Veritas InfoScale Availability 7.3.1 for Windows: Administration

COURSE OUTLINE

Cluster Server Basics

Module 1: High Availability and Clustering Concepts

• High availability concepts
• Clustering concepts
• High availability application services
• Clustering prerequisites

Labs

• Exercise A: Connecting to the virtual machines
• Exercise B: Verifying network connectivity

Module 2: VCS Building Blocks

• VCS terminology
• Cluster communication
• VCS architecture

Labs

• Exercise A: Verifying the details of configured iSCSI disks
• Exercise B: Performing a SORT pre-installation verification check

Module 3: Installing InfoScale

• Introducing the Veritas InfoScale product suite
• Installing InfoScale products

Labs

• Exercise A: Installing InfoScale Enterprise using the Veritas Product Installer (VPI)
• Exercise B: Configuring the west cluster
• Exercise C: Configuring the east cluster
• Exercise D: Adding cluster systems to VIOM as managed hosts

Module 4: VCS Operations

• Common VCS tools and operations
• Service group operations
• Resource operations

Labs

• Exercise A: Displaying cluster information
• Exercise B: Displaying status and attributes
• Exercise C: Exploring the default VCS configuration

Module 5: VCS Configuration Methods

• Starting and stopping VCS
• Overview of configuration methods
• Online configuration
• Offline configuration
• Controlling access to VCS

Labs

• Exercise A: Starting and stopping VCS
• Exercise B: Configuring automatic configuration backups
• Exercise C: Configuring VCS stop options

Module 6: Preparing Services for VCS

• Preparing applications for VCS
• Performing one-time configuration tasks
• Testing the application service
• Stopping and migrating an application service

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring storage for an application
• Exercise B: Configuring VMDg and MountV resources
• Exercise C: Recording MAC address of cluster nodes
• Exercise D: Setting up the application
• Exercise E: Manually migrating the application
• Exercise F: Making the services offline

Module 7: Online Configuration

• Online service group configuration
• Adding resources
• Solving common configuration errors
• Testing the service group
• Service group dependencies

Labs

• Exercise A: Creating a service group
• Exercise B: Adding NIC and IP resources
• Exercise C: Adding VMDg, MountV, and Process resources to a service group
• Exercise D: Linking all the resources in a service group
• Exercise E: Testing a service group
• Exercise F: Setting resources to critical

Module 8: Offline Configuration

• Offline configuration procedures
• Solving offline configuration problems
• Testing the service group

Labs

• Exercise A: Adding a resource using the command line interface
• Exercise B: Testing the FileOnOff resource

Module 9: Configuring Notification

• Notification overview
• Configuring notification
• Using triggers for notification

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring SNMP Trap Receiver
• Exercise B: Configuring a NotifierMngr type resource on west cluster
• Exercise C: Configuring a NotifierMngr type resource on east cluster
• Exercise D: Testing notifications

Cluster Server Additions

Module 10: Handling Resource Faults

• VCS response to resource faults
• Determining failover duration
• Controlling fault behavior
• Recovering from resource faults
• Fault notification and event handling
• Introducing Intelligent Resource Monitoring

Labs

• Exercise A: Modifying the monitor interval of the FileOnOff resource
• Exercise B: Observing the result of a non-critical resource fault
• Exercise C: Observing the result of a critical resource fault
• Exercise D: Observing the result of faults within frozen service groups
• Exercise E: Observing the result of ManageFaults and FaultPropagation
• Exercise F: Observing the result of RestartLimit behavior
• Exercise G: (Optional) Observing Intelligent Resource Monitoring

Module 11: Cluster Communications

• VCS communications overview
• Cluster membership
• Cluster interconnect configuration
• Joining the cluster membership
• Changing the interconnect configuration

Labs

• Exercise A: Verifying the low-priority LLT link communication in west cluster

Module 12: System and Communication Faults

• System failures
• Cluster interconnect failures

Labs

• Exercise A: Observing VCS response to single LLT link failure
• Exercise B: Observing VCS response to multiple LLT link failures (Jeopardy)
• Exercise C: Observing VCS response to multiple LLT link failures (Network Partition)

Cluster Server Applications

Module 13: Clustering Applications

• Application service overview
• VCS Agents for managing applications
• The GenericService agent
• The ServiceMonitor agent

Labs

Lab 13a:

• Exercise A: Configuring shared storage for a GenericService resource

Lab 13b:

• Exercise A: Creating a service group
• Exercise B: Adding NIC and IP resources
• Exercise C: Adding VMDg, MountV, and GenericService resources to a service group
• Exercise D: Linking all the resources in service group websg
• Exercise E: Testing the service group
• Exercise F: Setting resources to critical

Module 14: Clustering Exchange Server

• Exchange Server in the VCS environment
• VCS agent for Exchange Server
• Supported Exchange Server configurations
• Installing Exchange Server
• Configuring an Exchange Server service group

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring storage for Exchange application
• Exercise B: Configuring an Exchange Server service group

Module 15: Clustering SQL Server

• SQL Server in the VCS environment
• VCS database agents for SQL Server
• Managing registry keys
• Installing SQL Server in the cluster
• Configuring a SQL Server service group
• Monitoring databases

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring storage for SQL application
• Exercise B: Configuring a SQL Server service group
• Exercise C: Testing the service group

Module 16: Clustering SharePoint Server

• SharePoint Server in the VCS environment
• VCS agent for SharePoint Server
• Installing SharePoint Server in a clustered environment
• Configuring SharePoint Server service groups
• Verifying the SharePoint cluster configuration

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring a SharePoint Server farm
• Exercise B: Configuring a SharePoint Server service group

Global Cluster Option

Module 17: Global Cluster Architecture and Concepts

• Global cluster architecture
• Global cluster components
• VCS features for global cluster management
• Inter-cluster communication failure

Labs

• Exercise A: Verifying the lab environment for global clustering
• Exercise B: Configuring a local service group on west cluster
• Exercise C: Configuring a local service group on east cluster

Module 18: Configuring a Global Cluster

• Configuring the Global Cluster Option
• Linking clusters
• Configuring a global service group
• Managing dynamic DNS updates

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring GCO on west and east cluster
• Exercise B: Linking clusters
• Exercise C: Verifying DNS server access from cluster systems
• Exercise D: Reconfiguring vcshelper user account on east cluster
• Exercise E: Configuring a global service group on west cluster
• Exercise F: Configuring a global service group on east cluster

Module 19: Managing a Global Cluster

• Managing clusters in a global cluster environment
• Managing global cluster heartbeats
• Managing global service groups

Labs

• Exercise A: Testing dynamic DNS updates
• Exercise B: Adding another Icmp heartbeat link

Module 20: Notification and Failover behavior in a Global Cluster

• Notification in a global cluster
• Failover behavior of a global service group
• Cluster state transitions

Labs

• Exercise A: Verifying notification configuration
• Exercise B: Testing local failover
• Exercise C: Testing intercluster failover with ClusterFailOverPolicy set to Manual
• Exercise D: Testing intercluster failover with ClusterFailOverPolicy set to Connected
• Exercise E: Testing intercluster failover with ClusterFailOverPolicy set to Auto