This course requires an advanced knowledge of Linux system administration. These skills are taught in the "Enterprise Linux Systems Administration" and "Linux Fundamentals".
Linux Training Course duration
3 days
Linux Training Supported Distributions:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Linux Training Course outline
Introduction to Clustering and Storage Management
Clustering Introduction
Cluster Building Blocks
Shared Storage
Operating System Setup
Network Considerations
Split Brain Prevention with Fencing
HA Components
Clustered Resources
Configuration Tools
Red Hat Cluster Stack Roadmap
Running Commands on Multiple Systems
Lab Tasks
Running Commands on Multiple Hosts
Prepare System for Clustering
Install and Configure Ricci
Basic Client Networking
SAN Network Configuration
Cluster Network Configuration
Cluster Pre-Configuration Verification
Storage Technologies
Remote Storage Overview
Remote Filesystem Protocols
Remote Block Device Protocols
Block Devices and the Device Mapper
Managing Loopback Devices
Lab Tasks
Manipulating Block Devices
iscsi
iSCSI Architecture
iSCSI Target Implementations
iSCSI Target Configuration (tgt)
iSCSI Target LUN Configuration (tgt)
iSCSI Target Auth Configuration (tgt)
iSCSI Persistent Configuration (tgt)
Open-iSCSI Initiator Implementation
iSCSI Initiator Discovery
iSCSI Initiator Node Administration
Mounting iSCSI Targets at Boot
iSCSI Multipathing Considerations
Lab Tasks
iSCSI Initiator Configuration
Kernel Device Management
Managing Linux Device Files
Kernel Hardware Info – /sys/
/sys/ Structure
udev
I/O Elevators
Lab Tasks
Creating Custom UDEV Rules
Device Mapper and Multipathing
SAN Multipathing
Multipath Configuration
Multipathing Best Practices
Lab Tasks
Multipath Configuration
Logical Volume Management
Logical Volume Management
Implementing LVM
Creating Logical Volumes
Manipulating VGs & LVs
Advanced LVM Concepts
system-config-lvm
cLVM
Lab Tasks
Creating and Managing LVM Volumes
cLVM
Global File System (GFS) 2
GFS2 Overview
GFS2 Capabilities
GFS2 Theory of Operation
GFS2 Configuration Prerequisites
Setting Up Cluster LVM
GFS2 Filesystem Creation
GFS2 Filesystem Management
GFS2 Fencing Requirement
Lab Tasks
GFS2
Quorum and the Cluster Manager
Vocabulary
Network Topology
Host Configuration
Ethernet Bonding
Communication Methods
IPv6 Considerations
Daemon Interdependencies
Ricci
cluster.conf Overview
CCS & Conga
Cluster Quorum
Corosync
Corosync - Dual Ring Configuration
CMAN
CMAN Utility: cman_tool
Quorum Administration
Quorum Disk
Upgrading
Distributed Lock Manager
dlm_tool
Lab Tasks
Totem RRP
Quorum and Qdisk
Conga
Fencing and Failover
Fencing Introduction
Node Based Fencing
Resource Based Fencing
Fencing Architecture
Fencing Agents
Fencing Agents listing
Fencing Daemon
Fencing in cluster.conf
Fencing Daemon Tuning
Manual Fencing
Best Practices
Failover Domains
Failover Domain Characteristics
Failover Domain Administration
Lab Tasks
Fencing with fence_scsi
Failover Domains
Resource Group Manager
Resource Management Overview
Component Relationships
Resource Agents
Discover Resource Agents
Available Resource Agents
Resources
Resource Scope
Resource Actions: Timeout
Resource Actions: Status
Resource Administration
Resource Group Management
Service Group Attributes & Policies
Service Group Administration
Service Group States
Service Group Operations
Service Group Administration
Best Practices & Troubleshooting
Lab Tasks
Resource Group Manager
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