HP PolyServe Matrix for Linux Administration

Course overview

This two-day, hands-on class covers HP PolyServe Matrix Server for Linux in great detail and includes lab time focused on product installation, administration, troubleshooting and our Utility solutions. This version of the course is newly updated for version 3.7 of the product.

Prerequisites

• Rudimentary knowledge of clustering technologies
• A working knowledge of SAN technologies
• In-depth knowledge of Linux OS administration
• A working knowledge of the Apache web server, NFS and Oracle 9i, 10G and RAC

Audience

• System administrators responsible for the configuration and day-to-day management of the PolyServe Matrix Server shared data clustering software

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Course objectives

• A thorough understanding of HP PolyServe software for Linux
• Enough hands-on experience to enable the successful deployment and administration of HP PolyServe Software in their own data center
• Knowledge of best practices and solutions for deploying applications running on top of HP PolyServe Software

Next steps

• Accelerated SAN Essentials (UC434S)
• Managing HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (UC420S)

Course outline

Overview

• HP PolyServe Overview
• HP PolyServe Features
• HP PolyServe Processes
• HP PolyServe Configuration Limits
• Cluster Design Guidelines

Installation and Configuration

• Matrix Server Installation Overview
• Configuring the Matrix (GUI)

Disk and Volume Configuration

• Cluster-wide device
• Membership partitions
• Split-brain resolution
• Server fencing
• Troubleshooting
• SAN configuration
• Cluster Volume Manager (CVM)
• Dynamic volumes

File Systems and Quotas

• File system configuration
• File system restrictions
• Quotas
• Snapshots
• Multipath I/O
• Third party Disk Arrays
• Booting from SAN
• Partition table alignment
• Online insertion of new storage
• Fibre Channel switch replacement

MxS Administration

• Matrix management overview
• Creating and managing virtual hosts
• Service monitors and failover
• State transition during startup and failover

Monitors and Notifiers

• Creating and managing device monitors
• Custom scripts
• Integrating custom applications
• Creating and managing notifiers

Application Deployments

• Performance dashboard
• Web serving
• Failover support for client requests
• Support for administrative tasks
• Why Matrix Server for NFS?
• Client load balancing
• Configuration limits
• Deployment guidelines
• Oracle RAC database utility
• Shared Oracle home
• Management applications

Logs and Services

• General matrix health
• PolyServe management console
• Matrix Server Configuration files
• Product initialization
• Matrix Server commands
• Analyzing log files
• Cluster overview
• Vhost
• Distributed lock manager
• PSFS file systems

Troubleshooting

• Network and SAN issues
• Network investigation
• SAN storage problems
• Fibre Channel switch and storage issues
• Membership partitions
• LUNs seem to disappear
• Lock stalls
• Fencing issues
• Slow performance
• Network SAN and File system issues