Upgrades in the Sun Cluster Environment
- Describe high availability issues when performing upgrades in the Sun Cluster environment
- Describe the required relationships for upgrading the Sun Cluster software
- Describe the different upgrade strategies
- Describe and perform an upgrade of the Solaris OS using the Solaris Live Upgrade software
- Upgrade the Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) software into the Solaris Live Upgrade environment
Upgrading the Sun Cluster Software
- Upgrade Sun Cluster software when not using Live Upgrade
- Use the scinstall options that control the dual-partitioned upgrade method, when not using Live Upgrade
- Use Live Upgrade to upgrade the Sun Cluster software
- Upgrade resource types and resource
Advanced Data Service Configuration
- Understand Sun Cluster data services
- Write Sun Cluster 3.2 software data services
- Control RGM behavior through resource group properties and resource properties
- Use advanced resource group relationships
- Tune multimaster and scalable applications
Performing Recovery and Maintenance Procedures
- Add a new node to a running cluster
- Remove a node from the cluster
- Replace a failed node in the cluster
- Uninstall the Sun Cluster 3.2 software from a node
- Replace failed disks
- Back up and restore the Cluster Configuration Repository (CCR)
Advanced Features
- Manage HA-ZFS in the Sun Cluster environment
- Understand the design and features of the QFS file system
- Configure a standard QFS file system
- Configure a shared QFS file system in the cluster using the Solaris OS Volume Manager multiowner diskset devices
- Configure application agents in Solaris 10 zones
- Failover applications between Solaris 10 zones on different nodes
Best Practices
- Define and implement best practices for Internet Protocol multipathing (IPMP)
- Define and implement best practices for failover and global file systems using HAStoragePlus
- Define and implement best practices for boot disk encapsulation and mirroring
- Define and implement best practices for quorum devices and quorum servers
- Define and implement best practices for campus clusters
Hardening Cluster Security
- Identify security vulnerabilities in a Sun Cluster 3.2 software environment
- Use the Solaris Security Toolkit software
- Download and install security software on the cluster nodes
- Implement the Toolkit software secure cluster driver
- Provide secure clustered services
Examining Troubleshooting Tips
- Describe how to troubleshoot clustered services
- Identify log files for each layer
Troubleshooting the Sun Cluster Software
- Observe self-induced problems
- Resolve instructor-induced problems and faults in your cluster
- Perform node disaster recovery