Upgrading Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0

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Upgrading Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0

course schedule			who can benefit
prerequisites			skills gained
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code.

SF-UPGRADE

length.

2 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Symantec :: Veritas

price.

$1,400

The Upgrading VERITAS Storage Foundation and VERITAS Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0 course from Symantec is designed for the IT professional tasked with installing, upgrading, and using the Storage Foundation High Availability (SFHA) 5.0 features. This two-day, virtual academy seminar covers how to upgrade an SFHA environment from 4.x to 5.0 and how to make the best of the available new features. Students also learn how to install and use the new management consoles for Storage Foundation and VCS.

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

who can benefit

This course is for system administrators, system engineers, network administrators, system integration or development staff, and technical support personnel who are currently working with VERITAS Storage Foundation HA 4.x environments.

prerequisites

You should have experience as a system and network administrator working in a UNIX environment and you should have working knowledge of VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.x for Solaris and VERITAS Cluster Server 4.x for Solaris products.

skills gained

	Install or upgrade a Storage Foundation environment from 4.x to 5.0.
	Install and use the Storage Foundation Management Server (SFMS).
	Tune DMP/DDL. for enhanced performance and error handling.
	Simplify a campus cluster environment by using the new remote mirroring capabilities.
	Import LUN snapshots.
	Use the new tentative data migration tools.
	Implement a data life cycle management solution using the Dynamic Storage Tiering (DST) feature of SF 5.0.
	Implement policy based storage provisioning in large environments.
	Install or upgrade a VCS cluster from 4.x to 5.0.
	Install and use the Cluster Management Console CMC).
	Describe the changes in the bundled agents and tart using the new available agents.
	Describe the changes in the engine behaviour.
	Configure failover capability

hands-on

This seminar does not include any practical exercises. However, the instructor may provide demonstrations of certain product features.

course content details

	Upgrading VERITAS Storage Foundation for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0: Installing and Upgrading the Software

	Installing Storage Foundation 5.0
	Upgrading to Storage Foundation 5.0
	Changes in Logging During Installation and Upgrade
	New Features Overview

	Introduction to Storage Foundation Management Server (SFMS)

	SFMS Overview
	SFMS Architecture
	Managed Host Architecture
	SFMS Installation
	Administering SFMS

	DMP/DDL Enhancements

	DMP/DDL Changes
	Error Recovery Policies
	DMP Tunables

	Remote Mirroring with SF 5.0

	Campus Cluster Scenarios
	Site Awareness
	Recovering From Failures with Remote Mirrors
	Firedrill with Remote Mirroring

	Importing LUN Snapshots

	Changes in How VxVM Handles LUN Snapshots
	Unique Disk Identifier
	Disk Tags
	Controlling Configuration and Klog Copies
	Managing Cloned Disks

	Support for Tentative Data Migration

	Data Migration Overview
	Tentative Move of a Subdisk
	Tentative Move of a Volume
	Tentative Move of a VxVM Disk

	Dynamic Storage Tiering

	What is DST?
	Why Use DST?
	Creating and Managing Volume Sets
	Volume Device Visibility in Volume Sets
	Creating and Managing Multi Volume File Systems
	Using Volume Tags
	File Placement Policies

	Intelligent Storage Provisioning (ISP)

	What is ISP?
	ISP Concepts
	Why Use ISP?
	Configuring and Managing ISP with SF 5.0
	Migration and Reverse Migration
	Performing Link Break-off Snapshots of ISP Volumes

	Upgrading VERITAS Cluster Server for Solaris from 4.x to 5.0: Installing and Upgrading the Software

	Installing VCS 5.0
	Upgrading a Cluster to SFHA 5.0
	Changes in Logging During Installation and Upgrade
	New Features Overview

	Cluster Management Console

	CMC Overview
	Installing CMC
	Using CMC
	Reporting Historical Data
	Administering Notifications
	Using CMC for Disaster Recovery
	Administering CMC

	Changes in VCS Bundled Agents

	New Agents
	The Apache Agent
	The Remote Group Agent
	Changes in Existing Bundled Agents
	Virtual Firedrill

	New VCS Engine Features and Enhancements

	Pre 5.0 Technique for Saving the VCS Configuration
	New Techniques for Saving the VCS Configuration
	Customizing Engine Shutdown

	NFS Locking Enhancements

	NFS Overview
	NFS Record Locking Changes