RCS Education

In this course, you will learn to integrate, operate, and make the most of VERITAS Storage Foundation, including VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) and VERITAS File System (VxFS), in a UNIX environment. You will learn to install and configure VERITAS Volume Manager and how to manage disks, disk groups, and volumes by using the graphical user interface and from the command line. You will also learn system troubleshooting and recovery, online file system
administration, cross-platform data sharing, and offline and off-host processing using volume snapshots and storage checkpoints.

This course is for UNIX system or network administrators, system engineers, technical support personnel, and system integration/development staff who will be installing, operating, or integrating VERITAS Storage Foundation.

To succeed fully in this course, delegates should be able to:
4	Knowledge of UNIX system administration

Upon completion of this course, delegates should be able to:
4	Install and configure VxVM and VxFS.
4	Configure and manage disks, disk groups, and volumes.
4	Administer file systems.
4	Perform cross-platform data sharing.
4	Perform basic VxVM recovery operations.
4	Manage the dynamic multipathing feature.
4	Identify types of disk failure and resolve disk failures.
4	Interpret plex, volume, and kernel states, and fix plex and volume failures.
4	Place the root disk under VxVM control.
4	Monitor VxVM.
4	Create and manage point-in-time copies using VERITAS FlashSnap.

PART 1: VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.0: Fundamentals
Module 1 - Virtual Objects
4	Physical Data Storage
4	Virtual Data Storage
4	Volume Manager Storage Objects
4	Volume Manager RAID Levels
Module 2 - Installation and Interfaces
4	Installation Prerequisites
4	Adding License Keys
4	VERITAS Software Packages
4	Installing VxVM
4	VxVM User Interfaces
4	Installing and Starting VEA
4	Managing the VEA Server
Module 3 - Creating a Volume and File System
4	Preparing Disks for Volume Creation
4	Creating a Volume
4	Adding a File System to a Volume
4	Displaying Volume Configuration Information
4	Displaying Disk and Disk Group Information
Module 4 - Selecting Volume Layouts
4	Comparing Volume Layouts
4	Creating Volumes with Various Layouts
4	Creating a Layered Volume
4	Allocating Storage for Volumes
Module 5 - Making Basic Configuration Changes
4	Administering Mirrored Volumes
4	Resizing a Volume
4	Renaming Disks and Disk Groups
4	Managing Old Disk Group Versions
4	Removing Volumes, Disk Groups, and Disks
Module 6 - Administering File Systems
4	Comparing Allocation Policies
4	Using VERITAS File System Commands
4	Controlling File System Fragmentation
4	Logging into VxFS
Module 7 - Resolving Hardware Problems
4	How VxVM Interprets Failures in Hardware
4	Recovering Disabled Disk Groups
4	Resolving Disk Failures
4	Managing Hot Relocation at the Host Level
PART 2: VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.0: Maintenance
Module 8 - Maintaining Data Consistency
4	Resynchronization Operations
4	Interpreting State Information for VxVM Objects
4	Modifying VxVM Objects
Module 9 - Managing Devices Within the VxVM Architecture
4	Managing Components in the VxVM Architecture
4	Discovering Disk Devices
4	Managing Multiple Paths to Disk Devices
Module 10 - Encapsulation and Rootability
4	Placing the Boot Disk Under VxVM Control
4	Creating an Alternate Boot Disk
4	Removing the Boot Disk from VxVM Control
Module 11 - Troubleshooting the Boot Process
4	Operating System Boot Processes
4	Troubleshooting the Boot Process
4	Recovering the Boot Disk Group
Module 12 - Volume Maintenance
4	Changing the Volume Layout
4	Managing Volume Tasks
4	Analyzing Volume Configurations with Storage Expert
Module 13 - Performance Monitoring
4	Storage Performance Analysis Process
4	VxVM Performance Monitoring Tools and Techniques
Module 14 - Point-in-Time Copies
4	What Is a Point-In-Time Copy?
4	Types of SF PITC Solutions
4	Creating and Managing Volume Snapshots
4	Using Volume Snapshots for Off-Host Processing
4	Creating and Managing Storage Checkpoints
Module 15 - Other Enterprise Features Overview
4	What Is Dynamic Storage Tiering?
4	What Is Intelligent Storage Provisioning?