing Oracle Using VCS
- Creating and testing an Oracle database
- Configuring an Oracle resource
- Other Oracle monitoring options
Disk-based I/O Fencing
- Data protection requirements
- I/O fencing concepts and components
- I/O fencing operations
- I/O fencing implementation
- Configuring I/O fencing
Manage and Administer
- Monitoring the Cluster
- Verifying SFRAC
- Performing health checks and risk assessment
- Monitoring Oracle components
- Using log files
Troubleshooting Shutdown
- Automatic cluster shutdown
- Manual cluster shutdown
- Cluster shutdown problems
Troubleshooting Startup
- Automatic startup
- Manual cluster startup
- Cluster startup problems
- Resource and service group startup problems
Troubleshooting Faults
- System faults
- Communication faults
- Storage faults
- SFRAC component issues
- VCS resource faults
- Oracle CRS faults
Install and Upgrade Considerations and Options
- Installation considerations
- Rolling upgrade
- Phased upgrade
- Other upgrades
I/O Fencing Maintenance and Configuration
- Common disk-based I/O fencing maintenance tasks
- Troubleshooting disk-based I/O fencing configuration
- Recovering fenced systems
- I/O fencing alternative configurations