Reviewing an Existing VCS Environment

• Understanding the VCS architecture
• Building the cluster configuration
• Configuring VCS

Labs

• Exercise A: Adding hosts to VIOM
• Exercise B: Using SORT
• Exercise C: Verifying the installed clustering software
• Exercise D: Understanding cluster memberships and communication
• Exercise E: Getting familiar with the cluster configuration

Configuring LLT

• LLT over bonded interfaces
• LLT over UDP
• LLT over RDMA
• LLT with different network interfaces
• Manually configuring LLT

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring LLT over UDP
• Exercise B: Restoring the original configuration
• Exercise C: Using a bonded interface for LLT

Using Multiple Public Network Interfaces

• Configuring multiple service groups with network resources
• Managing multiple public network interfaces
• MultiNICB and IPMultiNICB for UNIX
• MultiNICA and IPMultiNIC for Linux

Labs

• Exercise A: Using multiple network interfaces for increased availability
• Exercise B: Observing NIC failover
• Exercise C: Configuring a parallel network service group
• Exercise D: Replacing NIC resources with Proxy resources
• Exercise E: Restoring the original configuration

Data Protection Implementing Disk-Based I/O Fencing

• Data protection requirements
• I/O fencing concepts
• I/O fencing operations
• I/O fencing implementation
• Fencing configuration

Labs

• Exercise A: Verifying I/O fencing configuration
• Exercise B: Verifying data disks for I/O fencing
• Exercise C: Testing protection from data corruption
• Exercise D: Observing response to system fault
• Exercise E: Observing response to interconnect failure
• Exercise F: Configuring SCSI3 disk-based fencing in a VCS cluster

Implementing Coordination Point Server

• Coordination point concepts
• Server-based fencing architecture
• CPS operations
• Installing and configuring a CP server
• Configuring I/O fencing with CPS
• Coordination point agent

Labs

• Exercise A: Installing a single-node VCS cluster
• Exercise B: Configuring a single-node CP server
• Exercise C: Verifying the CP server configuration
• Exercise D: Configuring for I/O fencing with a CP server
• Exercise E: Testing CP server communication failure
• Exercise F: Testing CP server caching
• Exercise G: Restoring the original configuration

Administering Fencing Configurations

• Installing and configuring clustered CP servers
• Administering CPS
• Administering disk-based I/O fencing
• Configuring preferred fencing

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring CP server on a VCS cluster
• Exercise B: Verifying the clustered CP server configuration
• Exercise C: Modifying the fencing configuration on the application cluster
• Exercise D: Testing CP server failover and communication failure
• Exercise E: Restoring the original configuration

Disaster Recovery Global Clustering Architecture and Concepts

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

Labs

• Exercise A: Preparing the lab environment for global clustering
• Exercise B: Configuring a local service group for the application

Configuring a Global Cluster

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

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring the global cluster option
• Exercise B: Securing communication between the widearea connectors
• Exercise C: Linking clusters
• Exercise D: Verifying DNS server access from cluster systems
• Exercise E: Configuring a global service group

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

Notification and Failover Behavior in a Global Cluster

• Notification in a global cluster
• Failover behavior of a global service group
• Cluster state transitions
• Simulating global clusters using the VCS Simulator

Labs

• Exercise A: Configuring notification and event triggers
• 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
• Exercise F: Restoring the original configuration